Adam Pavlásek Explained

Adam Pavlásek
Residence:Bilovec, Czech Republic
Birth Date:8 October 1994
Birth Place:Bílovec, Czech Republic
Turnedpro:2012
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach:Michal Navratil
Careerprizemoney:$ 1,306,518
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 72 (9 January 2017)
Australianopenresult:1R (2017)
Frenchopenresult:2R (2016, 2018)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2017)
Usopenresult:Q1 (2015, 2018)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 29 (4 November 2024)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 29 (4 November 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:QF (2024)
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (2023)
Wimbledondoublesresult:QF (2023)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (2024)
Othertournamentsdoubles:yes
Olympicsdoublesresult:SF (2024)
Updated:11 November 2024

Adam Pavlásek (born 8 October 1994) is a Czech professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 29 on 4 November 2024 and a singles ranking of world No. 72 in January 2017. He is the current No. 1 Czech player in men's doubles.[1]

Junior career

Pavlásek made the semifinals at 2012 Australian Open and 2012 French Open and quarterfinal at 2011 US Open in singles. He also made two Grand Slam finals at 2012 Australian Open and 2012 French Open in doubles.

As a junior, Pavlásek posted a 72–40 win–loss record in singles, 66–36 in doubles and reached the No. 7 combined world ranking in 2012.

Professional career

Singles

2015

At the start of 2015, Pavlásek replaced injured countryman Radek Štěpánek in the Hopman Cup, playing alongside Lucie Šafářová. He made a name for himself by defeating world No. 20 Fabio Fognini of Italy, Pavlásek's first ever win over a top 20 player.[2]

2016: Top 100, ATP and Grand Slam debuts

Pavlásek made his Grand Slam debut at the 2016 French Open as a lucky loser and recorded his first Major win over Roberto Carballes Baena.

He made his top 100 debut on 12 June 2016 following his 2016 Sparta Prague Open Challenger title.[3]

He made his ATP Tour debut at 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel, defeating Máximo González and Marcel Granollers to make his first ATP-level quarterfinal, where he lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili.

2017: Wimbledon debut and first win

He made his Wimbledon debut and defeated Ernesto Escobedo, his second Major win, before losing to fourth seed Novak Djokovic.

Doubles

2023: ATP debut & first final, Wimbledon quarterfinal

He made his doubles debut at the 2023 French Open and recorded his first Major doubles win partnering Ariel Behar over Albert Ramos Viñolas and Bernabe Zapata Miralles.

At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he reached the quarterfinals of a Major for the first time with Behar defeating former Wimbledon champions, ninth seeded pair of Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić before losing to eventual champions Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.[4]

He reached his first ATP final with Behar at the 2023 European Open but lost to the Tsitsipas brothers.[5]

2024: Two Masters finals, Olympics semifinal, top 30

At the Australian Open he made the quarterfinals with Behar. As a result he reached the top 50 in the doubles rankings on 29 January 2024.[6] The Uruguayan-Czech team upset fifth seeds Santiago González and Neal Skupski in three sets to advance and face next, first time doubles quarterfinalists newly formed Chinese-Czech duo of Zhang Zhizhen and Tomáš Macháč.[7]

Ranked No. 40 at the Madrid Open, he reached his first Masters final with Behar, defeating tenth seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavić, third seeds Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, 15th seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow and second seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos by walkover.[8] As a result he reached the top 35 in the rankings. They lost in the final to Sebastian Korda and Jordan Thompson.[9]

At the Paris Masters where he partnered for the first time with Lloyd Glasspool, the unseeded alternate pair reached the final with wins over fifth seeded Italian duo Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, local favorites Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul, and US Open titlists and fourth seeded Australian duo Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.[10] [11] They lost the final to Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić in a deciding champions tiebreak.[12] [13]

Significant finals

Olympic medal finals

Doubles: 1 (1 4th place)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsclass=unsortableScore
bgcolor=yellow4th place20242024 Summer Olympics, FranceClay Tomáš Macháč Taylor Fritz
Tommy Paul
3–6, 4–6

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2024Madrid OpenClay Ariel Behar Sebastian Korda
Jordan Thompson
3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss2024Paris MastersHard (i) Lloyd Glasspool Wesley Koolhof
Nikola Mektić
6–3, 3–6, [5–10]

