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{{Short description|Czech tennis player (born 1946)}}
{{for|his son, also a professional tennis player|Jan Kodeš Jr.}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name        = Jan Kodeš
|image       = Jan Kodeš.JPG
|country     = {{CSK}}
|residence   = [[Prague]], Czech Republic
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|03|01}}
|birth_place = Prague, [[Czechoslovakia]] <br/>(now [[Czech Republic]])
|height      = {{height|m=1.75}}
|turnedpro   = 1968 (amateur from 1966)
|retired     = 1983
|plays       = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney = $693,197
|tennishofyear    = 1990
|tennishofid      = jan-kodes
|singlesrecord    = {{tennis record|won=630|lost=341}} in pre Open-Era & [[Open Era]]
|singlestitles    = 9
|highestsinglesranking = No. 5 (13 September 1973)
|FrenchOpenresult = '''W''' ([[1970 French Open – Men's singles|1970]], [[1971 French Open – Men's singles|1971]])
|Wimbledonresult  = '''W''' ([[1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1973]])
|USOpenresult     = F ([[1971 U.S. Open – Men's singles|1971]], [[1973 U.S. Open – Men's singles|1973]])
|Othertournaments = yes
|MastersCupresult = RR ([[1970 Pepsi-Cola Masters – Singles|1970]], [[1971 Pepsi-Cola Masters – Singles|1971]], [[1972 Commercial Union Assurance Masters – Singles|1972]], [[1973 Commercial Union Assurance Masters – Singles|1973]])
|WCTFinalsresult  = SF ([[1974 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles|1974]])
|doublesrecord    = 313-183
|doublestitles    = 17
|highestdoublesranking = No. 12 (21 May 1979)
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = F (1977)}}

'''Jan Kodeš''' (born 1 March 1946) is a Czech former professional [[tennis]] player. A three-time [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments|major]] singles champion, Kodeš was one of the premier players in the early 1970s.

Kodeš's greatest success was achieved on the [[clay court]]s of the [[French Open]], where he won the singles title in [[1970 French Open – Men's singles|1970]] and [[1971 French Open – Men's singles|1971]]. However, he also won [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] on [[grass court]]s in [[1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1973]], although the tournament was largely [[1973 Wimbledon Championships#ATP boycott|boycotted by top players that year]] in a show of solidarity over the ban of [[Nikola Pilić]] by the [[International Lawn Tennis Federation]] (ILTF).<ref>''Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships''. Barrett, John. Collins Willow 2011 {{ISBN|0-00-711707-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wimbledon Singles Titles Captured by King, Kodeš|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YR9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ke0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6976%2C3406885|agency=AP|issue=[[The Spokesman-Review]]|date=8 July 1973}}</ref><ref name=wot74>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook|year=1974|publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London|isbn=9780362001686|pages=268–269|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref>

Kodeš never played at the [[Australian Open]], but was twice the runner-up at the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]], in [[1971 US Open – Men's singles|1971]] and [[1973 US Open – Men's singles|1973]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Newcombe cops U.S. net Open|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pGk0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=zQkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1210%2C2062087|agency=UPI|issue=Star-News|date=10 September 1973|page=Fifteen}}</ref><ref name=wot74/> Kodeš reached his highest ATP ranking of world No. 5 in September 1973.<ref name=wot74/> During the [[Open Era]], he won nine top-level singles titles and 17 doubles titles.

Kodeš was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 1990. In 2013, he received the Czech Fair Play Award from the Czech Olympic Committee. He is an economics graduate of the [[Prague University]].<ref name=wot74/>

==Career statistics==

The tables do not include victories and final participation in tournaments from 1966 to 1969, such as victories in international championships and tournaments in Santiago, Viña del Mar, Sao Paulo, Lyon, Cannes, Luxembourg, St. Petersburg (USA), Beirut, Zaragoza, Split, Varna, Plovdiv, Paris (Racing Club) and three times in the MM CSSR in Bratislava. In doubles with Javorsky in Bratislava, then with Jan Kukal, he won tournaments in Lyon, Hilversum, Macon (USA), Pittsburgh, Caracas, Istanbul, Bratislava, Beirut and Split. With Pala in Luxembourg and Zaragoza. With Rodriguez in Viña del Mar, Chile. In all these tournaments or championships, the starting field was always at least 32 players, like today's ATP tour tournaments, but they are not listed in the ATP Tour yearbooks because the ATP Tour did not exist at that time and did not publish publications.

