Last: Sep 3, 2009, US Open Round 2, lost

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Jan Hernych
Jan Hernych is a retired Czech tennis player who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 59 on April 27, 2009.
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About Jan Hernych
Jan Hernych, a Czech tennis player, was born on July 7, 1979, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He played right-handed with a two-handed backhand and turned pro in 1998. In 2009, he reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 59 on April 27. Hernych retired in 2018.
Match history94
Every ATP Tour, Grand Slam and Olympic main-draw match in our records, newest first. A walkover is listed but never counted in a record.
2016: 0-1
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20 | ATP AEGON Nottingham Open | Round 1 | Dudi Sela | L | 6-4, 3-6, 2-6 | Grass |
2015: 2-2
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17 | Infosys Hall of Fame Open | Quarterfinal | Jack Sock | L | 1-0 ret. (ret.) | Grass |
| Jul 15 | Infosys Hall of Fame Open | Round 2 | Alejandro Falla | W | 7-6(5), 6-7(6), 7-6(7) | Grass |
| Jul 14 | Infosys Hall of Fame Open | Round 1 | Tim Smyczek | W | 6-3, 6-4 | Grass |
| Jan 19 | Australian Open | Round 1 | Santiago Giraldo | L | 3-6, 2-6, 2-6 | Hard |
2014: 1-1
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25 | Wimbledon | Round 2 | Roberto Bautista Agut | L | 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6 | Grass |
| Jun 23 | Wimbledon | Round 1 | Tobias Kamke | W | 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 | Grass |
2013: 5-5
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22 | ATP Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad | Round 1 | Feliciano Lopez | L | 6-7(2), 3-6 | Clay |
| Jul 12 | ATP Hall of Fame | Quarterfinal | Lleyton Hewitt | L | 7-6(3), 4-6, 2-6 | Grass |
| Jul 10 | ATP Hall of Fame | Round 2 | Jack Sock | W | 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 | Grass |
| Jul 9 | ATP Hall of Fame | Round 1 | Ante Pavic | W | 7-6(6), 6-3 | Grass |
| Jun 20 | ATP Topshelf Open | Quarterfinal | Guillermo Garcia-Lopez | L | 4-6, 1-6 | Grass |
| Jun 19 | ATP Topshelf Open | Round 2 | Michael Llodra | W | 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-5 | Grass |
| Jun 18 | ATP Topshelf Open | Round 1 | David Goffin | W | 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4) | Grass |
| Jun 12 | ATP Gerry Weber Open | Round 2 | Gael Monfils | L | 2-6, 3-6 | Grass |
| Jun 10 | ATP Gerry Weber Open | Round 1 | Daniel Brands | W | 6-4, 6-2 | Grass |
| Jan 1 | ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open | Round 1 | Richard Gasquet | L | 3-6, 4-6 | Hard |
2012: 2-1
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20 | ATP Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad | Quarterfinal | Janko Tipsarevic | L | 2-6, 1-6 | Clay |
| Jul 19 | ATP Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad | Round 2 | Santiago Giraldo | W | 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 | Clay |
| Jul 16 | ATP Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad | Round 1 | Matteo Viola | W | 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 | Clay |
2011: 3-2
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8 | ATP Gerry Weber Open | Round 2 | Tomas Berdych | L | 3-6, 6-7(7) | Grass |
| Jun 6 | ATP Gerry Weber Open | Round 1 | Sergiy Stakhovsky | W | 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(8) | Grass |
| Jan 21 | Australian Open | Round 3 | Robin Soderling | L | 3-6, 1-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Jan 19 | Australian Open | Round 2 | Thomaz Bellucci | W | 6-2, 6-7(11), 6-4, 6-7(3), 8-6 | Hard |
