Jonáš Forejtek (born 10 March 2001) is a professional
tennis player from the
Czech Republic.
Forejtek has a career high
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singles ranking of World No. 217, achieved on 1 August 2022. He also has a career high
ATP
ATP may refer to:
Companies and organizations
* Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body
* American Technical Publishers, employee-owned publishing company
* ', a Danish pension
* Armenia Tree Project, non ...
doubles ranking of World No. 302, achieved on 28 February 2022. Forejtek has reached five career singles finals, with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses all on the
ITF Futures Tour. Additionally, he has reached five career doubles finals, with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss which includes a 2–0 record in
ATP Challenger Tour finals.
Junior career
In 2019, Forejtek reached three junior grand slam finals, one in singles and two in doubles, winning them all. At the
2019 Australian Forejtek and compatriot partner
Dalibor Svrčina won the boys' doubles title beating Americans
Emilio Nava
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and Cannon Kingsley ''7–6
(7–5), 6–4'' in the finals. At the
2019 Wimbledon Championships
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he partnered with another compatriot
Jiří Lehečka capturing his second boys' grand slam doubles title, defeating
Govind Nanda
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and
Liam Draxl
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''7–5, 6–4'' in the championship match. At the
2019 US Open, he defeated
Emilio Nava
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''6–7
(4–7), 6–0, 6–2'' in the final to win the boys’ singles championship.
Forejtek was the World No. 1 male junior player according to the
ITF combined singles and doubles junior rankings, achieving this feat on 9 September 2019.
Professional career
2019
As wildcard entrants, Forejtek and fellow Czech
Michael Vrbenský won the doubles title at the
2019 Svijany Open
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challenger tournament in
Liberec
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, Czech Republic. Impressively, they defeated the number 3 seeds in the quarterfinals (second round), the number 1 seeds in the semifinals and then claimed the title by bettering the number 2 seeds
Nikola Ćaćić
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and
''6–4, 6–3'' in the final.
2020–2021: ATP and top 300 debut
Forejtek made his ATP debut at
2020 Sofia Open receiving a wildcard entry into the singles main draw. He proceeded to claim an upset victory over former World No. 3
Marin Čilić in the first round, losing just 5 games. He was then defeated by another former top 10 player
Richard Gasquet in the second round.
Forejtek made his debut in the top 300 on 1 November 2021 at World No. 294.
2022: Top 250 debut
He made his top 250 debut on 16 May 2022 at No. 226.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (2–3)
Doubles: 7 (5–2)
Performance timeline
Singles
''Current through the
2020 Sofia Open''
References
External links
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2001 births
Living people
Czech male tennis players
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Sportspeople from Plzeň
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
Wimbledon junior champions
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