ATP finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–2)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsclass=unsortableScore
Loss0–1European Open, Belgium250 SeriesHard (i) Ariel Behar Petros Tsitsipas
Stefanos Tsitsipas
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss0–2Apr 2024Madrid Open, SpainMasters 1000Clay Ariel Behar Sebastian Korda
Jordan Thompson
3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss0–3style=background:#E9E9E9Paris Masters, Francestyle=background:#E9E9E9Masters 1000Hard (i) Lloyd Glasspool Wesley Koolhof
Nikola Mektić
6–3, 3–6, [5–10]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 16 (10–6)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–6)
ITF Futures Tour (6–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Czech Republic F6, LiberecFuturesHard Jiří Veselý3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0
Win2–0Turkey F37, AntalyaFuturesHard Andrei Ciumac6–1, 6–3
Win3–0Poland F2, OlsztynFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
Win4–0Turkey F39, AntalyaFuturesHard Miliaan Niesten6–1, 6–4
Win5–0Italy F5, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Arthur De Greef6–3, 6–3
Win6–0Egypt F18, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Germain Gigounon2–6, 6–0, 6–2
Loss6–1Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Íñigo Cervantes Huegun6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss6–2Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Aljaž Bedene5–7, 2–6
Win7–2Poprad-Tatry, SlovakiaChallengerClay Hans Podlipnik Castillo6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss7–3Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Mikhail Youzhny4–6, 1–6
Loss7–4Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) Jordan Thompson6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss7–5Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Elias Ymer5–7, 4–6
Win8–5Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Stéphane Robert6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss8–6Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Robin Haase4–6, 7–6(11–9), 2–6
Win9–6Banja Luka, Bosnia/HerzegovinaChallengerClay Miljan Zekić3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win10–6Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Laslo Đere7–6(7–1), 6–7(9–11), 6–4

Doubles: 21 (7–14)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (6–12)
ITF Futures Tour (1–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (5–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Jiří Veselý Radu Albot
Teymuraz Gabashvili
5–7, 7–5, [8–10]
Win1–1Czech Republic F4, ProstějovFuturesClay Jiří Veselý Riccardo Bellotti
Dominic Thiem
7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss1–2Poland F6, LegnicaFuturesClay Jan Šátral Marcin Gawron
Grzegorz Panfil
w/o
Loss1–3Turkey F11, AntalyaFuturesHard Luca Margaroli Rémi Boutillier
Alexis Klégou
3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win2–3Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Radu Albot Tomasz Bednarek
Henri Kontinen
7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss2–4Bratislava, SlowakeiChallengerHard (i) Norbert Gombos Ken Skupski
Neal Skupski
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss2–5Poprad-Tatry, SlovakiaChallengerClay Norbert Gombos Roman Jebavý
Jan Šátral
2–6, 2–6
Win3–5Koblenz, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Zdeněk Kolář Jürgen Melzer
Filip Polášek
6–3, 6–4
Loss3–6Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Nikola Čačić Filip Polášek
Philipp Oswald
w/o
Loss3–7Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Zdeněk Kolář Nuno Borges
Francisco Cabral
4-6, 0-6
Win4–7Madrid, SpainChallengerClay Igor Zelenay Rafael Matos
David Vega Hernández
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss4–8Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Andrew Paulson Nuno Borges
Francisco Cabral
4-6, 7-6(7-3), [5-10]
Win5–8Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Igor Zelenay Domagoj Bilješko
Andrey Chepelev
4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Loss5–9Poznan, PolandChallengerClay Marek Gengel Hunter Reese
Szymon Walków
6-1, 3-6, [6-10]
Loss5–10Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Roman Jebavý Marcelo Demoliner
Jan-Lennard Struff
4-6, 5-7
Win6–10Zug, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Zdeněk Kolář Karol Drzewiecki
Patrik Niklas-Salminen
6–3, 7–5
Loss6–11Liberec, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Roman Jebavý Neil Oberleitner
Philipp Oswald
6-7(5-7), 2-6
Loss6–12Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Roman Jebavý Dustin Brown
Andrea Vavassori
4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss6–13Genoa, ItalyChallengerClay Roman Jebavý Dustin Brown
Andrea Vavassori
2–6, 2–6
Win7–13Nonthaburi, ThailandChallengerHard Marek Gengel Robert Galloway
Hans Hach Verdugo
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss7–14Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumChallengerHard (i) Roman Jebavý Romain Arneodo
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
4–6, 3–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Doubles Rankings .
  2. Web site: Pavlasek rises to give Czechs tie win. 6 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Pavlasek Enters Top 100 With Prague Title . . 2016-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230402065350/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/challenger-spotlight-pavlasek-prague-top-100-2016 . 2023-04-02 . live.
  4. Web site: Neal Skupski & Wesley Koolhof to make men's doubles semi-final debut. 7 December 2023.
  5. Web site: Hijikata/Purcell Clinch Tokyo Title, Tsitsipas Brothers Win Antwerp Trophy . atpworldtour.com . ATP . 22 October 2023 . 23 October 2023.
  6. Web site: Adam Pavlasek rankings. 2 November 2024.
  7. Web site: Bopanna/Ebden cut through tie-break tension for QF spot. ATPTour .
  8. Web site: First-time team Korda/Thompson keeps cool for Madrid final spot; American-Australian duo will play Behar/Pavlasek in championship match. 3 May 2024. ATPTour.
  9. Web site: ‘Shake & bake’ prevails! Singles stars Korda/Thompson sweep to Madrid doubles title. 4 May 2024. ATPTour.
  10. Web site: Mektic eye further Masters 1000 glory in Paris. 1 November 2024. ATPTour.
  11. Web site: Koolhof/Mektic reach Paris final. 2 November 2024. ATPTour.
  12. Web site: Koolhof/Mektic seal Tour-leading fifth title of 2024 in Paris. ATPTour. 3 November 2024.
  13. Web site: Rolex Paris Masters 2024: Results & updates. 2 November 2024. LTA.