Adam Pavlásek (born 8 October 1994) is a Czech professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 29 on 4 November 2024 and a singles ranking of world No. 72 in January 2017. He is the current No. 2 Czech ATP doubles player.
Junior career Pavlásek made the semifinals at 2012 Australian Open and 2012 French Open and quarterfinal at 2011 US Open in singles. He also made two Grand Slam finals at 2012 Australian Open and 2012 French Open in doubles.
As a junior, Pavlásek posted a 72–40 win–loss record in singles, 66–36 in doubles and reached the No. 7 combined world ranking in 2012.
Professional career Singles 2015: First Challenger title At the start of 2015, Pavlásek replaced injured countryman Radek Štěpánek in the Hopman Cup, playing alongside Lucie Šafářová. He made a name for himself by defeating world No. 20 Fabio Fognini of Italy, Pavlásek's first ever win over a top 20 player.
Pavlásek won his first singles title at the Poprad Tatry Challenger. Adam Pavlasek Bio
2016: Top 100, ATP and Grand Slam debuts Pavlásek made his Grand Slam debut at the 2016 French Open as a lucky loser and recorded his first Major win over Roberto Carballes Baena.
He made his top 100 debut on 12 June 2016 following his 2016 Sparta Prague Open Challenger title.
He made his ATP Tour debut at 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel, defeating Máximo González and Marcel Granollers to make his first ATP-level quarterfinal, where he lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili.
2017: Wimbledon debut and first win He made his Wimbledon debut and defeated Ernesto Escobedo, his second Major win, before losing to fourth seed Novak Djokovic.
Doubles 2023: ATP debut & first final, Wimbledon quarterfinal He made his doubles debut at the 2023 French Open and recorded his first Major doubles win partnering Ariel Behar over Albert Ramos Viñolas and Bernabe Zapata Miralles.
At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he reached the quarterfinals of a Major for the first time with Behar defeating former Wimbledon champions, ninth seeded pair of Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić before losing to eventual champions Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.
He reached his first ATP final with Behar at the 2023 European Open but lost to the Tsitsipas brothers.
2024: Two Masters finals, Olympics semifinal, top 30
At the Australian Open he made the quarterfinals with Behar. As a result, he reached the top 50 in the doubles rankings on 29 January 2024. The Uruguayan-Czech team upset fifth seeds Santiago González and Neal Skupski in three sets to advance and face next, first time doubles quarterfinalists newly formed Chinese-Czech duo of Zhang Zhizhen and Tomáš Macháč.
Ranked No. 40 at the Madrid Open, he reached his first Masters final with Behar, defeating tenth seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavić, third seeds Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, 15th seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow and second seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos by walkover. As a result, he reached the top 35 in the rankings. They lost in the final to Sebastian Korda and Jordan Thompson.
At the Paris Masters where he partnered for the first time with Lloyd Glasspool, the unseeded alternate pair reached the final with wins over fifth seeded Italian duo Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, local favorites Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul, and US Open titlists and fourth seeded Australian duo Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson. They lost the final to Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić in a deciding champions tiebreak.
2026: First ATP title In July, partnering with Patrik Rikl, Pavlásek won his first ATP doubles title at the 2026 Croatia Open Umag by defeating David Stevenson and Marcus Willis in the final with a score of 6–3, 4–6, [10–6].
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles Current through the 2026 US Open.
Tournament2015201620172018...20222023202420252026Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAQF2R3R0 / 36–3French OpenAAAAA2R1R3R3R0 / 25–4WimbledonAAAAAQF1R3R3R0 / 37–4US OpenAAAAA2R3R3R2R0 / 36–4Win–Loss0–00–00–00–00–05–35–47–47–40 / 1124–15National representationDavis Cup1RA1RPOAQFRRQF0 / 5Summer OlympicsNHANot HeldNot Held4thNot Held0 / 13–2ATP 1000 tournamentsIndian Wells OpenAAAAAAA2RA0 / 11–1Miami OpenAAAAAA1R2RA0 / 21–2Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAAAAF1RA0 / 23–2Italian OpenAAAAAA1R2R1R0 / 31–3Canadian OpenAAAAAAAA2R0 / 11–1Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAA1R2R0 / 21–2Shanghai MastersAAAANHASF1R0 / 23–2Paris MastersAAAAAAF2R0 / 25–2Win–Loss0–00–00–00–00–00–010–54–72–31 / 1716–15Career statistics2015201620172018...20222023202420252026SRW–LWin %Tournaments0000212272519 Career total: 84Titles000000001Career total: 1Finals000001222Career total: 7Hard Win–Loss2–00–00–00–01–211–820–1812–155–80 / 4551–51Clay Win–Loss0–00–00–11–00–04–59–109–813–61 / 2936–30Grass Win–Loss0–00–00–00–00–03–10–33–26–40 / 1012–10Overall Win–Loss2–00–00–11–00–018–1429–3124–2524–181 / 8499–91Win %Career total: Year-end ranking3401218n/a47793562951
Significant finals
