Raven Klaasen
Appearance
![]() Raven Klaasen at Roland Garros 2019 | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | King William's Town, South Africa |
Born | Cape Town, South Africa | 16 October 1982
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | 2002 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $3,500,485 |
Singles | |
Career record | 7–5 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 208 (24 October 2011) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 268–173 |
Career titles | 16 |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (5 August 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 12 (16 March 2020) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2014) |
French Open | 3R (2018) |
Wimbledon | F (2018) |
US Open | QF (2014) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | F (2016, 2019) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2017) |
French Open | 2R (2014) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2015) |
US Open | 2R (2014, 2015) |
Last updated on: 22 March 2020. |
Raven Klaasen (/ˈklɑːsən/ KLAH-sən;[1] born 16 October 1982) is a professional South African tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 208, achieved on 24 October 2011. He has had more success playing doubles, with the notable achievement of reaching the 2014 Australian Open finals with partner Eric Butorac. Their run to the final included a victory over the world No. 1 team of Bob and Mike Bryan.
Klaasen has represented South Africa at the Davis Cup where he has a win/loss record of 13–4.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2014 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2018 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
Year-end championships
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2016 | ATP Finals, London | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6 –2, 1–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 2019 | ATP Finals, London | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2015 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 2016 | Miami Open | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 1–6, [7–10] |
Win | 2017 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8] |
Loss | 2018 | Canadian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–6(9–7), [6–10] |
Loss | 2019 | Rome Masters | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 36 (16 titles, 20 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2013 | Open Sud de France, Lyon |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
Win | 1–1 | May 2013 | Open de Nice, France |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 2–1 | Sep 2013 | Moselle Open, France |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2013 | Malaysian Open, Malaysia |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–2 | Jan 2014 | Australian Open, Australia |
Grand Slam | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 4–2 | Feb 2014 | U.S. National Indoor Championships, United States |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 5–2 | Oct 2014 | Stockholm Open, Sweden |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 5–3 | Jan 2015 | Chennai Open, India |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 6–3 | Jan 2015 | Auckland Open, New Zealand |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–1), 6–4 |
Loss | 6–4 | Feb 2015 | Delray Beach Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
Loss | 6–5 | May 2015 | Geneva Open, Switzerland |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–4, [7–10] |
Win | 7–5 | Jun 2015 | Halle Open, Germany |
500 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Loss | 7–6 | Oct 2015 | Malaysian Open, Malaysia (2) |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 2–6 |
Win | 8–6 | Oct 2015 | Japan Open, Japan |
500 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–7] |
Win | 9–6 | Oct 2015 | Shanghai Masters, China |
Masters 1000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 9–7 | Apr 2016 | Miami Open, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 1–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 9–8 | May 2016 | Geneva Open, Switzerland (2) |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 9–9 | Jun 2016 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands |
250 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
Win | 10–9 | Jun 2016 | Halle Open, Germany (2) |
500 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Win | 11–9 | Oct 2016 | Chengdu Open, China |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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7−6(7–2), 7−5 |
Loss | 11–10 | Oct 2016 | Japan Open, Japan (2) |
500 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Loss | 11–11 | Nov 2016 | ATP Finals, United Kingdom |
Tour Finals | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 1–6, [8–10] |
Win | 12–11 | Feb 2017 | Delray Beach Open, United States (2) |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 13–11 | Mar 2017 | Indian Wells Masters, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8] |
Loss | 13–12 | Jun 2017 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands (2) |
250 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Won | 14–12 | Feb 2018 | Open 13, France |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–4] |
Loss | 14–13 | Jun 2018 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands (3) |
250 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 5–7 |
Loss | 14–14 | Jul 2018 | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom |
Grand Slam | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
Loss | 14–15 | Aug 2018 | Canadian Open, Canada |
Masters 1000 | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–6(9–7), [6–10] |
Loss | 14–16 | Oct 2018 | Japan Open, Japan (3) |
500 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 14–17 | Jan 2019 | Auckland Open, New Zealand (2) |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 14–18 | May 2019 | Italian Open, Italy |
Masters 1000 | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 15–18 | Jun 2019 | Halle Open, Germany (3) |
500 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Win | 16–18 | Aug 2019 | Washington Open, United States |
500 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [10–2] |
Loss | 16–19 | Nov 2019 | ATP Finals, United Kingdom |
Tour Finals | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 16–20 | Feb 2020 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates |
500 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Doubles performance timeline
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 with 2019 ATP Finals.
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | F | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | QF | 0 / 6 | 13–6 |
French Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 8 | 5–8 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 3R | 2R | SF | 3R | F | SF | 0 / 7 | 18–7 |
US Open | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 8 | 10–8 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 11–4 | 4–4 | 9–4 | 4–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 0 / 29 | 46–29 |
Year-end championship | |||||||||||||
ATP Finals | Did Not Qualify | F | RR | RR | F | 0 / 4 | 7–7 | ||||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | W | 2R | QF | 1 / 6 | 9–5 |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | F | 1R | QF | 1R | 0 / 6 | 7–6 |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | 0 / 6 | 2–6 |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 2R | F | 0 / 4 | 6–4 |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | QF | SF | F | A | 0 / 5 | 6–5 |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | QF | 0 / 6 | 5–6 |
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | W | 2R | QF | QF | QF | 1 / 6 | 9–5 |
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | 0 / 7 | 6–7 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–8 | 9–6 | 6–9 | 8–8 | 14–9 | 11–8 | 2 / 51 | 54–49 |
National representation | |||||||||||||
Davis Cup | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | Z1 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | Z1 | Z2 | 0 / 0 | 11–4 |
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 35 | |
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 | 260–167 | |
Year-end ranking | 363 | 187 | 112 | 73 | 44 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 60% |
References
- ^ "The pronunciation by Raven Klaasen himself". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 17 November 2017.