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.
![]() Forejtek at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships | |
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Born | (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 (age 21) Plzeň, Czech Republic |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Sláva Doseděl |
Prize money | $105,552 |
Singles | |
Career record | 3–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 217 (1 August 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 223 (22 August 2022) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2022) |
US Open | Q1 (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 302 (28 February 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 433 (22 August 2022) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open Junior | W (2019) |
French Open Junior | 2R (2018) |
Wimbledon Junior | W (2019) |
US Open Junior | 1R (2018) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | 2–0 |
Last updated on: 22 August 2022. |
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.
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.
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.
He made his top 250 debut on 16 May 2022 at No. 226.
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 2019 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–2 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2019 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Win | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2018 | Czech Republic F9, Valašské Meziříčí | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2019 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Aug 2019 | M25 Vogau, Austria | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(9–7), 4–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–3 | Jan 2020 | M25 Nussloch, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Carpet | ![]() |
7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Feb 2020 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2018 | Czech Republic F7, Liberec | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, [3–10] |
Win | 1–1 | Aug 2019 | Liberec, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 2–1 | Aug 2019 | M25 Vogau, Austria | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2019 | M25+H Ricany, Czech Republic | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 4–1 | Mar 2020 | M25 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 5–1 | Aug 2021 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6-1, 6-4 |
Loss | 5–2 | Jan 2022 | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–6(8–6), [7–10] |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the 2020 Sofia Open
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
French Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Wimbledon | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
US Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0-0 |
National representation | |||||
Olympic Games | Not Held | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Davis Cup | Z1 | RR | 0 / 1 | 2–0 | |
Career statistics | |||||
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Career | ||
Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
Overall win–loss | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
Year-end ranking | 536 | 362 | 304 | 75% |
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Preceded by | Czech Junior Athlete of the Year 2019 |
Succeeded by František Doubek |
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as of 31 October 2022 | |
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