In the book written by Petr Kolar and Jan Kodes, "A Journey to Glory from behind the Iron Curtain", there are 25 singles wins, 27 appearances in finals, 32 doubles wins and 29 appearances in doubles finals. He participated in the final Grand Prix "Masters" tournaments (now ATP Finals) from 1970-1974 (Tokyo 1970, Paris 1971, Barcelona 1972, Boston 1973 and Dallas 1974).

===Grand Slam finals: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)===
{| class='sortable wikitable'
! style="width:40px"|Result
! style="width:30px"|Year
! style="width:140px"|Championship
! style="width:40px"|Surface
! style="width:150px"|Opponent
! style="width:170px" class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#ebc2af;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win||[[1970 French Open – Men's singles|1970]]||French Open ||Clay||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Željko Franulović]]||6–2, 6–4, 6–0
|- style="background:#ebc2af;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win||[[1971 French Open – Men's singles|1971]]||French Open <small>(2)</small>||Clay||{{flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ilie Năstase]]||8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss||1971||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] ||Grass||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Stan Smith]]||6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7<sup>(3–5)</sup>
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win||[[1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1973]]||[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]||Grass||{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1955}} [[Alex Metreveli]]||6–1, 9–8<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–3
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss||1973||US Open <small>(2)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]]||4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
|}

===Grand Slam singles performance timeline===
{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}
{|class="wikitable nowrap" style=text-align:center
|-
!width=112|Tournament!!width=30|1966!!width=30|1967!!width=30|1968!!width=30|1969!!width=30|[[1970 Grand Prix (tennis)|1970]]!!width=30|[[1971 Grand Prix (tennis)|1971]]!!width=30|[[1972 Grand Prix (tennis)|1972]]!!width=30|[[1973 Grand Prix (tennis)|1973]]!!width=30|[[1974 Grand Prix (tennis)|1974]]!!width=30|[[1975 Grand Prix (tennis)|1975]]!!width=30|[[1976 Grand Prix (tennis)|1976]]!!width=30|[[1977 Grand Prix (tennis)|1977]]!!width=30|[[1978 Grand Prix (tennis)|1978]]!!width=30|[[1979 Grand Prix (tennis)|1979]]!!width=30|[[1980 Grand Prix (tennis)|1980]]!!width=30|[[1981 Grand Prix (tennis)|1981]]!!width=40|SR!!width=40|W–L!!width=40|Win %
|-
|align=left| [[Australian Open]]
|colspan=16 style=color:#767676|Absent
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|-
|align=left| [[French Open]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1966 French Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1967 French Championships – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1968 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]{{ref label|Walkover2011French|a|a}}
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1969 French Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=lime|[[1970 French Open – Men's singles|'''W''']]
|bgcolor=lime|[[1971 French Open – Men's singles|'''W''']]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[1972 French Open – Men's singles|QF]]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[1973 French Open – Men's singles|QF]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1974 French Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1975 French Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1976 French Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1977 French Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1978 French Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1979 French Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1980 French Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1981 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|2 / 16
|43–13
|76.79
|-
|align=left| [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1966 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1967 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1969 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1970 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=yellow|[[1972 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|SF]]
|bgcolor=lime|[[1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|'''W''']]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[1974 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|QF]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1975 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1977 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1978 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1979 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1980 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1981 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|1 / 15
|19–14
|57.58
|-
|align=left| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1969 US Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|A
|bgcolor=thistle|[[1971 US Open – Men's singles|F]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1972 US Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=thistle|[[1973 US Open – Men's singles|F]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1974 US Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1975 US Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[1976 US Open – Men's singles|QF]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1977 US Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1979 US Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|A
|A
|0 / 9
|27–9
|75.00
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!1–2
!3–2
!0–1
!5–3
!7–1
!13–2
!9–3
!17–2
!10–3
!7–3
!6–2
!5–3
!2–2
!2–3
!2–2
!0–2
!3 / 40
!89–36
!71.20
|}
<small>{{note label|Walkover1968French|a|a}}[[1968 French Open – Men's singles|1968 French Open]] counts as 0 wins, 0 losses. [[Fernando Gentil]] received a [[walkover (tennis)|walkover]] in the first round, after Kodeš withdrew, does not count as a Kodeš loss (nor a Gentil win).</small>

