Jan Kodeš
Czech tennis player
For his son, also a professional tennis player, see
Jan Kodeš Jr.
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 over the ban of Nikola Pilić by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF).[1] [2] [3]
Kodeš never played at the Australian Open , but was twice the runner-up at the US Open , in 1971 and 1973 .[4] [3] Kodeš reached his highest ATP ranking of world No. 5 in September 1973.[3] 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 .[3]
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
Željko Franulović
6–2, 6–4, 6–0
Win
1971
French Open (2)
Clay
Ilie Năstase
8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Loss
1971
US Open
Grass
Stan Smith
6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–5)
Win
1973
Wimbledon
Grass
Alex Metreveli
6–1, 9–8(7–5) , 6–3
Loss
1973
US Open (2)
Grass
John Newcombe
4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .
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
Joaquín Loyo-Mayo
6–3, 6–3, 6–3
Win
2.
1970
French Open , Paris
Clay
Željko Franulović
6–2, 6–4, 6–0
Loss
1.
1970
Rome , Italy
Clay
Ilie Năstase
3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–8
Loss
2.
1971
Nice , France
Clay
Ilie Năstase
8–10, 9–11, 1–6
Win
3.
1971
Catania, Italy
Clay
Georges Goven
6–3, 6–0, 6–2
Loss
3.
1971
Rome WCT, Italy
Clay
Rod Laver
5–7, 3–6, 3–6
Win
4.
1971
French Open, Paris
Clay
Ilie Năstase
8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Loss
4.
1971
US Open , New York
Grass
Stan Smith
6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss
5.
1971
Stockholm WCT , Sweden
Hard (i)
Arthur Ashe
1–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss
6.
1972
Nice, France
Clay
Ilie Năstase
0–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss
7.
1972
Rome, Italy
Clay
Manuel Orantes
6–4, 1–6, 5–7, 2–6
Win
5.
1972
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Manuel Orantes
6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Win
6.
1973
Cologne , West Germany
Carpet (i)
Brian Fairlie
6–1, 6–3, 6–1
Loss
8.
1973
Vancouver , Canada
Carpet (i)
Tom Gorman
6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Win
7.
1973
Wimbledon , London
Grass
Alex Metreveli
6–1, 9–8, 6–3
Loss
9.
1973
US Open, New York
Grass
John Newcombe
4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss
10.
1973
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Carpet (i)
Jiří Hřebec
6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 0–6, 5–7
Loss
11.
1974
Acapulco, Mexico
Carpet (i)
Tom Okker
2–6, 6–7
Loss
12.
1975
Hampton , U.S.
Carpet (i)
Jimmy Connors
6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Loss
13.
1975
Hamburg , West Germany
Clay
Manuel Orantes
6–3, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss
14.
1975
Düsseldorf , West Germany
Clay
Jaime Fillol
4–6, 6–1, 0–6, 5–7
Loss
15.
1975
Kitzbühel , Austria
Clay
Adriano Panatta
6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 4–6
Win
8.
1975
Madrid , Spain
Clay
Adriano Panatta
6–2, 3–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win
9.
1976
Basel , Switzerland
Carpet (i)
Jiří Hřebec
6–4, 6–2, 6–3
Loss
16.
1976
Nice, France
Clay
Corrado Barazzutti
2–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–7, 6–8
Loss
17.
1976
Kitzbühel, Austria
Clay
Manuel Orantes
6–7, 2–6, 6–7
Loss
18.
1976
Aviles, Spain
Clay
Željko Franulović
6–7, 1–6, 7–5, 6–7
Loss
19.
1977
Kitzbühel, Austria
Clay
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
Željko Franulović
Dick Crealy Allan Stone
2–6, 6–2, 12–12 ret.
Loss
2.
1970
Kitzbühel , Austria
Clay
Željko Franulović
John Alexander Phil Dent
8–10, 2–6, 4–6
Loss
3.
1970
Phoenix , U.S.
Hard
Charlie Pasarell
Dick Crealy Ray Ruffels
6–7, 3–6
Loss
4.
1970
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Clay
Željko Franulović
Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels
5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 7–6, 3–6
Loss
5.
1971
Macon , U.S.
Carpet
Željko Franulović
Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch
3–6, 6–7
Loss
6.
1971
Catania, Italy
Clay
Jan Kukal
Pierre Barthès François Jauffret
6–7, 6–2, 3–6
Win
1.
