# Jan Hernych

Jan Hernych (born 7 July 1979) is a Czech former professional tennis player and tennis coach. Hernych turned professional in 1998 and achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 59 in April 2009. He won one doubles title on the ATP Tour and was runner-up in 's-Hertogenbosch in 2006.
Hernych now acts as a coach to the Czech tennis player and Wimbledon champion Markéta Vondroušová, alongside Jiří Hřebec.

## Career

In 2005, he was the first professional opponent of Andy Murray at the Torneo Godo, a match he won in three sets.
In 2006 he contested his first final on the tour, losing to Mario Ančić in s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
In May 2009 at the BMW Open in Munich, Germany, he joined forces with countryman Ivo Minář to win their first title together in doubles.
In January 2011 at the Australian Open, Hernych posted his best-ever showing in singles play at a Grand Slam event, reaching the 3rd round for the first time. As a qualifier, he defeated Denis Istomin and No. 30 seed Thomaz Bellucci before losing to Robin Söderling.
Hernych has reached 25 singles finals in tenure as a professional tennis player, with his first final coming in 1998 and his most recent being in 2016, a span of almost twenty years. He has a record of 12 wins and 13 losses, including an 0–1 record in ATP Tour-level finals and 8–8 in Challenger finals.

## ATP Tour career finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–1)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (0–1)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2006 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Mario Ančić | 0–6, 7–5, 5–7 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (1–0)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 2009 | BMW Open, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Ivo Minář | Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr | 6–4, 6–4 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 24 (12–12)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (8–8)
* ITF Futures (4–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (6–6)
* Clay (6–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 1998 | Poland F2, Zabrze | Futures | Clay | Carlos Gómez-Díaz | 6–4, 6–7, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 1999 | Slovenia F1, Kranj | Futures | Clay | Frantisek Babej | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Sep 2000 | Czech Republic F2, Karlovy | Futures | Clay | Zbynek Mlynarik | 3–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2001 | Andrezieux, France | Challenger | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | May 2001 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Slava Doseděl | 2–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Oct 2001 | Tulsa, United States | Challenger | Hard | Vince Spadea | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2002 | Waco, United States | Challenger | Hard | Hermes Gamonal | 1–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Sep 2003 | Mandeville, United States | Challenger | Hard | Dmitry Tursunov | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Feb 2004 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Karol Beck | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–6 | May 2004 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Ivo Minář | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–6 | May 2005 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Jiří Vaněk | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–6 | Sep 2007 | Trnava, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Tomáš Zíb | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–6 | May 2008 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–7 | May 2008 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Jiří Vaněk | 3–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
| Win | 8–7 | Nov 2008 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Stéphane Bohli | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–7 | Mar 2010 | Jersey, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Jan Minar | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 9–8 | Nov 2011 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Carpet | Rajeev Ram | 5–7, 6–3, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Win | 10–8 | Mar 2012 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | Jan Mertl | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 10–9 | Jun 2013 | Czech Republic F3, Jablonec nad Nisou | Futures | Clay | Jan Mertl | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 10–10 | Mar 2014 | Greece F1, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Jozef Kovalík | 3–6, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Win | 11–10 | Mar 2014 | Greece F2, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Yann Marti | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 12–10 | Oct 2014 | Turkey F34, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Ricardo Rodriguez | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 12–11 | Oct 2014 | Czech Republic F4, Jablonec nad Nisou | Futures | Carpet | Nikola Mektić | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 12–12 | Feb 2016 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Marco Chiudinelli | 3–6, 6–7$^{(9–11)}$ |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 3R | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% |
| French Open | Q3 | Q2 | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q3 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% |
| US Open | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 2R | Q3 | 1R | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | Q3 | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 21 | 10–21 | 32% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | Q1 | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | 55% |
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 2R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | QF | Q1 | 2R | Q1 | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | 63% |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q2 | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Shanghai Masters | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 15 | 15–15 | 50% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||||||
| | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | Career total: 1 | Career total: 1 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 9–12 | 18–23 | 17–21 | 7–15 | 4–8 | 11–24 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0 / 0 | 79–118 | 40% |
| Year-end ranking | 178 | 214 | 248 | 83 | 74 | 75 | 156 | 81 | 113 | 241 | 168 | 193 | 219 | 199 | 186 | $2,179,237 | $2,179,237 | $2,179,237 |