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Jan Kodeš is a male tennis player from the Czech Republic, who previously held Czechoslovak citizenship. Born in Prague on March 1, 1946, he resides in the same city. He is right-handed and stands 175 centimeters tall with a mass of 81 kilograms. Kodeš was educated at Charles University and is the sibling of Vlasta Kodešová.
During his career, he represented the Czechoslovakia Davis Cup team. His professional statistics include a singles record of 427–250 and a doubles record of 316–188. He earned 693,197 in prize money. Kodeš has been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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Key facts
- Country sports
- Czechoslovakia
- Residence
- Prague , Czech Republic
- Born
- ( 1946-03-01 ) 1 March 1946 (age 80) , Prague, Czechoslovakia , (now Czech Republic )
- Height
- 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Turned pro
- 1968 (amateur from 1966)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Prize money
- $693,197
- Int tennis hof
- 1990 ( member page )
- Career record
- 630–341 in pre Open-Era & Open Era
- Highest ranking
- No. 5 (13 September 1973)
- French open
- W ( 1970 , 1971 )
- Wimbledon
- W ( 1973 )
- Us open
- F ( 1971 , 1973 )
- Tour finals
- RR ( 1970 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 )
- Wct finals
- SF ( 1974 )
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- Czechia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia
- Place of birth
- Prague
- Sibling
- Vlasta Kodešová
- Educated at
- Charles University
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Czechoslovakia Davis Cup team
- Country for sport
- Czech Republic
- Mass
- 81
- Official website
- kodes-tennis.com/cs
- Image
- Jan Kodeš.JPG
- Height
- 175
- Residence
- Prague
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1946-03-01
- handedness
- right-handedness
- doubles record
- 316–188
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- singles record
- 427–250
- Commons category
- Jan Kodeš
- prize money
- 693197
- end of work period
- 1983-00-00
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- ranking
- 133
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Encyclopedic overview
Jan Kodeš (born 1 March 1946) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time major singles champion, Kodeš was one of the premier players in the early 1970s.
Kodeš's greatest success was achieved on the clay courts of the French Open. He won the singles title in 1970 French Open beating Željko Franulović in straight sets in the final. He won the 1971 French Open over Ilie Năstase in the final in four sets, his "tireless running and gifted anticipation" proving too much for the Romanian. He also won Wimbledon on grass courts in 1973, beating Alex Metreveli in the final in straight sets, although the tournament was largely boycotted by top players that year in a show of solidarity over the ban of Nikola Pilić by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jan Kodeš” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.