Omar Jasika (Bosnian pronunciation: [jǎsika]; born 18 May 1997) is an Australian tennis player. He is the 2014 US Open boys' singles champion defeating Quentin Halys in the final. Jasika along with Naoki Nakagawa also won the 2014 US Open boys' doubles title after defeating Rafael Matos and João Menezes in the final. In winning both, Jasika became the first player in 28 years to win both the boys’ singles and doubles events at the US Open.[1]
Jasika has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 223 achieved on 30 January 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 220 achieved on 23 May 2016.
Jasika was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is of Bosnian descent. His parents, Admir and Bina, emigrated from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Australia during the Bosnian War before Omar was born.[2] He is the eldest child in his family and his brother, Amor, is also an aspiring professional tennis player.[3] Jasika began playing tennis at the age of six. He attended South Oakleigh College throughout his schooling years.[4]
Professional tour
2014: Tour Debut
After his success at the US Open, Jasika made his ATP World Tour debut in September, after he was given a wild card into the Malaysian Open. He drew Rajeev Ram in round one, and won the first set, and was within 2 points of the match in the second, before losing in three sets. In October, Jasika made his first final at the Australia F7 in Cairns.
2015
Jasika commenced 2015 at the Onkaparina Challenger where he drew No.1 seed and world No.80 Blaž Rola. He lost in three sets. Jasika competed in the qualifying for the Australian Open, when he won two rounds, but lost in the final round to Marius Copil. In February, he played in the Australia Futures 1 tournament, where he lost in the final to Brydan Klein. In March, Jasika headed to China where he made the final round of qualifying in both Guangzhou and Shenzhen Challengers before heading to Guadeloupe where he qualified for and made the quarter-final of the Guadeloupe Challenger. In May, Jasika won his first ITF title in Changwon. In July, Jasika won his second ITF title in Kelowna, dropping just one set along the way.[5]
2016
Jasika made his grand slam debut at the 2016 Australian Open after being awarded a wild card.[6] He won his first round match, beating Illya Marchenko in 4 sets; he subsequently lost to former finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the following round in straight sets. Jasika spent the remainder of the year predominantly on the Futures circuit across North America and Europe, making numerous quarter and semi finals, but no finals. In December, Jasika won the Australian Open wildcard play-off, earning him direct entry into the 2017 Australian Open. Jasika ended the year with a ranking of 367.
2017: First Challenger title
Jasika commenced the year with a wildcard into the Happy Valley Challenger where he reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final.[7] At the 2017 Australian Open, Jasika lost in round 1 to David Ferrer. In February, Jasika won his first Challenger title in Burnie. In March, Jasika returned to the ITF circuit in Australia, reaching the semi-final of the F2 in Canberra. In July, Jasika travelled to North America and competed on the Challenger Circuit, winning just one match. In September, Jasika reached the quarter-final of Shanghai Challenger and in October, the quarter-final of the Canberra Challenger. Jasika ended 2017 with a ranking of 276 .
2018
Jasika commenced the season by reaching the quarter-final of the Playford Challenger before losing in round 1 2018 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. He was suspended from professional tennis by ASADA for two years after having tested positive for cocaine in December 2017. Jasika was eligible to play again in March 2020.[8][9]
From 2020: Return from suspension
Jasika returned from suspension at the ITF tournament held in Geelong, Australia in March 2020, losing in the first round of qualifying. His career was then stalled by the Covid-19 pandemic. He played his next professional match in February 2022 at the ITF tournament in Canberra, where he reached the quarter-final. In March 2022, in his fourth tournament back, Jasika won the ITF tournament in Bendigo. Following this, he won an ITF tournament in Chiang Rai, Thailand, in April 2021. Overall, he has won five ITF tournaments since his return.