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Raven Klaasen (/ˈklɑːsən/ KLAH-sən;[1] born 16 October 1982) is a South African professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.

Raven Klaasen
Klaasen at the French Open 2019
Country (sports) South Africa
ResidenceKing William's Town, South Africa
Born (1982-10-16) 16 October 1982 (age 40)
Cape Town, South Africa
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2002
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$3,843,777
Singles
Career record7–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 208 (24 October 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2012)
Doubles
Career record301–212 (58.7% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles19
Highest rankingNo. 7 (5 August 2019)
Current rankingNo. 45 (25 April 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (2014)
French Open3R (2018)
WimbledonF (2018)
US OpenQF (2014)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsF (2016, 2019)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2017)
French Open2R (2014)
Wimbledon3R (2015, 2021)
US Open2R (2014, 2015)
Last updated on: 25 April 2022.

He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in August 2019, and has won 19 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including two at Masters 1000 level. Klaasen is a two-time Grand Slam finalist, having finished runner-up at the 2014 Australian Open alongside Eric Butorac, and the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Michael Venus. He was also runner up at the ATP Finals in both 2016 and 2019, partnering Rajeev Ram and Venus respectively.

In singles, Klaasen has a career-high ranking of world No. 208, achieved in October 2011.

He has represented South Africa in the Davis Cup since 2009, and has a win–loss record of 13–4.

He reached his 300th match win at the 2022 Estoril Open with Ben McLachlan defeating Hugo Nys/Jan Zieliński in the round of 16.[2]


Significant finals



Grand Slam finals



Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2014 Australian Open Hard Eric Butorac Łukasz Kubot
Robert Lindstedt
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2018 Wimbledon Championships Grass Michael Venus Mike Bryan
Jack Sock
3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 7–5, 5–7

Year-end championships



Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2016 ATP Finals, London Hard (i) Rajeev Ram Henri Kontinen
John Peers
6 –2, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss 2019 ATP Finals, London Hard (i) Michael Venus Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut
3–6, 4–6

Masters 1000 finals



Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win2015Shanghai MastersHard Marcelo Melo Simone Bolelli
Fabio Fognini
6–3, 6–3
Loss2016Miami OpenHard Rajeev Ram Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut
7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Win2017Indian Wells MastersHard Rajeev Ram Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo
6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss2018Canadian OpenHard Michael Venus Henri Kontinen
John Peers
2–6, 7–6(9–7), [6–10]
Loss2019Rome MastersClay Michael Venus Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
1–6, 3–6

ATP career finals



Doubles: 42 (19 titles, 23 runner-ups)


Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–2)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–3)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (6–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (11–13)
Finals by surface
Hard (15–15)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (3–5)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (13–17)
Indoor (6–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2013 Open Sud de France, France 250 Series Hard (i) Johan Brunström Marc Gicquel
Michaël Llodra
3–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win 1–1 May 2013 Open de Nice, France 250 Series Clay Johan Brunström Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
6–3, 6–2
Win 2–1 Sep 2013 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i) Johan Brunström Nicolas Mahut
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 3–1 Sep 2013 Malaysian Open, Malaysia 250 Series Hard (i) Eric Butorac Pablo Cuevas
Horacio Zeballos
6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Jan 2014 Australian Open, Australia Grand Slam Hard Eric Butorac Łukasz Kubot
Robert Lindstedt
3–6, 3–6
Win 4–2 Feb 2014 U.S. National Indoor Championships, United States 250 Series Hard (i) Eric Butorac Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–4
Win 5–2 Oct 2014 Stockholm Open, Sweden 250 Series Hard (i) Eric Butorac Treat Huey
Jack Sock
6–4, 6–3
Loss 5–3 Jan 2015 Chennai Open, India 250 Series Hard Leander Paes Lu Yen-hsun
Jonathan Marray
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 6–3 Jan 2015 Auckland Open, New Zealand 250 Series Hard Leander Paes Dominic Inglot
Florin Mergea
7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss 6–4 Feb 2015 Delray Beach Open, United States 250 Series Hard Leander Paes Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 6–5 May 2015 Geneva Open, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Lu Yen-hsun Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 7–5 Jun 2015 Halle Open, Germany 500 Series Grass Rajeev Ram Rohan Bopanna
Florin Mergea
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss 7–6 Oct 2015 Malaysian Open, Malaysia 250 Series Hard (i) Rajeev Ram Treat Huey
Henri Kontinen
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win 8–6 Oct 2015 Japan Open, Japan 500 Series Hard Marcelo Melo Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–7]
Win 9–6 Oct 2015 Shanghai Masters, China Masters 1000 Hard Marcelo Melo Simone Bolelli
Fabio Fognini
6–3, 6–3
Loss 9–7 Apr 2016 Miami Open, United States Masters 1000 Hard Rajeev Ram Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut
7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss 9–8 May 2016 Geneva Open, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Rajeev Ram Steve Johnson
Sam Querrey
4–6, 1–6
Loss 9–9 Jun 2016 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass Dominic Inglot Mate Pavić
Michael Venus
3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win 10–9 Jun 2016 Halle Open, Germany (2) 500 Series Grass Rajeev Ram Łukasz Kubot
Alexander Peya
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 11–9 Oct 2016 Chengdu Open, China 250 Series Hard Rajeev Ram Pablo Carreño Busta
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
7−6(7–2), 7−5
Loss 11–10 Oct 2016 Japan Open, Japan 500 Series Hard Rajeev Ram Marcel Granollers
Marcin Matkowski
2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 11–11 Nov 2016 ATP Finals, United Kingdom Tour Finals Hard (i) Rajeev Ram Henri Kontinen
John Peers
6–2, 1–6, [8–10]
Win 12–11 Feb 2017 Delray Beach Open, United States 250 Series Hard Rajeev Ram Treat Huey
Max Mirnyi
7–5, 7–5
Win 13–11 Mar 2017 Indian Wells Masters, United States Masters 1000 Hard Rajeev Ram Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo
6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 13–12 Jun 2017 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass Rajeev Ram Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo
3–6, 4–6
Won 14–12 Feb 2018 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) Michael Venus Marcus Daniell
Dominic Inglot
6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 14–13 Jun 2018 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass Michael Venus Dominic Inglot
Franko Škugor
6–7(3–7), 5–7
Loss 14–14 Jul 2018 Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Michael Venus Mike Bryan
Jack Sock
3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss 14–15 Aug 2018 Canadian Open, Canada Masters 1000 Hard Michael Venus Henri Kontinen
John Peers
2–6, 7–6(9–7), [6–10]
Loss 14–16 Oct 2018 Japan Open, Japan 500 Series Hard (i) Michael Venus Ben McLachlan
Jan-Lennard Struff
4–6, 5–7
Loss 14–17 Jan 2019 Auckland Open, New Zealand 250 Series Hard Michael Venus Ben McLachlan
Jan-Lennard Struff
3–6, 4–6
Loss 14–18 May 2019 Italian Open, Italy Masters 1000 Clay Michael Venus Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
1–6, 3–6
Win 15–18 Jun 2019 Halle Open, Germany (3) 500 Series Grass Michael Venus Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 16–18 Aug 2019 Washington Open, United States 500 Series Hard Michael Venus Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău
3–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Loss 16–19 Nov 2019 ATP Finals, United Kingdom Tour Finals Hard (i) Michael Venus Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut
3–6, 4–6
Loss 16–20 Feb 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates 500 Series Hard Oliver Marach John Peers
Michael Venus
3–6, 2–6
Win 17–20 Oct 2020 Cologne Championship, Germany 250 Series Hard (i) Ben McLachlan Kevin Krawietz
Andreas Mies
6–2, 6–4
Win 18–20 Jul 2021 Washington Open, United States (2) 500 Series Hard Ben McLachlan Neal Skupski
Michael Venus
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 18–21 Feb 2022 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) Ben McLachlan Denys Molchanov
Andrey Rublev
6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss 18–22 Jul 2022 Hall of Fame Open, United States 250 Series Grass Marcelo Melo William Blumberg
Steve Johnson
4–6, 5–7
Loss 18–23 Aug 2022 Los Cabos Open, Mexico 250 Series Hard Marcelo Melo William Blumberg
Miomir Kecmanović
0–6, 1–6
Win 19–23 Oct 2022 Korea Open, South Korea 250 Series Hard Nathaniel Lammons Nicolás Barrientos
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–1, 7–5