==Open era finals==
===Singles (9 titles, 19 runner-ups)===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L 
!style="width:60px"|Date
!style="width:170px"|Tournament
!style="width:55px"|Surface
!style="width:160px"|Opponent
!style="width:150px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1.
| 1970
| St. Petersburg, U.S.
| Clay
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Joaquín Loyo-Mayo]]
| 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2.
| 1970
| [[French Open]], Paris
| Clay
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Željko Franulović]]
| 6–2, 6–4, 6–0
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1.
| 1970
| [[Rome Masters|Rome]], Italy
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ilie Năstase]]
| 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–8
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 2.
| 1971
| [[Open de Nice Côte d'Azur|Nice]], France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ilie Năstase
| 8–10, 9–11, 1–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 3.
| 1971
| Catania, Italy
| Clay
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Georges Goven]]
| 6–3, 6–0, 6–2
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 3.
| 1971
| Rome WCT, Italy
| Clay
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Laver]]
| 5–7, 3–6, 3–6
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 4.
| 1971
| French Open, Paris
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ilie Năstase
| 8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 4.
| 1971
| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]], New York
| Grass
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stan Smith]]
| 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 5.
| 1971
| [[Stockholm Open|Stockholm WCT]], Sweden
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Ashe]]
| 1–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 6.
| 1972
| Nice, France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ilie Năstase
| 0–6, 4–6, 3–6
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 7.
| 1972
| Rome, Italy
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Manuel Orantes]]
| 6–4, 1–6, 5–7, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 5.
| 1972
| [[Open Seat|Barcelona]], Spain
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Manuel Orantes]]
| 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6.
| 1973
| [[Cologne Grand Prix|Cologne]], West Germany
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Brian Fairlie]]
| 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 8.
| 1973
| [[Vancouver WCT|Vancouver]], Canada
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Gorman (tennis)|Tom Gorman]]
| 6–3, 2–6, 5–7
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 7.
| 1973
| [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], London
| Grass
| {{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Alex Metreveli]]
| 6–1, 9–8, 6–3
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 9.
| 1973
| US Open, New York
| Grass
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]]
| 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 10.
| 1973
| Prague, Czechoslovakia
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Hřebec]]
| 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 0–6, 5–7
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 11.
| 1974
| Acapulco, Mexico
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Tom Okker]]
| 2–6, 6–7
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 12.
| 1975
| [[Hampton Grand Prix|Hampton]], U.S.
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Connors]]
| 6–3, 3–6, 0–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 13.
| 1975
| [[1975 Grand Prix German Open|Hamburg]], West Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Manuel Orantes
| 6–3, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 14.
| 1975
| [[1975 Düsseldorf Grand Prix|Düsseldorf]], West Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Jaime Fillol]]
| 4–6, 6–1, 0–6, 5–7
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 15.
| 1975
| [[Generali Open|Kitzbühel]], Austria
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Adriano Panatta]]
| 6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 8.
| 1975
| [[1975 Madrid Tennis Grand Prix|Madrid]], Spain
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Adriano Panatta
| 6–2, 3–6, 7–6, 6–2
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 9.
| 1976
| [[Davidoff Swiss Indoors|Basel]], Switzerland
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Hřebec]]
| 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 16.
| 1976
| Nice, France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Corrado Barazzutti]]
| 2–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–7, 6–8
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 17.
| 1976
| Kitzbühel, Austria
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Manuel Orantes
| 6–7, 2–6, 6–7
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 18.
| 1976
| Aviles, Spain
| Clay
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Željko Franulović]]
| 6–7, 1–6, 7–5, 6–7
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 19.
| 1977
| Kitzbühel, Austria
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Guillermo Vilas]]
| 7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
|}