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Omar Jasika news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Omar Jasika Bosnian pronunciation jǎsika born 18 May 1997 is an Australian tennis player He is the 2014 US Open boys singles champion defeating Quentin Halys in the final Jasika along with Naoki Nakagawa also won the 2014 US Open boys doubles title after defeating Rafael Matos and Joao Menezes in the final In winning both Jasika became the first player in 28 years to win both the boys singles and doubles events at the US Open 1 Omar JasikaCountry sports AustraliaResidenceMelbourne AustraliaBorn 1997 05 18 18 May 1997 age 25 Melbourne AustraliaHeight1 83 m 6 ft 0 in Turned pro2014PlaysLeft handed two handed backhand CoachAdmir JasikaPrize money 299 639SinglesCareer record1 3Career titles0 1 Challenger 5 FuturesHighest rankingNo 223 30 January 2023 Current rankingNo 263 10 April 2023 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open2R 2016 DoublesCareer record3 3Career titles0 0 Challenger 1 FuturesHighest rankingNo 220 23 May 2016 Current rankingNo 587 10 April 2023 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian Open2R 2015 Last updated on 10 April 2023 Jasika has a career high singles ranking of World No 223 achieved on 30 January 2023 and a career high doubles ranking of World No 220 achieved on 23 May 2016 Contents 1 Personal life 2 Professional tour 2 1 2014 Tour Debut 2 2 2015 2 3 2016 2 4 2017 First Challenger title 2 5 2018 2 6 From 2020 Return from suspension 3 ATP Challenger and ITF Futures World Tennis Tour finals 3 1 Singles 14 8 6 3 2 Doubles 3 1 2 4 Junior career 4 1 ITF Junior finals 4 4 1 1 Singles 4 2 titles 2 runners up 4 2 Junior Grand Slam finals 4 2 1 Singles 1 1 title 4 2 2 Doubles 1 1 title 5 Performance timelines 5 1 Singles 5 2 Doubles 6 References 7 External linksPersonal life EditJasika was born in Melbourne Australia He is of Bosnian descent His parents Admir and Bina emigrated from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Australia during the Bosnian War before Omar was born 2 He is the eldest child in his family and his brother Amor is also an aspiring professional tennis player 3 Jasika began playing tennis at the age of six He attended South Oakleigh College throughout his schooling years 4 Professional tour Edit2014 Tour Debut Edit After his success at the US Open Jasika made his ATP World Tour debut in September after he was given a wild card into the Malaysian Open He drew Rajeev Ram in round one and won the first set and was within 2 points of the match in the second before losing in three sets In October Jasika made his first final at the Australia F7 in Cairns 2015 Edit Jasika commenced 2015 at the Onkaparina Challenger where he drew No 1 seed and world No 80 Blaz Rola He lost in three sets Jasika competed in the qualifying for the Australian Open when he won two rounds but lost in the final round to Marius Copil In February he played in the Australia Futures 1 tournament where he lost in the final to Brydan Klein In March Jasika headed to China where he made the final round of qualifying in both Guangzhou and Shenzhen Challengers before heading to Guadeloupe where he qualified for and made the quarter final of the Guadeloupe Challenger In May Jasika won his first ITF title in Changwon In July Jasika won his second ITF title in Kelowna dropping just one set along the way 5 2016 Edit Jasika made his grand slam debut at the 2016 Australian Open after being awarded a wild card 6 He won his first round match beating Illya Marchenko in 4 sets he subsequently lost to former finalist Jo Wilfried Tsonga in the following round in straight sets Jasika spent the remainder of the year predominantly on the Futures circuit across North America and Europe making numerous quarter and semi finals but no finals In December Jasika won the Australian Open wildcard play off earning him direct entry into the 2017 Australian Open Jasika ended the year with a ranking of 367 2017 First Challenger title Edit Jasika commenced the year with a wildcard into the Happy Valley Challenger where he reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final 7 At the 2017 Australian Open Jasika lost in round 1 to David Ferrer In February Jasika won his first Challenger title in Burnie In March Jasika returned to the ITF circuit in Australia reaching the semi final of the F2 in Canberra In July Jasika travelled to North America and competed on the Challenger Circuit winning just one match In September Jasika reached the quarter final of Shanghai Challenger and in October the quarter final of the Canberra Challenger Jasika ended 2017 with a ranking of 276 2018 Edit Jasika commenced the season by reaching the quarter final of the Playford Challenger before losing in round 1 2018 Australian Open Men s singles qualifying He was suspended from professional tennis by ASADA for two years after having tested positive for cocaine in December 2017 Jasika was eligible to play again in March 2020 8 9 From 2020 Return from suspension Edit Jasika returned from suspension at the ITF tournament held in Geelong Australia in March 2020 losing in the first round of qualifying His career was then stalled by the Covid 19 pandemic He played his next professional match in February 2022 at the ITF tournament in Canberra where he reached the quarter final In March 2022 in his fourth tournament back Jasika won the ITF tournament in Bendigo Following this he won an ITF tournament in Chiang Rai Thailand in April 2021 Overall he has won five ITF tournaments since his