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. 223 achieved on 30 January 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 220 achieved on 23 May 2016.

Omar Jasika

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne Australia
Born	(1997-05-18) 18 May 1997 Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Admir Jasika
Prize money	$443,411
Singles
Career record	1–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 207 (4 March 2024)
Current ranking	No. 212 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	3–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 220 (23 May 2016)
Current ranking	No. 626 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (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.

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. He is the eldest child in his family and his brother, Amor, is also an aspiring professional tennis player. Jasika began playing tennis at the age of six. He attended South Oakleigh College throughout his schooling years.

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.

2016: Major debut

Jasika made his Grand Slam debut at the 2016 Australian Open after being awarded a wildcard. 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. 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.

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.

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

ITF Junior finals (4)

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

Junior Grand Slam finals

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

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
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		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

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
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%

External links

• Omar Jasika at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Omar Jasika at the International Tennis Federation
• Omar Jasika at Tennis Australia