| Jan 17 | Australian Open | Round 1 | Denis Istomin | W | 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 | Hard |
2010: 0-1
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21 | ATP Barclays Dubai | Round 1 | Ivan Ljubicic | L | 2-6, 7-6(3), 4-6 | Hard |
2009: 11-23
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5 | ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel | Round 2 | Novak Djokovic | L | 0-6, 0-6 | Hard |
| Nov 3 | ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel | Round 1 | Peter Luczak | W | 6-3, 6-4 | Hard |
| Oct 26 | ATP Bank Austria Tennis Trophy | Round 1 | Victor Crivoi | L | 3-6, 3-6 | Hard |
| Oct 19 | ATP Tour If Stockholm Open | Round 1 | Juan Monaco | L | 2-6, 7-5, 5-7 | Hard |
| Sep 3 | US Open | Round 2 | Nikolay Davydenko | L | 4-6, 1-6, 2-6 | Hard |
| Aug 31 | US Open | Round 1 | Rainer Schuettler | W | 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 | Hard |
| Aug 18 | ATP Masters Series Western & Southern Financial Group Masters | Round 1 | Andreas Seppi | L | 6-3, 4-6, 1-6 | Hard |
| Aug 12 | ATP Masters Series Rogers Cup | Round 2 | Juan Martin del Potro | L | 2-6, 5-7 | Hard |
| Aug 11 | ATP Masters Series Rogers Cup | Round 1 | Julien Benneteau | W | 6-2, 6-3 | Hard |
| Jul 29 | ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad | Round 2 | Igor Andreev | L | 4-6, 1-6 | Clay |
| Jul 27 | ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad | Round 1 | Flavio Cipolla | W | 6-1, 6-0 | Clay |
| Jul 22 | ATP German Open | Round 2 | Lizette Cabrera | L | 2-6, 3-6 | Clay |
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2008: 4-8
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8 | ATP Bank Austria-Tennis Trophy 2008 | Round 2 | Philipp Petzschner | L | 3-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Oct 6 | ATP Bank Austria-Tennis Trophy 2008 | Round 1 | Roko Karanusic | W | 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) | Hard |
| Aug 26 | US Open | Round 1 | Flavio Cipolla | L | 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-2, 6-7(0), 6-7(4) | Hard |
| Jul 18 | ATP Tour Austrian Open | Round 2 | Rainer Schuettler | L | 6-2, 4-6, 5-7 | Clay |
| Jul 15 | ATP Tour Austrian Open | Round 1 | Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo | W | 7-5, 7-5 | Clay |
| Jul 11 | ATP Mercedes Cup | Quarterfinal | Eduardo Schwank | L | 0-6, 6-4, 3-6 | Clay |
| Jul 10 | ATP Mercedes Cup | Round 2 | Brian Dabul | W | 7-6(5), 0-6, 7-6(5) | Clay |
| Jun 24 | Wimbledon | Round 1 | Radek Stepanek | L | 3-6, 5-7, 0-6 | Grass |
| Jun 10 | ATP Gerry Weber Open | Round 1 | Marcos Baghdatis | L | 4-6, 5-7 | Grass |
| Mar 5 | ATP Barclays Dubai | Round 2 | Nikolay Davydenko | L | 1-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Mar 3 | ATP Barclays Dubai | Round 1 | Stan Wawrinka | W | 6-4, 6-4 | Hard |
| Feb 19 | ATP ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament | Round 1 | Nikolay Davydenko | L | 3-6, 3-6 | Hard |
2007: 6-16
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31 | ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic | Round 2 | Marat Safin | L | 2-6, 6-2, 2-6 | Hard |
| Jul 30 | ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic | Round 1 | Nathan Healey | W | 6-3, 1-1 ret. (ret.) | Hard |
| Jul 17 | ATP Mercedes Cup | Round 1 | Juan Monaco | L | 2-6, 1-6 | Clay |
| Jul 9 | ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad | Round 1 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | L | 6-7(0), 6-7(3) | Clay |
| Jun 28 | Wimbledon | Round 2 | Ivan Ljubicic | L | 4-6, 3-6, 4-6 | Grass |
