Jonáš Forejtek Explained

Jonáš Forejtek
Country: Czech Republic
Birth Date:10 March 2001
Birth Place:Plzeň, Czech Republic
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$134,148
Coach:Sláva Doseděl
Singlesrecord:3–1
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 217 (1 August 2022)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 346 (3 April 2023)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (2022)
Usopenresult:Q1 (2022)
Doublesrecord:0–1
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 302 (28 February 2022)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 463 (6 February 2023)
Team:Czech Republic
Daviscupresult:2–0
Updated:3 April 2023
Australianopendoublesjuniorresult:W (2019)
Frenchopendoublesjuniorresult:2R (2018)
Wimbledondoublesjuniorresult:W (2019)
Usopendoublesjuniorresult:1R (2018) -->

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

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win2019Australian OpenHard Dalibor Svrčina Cannon Kingsley
Emilio Nava
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win2019WimbledonGrass 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Czech Republic F9, Valašské MeziříčíFuturesHard Karol Drzewiecki3–6, 4–6
Loss0–2M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Christopher O'Connell6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Win1–2M25 Vogau, AustriaWorld Tennis TourClay Camilo Ugo Carabelli7–6(9–7), 4–6, 6–4
Loss1–3M25 Nussloch, GermanyWorld Tennis TourCarpet Ruben Bemelmans7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win2–3M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo6–4, 6–3
Win3–3M15 Buschhausen, GermanyWorld Tennis TourClay Louis Wessels6–4, 6–3
Loss3–4M25 Pardubice, Czech RepublicWorld Tennis TourClay Louis Wessels4–6, 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Czech Republic F7, LiberecFuturesCarpet Jan Mertl Marek Gengel
Petr Nouza
6–2, 3–6, [3–10]
Win1–1Liberec, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Michael Vrbenský Nikola Ćaćić
Antonio Šančić
6–4, 6–3
Win2–1M25 Vogau, AustriaWorld Tennis TourClay Jan Mertl Vít Kopřiva
Jaroslav Pospíšil
6–4, 7–5
Win3–1M25+H Říčany, Czech RepublicWorld Tennis TourClay Michael Vrbenský Niels Lootsma
Petr Nouza
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win4–1M25 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Michael Vrbenský Fábián Marozsán
Péter Nagy
6–3, 6–4
Win5–1Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Michael Vrbenský6-1, 6-4
Loss5–2Forlì, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Jelle Sels Victor Vlad Cornea
Fabian Fallert
4–6, 7–6(8–6), [7–10]

Performance timeline

Singles

Current through the 2020 Sofia Open

Tournament201920202021SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAA0 / 00–0
French OpenAAAQ1 -->0 / 00–0
WimbledonAstyle=color:#767676NHAQ10 / 00–0
US OpenAAAQ10 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00 / 00-0
National representation
Olympic GamesNot HeldAstyle=color:#767676NH0 / 00–0
Davis CupZ1RRA0 / 12–0
Career statistics
!2019202020212022Career
Tournaments0101
style=text-align:leftTitles–Finals0–00–00–00–0
style=text-align:left Overall win–loss2–01–10–03–1
Year-end ranking536362304261

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jonáš Forejtek – ITF Profile . 2019-01-25 . 2020-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201011132843/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100210075%2F . dead .