Lukáš Klein (born 22 March 1998) is a Slovak professional tennis player. Klein has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 109, achieved on 5 August 2024. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 240, achieved on 5 April 2021.[2] He is currently the No. 1 Slovak tennis player in singles.[3]
![]() Klein at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia |
Born | Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia[1] | 22 March 1998
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Coach | Karol Kučera |
Prize money | $742,971 |
Singles | |
Career record | 8–15 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 109 (5 August 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 109 (5 August 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2024) |
French Open | Q2 (2023) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
US Open | Q3 (2023) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 3–2 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 240 (5 April 2021) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (2021) |
Last updated on: 5 August 2024. |
Klein has reached 15 career singles finals, with a record of 9 wins and 6 losses, including 3 ATP Challenger titles. Additionally, he has reached 11 career doubles finals, with a record of 5 wins and 6 losses, including a 1–3 result in Challenger finals.
Career
edit2021: ATP & top 250 & Olympics singles & doubles debut
editKlein won the doubles title at the 2021 Challenger La Manche with compatriot Alex Molčan 1–6, 7–5, [10–6].
Klein made his ATP main draw singles debut in March at the 2021 Argentina Open, where he defeated Andrea Collarini, Thiago Seyboth Wild and Ernesto Escobedo to qualify for the main draw. Klein then went on to upset compatriot Andrej Martin in straight sets. He would go on to lose in the second round to top seed, local favourite and eventual champion Diego Schwartzman in straight sets.[4]
He reached the top 250 at World No. 248 in singles on 28 June 2021 after reaching the second round also as a qualifier at the 2021 Mallorca Championships by defeating 8th seed Dušan Lajović, for his second ATP win for the season and in his career.
At the Olympics, Klein was entered as an alternate for Matteo Berrettini, who had withdrawn due to a thigh injury.[5][6] He also participated in the doubles event partnering Filip Polášek and reaching the second round.
2022: Maiden Challenger title, Major & top 150 debut
editIn May, he won his first Challenger at the 2022 Saturn Oil Open in Troisdorf, Germany as a qualifier without dropping a set.[7]
He qualified for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships making his Grand Slam debut.[8] He lost to wildcard Liam Broady in five sets.
He reached his second Challenger final in Alicante and won the title. As a result, he moved more than 40 positions up to a new career-high in the top 180 on 10 October 2022. Following his third final in Ortisei, Italy he moved 17 positions up into the top 150 at No. 146 on 31 October 2022.
2023-24: Masters debut, first Major and Masters wins, Slovak No. 1, top 125
editHe qualified for and reached back-to-back finals at the 2023 Sparkassen ATP Challenger in Ortisei, Italy. He won his third Challenger title defeating Maks Kaśnikowski.
In January 2024, he qualified for the 2024 Brisbane International and defeated sixth seed Sebastián Báez for his first ATP win of the season and only third in his career. Ranked No. 163, he qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making his debut at this tournament and recorded his first Major win over Kwon Soon-woo. In the next round, he took sixth seed Alexander Zverev to five sets before losing the match in a fifth set tiebreak.[9]
He qualified for the 2024 BNP Paribas Open making his Masters debut and recorded his first win at this level over Nicolas Moreno de Alboran. As a result he moved to a new career high in the top 130 and became the Slovak No. 1 player.[10] Next he qualified for another Masters, the 2024 Miami Open defeating Benoit Paire and Jakub Menšík. He lost to Alex Michelsen in the first round. As a result he reached the top 120 in the rankings at world No. 116 on 1 April 2024.
