Country (sports) Czechoslovakia Name Jan Kodes Grand slams won (singles) 3 Residence Prague, Czech Republic Role Tennis player Retired 1983 | Prize money US$ 693,197 Height 1.75 m Handed Right-handed Weight 81 kg | |
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Born 1 March 1946 (age 78) Prague, Czechoslovakia ( 1946-03-01 ) Turned pro 1968 (amateur tour from 1966) Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Children Anicka Kodesova, Tereza Kodesova | ||
Int. Tennis HoF 1990 (member page) | ||
US Open 1973 Final ( 1080p ) - Jan Kodes (6) vs John Newcombe (10) ( 2nd Half )
Jan Kodeš (born 1 March 1946) is a right-handed Czech former tennis player who won three Grand Slam singles events in the early 1970s.
Contents
- US Open 1973 Final 1080p Jan Kodes 6 vs John Newcombe 10 2nd Half
- Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
- Doubles 17 titles 24 runners up
- References
Kodeš's greatest success was achieved on the clay courts of the French Open played at the Stade Roland Garros. He won the singles title there in 1970, beating Željko Franulović in the final in straight sets, and again in 1971, this time defeating Ilie Năstase in the final in four sets. He also won Wimbledon on grass in 1973, although 13 of the top 16 players, and 81 players in total, did not play the tournament that year because of a boycott over the banning from Wimbledon of Nikola Pilić by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). Kodeš beat home favorite Roger Taylor in the semifinals in five sets and Alex Metreveli in the final in three straight sets.
Kodeš never played the Australian Open but he was twice the runner-up at the US Open, in 1971, losing to Stan Smith, and 1973 when he lost in five sets to John Newcombe.
Kodeš reached his highest tour ranking of World No. 4 in September 1973. During his career, he won a total of eight top-level singles titles and 17 doubles titles.
He 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.
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
1 Start of the Open Era.
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).
Doubles (17 titles, 24 runners-up)
At results above are not shown wins and runners-up from 1965 to 1969, such as tournaments in Santiago, Viňa del Mar, São Paulo, Lyon, Cannes, Luxemburg, 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.