Jan Kodeš Jr. (born 11 March 1972) is a former professional

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player from the Czech Republic.

Biography

Born in Prague, he is the son of Czech tennis great

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 ...

. A highly rated junior in the late 1980s, at his peak he was the number two junior in Czechoslovakia, behind

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. It was with Damm that he made the boys doubles final at the 1989 US Open, which they lost to South Africans

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and

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. He was the Czechoslovak national junior champion in 1989. Kodeš turned professional in 1990 and in his first year on tour made the second round at Prague, with a win over

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. In 1991 he defeated

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to win the Prague Challenger. He won two further Challenger titles during his career, both in doubles. As a doubles player he twice made the semi-finals of ATP Tour tournaments, at Prague in 1993 and Ostrava in 1994, both beside

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. He also competed in the main draw of the doubles at the

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, with countryman Damm.

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

Doubles: (2)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kodes, Jan Jr. 1972 births Living people Czech male tennis players Tennis players from Prague Czechoslovak male tennis players