Jonáš Forejtek

Jonáš Forejtek
Forejtek at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Czech Republic
Born (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001
Plzeň, Czech Republic
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachSláva Doseděl
Prize money$181,720
Singles
Career record3–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 217 (1 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 361 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ1 (2022)
US OpenQ1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 302 (28 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 448 (11 November 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup2–0
Last updated on: 20 November 2024.

Jonáš Forejtek (born 10 March 2001) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.[1] 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 ITF Futures 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 ATP Challenger Tour 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 Dalibor Svrčina won the boys' doubles title beating Americans Emilio Nava and Cannon Kingsley 7–6(7–5), 6–4 in the finals. At the 2019 Wimbledon Championships he partnered with another compatriot Jiří Lehečka capturing his second boys' grand slam doubles title, defeating Govind Nanda and Liam Draxl 7–5, 6–4 in the championship match. At the 2019 US Open, he defeated Emilio Nava 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

As wildcard entrants, Forejtek and fellow Czech Michael Vrbenský won the doubles title at the 2019 Svijany Open challenger tournament in Liberec, 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 Nikola Ćaćić and Antonio Šančić 6–4, 6–3 in the final.

2020–2021: ATP and top 300 debut

Forejtek made his ATP debut at 2020 Sofia Open receiving a wildcard entry into the singles main draw. He proceeded to claim an upset victory over former World No. 3 Marin Čilić in the first round, losing just 5 games. He was then defeated by another former top 10 player Richard Gasquet 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)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2019 US Open Hard Emilio Nava 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–2

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2019 Australian Open Hard Dalibor Svrčina Cannon Kingsley
Emilio Nava 		7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 2019 Wimbledon Grass Jiří Lehečka Liam Draxl
Govind Nanda 		7–5, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2018 Czech Republic F9, Valašské Meziříčí Futures Hard Karol Drzewiecki 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Christopher O'Connell 6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Aug 2019 M25 Vogau, Austria World Tennis Tour Clay Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7–6(9–7), 4–6, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Jan 2020 M25 Nussloch, Germany World Tennis Tour Carpet Ruben Bemelmans 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win 2–3 Feb 2020 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–3 Sep 2023 M15 Buschhausen, Germany World Tennis Tour Clay Louis Wessels 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Sep 2023 M25 Pardubice, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Louis Wessels 4–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (5–2)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
ITF Futures Tour (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (5–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2018 Czech Republic F7, Liberec Futures Carpet Jan Mertl Marek Gengel
Petr Nouza 		6–2, 3–6, [3–10]
Win 1–1 Aug 2019 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Michael Vrbenský Nikola Ćaćić
Antonio Šančić 		6–4, 6–3
Win 2–1 Aug 2019 M25 Vogau, Austria World Tennis Tour Clay Jan Mertl Vít Kopřiva
Jaroslav Pospíšil 		6–4, 7–5
Win 3–1 Sep 2019 M25+H Říčany, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Michael Vrbenský Niels Lootsma
Petr Nouza 		7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win 4–1 Mar 2020 M25 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Michael Vrbenský Fábián Marozsán
Péter Nagy 		6–3, 6–4
Win 5–1 Aug 2021 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Michael Vrbenský Evgeny Karlovskiy
Evgenii Tiurnev 		6-1, 6-4
Loss 5–2 Jan 2022 Forlì, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Jelle Sels Victor Vlad Cornea
Fabian Fallert 		4–6, 7–6(8–6), [7–10]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2020 Sofia Open

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A NH A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0-0
National representation
Olympic Games Not Held A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Davis Cup Z1 RR A 0 / 1 2–0
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 Career
Tournaments 0 1 0 1
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Overall win–loss 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–1
Year-end ranking 536 362 304 261 75%

References

  1. ^ "Jonáš Forejtek – ITF Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
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