Jakob Hlasek


Jakob Hlasek is a Swiss former professional tennis player of Czech origin. He won a major doubles title at the 1992 French Open, partnering Marc Rosset.

Career

The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year. He was also a member of Switzerland Davis Cup team which reached the final of the 1992 Davis Cup, and won the 1992 Hopman Cup. His best Grand Slam performance was reaching the quarter-finals of the 1991 French Open, defeating David Pate, Emilio Sánchez, Tomás Carbonell and Christian Miniussi before losing to Andre Agassi.
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. His career prize-money earnings totalled $5,895,293.

Career finals

Doubles: 35 (20 wins – 15 losses)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentScore
Loss1.Sep 1984Tel Aviv, IsraelHard