Raven Klaasen

Raven Klaasen ( ; born 16 October 1982) is a former South African professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.

Professional career He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in August 2019, and has won 19 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including two at Masters 1000 level. Klaasen is a two-time Grand Slam finalist, having finished runner-up at the 2014 Australian Open alongside Eric Butorac, and the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Michael Venus. He was also runner up at the ATP Finals in both 2016 and 2019, partnering Rajeev Ram and Venus respectively.

In singles, Klaasen has a career-high ranking of world No. 208, achieved in October 2011. He has represented South Africa in the Davis Cup since 2009, and has a win–loss record of 13–4. He reached his 300th match win at the 2022 Estoril Open with Ben McLachlan defeating Hugo Nys/Jan Zieliński in the round of 16.

Significant finals Grand Slam finals Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up) Result Year Championship Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss 2014 Australian Open Hard Eric Butorac Łukasz Kubot Robert Lindstedt 3–6, 3–6Loss 2018 Wimbledon Grass Michael Venus Mike Bryan Jack Sock 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 7–5, 5–7

Year-end championships Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up) Result Year Championship Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss 2016 ATP Finals, London Hard (i) Rajeev Ram Henri Kontinen John Peers6 –2, 1–6, [8–10]Loss 2019 ATP Finals, London Hard (i) Michael Venus Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut 3–6, 4–6

Masters 1000 finals Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

ATP career finals Doubles: 42 (19 titles, 23 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–2)ATP World Tour Finals (0–2)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–3)ATP World Tour 500 Series (6–3)ATP World Tour 250 Series (11–13)Finals by surfaceHard (15–15)Clay (1–3)Grass (3–5)Finals by settingOutdoor (13–17)Indoor (6–6)

Doubles performance timeline

Current through the 2023 French Open.