Adam Pavlásek
Adam Pavlásek (born 8 October 1994) is a Czech professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 35 on 6 May 2024 and a singles ranking of world No. 72 in January 2017. He is the current No. 1 Czech player in men's doubles.[1] In singles, he played mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour.
 Pavlásek at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) |  Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| Residence | Bilovec, Czech Republic |
| Born | 8 October 1994 Bílovec, Czech Republic |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2012 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Michal Navratil |
| Prize money | $ 1,061,746 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 6–9 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 72 (9 January 2017) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
| French Open | 2R (2016, 2018) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2017) |
| US Open | Q1 (2015, 2018) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 35–27 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 35 (6 May 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 35 (6 May 2024) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2024) |
| French Open | 2R (2023) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2023) |
| US Open | 2R (2023) |
| Last updated on: 6 May 2024. | |
Junior career
Pavlásek made the semifinals at 2012 Australian Open and 2012 French Open and quarterfinal at 2011 US Open in singles. He also made two Grand Slam finals at 2012 Australian Open and 2012 French Open in doubles.
As a junior, Pavlásek posted a 72–40 win–loss record in singles, 66–36 in doubles and reached the No. 7 combined world ranking in 2012.
Professional career
2015
At the start of 2015, Pavlásek replaced injured countryman Radek Štěpánek in the Hopman Cup, playing alongside Lucie Šafářová. He made a name for himself by defeating world No. 20 Fabio Fognini of Italy, Pavlásek's first ever win over a top 20 player.[2]
2016: Top 100, ATP and Grand Slam debuts
Pavlásek made his Grand Slam debut at the 2016 French Open as a lucky loser and recorded his first Major win over Roberto Carballes Baena.
He made his top 100 debut on 12 June 2016 following his 2016 Sparta Prague Open Challenger title.[3]
He made his ATP Tour debut at 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel, defeating Máximo González and Marcel Granollers to make his first ATP-level quarterfinal, where he lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili.
2017: Wimbledon debut and first win
He made his Wimbledon debut and defeated Ernesto Escobedo, his second Major win, before losing to fourth seed Novak Djokovic.
2023: ATP debut & first final, Wimbledon quarterfinal
He made his doubles debut at the 2023 French Open and recorded his first Major doubles win partnering Ariel Behar over Albert Ramos Viñolas and Bernabe Zapata Miralles.
At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he reached the quarterfinals of a Major for the first time with Behar defeating former Wimbledon champions, ninth seeded pair of Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić before losing to eventual champions Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.[4]
He reached his first ATP final with Behar at the 2023 European Open but lost to the Tsitsipas brothers.[5]
2024: Australian Open quarterfinal, Madrid final, top 35
At the 2024 Australian Open he made the quarterfinals with Behar. As a result he reached the top 50 in the doubles rankings. The Uruguayan-Czech team upset fifth seeds Santiago González and Neal Skupski in three sets to advance and face next, first time doubles quarterfinalists newly formed Chinese-Czech duo of Zhang Zhizhen and Tomáš Macháč.[6]
Ranked No. 40 at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open, he reached his first Masters final with Behar, defeating tenth seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic, third seeds Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, 15th seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow and second seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos by walkover. As a result he reached the top 35 in the rankings.
