Jasper Smit (born 17 November 1980) is a former professional

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player from the Netherlands.

Biography

Smit, a right-handed player, featured most successfully in the doubles format, in which he reached 121 in the world. All of his eight main draw doubles appearances on the ATP Tour were with countryman Martijn van Haasteren and included two quarter-finals. The pair reached the quarter-finals at the Dutch Open Amersfoort in 2007 by upsetting second seeds

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, then in 2008 they were quarter-finalists at the

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. He also won three

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titles partnering van Haasteren. As a singles player he appeared in his only ATP Tour main draw at the

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in Mumbai, for a first round loss to

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. He took part in the qualifying draw for the

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. In 2010 he won a match over then world number 62

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on clay at the Scheveningen Challenger. Retired from professional tennis, Smit was still playing in Dutch league tennis at the age of 36.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smit, Jasper 1980 births Living people Dutch male tennis players 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people