He qualified for his third Masters of the season at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open and recorded his first win at the tournament and only second at this level, over fellow qualifier Pablo Llamas Ruiz before losing to 15th seed Tommy Paul.[11]
Performance timelines
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
editTournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 1–1 | 50% |
French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 0–0 | – |
Wimbledon | NH | A | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | 0–1 | 0% |
US Open | A | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | 0–0 | – |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 33% |
ATP Masters 1000 tournaments | |||||||
Indian Wells Masters | NH | A | A | A | 2R | 1–1 | 50% |
Miami Open | NH | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 0–1 | 0% |
Monte-Carlo Masters | NH | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | – |
Madrid Open | NH | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 1–1 | 50% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | – |
Canadian Open | NH | A | A | A | 0–0 | – | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | – | |
Shanghai Masters | NH | A | 0–0 | – | |||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | – | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 40% |
Career statistics | |||||||
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Career | ||
Tournaments | 0 | 3 | |||||
Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | |
Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 5–5 | 7–13 | 35% |
Year-end ranking |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
editSingles: 15 (9–6)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2017 | Slovakia F2, Piešťany | Futures | Clay | Grégoire Jacq | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2017 | Slovakia F3, Bratislava | Futures | Clay | Filip Horansky | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2017 | Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad Nisou | Futures | Carpet | Patrik Rikl | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–3 | Mar 2018 | Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Patrik Nema | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 2–3 | Mar 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jacopo Berrettini | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 3–3 | Apr 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Daniel Michalski | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 4–3 | Apr 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jakub Paul | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 4–4 | Jun 2019 | M25 Pardubice, Czech Republic | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Guinard | 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8) |
Win | 5–4 | Jul 2019 | M15 Piešťany, Slovakia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Fabian Marozsan | 6–1, 4–6, 6–1 |
Win | 6–4 | Sep 2019 | M15 Bratislava, Slovakia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Kirill Kivattsev | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Win | 7–4 | May 2022 | Troisdorf, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Zizou Bergs | 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 8–4 | Oct 2022 | Alicante, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Nick Hardt | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 8–5 | Oct 2022 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Borna Gojo | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
Loss | 8–6 | Sep 2023 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Damir Džumhur | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Win | 9–6 | Oct 2023 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Maks Kaśnikowski | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6) |
Doubles: 11 (5–6)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2016 | Turkey F6, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Alex Molčan | V. Alekseenko F. Ferreira Silva |
7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 2–0 | Oct 2016 | Czech Republic F8, Jablonec nad Nisou | Futures | Carpet | Patrik Nema | Matej Vocel Pavel Motl |
6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2016 | Czech Republic F9, Opava | Futures | Carpet | Patrik Nema | P. Matuszewski Grzegorz Panfil |
1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–1 | Apr 2017 | Greece F4, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Patrik Nema | H. Callahan Nicholas S.Hu |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–2 | Jul 2017 | Slovakia F1, Trnava | Futures | Clay | Patrik Nema | P. Kekercheni D. Kalenichenko |
2–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
Loss | 3–3 | Apr 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Marek Jaloviec | Michal Dembek Daniel Michalski |
2–6, 6–3, [8–10] |
Loss | 3–4 | Jun 2019 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Alex Molčan | Joran Vliegen Sander Gillé |
2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 4–4 | Sep 2020 | M15 Jablonec, Czech Republic | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Uladzimir Ignatik | Filip Duda Petr Nouza |
6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 4–5 | Nov 2020 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Alex Molčan | Harri Heliövaara Emil Ruusuvuori |
4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–5 | Feb 2021 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard | Alex Molčan | Albano Olivetti Antoine Hoang |
1–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
Loss | 5–6 | Mar 2021 | Zadar, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Alex Molčan | Blaž Kavčič Blaž Rola |
6–2, 3–6, [3–10] |
Junior Grand Slam finals
editDoubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
editResult | Year | To | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 2016 | Australian Open | Hard | Patrik Rikl | Alex de Minaur Blake Ellis |
6–3, 5–7, [10–12] |
References
edit- ^ "Tennis – Lukas Klein (Slovakia)". Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Lukas Klein | Overview". Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "Rankings | Singles". ATP Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Nad jednotkou turnaja viedol 4:2. Klein si však štvrťfinále nezahrá". Pravda (in Slovak). 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "OH: Klein v Tokiu aj v dvojhre! | tenisové turnaje". Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Italy's Berrettini out of Games due to thigh injury". 18 July 2021. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Lukas Klein Gets his Maiden Title". 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Kubler, Sock, 2012 Nadal Conqueror Rosol Among Wimbledon Qualifiers | ATP Tour | Tennis". Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Zverev avoids shock Australian Open upset by qualifier Klein". Reuters. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "ATP Rankings". Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Ready (in) '24: Tommy Paul turns injury break into clay-court training bloc, aims to peak at Roland Garros". 26 April 2024. Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
External links
edit- Lukáš Klein at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Lukáš Klein at the International Tennis Federation
- Lukáš Klein at Olympedia
- Lukáš Klein at Olympics.com
- Lukáš Klein at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)