Doubles performance timeline


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2022 Davis Cup.

Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021 2022SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A F 2R QF 2R 1R QF 2R A 3R 0 / 8 16–8
French Open A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 10 6–10
Wimbledon A A A Q1 1R 3R 2R SF 3R F SF NH QF 0 / 8 21–8
US Open A A A 3R 1R QF 3R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 10 11–10
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–3 11–4 4–4 9–4 4–4 8–4 8–4 1–3 5–3 2–1 0 / 36 54–36
Year-end championship
ATP Finals Did Not Qualify F RR RR F Did Not Qualify 0 / 4 7–7
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A 1R 2R 1R W 2R QF NH 1R 1 / 7 9–6
Miami Open A A A A A 2R 1R F 1R QF 1R NH 1R 0 / 7 7–7
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R QF 1R NH QF 0 / 7 4–7
Madrid Open A A A A A 1R A 2R 2R QF 2R NH 2R 0 / 6 5–6
Italian Open A A A A A A A 1R QF 2R F 1R 2R 0 / 6 7–6
Canadian Open A A A A A 1R 1R QF SF F A NH 1R 0 / 6 6–6
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A 2R 2R QF 2R 2R QF 2R 1R 0 / 8 6–8
Shanghai Masters A A A A A 2R W 2R QF QF QF NH 1 / 6 9–5
Paris Masters A A A A 2R QF QF 2R 2R QF 1R 1R 1R 0 / 9 6–9
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 5–8 9–6 6–9 8–8 14–9 11–8 1–3 4–8 0–0 2 / 62 59–60
National representation
Davis Cup Z1 Z1 PO PO Z1 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z1 Z2 Z1 Z2 0 / 0 12–6
Career statistics
Titles 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 18
Finals 0 0 0 0 4 3 8 7 3 5 5 2 1 1 39
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–1 0–1 9–8 26–16 35–25 42–23 38–23 30–21 40–26 39–22 15–14 19–23 5–6 299–210
Year-end ranking 363 187 112 73 44 20 20 12 25 15 8 18 60%

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На других языках


[de] Raven Klaasen

Raven Klaasen (* 16. Oktober 1982 in King William’s Town) ist ein südafrikanischer Tennisspieler, der als Doppelspezialist gilt.
- [en] Raven Klaasen

[es] Raven Klaasen

Raven Klaasen nacido el 16 de octubre de 1982, en King William's Town, Sudáfrica es un tenista profesional. Principalmente participa en el ámbito del circuito de la ATP Challenger Series.

[ru] Класен, Равен

Равен Класен (африк. Raven Klaasen; родился 16 октября 1982 года в Кинг-Уильямс-Тауне, ЮАР) — южноафриканский профессиональный теннисист; финалист двух турниров Большого шлема в мужском парном разряде (Открытый чемпионат Австралии-2014, Уимблдон-2018); победитель 19 турниров ATP в парном разряде.



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