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Raven Klaasen
South African tennis player

Raven Klaasen

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
South African tennis player
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
King William's Town, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Age
42 years
Residence
King William's Town
Stats
Height:
180
Weight:
71
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Raven Klaasen (born 16 October 1982) is a professional South African tennis player. Klaasen's career-high singles ranking is world number 208, which he achieved on 24 October 2011. He has had more success playing doubles, with the notable achievement of reaching the 2014 Australian Open finals with partner Eric Butorac. Their run to the final included a victory over the World No. 1 team of Bob and Mike Bryan. As of July 2016, he is ranked at a career-high doubles ranking of 9.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up2014Australian OpenHardUnited States Eric ButoracPoland Łukasz Kubot
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
3–6, 3–6

Year-End Championships

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up2016ATP World Tour Finals, LondonHard (i)United States Rajeev RamFinland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers
6–2, 1–6, [8–10]

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 3 (2 title, 1 runner-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner2015ShanghaiHardBrazil Marcelo MeloItaly Simone Bolelli
Italy Fabio Fognini
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up2016MiamiHardUnited States Rajeev RamFrance Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Winner2017Indian WellsHardUnited States Rajeev RamPoland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 23 (12 titles, 11 runners-upg)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–1)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–7)
Titles by Surface
Hard (9–8)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (0–0)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.10 February 2013Open Sud de France, Montpellier, FranceHard (i)Sweden Johan BrunströmFrance Marc Gicquel
France Michaël Llodra
3–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Winner1.25 May 2013Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, FranceClaySweden Johan BrunströmColombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
6–3, 6–2
Winner2.22 September 2013Moselle Open, Metz, FranceHard (i)Sweden Johan BrunströmFrance Nicolas Mahut
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Winner3.29 September 2013Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaHard (i)United States Eric ButoracUruguay Pablo Cuevas
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up2.25 January 25 2014Australian Open, Melbourne, AustraliaHardUnited States Eric ButoracPoland Łukasz Kubot
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
3–6, 3–6
Winner4.16 February 16 2014U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, United StatesHard (i)United States Eric ButoracUnited States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–4
Winner5.19 October 19 2014If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, SwedenHard (i)United States Eric ButoracPhilippines Treat Huey
United States Jack Sock
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up3.11 January 11 2015Aircel Chennai Open, Chennai, IndiaHardIndia Leander PaesChinese Taipei Yen-hsun Lu
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner6.17 January 17 2015Heineken Open, Auckland, New ZealandHardIndia Leander PaesUnited Kingdom Dominic Inglot
Romania Florin Mergea
7–6(7–1), 6–4
Runner-up4.22 February 2015Delray Beach Open, Delray Beach, United StatesHardIndia Leander PaesUnited States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Runner-up5.23 May 2015Geneva Open, Geneva, SwitzerlandClayChinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsunColombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Winner7.21 June 2015Gerry Weber Open, Halle, GermanyGrassUnited States Rajeev RamIndia Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up6.4 October 2015Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaHard (i)United States Rajeev RamPhilippines Treat Huey
Finland Henri Kontinen
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Winner8.11 October 2015Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, JapanHardBrazil Marcelo MeloColombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–7]
Winner9.18 October 2015Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, ChinaHardBrazil Marcelo MeloItaly Simone Bolelli
Italy Fabio Fognini
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up7.2 April 2016Miami Open, Miami, United StatesHardUnited States Rajeev RamFrance Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Runner-up8.21 May 2016Geneva Open, Geneva, SwitzerlandClayUnited States Rajeev RamUnited States Sam Querrey
United States Steve Johnson
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up9.11 June 2016Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, 's-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsGrassUnited Kingdom Dominic InglotCroatia Mate Pavić
New Zealand Michael Venus
6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Winner10.1 October 2016Chengdu Open, Chengdu, ChinaHardUnited States Rajeev RamSpain Pablo Carreño Busta
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
7–6(7–2), 7–5
Runner-up10.9 October 2016Japan Open, Tokyo, JapanHardUnited States Rajeev RamSpain Marcel Granollers
Poland Marcin Matkowski
2−6, 6−7(4−7)
Runner-up11.20 November 2016ATP World Tour Finals, London, United KingdomHard (i)United States Rajeev RamFinland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers
6–2, 1–6, [8–10]
Winner11.26 February 2017Delray Beach Open, Delray Beach, USAHardUnited States Rajeev RamPhilippines Treat Huey
Belarus Max Mirnyi
7–5, 7–5
Winner12.18 March 2017Indian Wells Masters, Indian Wells, United StatesHardUnited States Rajeev RamPoland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#APZ#POGF-SSF-BNMSNH

This table is current through 2016 Wimbledon.

Tournament201220132014201520162017W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAF2RQF2R10–4
French Open1R1R2R1R2R2–5
WimbledonQ11R3R2RSF7–4
US Open3R1RQF3R2R7–4
Win–Loss2-20–311–44–48–31-125–16
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