Jan Kodeš

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

Kodeš's greatest success was achieved on the clay courts of the French Open, where he won the singles title in 1970 and 1971. However, he also won Wimbledon on grass courts in 1973, although the tournament was largely boycotted by top players that year in a show of solidarity over the ban of Nikola Pilić by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF).

Kodeš never played at the Australian Open, but was twice the runner-up at the US Open, in 1971 and 1973. Kodeš reached his highest ATP ranking of world No. 5 in September 1973. 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.

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)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1970	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović	6–2, 6–4, 6–0
Win	1971	French Open (2)	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	1971	US Open	Grass	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–5)
Win	1973	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Alex Metreveli	6–1, 9–8(7–5), 6–3
Loss	1973	US Open (2)	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	SR	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	Absent																0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	2R	4R	1R[a]	4R	W	W	QF	QF	4R	4R	3R	4R	3R	2R	2R	1R	2 / 16	43–13	76.79
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	SF	W	QF	2R	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1 / 15	19–14	57.58
US Open	A	A	A	2R	A	F	2R	F	4R	4R	QF	3R	A	2R	A	A	0 / 9	27–9	75.00
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

^a 1968 French Open counts as 0 wins, 0 losses. Fernando Gentil received a walkover in the first round, after Kodeš withdrew, does not count as a Kodeš loss (nor a Gentil win).

Open era finals

Singles (9 titles, 19 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	1970	St. Petersburg, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Joaquín Loyo-Mayo	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
Win	2.	1970	French Open, Paris	Clay	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović	6–2, 6–4, 6–0
Loss	1.	1970	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–8
Loss	2.	1971	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	8–10, 9–11, 1–6
Win	3.	1971	Catania, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Georges Goven	6–3, 6–0, 6–2
Loss	3.	1971	Rome WCT, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	5–7, 3–6, 3–6
Win	4.	1971	French Open, Paris	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	4.	1971	US Open, New York	Grass	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	5.	1971	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	1–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss	6.	1972	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	0–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	1972	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	6–4, 1–6, 5–7, 2–6
Win	5.	1972	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Win	6.	1973	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Brian Fairlie	6–1, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	8.	1973	Vancouver, Canada	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Win	7.	1973	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon Alex Metreveli	6–1, 9–8, 6–3
Loss	9.	1973	US Open, New York	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	1973	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 0–6, 5–7
Loss	11.	1974	Acapulco, Mexico	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	2–6, 6–7
Loss	12.	1975	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Loss	13.	1975	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	6–3, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	14.	1975	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol	4–6, 6–1, 0–6, 5–7
Loss	15.	1975	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Adriano Panatta	6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 4–6
Win	8.	1975	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Adriano Panatta	6–2, 3–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win	9.	1976	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	16.	1976	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Corrado Barazzutti	2–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–7, 6–8
Loss	17.	1976	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	6–7, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	18.	1976	Aviles, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović	6–7, 1–6, 7–5, 6–7
Loss	19.	1977	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles (17 titles, 24 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1970	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović	Template:Flagicon Dick Crealy Template:Flagicon Allan Stone	2–6, 6–2, 12–12 ret.
Loss	2.	1970	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	8–10, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	1970	Phoenix, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	Template:Flagicon Dick Crealy Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	6–7, 3–6
Loss	4.	1970	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović	Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	1971	Macon, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović	Template:Flagicon Clark Graebner Template:Flagicon Thomaz Koch	3–6, 6–7
Loss	6.	1971	Catania, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jan Kukal	Template:Flagicon Pierre Barthès Template:Flagicon François Jauffret	6–7, 6–2, 3–6
Win	1.	1971	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović	Template:Flagicon Clark Graebner Template:Flagicon Erik van Dillen	7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Win	2.	1972	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win	3.	1972	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac	4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	7.	1972	Montreal, Canada	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jan Kukal	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac	6–7, 3–6
Win	4.	1973	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Vladimír Zedník	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–4
Win	5.	1973	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Mateflex	Template:Flagicon Vladimír Zedník	Template:Flagicon Róbert Machán Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 7–6
Win	6.	1974	Palm Desert, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Vladimír Zedník	Template:Flagicon Raymond Moore Template:Flagicon Onny Parun	6–4, 6–4
Win	7.	1974	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jiří Hřebec	Template:Flagicon Kenichi Hirai Template:Flagicon Toshiro Sakai	6–1, 6–4
Loss	8.	1975	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Roger Taylor	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–7, 2–6
Win	8.	1975	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Milan Holeček Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler	7–5, 6–3
Loss	9.	1975	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr. Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	3–6, 6–7
Win	9.	1975	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon François Jauffret	Template:Flagicon Harald Elschenbroich Template:Flagicon Hans Kary	6–2, 6–3
Loss	10.	1975	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale Template:Flagicon Raymond Moore	4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Win	10.	1975	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr. Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	6–4, 3–6, 9–7
Win	11.	1976	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jiří Hřebec	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–7, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	12.	1977	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win	12.	1977	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon François Jauffret	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	13.	1977	French Open, Paris	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	13.	1977	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	6–0, 6–4
Loss	14.	1977	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	4–6, 3–6
Loss	15.	1977	Oviedo, Spain	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	Template:Flagicon Fred McNair Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 1–6
Loss	16.	1978	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	3–6, 3–6
Loss	17.	1978	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Patrice Dominguez Template:Flagicon François Jauffret	4–6, 0–6
Loss	18.	1978	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Víctor Pecci Template:Flagicon Belus Prajoux	7–6, 6–7, 1–6
Win	14.	1978	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Carlos Kirmayr Template:Flagicon Belus Prajoux	6–3, 7–6
Loss	19.	1978	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	6–7, 1–6
Win	15.	1978	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win	16.	1979	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon John Marks	6–3, 6–1, 7–6
Loss	20.	1979	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	1–6, 3–6
Loss	21.	1979	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	4–6, 6–7
Loss	22.	1980	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	Template:Flagicon Steve Denton Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	23.	1980	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	4–6, 1–6
Win	17.	1982	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt	7–6, 6–4
Loss	24.	1983	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon 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.

Further reading

Jan Kodeš, with Petr Kolar, A Journey to Glory from behind the Iron Curtain, New Chapter Press, Chicago, 2010, Template:ISBN

External links

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