| Jun 26 | Wimbledon | Round 1 | Marc Gicquel | W | 0-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 | Grass |
| May 29 | French Open | Round 1 | Mikhail Youzhny | L | ret. (ret.) | Clay |
| Apr 9 | ATP Tour Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana | Round 1 | Sergio Roitman | L | 5-7, 6-7(7) | Clay |
| Mar 21 | ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open | Round 1 | Ricardo Mello | L | 1-6, 6-7(3) | Hard |
| Mar 12 | ATP Masters Series Pacific Life Open | Round 3 | Nikolay Davydenko | L | 3-6, 1-6 | Hard |
| Mar 11 | ATP Masters Series Pacific Life Open | Round 2 | Agustin Calleri | W | 6-3, 6-3 | Hard |
| Mar 10 | ATP Masters Series Pacific Life Open | Round 1 | Tim Henman | W | 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 | Hard |
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| Mar 2 | ATP Tennis Channel Open | Quarterfinal | Jurgen Melzer | L | 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 | Hard |
| Mar 1 | ATP Tennis Channel Open | Round 1 | Gustavo Kuerten | L | 4-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Feb 27 | ATP Tennis Channel Open | Round 1 | Benjamin Becker | W | 6-3, 7-5 | Hard |
| Feb 21 | ATP ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament | Round 1 | Radek Stepanek | L | 2-6, 5-7 | Hard |
| Feb 14 | ATP Tour Open 13 | Round 1 | Richard Gasquet | L | 1-6, 5-7 | Hard |
| Jan 14 | Australian Open | Round 1 | Mikhail Youzhny | L | 6-7(6), 2-6, 0-6 | Hard |
| Jan 10 | ATP Medibank International | Round 2 | Marcos Baghdatis | L | 4-6, 7-6(2), 3-6 | Hard |
| Jan 8 | ATP Medibank International | Round 1 | Andreas Seppi | W | 6-4, 6-2 | Hard |
| Jan 3 | Next Generation Adelaide International | Round 2 | Juan Martin del Potro | L | 2-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Jan 2 | Next Generation Adelaide International | Round 2 | Paul-Henri Mathieu | L | 6-4, 3-6, 3-6 | Hard |
How he is doing now
- Jun 20vs Dudi SelaJun 20 - ATP AEGON Nottingham Open, Round 1L6-4, 3-6, 2-6
- Jul 17vs Jack SockJul 17 - Infosys Hall of Fame Open, QuarterfinalL1-0 ret. (ret.)
- Jul 15vs Alejandro FallaJul 15 - Infosys Hall of Fame Open, Round 2W7-6(5), 6-7(6), 7-6(7)
- Jul 14vs Tim SmyczekJul 14 - Infosys Hall of Fame Open, Round 1W6-3, 6-4
- Jan 19vs Santiago GiraldoJan 19 - Australian Open, Round 1L3-6, 2-6, 2-6
- Jun 25vs Roberto Bautista AgutJun 25 - Wimbledon, Round 2L5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6
Career
- 2007First ATP matchLost to Paul-Henri Mathieu, Next Generation Adelaide International
- 2009Career high No. 59Apr 27, 2009
- Jun 20, 2016Latest matchLost to Dudi Sela, ATP AEGON Nottingham Open
Grand Slam titles
First ATP match
Jan 2, 2007: lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 3-6, 3-6Next Generation Adelaide International, on hard
Latest match
Jun 20, 2016: lost to Dudi Sela 6-4, 3-6, 2-6ATP AEGON Nottingham Open, Round 1, on grass court
Most often against
The players he has met most in our records, with the head-to-head.
Last: Feb 24, 2009, ATP Dubai Round 1, won
Last: Nov 5, 2009, ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel Round 2, lost
Last: Jan 1, 2013, ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open Round 1, lost
Last: Aug 18, 2009, ATP Masters Series Western & Southern Financial Group Masters Round 1, lost
Last: Jul 27, 2009, ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad Round 1, won
Sources and updates
Results and schedules come from Agatha's own records of the ATP Tour.
Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:18 PM ET. Results and form refresh after every match; biography facts are checked weekly.