Raven Klaasen

Raven Klaasen

Raven Klaasen at Roland Garros 2016
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)
Prize money	$2,415,473
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	207–134
Career titles	14
Highest ranking	No. 9 (11 July 2016)
Current ranking	No. 21 (13 August 2018)
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)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2017)
French Open	2R (2014)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	2R (2014, 2015)
Last updated on: 19 July 2018.

Raven Klaasen (/ˈklɑːsən/ KLAH-sən;^[1] born 16 October 1982) is a professional South African tennis player. 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. As of July 2016, he is ranked at a career-high doubles ranking of 9.

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: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2016	ATP World Tour Finals, London	Hard (i)	Rajeev Ram	Henri Kontinen John Peers	6–2, 1–6, [8–10]

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2015	Shanghai Masters	Hard	Marcelo Melo	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2016	Miami Open	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Win	2017	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	2018	Canadian Open	Hard	Michael Venus	Henri Kontinen John Peers	2–6, 7–6(9–7), [6–10]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 30 (14 titles, 16 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–2) ATP World Tour Finals (0–1) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–2) ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–2) ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–9)

Titles by surface Hard (11–10) Clay (1–2) Grass (2–4)

Titles by setting Outdoor (9–13) Indoor (5–3)

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 Côte d'Azur, 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 Tennis 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 World Tour 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

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through 2016 Wimbledon.

References

External links

• Raven Klaasen at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Raven Klaasen at the International Tennis Federation
• Raven Klaasen at the Davis Cup