Significant finals
Doubles: (1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2024 | Madrid Open | Clay |  Ariel Behar |
 Sebastian Korda .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jordan Thompson |
3–6, 6–7(7–9) |
ATP finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2023 | European Open, Antwerp | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Ariel Behar |
 Petros Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas |
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2024 | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | Ariel Behar |
Sebastian Korda Jordan Thompson |
3–6, 6–7(7–9) |
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 16 (10–6)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2012 | Czech Republic F6, Liberec | Futures | Hard | Jiří Veselý |
3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2012 | Turkey F37, Antalya | Futures | Hard |  Andrei Ciumac |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Aug 2013 | Poland F2, Olsztyn | Futures | Clay |  Benjamin Balleret |
6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 4–0 | Oct 2013 | Turkey F39, Antalya | Futures | Hard |  Miliaan Niesten |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–0 | Mar 2014 | Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Arthur De Greef |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–0 | May 2014 | Egypt F18, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Germain Gigounon |
2–6, 6–0, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–1 | May 2015 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay |  Íñigo Cervantes Huegun |
6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
| Loss | 6–2 | May 2015 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Aljaž Bedene |
5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 7–2 | Jun 2015 | Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay |  Hans Podlipnik Castillo |
6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–3 | Jan 2016 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard |  Mikhail Youzhny |
4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 7–4 | Feb 2016 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jordan Thompson |
6–4, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 7–5 | Apr 2016 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Elias Ymer |
5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–5 | Jun 2016 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay |  Stéphane Robert |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8–6 | Jul 2016 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Robin Haase |
4–6, 7–6(11–9), 2–6 |
| Win | 9–6 | Sep 2016 | Banja Luka, Bosnia/Herzegovina | Challenger | Clay |  Miljan Zekić |
3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–6 | May 2018 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Laslo Đere |
7–6(7–1), 6–7(9–11), 6–4 |
Doubles: 21 (7–14)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2012 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Jiří Veselý |
Radu Albot Teymuraz Gabashvili |
5–7, 7–5, [8–10] |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2012 | Czech Republic F4, Prostějov | Futures | Clay | Jiří Veselý |
 Riccardo Bellotti  Dominic Thiem |
7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2012 | Poland F6, Legnica | Futures | Clay | Jan Šátral |
 Marcin Gawron Grzegorz Panfil |
w/o |
| Loss | 1–3 | Apr 2014 | Turkey F11, Antalya | Futures | Hard | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Luca Margaroli |
Rémi Boutillier  Alexis Klégou |
3–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Win | 2–3 | Jul 2014 | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Radu Albot |
Tomasz Bednarek  Henri Kontinen |
7–5, 2–6, [10–8] |
| Loss | 2–4 | Nov 2014 | Bratislava, Slowakei | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Norbert Gombos |
Ken Skupski Neal Skupski |
3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jun 2015 | Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Norbert Gombos |
Roman Jebavý Jan Šátral |
2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–5 | Jan 2019 | Koblenz, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Zdeněk Kolář |
Jürgen Melzer Filip Polášek |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–6 | May 2019 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Nikola Čačić |
Filip Polášek Philipp Oswald |
w/o |
| Loss | 3–7 | Apr 2022 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Zdeněk Kolář |
 Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral |
4-6, 0-6 |
| Win | 4–7 | Apr 2022 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Igor Zelenay |
 Rafael Matos David Vega Hernández |
6–3, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 4–8 | May 2022 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Andrew Paulson |
Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral |
4-6, 7-6(7-3), [5-10] |
| Win | 5–8 | May 2022 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Igor Zelenay |
 Domagoj Bilješko Andrey Chepelev |
4–6, 6–3, [10–2] |
| Loss | 5–9 | May 2022 | Poznan, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Marek Gengel |
Hunter Reese Szymon Walków |
6-1, 3-6, [6-10] |
| Loss | 5–10 | Jul 2022 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Roman Jebavý |
Marcelo Demoliner Jan-Lennard Struff |
4-6, 5-7 |
| Win | 6–10 | Jul 2022 | Zug, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Zdeněk Kolář |
Karol Drzewiecki Patrik Niklas-Salminen |
6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 6–11 | Aug 2022 | Liberec, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Roman Jebavý |
Neil Oberleitner Philipp Oswald |
6-7(5-7), 2-6 |
| Loss | 6–12 | Sep 2022 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Roman Jebavý |
 Dustin Brown Andrea Vavassori |
4–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
| Loss | 6–13 | Sep 2022 | Genoa, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Roman Jebavý |
Dustin Brown Andrea Vavassori |
2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 7–13 | Jan 2023 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Marek Gengel |
Robert Galloway Hans Hach Verdugo |
7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–14 | Jan 2023 | Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | Challenger | Hard (i) | Roman Jebavý |
Romain Arneodo Tristan-Samuel Weissborn |
4–6, 3–6 |
References
- "Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Doubles Rankings".
- "Pavlasek rises to give Czechs tie win". Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- "Pavlasek Enters Top 100 With Prague Title". ATP Tour. 2016-06-12. Archived from the original on 2023-04-02.
- https://www.lta.org.uk/fan-zone/wimbledon-championships/news/2023-neal-skupski-wesley-koolhof-to-make-mens-doubles-semi-final-debut/
- "Hijikata/Purcell Clinch Tokyo Title, Tsitsipas Brothers Win Antwerp Trophy". atpworldtour.com. ATP. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- "Bopanna/Ebden cut through tie-break tension for QF spot".