Jan Kodeš

Jan Kodeš
Jan Kodeš 2012
Nation:	Czechoslovakia
Birthday:	March 1, 1946
Size:	175 cm
Weight:	81 kg
1st professional season:	1968
Resignation:	1983
Playing hand:	Right, one-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 693,197
singles
Career record:	410: 241
Career title:	11
Highest ranking:	No. 4 (September 1973)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	313: 183
Career title:	17th
Highest ranking:	12
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jan Kodeš (born March 1, 1946 in Prague ) is a former Czechoslovak tennis player .

He won three Grand Slam tournaments in the early 1970s .

Kodeš 'first major triumph was on Roland Garros' Ashes Square in Paris at the French Open . He won there in 1970 when he beat Željko Franulović 6-2, 6-4 and 6-0. The following year he defended his title against Ilie Năstase before winning on grass at Wimbledon in 1973 . First, he recorded a victory in the semifinals against Roger Taylor and prevailed in the subsequent final against Alexander Metreweli . Kodeš could not repeat these victories in Paris and Wimbledon , he never competed at the Australian Open . At the US Open in New York he was in the finals in 1971 and 1973 .

His highest ranking was position 4 in September 1973, he won a total of eight singles and 17 doubles titles. In 1990 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame . He also received a fair play award from the Czech Olympic Committee.

successes

singles

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Final result
1.	1970	French Open	sand	Željko Franulović	6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 0
2.	1971	Catania	sand	Georges Goven	6: 3, 6: 0, 6: 2
3.	1971	French Open	sand	Ilie Năstase	8: 6, 6: 2, 2: 6, 7: 5
4th	1972	Barcelona	sand	Manuel Orantes	6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 3
5.	1973	Cologne	carpet	Brian Fairlie	6: 1, 6: 3, 6: 1
6th	1973	Wimbledon	race	Alexander Metreweli	6: 1, 9: 8, 6: 3
7th	1975	Madrid	sand	Adriano Panatta	6: 2, 3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 2
8th.	1976	Basel	Mateflex	Jiří Hřebec	6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Final result
1.	1969	Barranquilla	sand	Ilie Năstase	4: 6, 4: 6, 10: 8, 6: 2, 3: 6
2.	1970	Rome	sand	Ilie Năstase	3: 6, 6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 8
3.	1971	Nice	sand	Ilie Năstase	8:10, 9:11, 1: 6
4th	1971	Rome	sand	Rod Laver	5: 7, 3: 6, 3: 6
5.	1971	US Open	race	Stan Smith	6: 3, 3: 6, 2: 6, 6: 7
6th	1971	Stockholm	Hard court	Arthur Ashe	1: 6, 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 1, 4: 6
7th	1972	Nice	sand	Ilie Năstase	0: 6, 4: 6, 3: 6
8th.	1972	Rome	sand	Manuel Orantes	6: 4, 1: 6, 5: 7, 2: 6
9.	1973	Vancouver	carpet	Tom Gorman	6: 3, 2: 6, 5: 7
10.	1973	US Open	race	John Newcombe	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4, 2: 6, 3: 6
11.	1973	Prague	Mateflex	Jiří Hřebec	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 3, 0: 6, 5: 7
12.	1975	Hampton	carpet	Jimmy Connors	6: 3, 3: 6, 0: 6
13.	1975	Hamburg	sand	Manuel Orantes	6: 3, 2: 6, 2: 6, 6: 4, 1: 6
14th	1975	Dusseldorf	sand	Jaime Fillol	4: 6, 6: 1, 0: 6, 5: 7
15th	1975	Kitzbühel	sand	Adriano Panatta	6: 2, 2: 6, 5: 7, 4: 6
16.	1976	Nice	sand	Corrado Barazzutti	2: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5, 6: 7, 6: 8
17th	1976	Kitzbühel	sand	Manuel Orantes	6: 7, 2: 6, 6: 7
18th	1977	Kitzbühel	sand	Guillermo Vilas	7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6, 2: 6

