| Intro | South African tennis player | ||||
| Is | Athlete Tennis player | ||||
| From | South Africa | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 16 October 1982, King William’s Town, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa | ||||
| Age | 38 years | ||||
| Residence | King William’s Town | ||||
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Raven Klaasen (born 16 October 1982) is a professional South African tennis player. Klaasen’s career-high singles ranking is world number 208, which he achieved on 24 October 2011. He has had more success playing doubles, with the notable achievement of reaching the 2014 Australian Open finals with partner Eric Butorac. Their run to the final included a victory over the World No. 1 team of Bob and Mike Bryan. As of July 2016, he is ranked at a career-high doubles ranking of 9.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 2014 | Australian Open | Hard | Eric Butorac | Łukasz Kubot Robert Lindstedt | 3–6, 3–6 |
Year-End Championships
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 2016 | ATP World Tour Finals, London | Hard (i) | Rajeev Ram | Henri Kontinen John Peers | 6–2, 1–6, [8–10] |
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 3 (2 title, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Winner | 2015 | Shanghai | Hard | Marcelo Melo | Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2016 | Miami | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 7–5, 1–6, [7–10] |
| Winner | 2017 | Indian Wells | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo | 6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8] |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 23 (12 titles, 11 runners-upg)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 10 February 2013 | Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France | Hard (i) | Johan Brunström | Marc Gicquel Michaël Llodra | 3–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
| Winner | 1. | 25 May 2013 | Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France | Clay | Johan Brunström | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2. | 22 September 2013 | Moselle Open, Metz, France | Hard (i) | Johan Brunström | Nicolas Mahut Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
| Winner | 3. | 29 September 2013 | Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard (i) | Eric Butorac | Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 25 January 25 2014 | Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia | Hard | Eric Butorac | Łukasz Kubot Robert Lindstedt | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 16 February 16 2014 | U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, United States | Hard (i) | Eric Butorac | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 19 October 19 2014 | If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Eric Butorac | Treat Huey Jack Sock | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 11 January 11 2015 | Aircel Chennai Open, Chennai, India | Hard | Leander Paes | Yen-hsun Lu Jonathan Marray | 3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Winner | 6. | 17 January 17 2015 | Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Leander Paes | Dominic Inglot Florin Mergea | 7–6(7–1), 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 22 February 2015 | Delray Beach Open, Delray Beach, United States | Hard | Leander Paes | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Runner-up | 5. | 23 May 2015 | Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Lu Yen-hsun | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 5–7, 6–4, [7–10] |
| Winner | 7. | 21 June 2015 | Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany | Grass | Rajeev Ram | Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 4 October 2015 | Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard (i) | Rajeev Ram | Treat Huey Henri Kontinen | 6–7(4–7), 2–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 11 October 2015 | Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Marcelo Melo | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–7] |
| Winner | 9. | 18 October 2015 | Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China | Hard | Marcelo Melo | Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 2 April 2016 | Miami Open, Miami, United States | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 7–5, 1–6, [7–10] |
| Runner-up | 8. | 21 May 2016 | Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Rajeev Ram | Sam Querrey Steve Johnson | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 11 June 2016 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Dominic Inglot | Mate Pavić Michael Venus | 6–3, 3–6, [9–11] |
| Winner | 10. | 1 October 2016 | Chengdu Open, Chengdu, China | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Pablo Carreño Busta Mariusz Fyrstenberg | 7–6(7–2), 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 9 October 2016 | Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Marcel Granollers Marcin Matkowski | 2−6, 6−7(4−7) |
| Runner-up | 11. | 20 November 2016 | ATP World Tour Finals, London, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Rajeev Ram | Henri Kontinen John Peers | 6–2, 1–6, [8–10] |
| Winner | 11. | 26 February 2017 | Delray Beach Open, Delray Beach, USA | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Treat Huey Max Mirnyi | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Winner | 12. | 18 March 2017 | Indian Wells Masters, Indian Wells, United States | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo | 6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8] |
Doubles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
This table is current through 2016 Wimbledon.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | W–L | |||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | F | 2R | QF | 2R | 10–4 | |||
| French Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2–5 | ||||
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 1R | 3R | 2R | SF | 7–4 | ||||
| US Open | 3R | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | 7–4 | ||||
| Win–Loss | 2-2 | 0–3 | 11–4 | 4–4 | 8–3 | 1-1 | 25–16 | |||
