Lukáš Klein

Lukáš Klein (born 22 March 1998) is a Slovak professional tennis player. Klein has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 133, achieved on 22 May 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 240, achieved on 5 April 2021.[2]

Lukáš Klein
Klein at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Slovakia
ResidenceSpišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
Born (1998-03-22) 22 March 1998
Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia[1]
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$336,179
Singles
Career record2–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 133 (22 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 153 (12 June 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023)
French OpenQ2 (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US OpenQ3 (2023)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record2–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 240 (5 April 2021)
Current rankingNo. 610 (12 June 2023)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2021)
Last updated on: 18 June 2022.

Klein has reached 12 career singles finals, with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, including 2 ATP Challenger titles and the rest on the ITF Futures Tour. Additionally, he has reached 11 career doubles finals, with a record of 5 wins and 6 losses, including a 1–3 result in ATP Challenger finals.

Career

2021: ATP & top 250 & Olympics singles & doubles debut

Klein won the doubles title at the 2021 Challenger La Manche with compatriot Alex Molčan 1–6, 7–5, [10–6].

Klein made his ATP main draw singles debut in March 2021 at the 2021 Argentina Open in Argentina, where he defeated Andrea Collarini, Thiago Seyboth Wild and Ernesto Escobedo to qualify for the main draw. Klein then went on to upset compatriot Andrej Martin in the first round defeating him 7–5, 6–3. He would go on to lose in the second round to top seed, local favourite and eventual champion Diego Schwartzman in straight sets 4–6, 2–6.[3] He reached the top 250 and a career-high of World No. 248 in singles on 28 June 2021 after reaching the second round also as a qualifier at the 2021 Mallorca Championships by defeating 8th seed Dušan Lajović.

At the Olympics, Klein was entered as an alternate for Matteo Berrettini, who had withdrawn due to a thigh injury.[4][5] He also participated in the doubles event partnering Filip Polášek where they reached the second round.

2022: Maiden Challenger title, Major & top 150 debut

In May, he won his first Challenger at the 2022 Saturn Oil Open in Troisdorf, Germany as a qualifier without dropping a set.[6]

He qualified for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships making his Grand Slam debut.[7] He lost to wildcard Liam Broady in five sets.

He reached his second Challenger final in Alicante and won the title. As a result, he moved more than 40 positions up to a new career-high in the top 180 on 10 October 2022. Following his third final in Ortisei, he moved 17 positions up into the top 150 at No. 146 on 31 October 2022.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (8–5)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (6–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2017 Slovakia F2, Piešťany Futures Clay France Grégoire Jacq 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2017 Slovakia F3, Bratislava Futures Clay Slovakia Filip Horansky 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2017 Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad Nisou Futures Carpet Czech Republic Patrik Rikl 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–3 Mar 2018 Egypt F9, Sharm el-Sheikh Futures Hard Slovakia Patrik Nema 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–3 Mar 2019 M15 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Italy Jacopo Berrettini 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–3 Apr 2019 M15 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Poland Daniel Michalski 6–2, 6–3
Win 4–3 Apr 2019 M15 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Switzerland Jakub Paul 6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Jun 2019 M25 Pardubice, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay France Manuel Guinard 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8)
Win 5–4 Jul 2019 M15 Piešťany, Slovakia World Tennis Tour Clay Hungary Fabian Marozsan 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win 6–4 Sep 2019 M15 Bratislava, Slovakia World Tennis Tour Clay Russia Kirill Kivattsev 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 7–4 May 2022 Troisdorf, Germany Challenger Clay Belgium Zizou Bergs 6–1, 6–4
Win 8–4 Oct 2022 Alicante, Spain Challenger Hard Dominican Republic Nick Hardt 6–3, 6–4
Loss 8–5 Oct 2022 Ortisei, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Croatia Borna Gojo 6–7(4–7), 3–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2016 Turkey F6, Antalya Futures Hard Slovakia Alex Molčan Ukraine V. Alekseenko
Portugal F. Ferreira Silva		 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win 2–0 Oct 2016 Czech Republic F8, Jablonec nad Nisou Futures Carpet Slovakia Patrik Nema Czech Republic Matej Vocel
Czech Republic Pavel Motl		 6–1, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Oct 2016 Czech Republic F9, Opava Futures Carpet Slovakia Patrik Nema Poland P. Matuszewski
Poland Grzegorz Panfil		 1–6, 3–6
Win 3–1 Apr 2017 Greece F4, Heraklion Futures Hard Slovakia Patrik Nema United States H. Callahan
United States Nicholas S.Hu		 6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–2 Jul 2017 Slovakia F1, Trnava Futures Clay Slovakia Patrik Nema Ukraine P. Kekercheni
Ukraine D. Kalenichenko		 2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss 3–3 Apr 2019 M15 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Czech Republic Marek Jaloviec Poland Michal Dembek
Poland Daniel Michalski		 2–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss 3–4 Jun 2019 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Slovakia Alex Molčan Belgium Joran Vliegen
Belgium Sander Gille		 2–6, 5–7
Win 4–4 Sep 2020 M15 Jablonec, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik Czech Republic Filip Duda
Czech Republic Petr Nouza		 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 4–5 Nov 2020 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard Slovakia Alex Molčan Finland Harri Heliövaara
Finland Emil Ruusuvuori		 4–6, 3–6
Win 5–5 Feb 2021 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard Slovakia Alex Molčan France Albano Olivetti
France Antoine Hoang		 1–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss 5–6 Mar 2021 Zadar, Croatia Challenger Clay Slovakia Alex Molčan Slovenia Blaž Kavčič
Slovenia Blaz Rola		 6–2, 3–6, [3–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result Year To Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 2016 Australian Open Hard Czech Republic Patrik Rikl Australia Alex de Minaur
Australia Blake Ellis		 6–3, 5–7, [10–12]

References
  1. "Tennis – Lukas Klein (Slovakia)".
  2. "Lukas Klein | Overview".
  3. "Nad jednotkou turnaja viedol 4:2. Klein si však štvrťfinále nezahrá". Pravda (in Slovak). 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. "OH: Klein v Tokiu aj v dvojhre! | tenisové turnaje".
  5. "Italy's Berrettini out of Games due to thigh injury". 18 July 2021.
  6. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Lukas Klein Gets his Maiden Title". 30 May 2022.
  7. "Kubler, Sock, 2012 Nadal Conqueror Rosol Among Wimbledon Qualifiers | ATP Tour | Tennis".


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