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Jakob Hlasek (born [ (1964-11-12) November 12, 1964 (age 60) ] in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.

The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year (partnering his fellow Swiss player Marc Rosset). He was also a member of Switzerland's teams which reached the final of the 1992 Davis Cup (where they were defeated by the United States), and won the 1992 Hopman Cup.

Further success for his country came in 1996, when Hlasek was a member of the Swiss team which won the World Team Cup.

During his career Hlasek won five top-level singles titles and 20 doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, and his career-high doubles ranking was World No. 4 (both attained in 1989). His career prize-money earnings totalled US$5,895,293.

Doubles Titles (20)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (1)
ATP Masters Series (2)
ATP Tour (16)
Titles by Surface
Hard (7)
Clay (3)
Grass (1)
Carpet (9)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 14 October, 1985 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Chile Ricardo Acuña Czech Republic Pavel Složil
Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd
3-6, 6-2, 9-7
2. 21 April, 1986 Nice, France Clay Czech Republic Pavel Složil United States Gary Donnelly
United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
6-3, 4-6, 11-9
3. 9 November, 1987 Paris, France Carpet Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
7-6, 6-2
4. 10 October, 1988 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd United Kingdom Jeremy Bates
Sweden Peter Lundgren
6-3, 6-1
5. 20 February, 1989 Milan, Italy Carpet United States John McEnroe Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6-3, 6-4
6. 20 March, 1989 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Germany Boris Becker United States Kevin Curren
United States David Pate
3-6, 6-3, 6-4
7. 3 April, 1989 Miami, U.S. Hard Sweden Anders Järryd United States Jim Grabb
United States Patrick McEnroe
6-3, ret.
8. 13 November, 1989 Wembley, England Carpet United States John McEnroe United Kingdom Jeremy Bates
United States Kevin Curren
6-1, 7-6
9. 26 February, 1990 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet France Guy Forget Denmark Michael Mortensen
Netherlands Tom Nijssen
6-3, 6-2
10. 18 June, 1990 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass Germany Michael Stich United States Jim Grabb
United States Patrick McEnroe
7-6, 6-3
11. 27 August, 1990 Long Island, U.S. Hard France Guy Forget Germany Udo Riglewski
Germany Michael Stich
2-6, 6-3, 6-4
12. 15 October, 1990 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet France Guy Forget United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
6-2, 4-6, 6-2
13. 29 October, 1990 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet France Guy Forget Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
6-2, 6-3
14. 25 November, 1990 Doubles Championships, Sanctuary Cove Hard France Guy Forget Spain Emilio Sánchez
Spain Sergio Casal
6-4, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4
15. 30 September, 1991 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) United States Patrick McEnroe Czech Republic Petr Korda
United States John McEnroe
3-6, 7-6, 7-6
16. 18 May, 1992 Rome, Italy Clay Switzerland Marc Rosset South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Australia Mark Kratzmann
6-4, 3-6, 6-1
17. 8 June, 1992 French Open, Paris Clay Switzerland Marc Rosset South Africa David Adams
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
7-6, 6-7, 7-5
18. 26 October, 1992 Lyon, France Carpet Switzerland Marc Rosset United Kingdom Neil Broad
South Africa Stefan Kruger
6-1, 6-3
19. 24 October, 1994 Lyon, France Carpet Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Czech Republic Martin Damm
Australia Patrick Rafter
6-7, 7-6, 7-6
20. 23 October, 1995 Lyon, France Carpet Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov South Africa John Laffnie De Jager
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
6-3, 6-3

Runner-ups (15)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 17 September, 1984 Tel-Aviv, Israel Hard United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell Australia Peter Doohan
South Africa Brian Levine
6-3, 6-4
2. 25 November, 1985 Hong Kong Hard Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd Australia Brad Drewett
Australia Kim Warwick
6-3, 4-6, 6-2
3. 13 October, 1986 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Czech Republic Pavel Složil Czech Republic Miloslav Mečíř
Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd
6-2, 3-6, 6-4
4. 27 February, 1989 Lyon, France Carpet United States John McEnroe Germany Eric Jelen
Denmark Michael Mortensen
6-2, 3-6, 6-3
5. 6 November, 1989 Paris, France Carpet France Eric Winogradsky Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
7-6, 6-4
6. 15 July, 1991 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay France Guy Forget South Africa Gary Muller
South Africa Danie Visser
7-6, 6-4
7. 21 October, 1991 Vienna, Austria Carpet United States Patrick McEnroe Sweden Anders Järryd
South Africa Gary Muller
6-4, 7-5
8. 17 February, 1992 Brussels, Belgium Carpet France Guy Forget Germany Boris Becker
United States John McEnroe
6-3, 6-2
9. 2 May, 1994 Madrid, Spain Clay France Jean-Philippe Fleurian Sweden Rikard Bergh
Netherlands Menno Oosting
6-3, 6-4
10. 25 July, 1994 Washington D.C., U.S. Hard Sweden Jonas Björkman Canada Grant Connell
United States Patrick Galbraith
6-2, 6-3
11. 27 March, 1995 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Anders Järryd
6-4, 6-2
12. 16 October, 1995 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet United States Patrick McEnroe Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
6-2, 6-7, 6-3
13. 4 March, 1996 Milan, Italy Carpet France Guy Forget Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
6-4, 7-5
14. 13 May, 1996 Hamburg, Germany Clay France Guy Forget The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6-4, 7-6
15. 10 June, 1996 French Open, Paris Clay France Guy Forget Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6-2, 6-3

Singles titles (5)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 14 November, 1988 Wembley, England Carpet Sweden Jonas Svensson 6-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0, 7-5
2. 21 November, 1988 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard (i) South Africa Christo van Rensburg 6-7, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6
3. 13 February, 1989 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Sweden Anders Järryd 6-1, 7-5
4. 12 November, 1990 Wembley, England Carpet United States Michael Chang 7-6, 6-3
5. 30 September, 1991 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) United States John McEnroe 7-6, 6-0, 6-3

Runner-ups (9)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 25 March, 1985 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Czech Republic Miloslav Mečíř 6-1, 6-2
2. 4 August, 1986 Hilversum, Austria Clay Austria Thomas Muster 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
3. 11 July, 1988 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Australia Darren Cahill 6-3, 6-4, 7-6
4. 10 October, 1988 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Sweden Stefan Edberg 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
5. 28 November, 1988 Brussels, Belgium Carpet France Henri Leconte 7-6, 7-6, 6-4
6. 27 February, 1989 Lyon, France Carpet United States John McEnroe 6-3, 7-6
7. 11 November, 1991 Moscow, Russia Carpet Soviet Union Andrei Cherkasov 7-6, 3-6, 7-6
8. 17 July, 1995 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
9. 18 September, 1995 Bordeaux, France Hard Senegal Yahiya Doumbia 6-4, 6-4