Double

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Final result
1.	1971	Houston	sand	Željko Franulović	Clark Graebner Erik Van Dillen	7: 6, 5: 7, 6: 3
2.	1972	Nice	sand	Stan Smith	Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase	6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 5
3.	1972	Hamburg	sand	Ilie Năstase	Bob Hewitt Ion Țiriac	4: 6, 6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
4th	1973	los Angeles	Hard court	Vladimír Zedník	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6: 2, 6: 4
5.	1973	Prague	Mateflex	Vladimír Zedník	Róbert Machán Balázs Taróczy	7: 6, 7: 6
6th	1974	Palm Desert	Hard court	Vladimír Zedník	Raymond Moore Onny Parun	6: 4, 6; 4
7th	1974	Dusseldorf	sand	Jiří Hřebec	Ken-Ichi Hirai Toshiro Sakai	6: 1, 6: 4
8th.	1975	Munich	sand	Wojciech Fibak	Milan Holeček Karl Meiler	7: 5, 6: 3
9.	1975	Dusseldorf	sand	François Jauffret	Harald Elschenbroich Hans Kary	6: 2, 6: 3
10.	1975	Madrid	sand	Ilie Năstase	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	6: 4, 3: 6, 9: 7
11.	1976	Kitzbühel	sand	Jiří Hřebec	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
12.	1977	Monte Carlo	sand	François Jauffret	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
13.	1977	Barcelona	sand	Wojciech Fibak	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6-0, 6-4
14th	1978	Stuttgart	sand	Tomáš Šmíd	Carlos Kirmayr Belus Prajoux	6: 3, 7: 6
15th	1978	Madrid	sand	Wojtek Fibak	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6: 7, 6: 1, 6: 2
16.	1979	Hamburg	sand	Tomáš Šmíd	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6: 3, 6: 1, 7: 6
17th	1982	Hilversum	sand	Tomáš Šmíd	Balázs Taróczy Heinz Günthardt	7: 6, 6: 4
18th	1982	Nairobi	sand	Drew Gitlin	Bernard Pils Hans Stiegler	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Final result
1.	1970	Båstad	sand	Željko Franulović	Dick Crealy Allan Sands	2: 6, 6: 2, 12:12 task
2.	1970	Kitzbühel	sand	Željko Franulović	John Alexander Phil Dent	8:10, 2: 6, 4: 6
3.	1970	Phoenix	Hard court	Charlie Pasarell	Dick Crealy Ray Ruffels	6: 7, 3: 6
4th	1970	Buenos Aires	sand	Željko Franulović	Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels	5: 7, 2: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6, 3: 6
5.	1971	Macon	carpet	Željko Franulović	Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch	3: 6, 6: 7
6th	1971	Catania	sand	Jan Kukal	Pierre Barthès Francois Jauffret	6: 7, 6: 2, 3: 6
7th	1972	Canada Masters	sand	Jan Kukal	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	6: 7, 3: 6
8th.	1975	Salisbury	carpet	Roger Taylor	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6: 7, 2: 6
9.	1975	Hamburg	sand	Wojciech Fibak	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	3: 6, 6: 7
10.	1975	Canada Masters	Hard court	Ilie Năstase	Cliff Drysdale Raymond Moore	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 7
12.	1977	Baltimore	carpet	Ross Case	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	3: 6, 7: 6, 4: 6
13.	1977	French Open	sand	Wojciech Fibak	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6: 7, 6: 4, 3: 6, 4: 6
14th	1977	Vienna	carpet	Wojciech Fibak	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4: 6, 3: 6
15th	1977	Oviedo	carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	3: 6, 1: 6
16.	1978	Springfield	carpet	Marty Riessen	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	3: 6, 3: 6
17th	1978	Nice	sand	Tomáš Šmíd	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret	4: 6, 0: 6
18th	1978	Rome	sand	Tomáš Šmíd	Víctor Pecci Belus Prajoux	7: 6, 6: 7, 1: 6
19th	1978	Aix-en-Provence	sand	Tomáš Šmíd	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	6: 7, 1: 6
20th	1979	Hilversum	sand	Tomáš Šmíd	Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy	1: 6, 3: 6
21st	1979	Indianapolis	sand	Tomáš Šmíd	Gene Mayer John McEnroe	4: 6, 6: 7
22nd	1980	Barcelona	sand	Balázs Taróczy	Steve Denton Ivan Lendl	2: 6, 7: 6, 3: 6
23.	1980	Cologne	carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Bernard Mitton Andrew Pattison	4: 6, 1: 6
24.	1983	Hilversum	sand	Tomáš Šmíd	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6: 3, 2: 6, 3: 6

Web links

Commons : Jan Kodeš  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Jan Kodeš (English)
• ITF profile Jan Kodeš (English)
• Davis Cup Statistics for January Kodeš (English)
• Jan Kodeš in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)