Editing Jan Kodeš (section)

{{Short description|Czech tennis player (born 1946)}}
{{for|his son, also a professional tennis player|Jan Kodeš Jr.}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name        = Jan Kodeš
|image       = Jan Kodeš.JPG
|country     = {{CSK}}
|residence   = [[Prague]], Czech Republic
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|03|01}}
|birth_place = Prague, [[Czechoslovakia]] <br/>(now [[Czech Republic]])
|height      = {{height|m=1.75}}
|turnedpro   = 1968 (amateur from 1966)
|retired     = 1983
|plays       = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney = $693,197
|tennishofyear    = 1990
|tennishofid      = jan-kodes
|singlesrecord    = {{tennis record|won=630|lost=341}} in pre Open-Era & [[Open Era]]
|singlestitles    = 9
|highestsinglesranking = No. 5 (13 September 1973)
|FrenchOpenresult = '''W''' ([[1970 French Open – Men's singles|1970]], [[1971 French Open – Men's singles|1971]])
|Wimbledonresult  = '''W''' ([[1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1973]])
|USOpenresult     = F ([[1971 U.S. Open – Men's singles|1971]], [[1973 U.S. Open – Men's singles|1973]])
|Othertournaments = yes
|MastersCupresult = RR ([[1970 Pepsi-Cola Masters – Singles|1970]], [[1971 Pepsi-Cola Masters – Singles|1971]], [[1972 Commercial Union Assurance Masters – Singles|1972]], [[1973 Commercial Union Assurance Masters – Singles|1973]])
|WCTFinalsresult  = SF ([[1974 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles|1974]])
|doublesrecord    = 313-183
|doublestitles    = 17
|highestdoublesranking = No. 12 (21 May 1979)
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = F (1977)}}

'''Jan Kodeš''' (born 1 March 1946) is a Czech former professional [[tennis]] player. A three-time [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments|major]] singles champion, Kodeš was one of the premier players in the early 1970s.

Kodeš's greatest success was achieved on the [[clay court]]s of the [[French Open]], where he won the singles title in [[1970 French Open – Men's singles|1970]] and [[1971 French Open – Men's singles|1971]]. However, he also won [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] on [[grass court]]s in [[1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1973]], although the tournament was largely [[1973 Wimbledon Championships#ATP boycott|boycotted by top players that year]] in a show of solidarity over the ban of [[Nikola Pilić]] by the [[International Lawn Tennis Federation]] (ILTF).<ref>''Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships''. Barrett, John. Collins Willow 2011 {{ISBN|0-00-711707-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wimbledon Singles Titles Captured by King, Kodeš|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YR9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ke0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6976%2C3406885|agency=AP|issue=[[The Spokesman-Review]]|date=8 July 1973}}</ref><ref name=wot74>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook|year=1974|publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London|isbn=9780362001686|pages=268–269|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref>

Kodeš never played at the [[Australian Open]], but was twice the runner-up at the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]], in [[1971 US Open – Men's singles|1971]] and [[1973 US Open – Men's singles|1973]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Newcombe cops U.S. net Open|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pGk0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=zQkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1210%2C2062087|agency=UPI|issue=Star-News|date=10 September 1973|page=Fifteen}}</ref><ref name=wot74/> Kodeš reached his highest ATP ranking of world No. 5 in September 1973.<ref name=wot74/> During the [[Open Era]], he won nine top-level singles titles and 17 doubles titles.

Kodeš was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 1990. In 2013, he received the Czech Fair Play Award from the Czech Olympic Committee. He is an economics graduate of the [[Prague University]].<ref name=wot74/>