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Residence | Prague, Czech Republic |
Born | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 7 July 1979
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Turned pro | 1998 |
Retired | 2018 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $2,179,237 |
Singles | |
Career record | 79–118 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 59 (27 April 2009) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2011) |
French Open | 2R (2005) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2005, 2007, 2014) |
US Open | 2R (2006, 2009) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 22–25 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 70 (12 June 2006) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2006) |
French Open | 2R (2006, 2009) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2005, 2006) |
US Open | 3R (2005) |
Last updated on: 2 May 2021. |
Jan Hernych (born 7 July 1979) is a retired professional male tennis player from Czech Republic. Born in Prague, he turned pro in 1998 and achieved his career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in April 2009. He won one doubles title and was runner-up in 's-Hertogenbosch in 2006.
Currently, he acts as one of the two trainers of the Czech tennis player Markéta Vondroušová, together with Jiří Hřebec.
Career
In 2005, he was the first professional opponent of Andy Murray at the Torneo Godo, a match he won in three sets.
In 2006 he contested his first final on the tour, losing to Mario Ančić in s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
In May 2009 at the BMW Open in Munich, Germany, he joined forces with countryman Ivo Minář to win their first title together in doubles.
In January 2011 at the Australian Open, Hernych posted his best-ever showing in singles play at a Grand Slam event, reaching the 3rd round for the first time. As a qualifier, he defeated Denis Istomin and No. 30 seed Thomaz Bellucci before losing to Robin Söderling.
Hernych has reached 25 singles finals in tenure as a professional tennis player, with his first final coming in 1998 and his most recent being in 2016, a span of almost twenty years. He has a record of 12 wins and 13 losses, including an 0–1 record in ATP Tour-level finals and 8–8 in Challenger finals.
ATP Tour career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2006 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | ![]() |
0–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 2009 | BMW Open, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 24 (12–12)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 1998 | Poland F2, Zabrze | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–7, 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 1999 | Slovenia F1, Kranj | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–1 | Sep 2000 | Czech Republic F2, Karlovy | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2001 | Andrezieux, France | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | May 2001 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Oct 2001 | Tulsa, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2002 | Waco, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 3–5 | Sep 2003 | Mandeville, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–6 | Feb 2004 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–4), 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4–6 | May 2004 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 5–6 | May 2005 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 6–6 | Sep 2007 | Trnava, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
Win | 7–6 | May 2008 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 7–7 | May 2008 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
Win | 8–7 | Nov 2008 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 9–7 | Mar 2010 | Jersey, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–3), 6–4 |
Loss | 9–8 | Nov 2011 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Carpet | ![]() |
5–7, 6–3, 6–7(6–8) |
Win | 10–8 | Mar 2012 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 10–9 | Jun 2013 | Czech Republic F3, Jablonec nad Nisou | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 10–10 | Mar 2014 | Greece F1, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Win | 11–10 | Mar 2014 | Greece F2, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 12–10 | Oct 2014 | Turkey F34, Antalya | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 12–11 | Oct 2014 | Czech Republic F4, Jablonec nad Nisou | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 12–12 | Feb 2016 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7(9–11) |
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 3R | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% | |
French Open | Q3 | Q2 | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q3 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | |
Wimbledon | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% | |
US Open | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 2R | Q3 | 1R | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | Q3 | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 21 | 10–21 | 32% | |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | Q1 | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | 55% | |
Miami Masters | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% | |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 2R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Not Masters Series | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||
Madrid Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Canada Masters | A | A | A | QF | Q1 | 2R | Q1 | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | 63% | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q2 | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |
Shanghai Masters | Not Held | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 15 | 15–15 | 50% | |
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W–L | Win% | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | |||
Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 9–12 | 18–23 | 17–21 | 7–15 | 4–8 | 11–24 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0 / 0 | 79–118 | 40% | |
Year-end ranking | 178 | 214 | 248 | 83 | 74 | 75 | 156 | 81 | 113 | 241 | 168 | 193 | 219 | 199 | 186 | $2,179,237 |
External links
- Jan Hernych at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Jan Hernych at the International Tennis Federation
- Jan Hernych at the Davis Cup
- Hernych World Ranking history