Ján Krošlák

Ján Krošlák (born 17 October 1974) is a former tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 1993.

Ján Krošlák
Country (sports) Slovakia
ResidenceBratislava, Slovakia
Born (1974-10-17) 17 October 1974
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1993
PlaysRight-handed
CoachMichal Krotiouk
Prize money$1,169,329
Singles
Career record76–96
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 53 (13 September 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1999)
French Open1R (1996, 1997, 1999)
Wimbledon3R (1996)
US Open3R (1999)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record12–14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 215 (23 June 1997)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1996)

He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by America's MaliVai Washington.[1] The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 53 in September 1999. He won two singles title on the ATP Tour.

In the 1998 Davis Cup he played with Martin Hromec.

Political career

In 2020, Krošlák was elected an MP of the National Council of Slovakia, representing the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities along with fellow former tennis players Karol Kučera and Romana Tabak.[2] He departed from the OĽaNO caucus in 2021, joining We Are Family parliamentary group. In December 2022, Krošlák was one of the crucial MPs in a vote of no confidence to Heger's Cabinet. He stated he would declare no confidence and, in so doing, go against the We Are Family parliamentary caucus. He departed from the caucus along with Martin Borguľa on 13 December and announced that he was considering a move to a different political party ahead of the next parliamentary elections, naming HLAS-SD as a potential destination.[3]

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1995 Tel Aviv, Israel Grand Prix Hard Spain Javier Sánchez 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Feb 1997 Shanghai, China World Series Carpet Russia Alexander Volkov 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2–1 Oct 1998 Ostrava, Czech Republic World Series Carpet United States Andre Agassi 2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–0)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1996 Ostrava, Czech Republic World Series Carpet Slovakia Karol Kučera Australia Sandon Stolle
Czech Republic Cyril Suk		 6–7, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 1994 Perth, Australia Challenger Grass United States Kent Kinnear 6–1, 6–2
Win 2–0 Feb 1995 Hambühren, Germany Challenger Carpet United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson 7–6, 6–3
Loss 2–1 May 1995 Sliema, Malta Challenger Hard Romania Adrian Voinea 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Nov 1996 Portorož, Slovenia Challenger Hard Italy Gianluca Pozzi 6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 May 1998 Kiev, Ukraine Challenger Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjic 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Aug 2007 Slovakia F3, Bratislava Futures Clay Slovakia Filip Polasek 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (1–1)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2002 Slovakia F1, Bratislava Futures Clay Slovakia Branislav Sekac Slovakia Boris Borgula
Germany Ivo Klec		 6–1, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–1 Sep 2003 Jamaica F7, Montego Bay Futures Hard Slovakia David Sebok United States Andrew Carlson
United States Trevor Spracklin		 1–6, 4–6

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles
Tournament19951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R A 2R 1R 3R 2R Q3 Q1 0 / 5 5–5 50%
French Open Q2 1R 1R A 1R A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon 1R 3R 1R Q1 1R A Q2 Q1 0 / 4 2–4 33%
US Open Q1 2R 2R A 3R Q3 Q1 A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Win–loss 1–2 3–3 2–4 0–1 4–4 1–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 15 11–15 42%
National Representation
Summer Olympics NH 1R Not Held A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A Q1 A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A 1R A A 3R Q1 A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Monte Carlo A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canada A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A Q3 A A 1R Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris A Q3 Q1 1R Q1 A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 7 2–7 22%

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ján Krošlák". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. "Najviac preferovaným športovcom z kandidátov bol K. Kučera". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  3. a.s, Petit Press. "Krošlák položí vládu: Nemôžem vylúčiť vstup do Hlasu (rozhovor)". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 13 December 2022.


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