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.

Jan Hernych

Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Born	(1979-07-07) 7 July 1979 (age 43) Prague, Czechoslovakia
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.

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2006	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Mario Ančić	0–6, 7–5, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2009	BMW Open, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Ivo Minář	Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr	6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 24 (12–12)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 1998	Poland F2, Zabrze	Futures	Clay	Carlos Gómez-Díaz	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jul 1999	Slovenia F1, Kranj	Futures	Clay	Frantisek Babej	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Sep 2000	Czech Republic F2, Karlovy	Futures	Clay	Zbynek Mlynarik	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	2–2	Feb 2001	Andrezieux, France	Challenger	Hard	Nenad Zimonjic	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss	2–3	May 2001	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Slava Dosedel	2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	3–3	Oct 2001	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Vince Spadea	7–5, 7–5
Loss	3–4	Sep 2002	Waco, United States	Challenger	Hard	Hermes Gamonal	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Sep 2003	Mandeville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Dmitry Tursunov	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–6	Feb 2004	Wroclaw, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Karol Beck	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 2–6
Win	4–6	May 2004	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Ivo Minar	6–1, 6–4
Win	5–6	May 2005	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Jiri Vanek	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	6–6	Sep 2007	Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Zib	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	7–6	May 2008	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Lukas Dlouhy	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	7–7	May 2008	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Jiri Vanek	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	8–7	Nov 2008	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard	Stephane Bohli	6–2, 6–4
Win	9–7	Mar 2010	Jersey, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Jan Minar	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss	9–8	Nov 2011	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Rajeev Ram	5–7, 6–3, 6–7(6–8)
Win	10–8	Mar 2012	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Jan Mertl	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	10–9	Jun 2013	Czech Republic F3, Jablonec Nad Nisou	Futures	Clay	Jan Mertl	4–6, 5–7
Loss	10–10	Mar 2014	Greece F1, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Jozef Kovalik	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	11–10	Mar 2014	Greece F2, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Yann Marti	7–5, 6–3
Win	12–10	Oct 2014	Turkey F34, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Rodriguez	6–3, 7–5
Loss	12–11	Oct 2014	Czech Republic F4, Jablonec Nad Nisou	Futures	Carpet	Nikola Mektic	4–6, 4–6
Loss	12–12	Feb 2016	Wroclaw, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Marco Chiudinelli	3–6, 6–7(9–11)

Performance timelines

Singles

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

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