Omar Jasika

Omar Jasika
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne Australia
Born	18 May 1997 (age 27); Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Admir Jasika
Prize money	US $500,582
Singles
Career record	1–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 181 (4 November 2024)
Current ranking	No. 181 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	Q1 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	3–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 220 (23 May 2016)
Current ranking	No. 1388 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2015)
	Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

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. 204 achieved on 6 May 2024 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 220 achieved on 23 May 2016.

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 Tour finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2017	Happy Valley, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Peter Gojowczyk	3–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2017	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Blake Mott	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Sep 2022	Nonthaburi II, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Arthur Cazaux	6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Win	2–2	Feb 2024	Burnie, Australia (2)	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bolt	6–2, 6–7^(2–7), 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)

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

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 19 (15 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (15–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (15–3)
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)
Win	3–2	Mar 2022	M25 Bendigo, Australia	WTT	Hard	James McCabe	6–1, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Mar 2022	M25 Canberra, Australia	WTT	Clay	Jason Kubler	6–1, 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	4–3	Apr 2022	M15 Chiang Rai, Thailand	WTT	Hard	Dayne Kelly	6–1, 7–6^(7–1)
Win	5–3	May 2022	M15 Heraklion, Greece	WTT	Hard	Charles Broom	7–5, 6–3
Win	6–3	Jun 2022	M15 Heraklion, Greece	WTT	Hard	Jérôme Kym	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6–4	Sep 2022	M25 Darwin, Australia	WTT	Hard	Dane Sweeny	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 4–6
Win	7–4	Nov 2022	M25 Traralgon, Australia	WTT	Hard	Dayne Kelly	6–0, 6–2
Win	8–4	Jun 2023	M15 Jakarta, Indonesia	WTT	Hard	Justin Barki	6–2, 6–3
Win	9–4	Oct 2023	M25 Cairns, Australia	WTT	Hard	Jake Delaney	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Win	10–4	Feb 2024	M25 Traralgon, Australia	WTT	Hard	Li Tu	7–6^(7–1), 6–2
Win	11–4	Aug 2024	M15 Bali, Indonesia	WTT	Hard	Max Basing	6–3, 3–6, 7–6^(7–2)
Win	12–4	Sep 2024	M25 Bali, Indonesia	WTT	Hard	Jay Clarke	6–4, 6–1
Win	13–4	Sep 2024	M25 Darwin, Australia	WTT	Hard	Jake Delaney	7–5, 7–5
Win	14–4	Sep 2024	M25 Darwin, Australia	WTT	Hard	James Watt	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	15–4	Oct 2024	M25 Cairns, Australia	WTT	Hard	Marc Polmans	6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2016	Croatia F5, Bol	Futures	Clay	Bradley Mousley	Tallon Griekspoor Tobias Simon	7–5, 7–6
Loss	1–1	May 2022	M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom	WTT	Hard	Edan Leshem	Julian Cash Henry Patten	3–6, 7–5, [2–10]

ITF Junior Circuit

ITF Junior finals

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)

Result	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)

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

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	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	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	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	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%

References

^ "profile: Omar Jasika". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^ "Uspješni Brčak Omar Jasika: 15-Godišnjak Uvršten Na Atp Listu". Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
^ "Off the couch and down to business". 16 September 2014.
^ Tennis Prodigy Omar Jasika Serves Up An Ace For Old School South Oakleigh College The Herald Sun^{[dead link‍]}
^ "MORE SUCCESS FOR JASIKA, NANCARROW". www.tennis.com.au. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^ "JASIKA GETS AUSSIE OPEN WILDCARD". www.skynewssport.com.au. 29 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ "Jasika Excelling On Home Soil". ATP World Tour. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
^ "Jasika, Omar". ASADA. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
^ Courtney Walsh (1 September 2018). "Omar Jasika banned over cocaine". The Australian.
^ "Aussies at the Open: Jasika, Sweeny, Hunter complete dream qualifying runs".

External links

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

[1] "profile: Omar Jasika". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

[2] "Uspješni Brčak Omar Jasika: 15-Godišnjak Uvršten Na Atp Listu". Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

[3] "Off the couch and down to business". 16 September 2014.

[4] Tennis Prodigy Omar Jasika Serves Up An Ace For Old School South Oakleigh College The Herald Sun^{[dead link‍]}

[5] "MORE SUCCESS FOR JASIKA, NANCARROW". www.tennis.com.au. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

[6] "JASIKA GETS AUSSIE OPEN WILDCARD". www.skynewssport.com.au. 29 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[7] "Jasika Excelling On Home Soil". ATP World Tour. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[8] "Jasika, Omar". ASADA. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.

[9] Courtney Walsh (1 September 2018). "Omar Jasika banned over cocaine". The Australian.

[10] "Aussies at the Open: Jasika, Sweeny, Hunter complete dream qualifying runs".

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