===Doubles (17 titles, 24 runner-ups)===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L 
!style="width:60px"|Date
!style="width:160px"|Tournament
!style="width:55px"|Surface
!style="width:160px"|Partner
!style="width:160px"|Opponents
!style="width:150px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1.
| 1970
| [[Swedish Open|Båstad]], Sweden
| Clay
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Željko Franulović]]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Dick Crealy]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Allan Stone]]
| 2–6, 6–2, 12–12 ret.
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 2.
| 1970
| [[Generali Open|Kitzbühel]], Austria
| Clay
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Željko Franulović]]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Alexander (tennis)|John Alexander]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Phil Dent]]
| 8–10, 2–6, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 3.
| 1970
| [[Phoenix Open (tennis)|Phoenix]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Charlie Pasarell]]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Dick Crealy <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ray Ruffels]]
| 6–7, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 4.
| 1970
| [[Argentina Open|Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| Clay
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Željko Franulović]]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bob Carmichael]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} Ray Ruffels
| 5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 7–6, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 5.
| 1971
| [[Macon Open (tennis)|Macon]], U.S.
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Željko Franulović]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Clark Graebner]] <br> {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Thomaz Koch]]
| 3–6, 6–7
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 6.
| 1971
| Catania, Italy
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Kukal]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre Barthès]] <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Jauffret]]
| 6–7, 6–2, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1.
| 1971
| [[ATP Houston|Indianapolis]], U.S.
| Clay
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Željko Franulović]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Clark Graebner <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erik van Dillen]]
| 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2.
| 1972
| [[ATP Nice|Nice]], France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stan Smith]]
| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Frew McMillan]] <br> {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ilie Năstase]]
| 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 3.
| 1972
| [[Hamburg Masters|Hamburg]], West Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ilie Năstase]]
| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Bob Hewitt]] <br> {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ion Țiriac]]
| 4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 7.
| 1972
| [[Canada Masters|Montreal]], Canada
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Kukal]]
| {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ilie Năstase <br> {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ion Țiriac
| 6–7, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 4.
| 1973
| [[Countrywide Classic|Los Angeles]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Vladimír Zedník]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Connors]] <br> {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ilie Năstase
| 6–2, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 5.
| 1973
| Prague, Czechoslovakia
| Mateflex
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Vladimír Zedník]]
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Róbert Machán]] <br> {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Balázs Taróczy]]
| 7–6, 7–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6.
| 1974
| [[Palm Desert, California|Palm Desert]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Vladimír Zedník]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Raymond Moore (tennis)|Raymond Moore]] <br> {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Onny Parun]]
| 6–4, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 7.
| 1974
| [[Düsseldorf Grand Prix|Düsseldorf]], West Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Hřebec]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kenichi Hirai]] <br> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toshiro Sakai]]
| 6–1, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 8.
| 1975
| [[ATP Memphis|Salisbury]], U.S.
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Roger Taylor (tennis)|Roger Taylor]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Connors <br> {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ilie Năstase
| 6–7, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 8.
| 1975
| [[BMW Open|Munich]], West Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Fibak]]
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Milan Holeček]] <br> {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Meiler]]
| 7–5, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 9.
| 1975
| [[Hamburg Masters|Hamburg]], West Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Fibak]]
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Juan Gisbert Sr.]] <br> {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Manuel Orantes]]
| 3–6, 6–7
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 9.
| 1975
| [[Düsseldorf Grand Prix|Düsseldorf]], West Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Jauffret]]
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Harald Elschenbroich]] <br> {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hans Kary]]
| 6–2, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 10.
| 1975
| [[Canada Masters|Montreal]], Canada
| Hard
| {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ilie Năstase]]
| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Cliff Drysdale]] <br> {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Raymond Moore
| 4–6, 7–5, 6–7
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 10.
| 1975
| [[Madrid Tennis Grand Prix|Madrid]], Spain
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ilie Năstase]]
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Juan Gisbert Sr. <br> {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Manuel Orantes]]
| 6–4, 3–6, 9–7
