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Jakob Hlasek
Country	Switzerland; Czechoslovakia
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Date of birth	May 19, 1964 (age 45)
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	6'2"
Weight	172 lbs
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1996
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$5,895,293
Singles
Career record	434–331
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 7 (April 17, 1989)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3r (1984–85)
French Open	QF (1991)
Wimbledon	4r (1987, 1996)
US Open	4r (1988, 1996)
Doubles
Career record	367–272
Career titles	20
Highest ranking	No. 4 (November 13, 1989)
	Last updated on: April 5, 2008.

Jakob Hlasek (born November 12, 1964 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.

[edit] Career

The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year (partnering his fellow Swiss player Marc Rosset). He was also a member of Switzerland's teams which reached the final of the 1992 Davis Cup (where they were defeated by the United States), and won the 1992 Hopman Cup.

Further success for his country came in 1996, when Hlasek was a member of the Swiss team which won the World Team Cup.

During his career Hlasek won five top-level singles titles and 20 doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, and his career-high doubles ranking was World No. 4 (both attained in 1989). His career prize-money earnings totalled US$5,895,293.

[edit] ATP Results

[edit] Singles titles (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	14 November 1988	Wembley, England	Carpet	Jonas Svensson	6–7(4), 3–6, 6–4, 6–0, 7–5
2.	21 November 1988	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Christo van Rensburg	6–7, 6–4, 6–1, 7–6
3.	13 February 1989	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Anders Järryd	6–1, 7–5
4.	12 November 1990	Wembley, England	Carpet	Michael Chang	7–6(7), 6–3
5.	30 September 1991	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	John McEnroe	7–6(4), 6–0, 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	25 March 1985	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Miloslav Mečíř	6–1, 6–2
2.	4 August 1986	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Thomas Muster	6–1, 6–3, 6–3
3.	11 July 1988	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Darren Cahill	6–3, 6–4, 7–6(2)
4.	10 October 1988	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Stefan Edberg	7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
5.	28 November 1988	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Henri Leconte	7–6(3), 7–6(6), 6–4
6.	27 February 1989	Lyon, France	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–3, 7–6(3)
7.	11 November 1991	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Andrei Cherkasov	7–6(2), 3–6, 7–6(5)
8.	17 July 1995	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
9.	18 September 1995	Bordeaux, France	Hard	Yahiya Doumbia	6–4, 6–4

[edit] Doubles Titles (20)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (1)
ATP Masters Series (2)
ATP Championship Series (2)
ATP Tour (14)

Titles by Surface
Hard (7)
Clay (3)
Grass (1)
Carpet (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	14 October 1985	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Ricardo Acuña	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 6–2, 9–7
2.	21 April 1986	Nice, France	Clay	Pavel Složil	Gary Donnelly Colin Dowdeswell	6–3, 4–6, 11–9
3.	9 November 1987	Paris, France	Carpet	Claudio Mezzadri	Scott Davis David Pate	7–6, 6–2
4.	10 October 1988	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–1
5.	20 February 1989	Milan, Italy	Carpet	John McEnroe	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–4
6.	20 March 1989	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Boris Becker	Kevin Curren David Pate	7–6, 7–5
7.	3 April 1989	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Anders Järryd	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–3, ret.
8.	13 November 1989	Wembley, England	Carpet	John McEnroe	Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren	6–1, 7–6
9.	26 February 1990	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Guy Forget	Michael Mortensen Tom Nijssen	6–3, 6–2
10.	18 June 1990	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Michael Stich	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	7–6, 6–3
11.	27 August 1990	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Guy Forget	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
12.	15 October 1990	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Guy Forget	Scott Davis David Pate	7–6, 7–5
13.	29 October 1990	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Guy Forget	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–2
14.	25 November 1990	Doubles Championships, Sanctuary Cove	Hard	Guy Forget	Emilio Sánchez Sergio Casal	6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
15.	30 September 1991	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Patrick McEnroe	Petr Korda John McEnroe	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
16.	18 May 1992	Rome, Italy	Clay	Marc Rosset	Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
17.	8 June 1992	French Open, Paris	Clay	Marc Rosset	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
18.	26 October 1992	Lyon, France	Carpet	Marc Rosset	Neil Broad Stefan Kruger	6–1, 6–3
19.	24 October 1994	Lyon, France	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Martin Damm Patrick Rafter	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
20.	23 October 1995	Lyon, France	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	John-Laffnie De Jager Wayne Ferreira	6–3, 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	17 September 1984	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Colin Dowdeswell	Peter Doohan Brian Levine	6–3, 6–4
2.	25 November 1985	Hong Kong	Hard	Tomáš Šmíd	Brad Drewett Kim Warwick	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
3.	13 October 1986	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
4.	27 February 1989	Lyon, France	Carpet	John McEnroe	Eric Jelen Michael Mortensen	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
5.	6 November 1989	Paris, France	Carpet	Eric Winogradsky	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–4
6.	15 July 1991	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Guy Forget	Gary Muller Danie Visser	7–6, 6–4
7.	21 October 1991	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Patrick McEnroe	Anders Järryd Gary Muller	6–4, 7–5
8.	17 February 1992	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Guy Forget	Boris Becker John McEnroe	6–3, 6–2
9.	2 May 1994	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	Rikard Bergh Menno Oosting	6–3, 6–4
10.	25 July 1994	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
11.	27 March 1995	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Martin Damm Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–2
12.	16 October 1995	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Patrick McEnroe	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–4
13.	4 March 1996	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Guy Forget	Andrea Gaudenzi Goran Ivanišević	6–4, 7–5
14.	13 May 1996	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Guy Forget	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 6–4
15.	10 June 1996	French Open, Paris	Clay	Guy Forget	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–2, 6–3

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