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Jerry Turek (born 2 April 1975) is a former Canadian tennis player.

Jerry Turek

Country (sports)	Canada
Born	(1975-04-02) 2 April 1975 (age 47) Czechoslovakia
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$19,055
Singles
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 1089 (14 August 1995)
Doubles
Career record	1–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 2 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 183 (11 June 2001)

Turek has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 1089, achieved on 14 August 1995. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 183 achieved on 11 June 2001.

Turek made his ATP main draw debut at the 1998 Canadian Open receiving a wild card that granted him direct entry in the doubles main draw. Partnering compatriot Simon Larose, the pair lost in the first round to American pairing Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana in three sets.

Turek reached 11 career doubles finals, with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses which includes a 2–1 record in ATP Challenger finals. He was never able to reach a single final in his career, at any level.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 11 (7–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–1) ITF Futures (5–3)

Finals by surface Hard (6–3) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1999	USA F3, Tallahassee	Futures	Clay	Simon Larose	Rob Givone Glenn Weiner	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1999	Canada F3, Montreal	Futures	Hard	Jeff Laski	Wynn Criswell Louis Vosloo	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	2–1	Sep 1999	USA F16, Waco	Futures	Hard	Frederic Niemeyer	Jason Cook Matthew Breen	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–1	Apr 2000	USA F9, Mt Pleasant	Futures	Hard	Gavin Sontag	Grant Doyle James Greenhalgh	7–6(7–3), 7–5
Loss	3–2	Jul 2000	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Frederic Niemeyer	Lee Hyung-Taik Yong-Il Yoon	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	3–3	Sep 2000	France F17, Bagneres de Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Dave Abelson	Rik De Voest Frederic Niemeyer	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–3	Dec 2000	USA F30, Scottsdale	Futures	Hard	Gavin Sontag	Zack Fleishman Jeff Williams	6–4, 6–0
Win	5–3	Feb 2001	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Gavin Sontag	Dusan Vemic Lovro Zovko	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	6–3	Apr 2001	USA F9, Stone Mountain	Futures	Hard	Gavin Sontag	Brandon Hawk Robert Kendrick	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–4	Apr 2001	USA F10, Elkin	Futures	Hard	Gavin Sontag	Matthew Breen Gareth Williams	3–6, 4–6
Win	7–4	May 2001	Antwerp, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Juan Giner	Dennis Van Scheppingen Edwin Kempes	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–3

External links

• Jerry Turek at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jerry Turek at the International Tennis Federation

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