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 11.
| 1976
| Kitzbühel, Austria
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Hřebec]]
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Jürgen Fassbender]] <br> {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Hans-Jürgen Pohmann]]
| 6–7, 6–2, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 12.
| 1977
| [[Baltimore WCT|Baltimore]], U.S.
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ross Case]]
| {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ion Țiriac <br> {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Guillermo Vilas]]
| 3–6, 7–6, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 12.
| 1977
| [[Monte Carlo Masters|Monte Carlo]], Monaco
| Clay
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Jauffret]]
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Fibak]] <br> {{flagicon|NED}} [[Tom Okker]]
| 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 13.
| 1977
| [[French Open]], Paris
| Clay
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Fibak]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Gottfried]] <br> {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Ramírez]]
| 6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 13.
| 1977
| [[Open Seat|Barcelona]], Spain
| Clay
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Fibak]]
| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Bob Hewitt <br> {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Frew McMillan
| 6–0, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 14.
| 1977
| [[BA-CA TennisTrophy|Vienna]], Austria
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Fibak]]
| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Bob Hewitt <br> {{Flagicon|RSA|1928}} Frew McMillan
| 4–6, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 15.
| 1977
| Oviedo, Spain
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Ramírez]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred McNair]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood Stewart]]
| 3–6, 1–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 16.
| 1978
| [[Springfield International Tennis Classic|Springfield]], U.S.
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marty Riessen]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Lutz (tennis)|Robert Lutz]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Stan Smith
| 3–6, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 17.
| 1978
| [[ATP Nice|Nice]], France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Tomáš Šmíd]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patrice Dominguez]] <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Jauffret]]
| 4–6, 0–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 18.
| 1978
| [[Rome Masters|Rome]], Italy
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Tomáš Šmíd]]
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Víctor Pecci]] <br> {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Belus Prajoux]]
| 7–6, 6–7, 1–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 14.
| 1978
| [[Mercedes Cup|Stuttgart]], West Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Tomáš Šmíd]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Carlos Kirmayr]] <br> {{flagicon|CHI}} Belus Prajoux
| 6–3, 7–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 19.
| 1978
| [[Aix-en-Provence Open|Aix-en-Provence]], France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Tomáš Šmíd]]
| {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ion Țiriac <br> {{flagicon|ARG}} Guillermo Vilas
| 6–7, 1–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 15.
| 1978
| [[Madrid Tennis Grand Prix|Madrid]], Spain
| Clay
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Fibak]]
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Pavel Složil]] <br> {{flagicon|TCH}} Tomáš Šmíd
| 6–7, 6–1, 6–2
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 16.
| 1979
| Hamburg, West Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Tomáš Šmíd]]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Edmondson]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Marks (tennis)|John Marks]]
| 6–3, 6–1, 7–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 20.
| 1979
| [[Dutch Open (tennis)|Hilversum]], Netherlands
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Tomáš Šmíd]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Tom Okker <br> {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Balázs Taróczy]]
| 1–6, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 21.
| 1979
| [[ATP Houston|Indianapolis]], U.S.
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Tomáš Šmíd]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gene Mayer]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]]
| 4–6, 6–7
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 22.
| 1980
| [[Open Seat|Barcelona]], Spain
| Clay
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Balázs Taróczy]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Denton]] <br> {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Ivan Lendl]]
| 2–6, 7–6, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 23.
| 1980
| [[Cologne Grand Prix|Cologne]], West Germany
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Tomáš Šmíd]]
| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Bernard Mitton]] <br> {{flagicon|ZWE}} [[Andrew Pattison]]
| 4–6, 1–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 17.
| 1982
| [[Dutch Open (tennis)|Hilversum]], Netherlands
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Tomáš Šmíd]]
| {{flagicon|HUN}} Balázs Taróczy <br> {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Heinz Günthardt]]
| 7–6, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 24.
| 1983
| Hilversum, Netherlands
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Tomáš Šmíd]]
| {{flagicon|SUI}} Heinz Günthardt <br> {{flagicon|HUN}} Balázs Taróczy
| 6–3, 2–6, 3–6
|}

At results above are not shown wins and runner-ups from 1965 to 1969, such as tournaments in Santiago, Viňa del Mar, São Paulo, Lyon, Cannes, Luxembourg, Split, Varna, Plovdiv, Paris (Racing Club) or International championships of Czechoslovakia in Bratislava. The draws of players were always minimum 32 players, same as at contemporary ATP Tour events, but they are not listed in ATP Annuals, since ATP was founded at 1972.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
Jan Kodeš, with Petr Kolar, ''A Journey to Glory from behind the Iron Curtain'', New Chapter Press, Chicago, 2010, {{ISBN|978-0942257687}}

==External links==
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* {{Tennis Hall of Fame}}

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