Raven Klaasen

Raven Klaasen

Raven Klaasen practicing at Roland Garros 2013
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	King William's Town, South Africa
Born	(1982-10-16) 16 October 1982 Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	7–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	208 (24 October 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	321–230
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 43 (21 October 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2014)
French Open	1R (2012, 2013)
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
US Open	3R (2012)
Last updated on: 21 January 2014.

Raven Klaasen born 16 October 1982 in King William's Town, South Africa is a professional South African player on the ATP Tour. Klaasen's career-high singles ranking is world number 208, which he 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.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2014	Australian Open	Hard	Eric Butorac	Łukasz Kubot Robert Lindstedt	3-6, 3-6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 5 (3-2)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (2–2) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 February 2013	Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France	Hard (i)	Johan Brunström	Marc Gicquel Michaël Llodra	3-6, 6-3, [9-11]
Winner	1.	25 May 2013	Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France	Clay	Johan Brunström	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6-3, 6-2
Winner	2.	22 September 2013	Moselle Open, Metz, France	Hard (i)	Johan Brunström	Nicolas Mahut Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-4, 7-6(7-5)
Winner	3.	29 September 2013	Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Eric Butorac	Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos	6-2, 6-4
Runner-up	2.	January 25, 2014	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Eric Butorac	Łukasz Kubot Robert Lindstedt	3-6, 3-6

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.

This table is current through 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open			F	5–1
French Open	1R	1R		0–2
Wimbledon		1R		0–1
US Open	3R	1R		2–2
Win–Loss	2-2	0–3		2–5

References

• "Raven Klaasen". ATP World Tour Inc. Retrieved 4 February 2010.