Jan Hájek (born 7 August 1983) is a retired male professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He reached the third round of the 2007 French Open and attained a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 71 in November 2006.
Hájek turned professional in 2000 and won his first Futures event in Negril of the same year defeating Johan Örtegren in the final. Between 2000 and 2003 Hájek played primarily on the Futures circuit, then after that he played some Challenger events as well as the Futures tournaments.[1] At the end of 2005 he had won 8 Futures titles all on clay, which is his best surface.
2006 was the breakthrough season for Hájek, as he started the year ranked at 352 and then finished the season ranked at 76th in the world.[2] Hájek won his first challenger in Barletta as a qualifier easily defeating Stefano Galvani 6–2, 6–1 in the final. In May Hájek qualified for the challenger in Prague before losing to compatriot Robin Vik in the final. Hájek won three more Challengers during the year including two major ones in Prostějov where he got a retirement victory over Tomáš Berdych and Braunschweig defeated Fernando Vicente in straight sets. He won the Poznań Challenger without losing a set. In addition to the three Challenger titles, Hájek made his debut at Grand Slam level where he defeated Lukáš Dlouhý in straight sets before losing to Fernando González.
Hájek was unable to follow up the previously successful year in 2007, but he achieved his best result at Grand Slam level, where he made the third round at Roland Garros where he defeated Thomas Johansson and Bohdan Ulihrach before retiring against Marcos Baghdatis with a shoulder injury. Since then Hájek has had injury problems with the shoulder and problems with his heart.
At the beginning of 2009 Hájek started the year ranked at 474[3] and has been playing on the Challenger circuit and he has been playing qualifications and after qualifying for the main draw in Athens he lost in the semi-finals to Rui Machado. Hájek won the Ostrava Challenger after qualifying defeating Ivan Dodig 7–5, 6–1. He repeated his 2006 victory in Prostějov this time as a qualifier defeating Belgian Steve Darcis in the final and former top 10 player Ivan Ljubičić in the quarter-finals. Hájek won his third challenger of the year in Freudenstadt defeating Laurent Recouderc in the final. He also made his debut in the Czech Davis Cup team in the semi-final tie against Croatia where he defeated Roko Karanušić and also played in the final losing to Rafael Nadal. Hájek has a 1–2 record in Davis Cup singles with none of these matches being a live rubber.[4]
After ending the 2009 season ranked No. 103, Hájek made a return to the Grand Slam arena at the 2010 Australian Open, defeating Robby Ginepri before losing to Mikhail Youzhny. He also reached his first quarter-final on the ATP tour at Munich losing to Youzhny again. Hájek became the first man to win the Prostějov Challenger three times after Radek Štěpánek had to retire from the final due to illness.[5]
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Jan Hajek born 7 August 1983 is a retired male professional tennis player from the Czech Republic He reached the third round of the 2007 French Open and attained a career high ATP singles ranking of World No 71 in November 2006 Jan HajekHajek at the 2013 Wimbledon ChampionshipsCountry sports Czech RepublicResidenceOlomoucBorn 1983 08 07 7 August 1983 age 40 Olomouc CzechoslovakiaHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Turned pro2000Retired2015PlaysRight handed two handed backhand Prize moneyUS 1 427 267SinglesCareer record36 77Career titles0Highest rankingNo 71 6 November 2006 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open2R 2010 French Open3R 2007 Wimbledon1R 2007 2010 2013 US Open2R 2006 DoublesCareer record14 25Career titles1Highest rankingNo 189 1 May 2006 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian Open2R 2011 French Open1R 2007 2010 2013 Wimbledon1R 2010 2013 US Open1R 2006 2010 2012 Team competitionsDavis CupW 2013 Last updated on 27 August 2014 Contents 1 Career 2 ATP career finals 2 1 Doubles 2 1 1 3 Singles titles 4 Grand Slam performance timelines 4 1 Singles 4 2 Doubles 5 References 6 External linksCareer edit nbsp Hajek 2013Hajek turned professional in 2000 and won his first Futures event in Negril of the same year defeating Johan Ortegren in the final Between 2000 and 2003 Hajek played primarily on the Futures circuit then after that he played some Challenger events as well as the Futures tournaments 1 At the end of 2005 he had won 8 Futures titles all on clay which is his best surface 2006 was the breakthrough season for Hajek as he started the year ranked at 352 and then finished the season ranked at 76th in the world 2 Hajek won his first challenger in Barletta as a qualifier easily defeating Stefano Galvani 6 2 6 1 in the final In May Hajek qualified for the challenger in Prague before losing to compatriot Robin Vik in the final Hajek won three more Challengers during the year including two major ones in Prostejov where he got a retirement