1971
Indianapolis , U.S.
Clay
Željko Franulović
Clark Graebner Erik van Dillen
7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Win
2.
1972
Nice , France
Clay
Stan Smith
Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win
3.
1972
Hamburg , West Germany
Clay
Ilie Năstase
Bob Hewitt Ion Țiriac
4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss
7.
1972
Montreal , Canada
Clay
Jan Kukal
Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac
6–7, 3–6
Win
4.
1973
Los Angeles , U.S.
Hard
Vladimír Zedník
Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase
6–2, 6–4
Win
5.
1973
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Mateflex
Vladimír Zedník
Róbert Machán Balázs Taróczy
7–6, 7–6
Win
6.
1974
Palm Desert , U.S.
Hard
Vladimír Zedník
Raymond Moore Onny Parun
6–4, 6–4
Win
7.
1974
Düsseldorf , West Germany
Clay
Jiří Hřebec
Kenichi Hirai Toshiro Sakai
6–1, 6–4
Loss
8.
1975
Salisbury , U.S.
Carpet
Roger Taylor
Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase
6–7, 2–6
Win
8.
1975
Munich , West Germany
Clay
Wojciech Fibak
Milan Holeček Karl Meiler
7–5, 6–3
Loss
9.
1975
Hamburg , West Germany
Clay
Wojciech Fibak
Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes
3–6, 6–7
Win
9.
1975
Düsseldorf , West Germany
Clay
François Jauffret
Harald Elschenbroich Hans Kary
6–2, 6–3
Loss
10.
1975
Montreal , Canada
Hard
Ilie Năstase
Cliff Drysdale Raymond Moore
4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Win
10.
1975
Madrid , Spain
Clay
Ilie Năstase
Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes
6–4, 3–6, 9–7
Win
11.
1976
Kitzbühel, Austria
Clay
Jiří Hřebec
Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
6–7, 6–2, 6–4
Loss
12.
1977
Baltimore , U.S.
Carpet
Ross Case
Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas
3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win
12.
1977
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
François Jauffret
Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker
2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss
13.
1977
French Open , Paris
Clay
Wojciech Fibak
Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win
13.
1977
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Wojciech Fibak
Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
6–0, 6–4
Loss
14.
1977
Vienna , Austria
Carpet
Wojciech Fibak
Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
4–6, 3–6
Loss
15.
1977
Oviedo, Spain
Carpet
Raúl Ramírez
Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart
3–6, 1–6
Loss
16.
1978
Springfield , U.S.
Carpet
Marty Riessen
Robert Lutz Stan Smith
3–6, 3–6
Loss
17.
1978
Nice , France
Clay
Tomáš Šmíd
Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret
4–6, 0–6
Loss
18.
1978
Rome , Italy
Clay
Tomáš Šmíd
Víctor Pecci Belus Prajoux
7–6, 6–7, 1–6
Win
14.
1978
Stuttgart , West Germany
Clay
Tomáš Šmíd
Carlos Kirmayr Belus Prajoux
6–3, 7–6
Loss
19.
1978
Aix-en-Provence , France
Clay
Tomáš Šmíd
Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas
6–7, 1–6
Win
15.
1978
Madrid , Spain
Clay
Wojciech Fibak
Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd
6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win
16.
1979
Hamburg, West Germany
Clay
Tomáš Šmíd
Mark Edmondson John Marks
6–3, 6–1, 7–6
Loss
20.
1979
Hilversum , Netherlands
Clay
Tomáš Šmíd
Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy
1–6, 3–6
Loss
21.
1979
Indianapolis , U.S.
Clay
Tomáš Šmíd
Gene Mayer John McEnroe
4–6, 6–7
Loss
22.
1980
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Balázs Taróczy
Steve Denton Ivan Lendl
2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss
23.
1980
Cologne , West Germany
Carpet
Tomáš Šmíd
Bernard Mitton Andrew Pattison
4–6, 1–6
Win
17.
1982
Hilversum , Netherlands
Clay
Tomáš Šmíd
Balázs Taróczy Heinz Günthardt
7–6, 6–4
Loss
24.
1983
Hilversum, Netherlands
Clay
Tomáš Šmíd
Heinz Günthardt 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
Further reading
Jan Kodeš, with Petr Kolar, A Journey to Glory from behind the Iron Curtain , New Chapter Press, Chicago, 2010, ISBN 978-0942257687
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