Raven Klaasen

Raven Klaasen
Singles
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)
Prize money	$1,330,440
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	134–88
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 9 (11 July 2016)
Current ranking	No. 9 (11 July 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2014)
French Open	2R (2014, 2016)
Wimbledon	SF (2016)
US Open	QF (2014)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (2016)
Last updated on: 20 June 2016.

Raven Klaasen (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: 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

Year-End Championships

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2015	Shanghai	Hard	Marcelo Melo	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2016	Miami	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	7–5, 1–6, [7–10]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runners-up)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–1)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–7)

Titles by Surface
Hard (7–8)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (2–1)
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.	25 January 25 2014	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Eric Butorac	Łukasz Kubot Robert Lindstedt	3–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	16 February 16 2014	U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Eric Butorac	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	19 October 19 2014	If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Eric Butorac	Treat Huey Jack Sock	6-4, 6-3
Runner-up	3.	11 January 11 2015	Aircel Chennai Open, Chennai, India	Hard	Leander Paes	Yen-hsun Lu Jonathan Marray	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Winner	6.	17 January 17 2015	Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Leander Paes	Dominic Inglot Florin Mergea	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
Runner-up	4.	22 February 2015	Delray Beach Open, Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Runner-up	5.	23 May 2015	Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Lu Yen-hsun	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Winner	7.	21 June 2015	Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany	Grass	Rajeev Ram	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up	6.	4 October 2015	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Rajeev Ram	Treat Huey Henri Kontinen	6-7^(4-7), 2-6
Winner	8.	11 October 2015	Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Marcelo Melo	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	9.	18 October 2015	Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China	Hard	Marcelo Melo	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	2 April 2016	Miami Open, Miami, United States	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	8.	21 May 2016	Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Rajeev Ram	Sam Querrey Steve Johnson	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	11 June 2016	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Dominic Inglot	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Winner	10.	1 October 2016	Chengdu Open, Chengdu, China	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Pablo Carreño Busta Mariusz Fyrstenberg	7–6^(7–2), 7–5
Runner-up	10.	9 October 2016	Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Marcel Granollers Marcin Matkowski	2−6, 6−7⁽⁴⁻⁷⁾
Runner-up	11.	20 November 2016	ATP World Tour Finals, London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Rajeev Ram	Henri Kontinen John Peers	6–2, 1–6, [8–10]

Doubles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	R#	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

This table is current through 2016 Wimbledon.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	F	2R	QF	9–3
French Open	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2–5
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	3R	2R	SF	7–4
US Open	3R	1R	QF	3R	2R	7–4
Win–Loss	2-2	0–3	11–4	4–4	8–3	25–16

References

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

External links

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

2016 World TeamTennis Champion San Diego Aviators

James Blake Ernests Gulbis Ryan Harrison (WTT Male Most Valuable Player) Darija Jurak Raven Klaasen (WTT Finals Most Valuable Player) Nicholas Monroe Shelby Rogers Head Coach: John Lloyd (WTT Coach of the Year)

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