Jonáš Forejtek (born 10 March 2001) is a professional

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. Forejtek has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 217, achieved on 1 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 302, achieved on 28 February 2022. Forejtek has reached five career singles finals, with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses all on the

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Tour. Additionally, he has reached five career doubles finals, with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss which includes a 2–0 record in

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finals.

Junior career

In 2019, Forejtek reached three junior grand slam finals, one in singles and two in doubles, winning them all. At the 2019 Australian Forejtek and compatriot partner

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won the boys' doubles title beating Americans

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''7–6^(7–5), 6–4'' in the finals. At the

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he partnered with another compatriot

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capturing his second boys' grand slam doubles title, defeating

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''7–5, 6–4'' in the championship match. At the 2019 US Open, he defeated

''6–7^(4–7), 6–0, 6–2'' in the final to win the boys’ singles championship. Forejtek was the World No. 1 male junior player according to the ITF combined singles and doubles junior rankings, achieving this feat on 9 September 2019.

Professional career

2019

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won the doubles title at the

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challenger tournament in

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, Czech Republic. Impressively, they defeated the number 3 seeds in the quarterfinals (second round), the number 1 seeds in the semifinals and then claimed the title by bettering the number 2 seeds

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''6–4, 6–3'' in the final.

2020–2021: ATP and top 300 debut

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in the first round, losing just 5 games. He was then defeated by another former top 10 player

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in the second round. Forejtek made his debut in the top 300 on 1 November 2021 at World No. 294.

2022: Top 250 debut

He made his top 250 debut on 16 May 2022 at No. 226 following a semifinal showing as a qualifier at the 2022 Heilbronner Neckarcup Challenger in Germany.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Doubles: 7 (5–2)

Performance timeline

Singles

''Current through the 2020 Sofia Open''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forejtek, Jonas 2001 births Living people Czech male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions US Open (tennis) junior champions Tennis players from Plzeň Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Wimbledon junior champions 21st-century Czech sportsmen