Raven Klaasen

Raven Klaasen

Raven Klaasen practicing at Roland Garros 2013
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	King William's Town, South Africa
Born	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	$1,121,733
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	118-77
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 18 (3 November 2014)
Current ranking	No. 20 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2014)
French Open	2R (2014)
Wimbledon	3R (2014)
US Open	QF (2014)
Last updated on: 1 February 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 November 2014, he is ranked at a career-high doubles ranking of 18.

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

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2015	Shanghai	Hard	Marcelo Melo	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	6–3, 6–3
	2016	Miami	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut

ATP career finals

Doubles: 16 (9 titles, 6 runners-up)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–5)

Titles by Surface Hard (7–5) Clay (1–1) Grass (1–0) 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.	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
	10./7.	2 April 2016	Miami Open, Miami, United States	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut

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 from tournament; 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 2015 US Open.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	F	2R	6–2
French Open	1R	1R	2R	1R	1–4
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	3R	2R	3–3
US Open	3R	1R	QF	3R	7–4
Win–Loss	2-2	0–3	11–4	4–4	17–13

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