victory over Tomas Berdych and Braunschweig defeated Fernando Vicente in straight sets He won the Poznan Challenger without losing a set In addition to the three Challenger titles Hajek made his debut at Grand Slam level where he defeated Lukas Dlouhy in straight sets before losing to Fernando Gonzalez Hajek was unable to follow up the previously successful year in 2007 but he achieved his best result at Grand Slam level where he made the third round at Roland Garros where he defeated Thomas Johansson and Bohdan Ulihrach before retiring against Marcos Baghdatis with a shoulder injury Since then Hajek has had injury problems with the shoulder and problems with his heart At the beginning of 2009 Hajek started the year ranked at 474 3 and has been playing on the Challenger circuit and he has been playing qualifications and after qualifying for the main draw in Athens he lost in the semi finals to Rui Machado Hajek won the Ostrava Challenger after qualifying defeating Ivan Dodig 7 5 6 1 He repeated his 2006 victory in Prostejov this time as a qualifier defeating Belgian Steve Darcis in the final and former top 10 player Ivan Ljubicic in the quarter finals Hajek won his third challenger of the year in Freudenstadt defeating Laurent Recouderc in the final He also made his debut in the Czech Davis Cup team in the semi final tie against Croatia where he defeated Roko Karanusic and also played in the final losing to Rafael Nadal Hajek has a 1 2 record in Davis Cup singles with none of these matches being a live rubber 4 After ending the 2009 season ranked No 103 Hajek made a return to the Grand Slam arena at the 2010 Australian Open defeating Robby Ginepri before losing to Mikhail Youzhny He also reached his first quarter final on the ATP tour at Munich losing to Youzhny again Hajek became the first man to win the Prostejov Challenger three times after Radek Stepanek had to retire from the final due to illness 5 ATP career finals editDoubles 2 1 1 edit LegendGrand Slam Tournaments 0 0 ATP World Tour Finals 0 0 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 0 0 ATP World Tour 500 Series 0 0 ATP World Tour 250 Series 1 1 Titles by surfaceHard 1 0 Clay 0 1 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final ScoreRunner up 1 30 April 2007 BMW Open Munich Germany Clay nbsp Jaroslav Levinsky nbsp Philipp Kohlschreiber nbsp Mikhail Youzhny 1 6 4 6Winner 1 3 January 2014 Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha Qatar Hard nbsp Tomas Berdych nbsp Alexander Peya nbsp Bruno Soares 6 2 6 4Singles titles editLegend singles Grand Slam 0 Tennis Masters Cup 0 ATP Masters Series 0 ATP Tour 0 Challengers 9 Futures 9 No Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score1 23 October 2000 Negril Clay nbsp Johan Ortegren 6 3 6 12 16 June 2001 Spisska Nova Ves Clay nbsp Juraj Hasko 6 4 6 7 2 7 7 53 10 June 2002 Sopot Clay nbsp Mariusz Fyrstenberg 6 3 1 6 6 24 15 July 2002 Nove Zamky Clay nbsp Ladislav Svarc 6 1 6 25 12 August 2002 Poprad Clay nbsp David Novak 6 1 6 46 6 January 2003 Cala Ratjada Clay nbsp Mariano Albert Ferrando 4 2 RET7 23 May 2005 Jablonec nad Nisou Clay nbsp Tomas Jecminek 6 4 6 28 31 October 2005 Frydlant nad Ostravici Indoor Hard nbsp Lukas Lacko 1 6 7 5 6 49 23 March 2006 Barletta Clay nbsp Stefano Galvani 6 2 6 110 5 June 2006 Prostejov Clay nbsp Dominik Hrbaty 6 3 5 7 6 211 19 June 2006 Braunschweig Clay nbsp Fernando Vicente 6 1 6 312 10 July 2006 Poznan Clay nbsp Ilija Bozoljac 6 4 6 313 29 September 2008 Porto Clay nbsp Dusan Lojda 6 0 7 6 7 2 14 27 April 2009 Ostrava Clay nbsp Ivan Dodig 7 5 6 115 1 June 2009 Prostejov Clay nbsp Steve Darcis 6 2 1 6 6 416 31 October 2009 Freudenstadt Clay nbsp Laurent Recouderc 2 6 6 3 7 6 7 5 17 31 May 2010 Prostejov Clay nbsp Radek Stepanek 6 0 RET18 1 July 2012 Marburg Clay nbsp Andreas Haider Maurer 6 2 6 2Grand Slam performance timelines editKey W F SF QF R RR Q DNQ A NH W winner F finalist SF semifinalist QF quarterfinalist R rounds 4 3 2 1 RR round robin stage Q qualification round DNQ did not qualify A absent NH not held SR strike rate events won competed W L win loss record Singles edit Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SR W LAustralian Open A 1R A A 2R 1R Q1 1R 1R 0 5 1 5French Open A 3R A A 1R 1R Q3 2R 0 4 2 4Wimbledon A 1R A A 1R A A 1R 0 3 0 3US Open 2R A A A 1R A 1R 0 3 1 3Win loss 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 15 4 15Year End Ranking 76 240 479 103 95 141 105 108Doubles edit Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W LAustralian Open 2R 0 1 1 1French Open 1R 1R 1R 0 2 0 2Wimbledon 1R 1R 0 2 0 2US Open 1R 1R 1R 0 3 0 3Win loss 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 9 1 9References edit Jan Hajek Playing Activity ITF 4 December 2009 Jan Hajek Ranking History ATP 4 December 2009 permanent dead link Jan Hajek Ranking History ATP 7 September 2009 Davis Cup Record Davis Cup 18 May 2010 Health complications prevented Stepanek to fight till the end Czech Open 5 June 2010 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jan Hajek Jan Hajek at the 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