return At the 2023 Australian Open Jasika lost in the first qualification round to Denis Kudla ATP Challenger and ITF Futures World Tennis Tour finals EditSingles 14 8 6 Edit LegendATP Challenger 1 2 ITF Futures World Tennis Tour 7 4 Finals by surfaceHard 8 5 Clay 0 1 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 0 1 Oct 2014 Australia F7 Cairns Futures Hard Jarmere Jenkins 6 3 3 6 4 6Loss 0 2 Mar 2015 Australia F5 Adelaide Futures Hard Brydan Klein 4 6 7 6 7 3 2 6Win 1 2 May 2015 Korea F2 Changwon Futures Hard Connor Smith 6 3 6 4Win 2 2 Jul 2015 Canada F4 Kelowna Futures Hard Eric Quigley 3 6 6 4 7 6 7 4 Loss 2 3 Jan 2017 Happy Valley Australia Challenger Hard Peter Gojowczyk 3 6 1 6Win 3 3 Feb 2017 Burnie Australia Challenger Hard Blake Mott 6 2 6 2Win 4 3 Mar 2022 M25 Bendigo Australia World Tennis Tour Hard James McCabe 6 1 6 2Loss 4 4 Mar 2022 M25 Canberra Australia World Tennis Tour Clay Jason Kubler 6 1 3 6 6 7 4 7 Win 5 4 Apr 2022 M15 Chiang Rai Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard Dayne Kelly 6 1 7 6 7 1 Win 6 4 May 2022 M15 Heraklion Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Charles Broom 7 5 6 3Win 7 4 Jun 2022 M15 Heraklion Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Jerome Kym 6 2 6 2Loss 7 5 Sep 2022 Nonthaburi Thailand Challenger Hard Arthur Cazaux 6 7 6 8 4 6Loss 7 6 Sep 2022 M25 Darwin Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Dane Sweeny 3 6 7 6 7 4 4 6Win 8 6 Nov 2022 M25 Traralgon Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Dayne Kelly 6 0 6 2Doubles 3 1 2 Edit LegendATP Challenger 0 1 ITF Futures 1 1 Finals by surfaceHard 0 2 Clay 1 0 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 0 1 Nov 2015 Traralgon Australia Challenger Hard Bradley Mousley Dayne Kelly Marinko Matosevic 5 7 2 6Win 1 1 May 2016 Croatia F5 Bol Futures Clay Bradley Mousley Tallon Griekspoor Tobias Simon 7 5 7 6Loss 1 2 May 2022 M25 Nottingham Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard Edan Leshem Julian Cash Henry Patten 3 6 7 5 2 10 Junior career EditITF Junior finals 4 Edit Singles 4 2 titles 2 runners up Edit LegendGrand Slam 1 0 Grade A 0 0 Grade B 0 0 Grade 1 5 1 2 Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 1 30 July 2011 Auckland New Zealand Hard Chris Simich 5 7 4 6Win 1 10 March 2013 Nonthaburi Thailand Hard Cameron Norrie 7 5 6 4Loss 2 16 January 2014 Traralgon Australia Hard Alexander Zverev 5 7 2 6Win 2 7 September 2014 New York City United States Hard Quentin Halys 2 6 7 5 6 1Junior Grand Slam finals Edit Singles 1 1 title Edit Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent ScoreWin 2014 US Open Hard Quentin Halys 2 6 7 5 6 1Doubles 1 1 title Edit Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 2014 US Open Hard Naoki Nakagawa Rafael Matos Joao Menezes 6 3 7 6 8 6 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 To avoid confusion and double counting these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player s participation has ended Singles Edit Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W L Win Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open Q3 2R 1R Q1 A A A A Q1 0 2 1 2 33 French Open A A A A A A A A 0 0 0 0 Wimbledon A A A A A NH A A 0 0 0 0 US Open A A A A A A A A 0 0 0 0 Win loss 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 33 ATP Tour Masters 1000Miami Open Q2 Q1 A A A A A A A 0 0 0 0 Win loss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Doubles Edit Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W L Win Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open 2R 1R A A A A A 0 2 1 2 33 French Open A A A A A A A 0 0 0 0 Wimbledon A A A A A NH A 0 0 0 0 US Open A A A A A A A 0 0 0 0 Win loss 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 33 ATP Tour Masters 1000Miami Open A QF A A A A A 0 1 2 1 67 Win loss 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 67 References Edit profile Omar Jasika Tennis Australia Retrieved 8 July 2015 Uspjesni Brcak Omar Jasika 15 Godisnjak Uvrsten Na Atp Listu Archived from the original on 14 November 2014 Retrieved 16 September 2014 Off the couch and down to business 16 September 2014 Tennis Prodigy Omar Jasika Serves Up An Ace For Old School South Oakleigh College The Herald Sun dead link MORE SUCCESS FOR JASIKA NANCARROW www tennis com au 8 July 2015 Retrieved 8 July 2015 JASIKA GETS AUSSIE OPEN WILDCARD www skynewssport com au 29 December 2015 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 30 December 2015 Jasika Excelling On Home Soil ATP World Tour 6 January 2017 Retrieved 6 January 2017 Jasika Omar ASADA 30 October 2018 Retrieved 23 November 2018 Courtney Walsh 1 September 2018 Omar Jasika banned over cocaine The Australian External links EditOmar Jasika at the Association of Tennis Professionals Omar Jasika at the International Tennis Federation Omar Jasika at Tennis Australia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Omar Jasika amp oldid 1153194784, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
