Omar Jasika

Omar Jasika (Bosnian pronunciation: [jǎsika]; born 18 May 1997) is an Australian professional tennis player. Jasika has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 207 achieved on 4 March 2024 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 220 achieved on 23 May 2016.

Omar Jasika
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceMelbourne Australia
Born (1997-05-18) 18 May 1997
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2014
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAdmir Jasika
Prize money$443,411
Singles
Career record1–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 207 (4 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 212 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2016)
French OpenQ1 (2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record3–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 220 (23 May 2016)
Current rankingNo. 626 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2015)
Last updated on: 1 April 2024.

Jasika is the 2014 US Open boys' singles champion. He along with Naoki Nakagawa also won the 2014 US Open boys' doubles title defeating Rafael Matos and João Menezes in the final. In winning both, Jasika became the first player in 28 years to win both the boys’ singles and doubles events at the US Open.[1]

Personal life

Jasika was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is of Bosnian descent. His parents, Admir and Bina, emigrated from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Australia during the Bosnian War before Omar was born.[2] He is the eldest child in his family and his brother, Amor, is also an aspiring professional tennis player.[3] Jasika began playing tennis at the age of six. He attended South Oakleigh College throughout his schooling years.[4]

Professional tour

2014: ATP Tour debut

After his success at the US Open, Jasika made his ATP World Tour debut in September, after he was given a wildcard into the Malaysian Open. He drew Rajeev Ram in round one, and won the first set, and was within 2 points of the match in the second, before losing in three sets. In October, Jasika made his first final at the Australia F7 in Cairns.

2015

Jasika commenced 2015 at the Onkaparina Challenger where he drew No.1 seed and world No.80 Blaž Rola. He lost in three sets. Jasika competed in the qualifying for the Australian Open, when he won two rounds, but lost in the final round to Marius Copil. In February, he played in the Australia Futures 1 tournament, where he lost in the final to Brydan Klein. In March, Jasika headed to China where he made the final round of qualifying in both Guangzhou and Shenzhen Challengers before heading to Guadeloupe where he qualified for and made the quarter-final of the Guadeloupe Challenger. In May, Jasika won his first ITF title in Changwon. In July, Jasika won his second ITF title in Kelowna, dropping just one set along the way.[5]

2016: Major debut

Jasika made his Grand Slam debut at the 2016 Australian Open after being awarded a wildcard.[6] He won his first round match, beating Illya Marchenko in 4 sets; he subsequently lost to former finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the following round in straight sets. Jasika spent the remainder of the year predominantly on the Futures circuit across North America and Europe, making numerous quarter and semi finals, but no finals. In December, Jasika won the Australian Open wildcard play-off, earning him direct entry into the 2017 Australian Open. Jasika ended the year with a ranking of 367.

2017: First Challenger title

Jasika commenced the year with a wildcard into the Happy Valley Challenger where he reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final.[7] At the 2017 Australian Open, Jasika lost in round 1 to David Ferrer. In February, Jasika won his first Challenger title in Burnie. In March, Jasika returned to the ITF circuit in Australia, reaching the semi-final of the F2 in Canberra. In July, Jasika travelled to North America and competed on the Challenger Circuit, winning just one match. In September, Jasika reached the quarter-final of Shanghai Challenger and in October, the quarter-final of the Canberra Challenger. Jasika ended 2017 with a ranking of 276 .

2018: Two year suspension for positive test for drugs

Jasika commenced the season by reaching the quarter-final of the Playford Challenger before losing in round 1 2018 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. He was suspended from professional tennis by ASADA for two years after having tested positive for cocaine in December 2017. Jasika was eligible to play again in March 2020.[8][9]

2020: Return from suspension

Jasika returned from suspension at the ITF tournament held in Geelong, Australia in March 2020, losing in the first round of qualifying. His career was then stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022-2024: Return to the Australian Open

He played his next professional match in February 2022 at the ITF tournament in Canberra, where he reached the quarter-final. In March, in his fourth tournament back, Jasika won the ITF tournament in Bendigo. Following this, he won an ITF tournament in Chiang Rai, Thailand, in April. Overall, he won five ITF tournaments since his return in 2022.

At the 2023 Australian Open, Jasika lost in the first qualification round to Denis Kudla.

He also had to qualify for the 2024 Australian Open but this time he overcame the last hurdle defeating Abedallah Shelbayh in the round three qualifying match and reached the main draw after an absence of seven years.[10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 18 (12–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (10–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (12–5)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2014 Australia F7, Cairns Futures Hard Jarmere Jenkins 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2015 Australia F5, Adelaide Futures Hard Brydan Klein 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6
Win 1–2 May 2015 Korea F2, Changwon Futures Hard Connor Smith 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–2 Jul 2015 Canada F4, Kelowna Futures Hard Eric Quigley 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 2–3 Jan 2017 Happy Valley, Australia Challenger Hard Peter Gojowczyk 3–6, 1–6
Win 3–3 Feb 2017 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Blake Mott 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–3 Mar 2022 M25 Bendigo, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard James McCabe 6–1, 6–2
Loss 4–4 Mar 2022 M25 Canberra, Australia World Tennis Tour Clay Jason Kubler 6–1, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 5–4 Apr 2022 M15 Chiang Rai, Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard Dayne Kelly 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Win 6–4 May 2022 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Charles Broom 7–5, 6–3
Win 7–4 Jun 2022 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Jerome Kym 6–2, 6–2
Loss 7–5 Sep 2022 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard Arthur Cazaux 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 7–6 Sep 2022 M25 Darwin, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Dane Sweeny 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6
Win 8–6 Nov 2022 M25 Traralgon, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Dayne Kelly 6–0, 6–2
Win 9–6 Jun 2023 M15 Jakarta, Indonesia World Tennis Tour Hard Justin Barki 6–2, 6–3
Win 10–6 Oct 2023 M25 Cairns, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Jake Delaney 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Win 11–6 Feb 2024 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Alex Bolt 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
Win 12–6 Feb 2024 M25 Traralgon, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Li Tu 7–6(7–1), 6–2

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2015 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard Bradley Mousley Dayne Kelly
Marinko Matosevic
5–7, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 2016 Croatia F5, Bol Futures Clay Bradley Mousley Tallon Griekspoor
Tobias Simon
7–5, 7–6
Loss 1–2 May 2022 M25 Nottingham, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard Edan Leshem Julian Cash
Henry Patten
3–6, 7–5, [2–10]

Junior career

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (1–0)
Grade A (0–0)
Grade B (0–0)
Grade 1–5 (1–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 30 July 2011 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Chris Simich 5–7, 4–6
Win 1. 10 March 2013 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Cameron Norrie 7–5, 6–4
Loss 2. 16 January 2014 Traralgon, Australia Hard Alexander Zverev 5–7, 2–6
Win 2. 7 September 2014 New York City, United States Hard Quentin Halys 2–6, 7–5, 6–1

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 2014 US Open Hard Quentin Halys 2–6, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2014 US Open Hard Naoki Nakagawa Rafael Matos
João Menezes
6–3, 7–6(8–6)

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament2015201620172018201920202021 2022 2023 2024SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 2R 1R A A A A A Q1 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0   
Wimbledon A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
US Open A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 1–3 25%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open Q2 Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0   

Doubles

Tournament2015201620172018201920202021SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Wimbledon A A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0   
US Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open A QF A A A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 2–1 67%

References

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