ATP 1000 tournaments Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) OutcomeYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents ScoreLoss 2024Madrid Open Clay Ariel Behar Sebastian Korda Jordan Thompson 3–6, 6–7(7–9)Loss2024Paris MastersHard (i) Lloyd Glasspool Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Summer Olympics Doubles: 1 (1 4th place) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore4th place20242024 Summer Olympics, FranceClay Tomáš Macháč Taylor Fritz Tommy Paul3–6, 4–6
ATP Tour finals Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups) LegendATP 1000 (0–2)ATP 500 (0–1)ATP 250 (1–3) Finals by surfaceHard (0–3)Clay (1–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1European Open, BelgiumATP 250Hard (i) Ariel Behar Petros Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]Loss0–2Apr 2024Madrid Open, SpainATP 1000Clay Ariel Behar Sebastian Korda Jordan Thompson 3–6, 6–7(7–9)Loss0–3Paris Masters, FranceATP 1000Hard (i) Lloyd Glasspool Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić6–3, 3–6, [5–10]Loss0–4Swedish Open, SwedenATP 250Clay Jan Zieliński Guido Andreozzi Sander Arends7–6(7–4), 5–7, [6–10]Loss0–5Swiss Indoors, Switzerland500 SeriesHard (i) Jan Zieliński Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos 2–6, 5–7Loss0–6Țiriac Open, RomaniaATP 250Clay Patrik Rikl Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul1–6, 4–6Win1–6Croatia Open, CroatiaATP 250Clay Patrik Rikl David Stevenson Marcus Willis6–3, 4–6, [10–6] Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 16 (10–6) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (4–6)ITF Futures Tour (6–0)Titles by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (6–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Czech Republic F6, LiberecFuturesHard Jiří Veselý3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0Win2–0Turkey F37, AntalyaFuturesHard Andrei Ciumac6–1, 6–3Win3–0Poland F2, OlsztynFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)Win4–0Turkey F39, AntalyaFuturesHard Miliaan Niesten6–1, 6–4Win5–0Italy F5, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Arthur De Greef6–3, 6–3Win6–0Egypt F18, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Germain Gigounon2–6, 6–0, 6–2Loss6–1Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Íñigo Cervantes Huegun6–7(5–7), 4–6Loss6–2Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Aljaž Bedene5–7, 2–6Win7–2Poprad-Tatry, SlovakiaChallengerClay Hans Podlipnik Castillo6–2, 3–6, 6–3Loss7–3Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Mikhail Youzhny4–6, 1–6Loss7–4Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) Jordan Thompson6–4, 4–6, 1–6Loss7–5Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Elias Ymer5–7, 4–6Win8–5Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Stéphane Robert6–4, 3–6, 6–3Loss8–6Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Robin Haase4–6, 7–6(11–9), 2–6Win9–6Banja Luka, Bosnia/HerzegovinaChallengerClay Miljan Zekić3–6, 6–1, 6–4Win10–6Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Laslo Đere7–6(7–1), 6–7(9–11), 6–4
Doubles: 21 (7–14) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (6–12)ITF Futures Tour (1–2)Titles by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (5–11)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Jiří Veselý Radu Albot Teymuraz Gabashvili5–7, 7–5, [8–10]Win1–1Czech Republic F4, ProstějovFuturesClay Jiří Veselý Riccardo Bellotti Dominic Thiem7–6(7–2), 6–3Loss1–2Poland F6, LegnicaFuturesClay Jan Šátral Marcin Gawron Grzegorz Panfilw/oLoss1–3Turkey F11, AntalyaFuturesHard Luca Margaroli Rémi Boutillier Alexis Klégou3–6, 6–3, [7–10]Win2–3Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Radu Albot Tomasz Bednarek Henri Kontinen7–5, 2–6, [10–8]Loss2–4Bratislava, SlowakeiChallengerHard (i) Norbert Gombos Ken Skupski Neal Skupski3–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss2–5Poprad-Tatry, SlovakiaChallengerClay Norbert Gombos Roman Jebavý Jan Šátral2–6, 2–6Win3–5Koblenz, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Zdeněk Kolář Jürgen Melzer Filip Polášek6–3, 6–4Loss3–6Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Nikola Čačić Filip Polášek Philipp Oswaldw/oLoss3–7Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Zdeněk Kolář Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral4-6, 0–6Win4–7Madrid, SpainChallengerClay Igor Zelenay Rafael Matos David Vega Hernández6–3, 3–6, [10–6]Loss4–8Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Andrew Paulson Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral4-6, 7-6(7–3), [5-10]Win5–8Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Igor Zelenay Domagoj Bilješko Andrey Chepelev4–6, 6–3, [10–2]Loss5–9Poznan, PolandChallengerClay Marek Gengel Hunter Reese Szymon Walków6-1, 3–6, [6-10]Loss5–10Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Roman Jebavý Marcelo Demoliner Jan-Lennard Struff4-6, 5–7Win6–10Zug, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Zdeněk Kolář Karol Drzewiecki Patrik Niklas-Salminen6–3, 7–5Loss6–11Liberec, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Roman Jebavý Neil Oberleitner Philipp Oswald6-7(5–7), 2–6Loss6–12Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Roman Jebavý Dustin Brown Andrea Vavassori4–6, 7–5, [8–10]Loss6–13Genoa, ItalyChallengerClay Roman Jebavý Dustin Brown Andrea Vavassori2–6, 2–6Win7–13Nonthaburi, ThailandChallengerHard Marek Gengel Robert Galloway Hans Hach Verdugo7–6(7–4), 6–4Loss7–14Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumChallengerHard (i) Roman Jebavý Romain Arneodo Tristan-Samuel Weissborn4–6, 3–6
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