Omar Jasika (; born 18 May 1997) is an Australian professional tennis player. Jasika has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 177, achieved on 25 November 2024 and a best doubles ranking of No. 220, reached 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. He is also the 2025 Australian Open 1 Point Slam champion.
Personal life Jasika was born in Clarinda, Victoria. 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.Tennis Prodigy Omar Jasika Serves Up An Ace For Old School South Oakleigh College The Herald Sun
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: First ITF title 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 quarterfinal 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 four 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 semifinals, but no finals. In December, Jasika won the Australian Open wildcard play-off, earning him direct entry into the 2017 Australian Open. Jesica ended the year with a ranking of No. 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 the first round 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 quarterfinal of Shanghai Challenger and in October, the quarterfinal of the Canberra Challenger. Jasika ended 2017 with a ranking of No. 276.
2018–2019: Two-year suspension for positive test for drugs Jasika commenced the season by reaching the quarterfinal of the Playford Challenger before losing in the first round of the 2018 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying.
Jasika was suspended from professional tennis by ASADA for two years until March 2020.
2020–2021: Return from suspension, loss of form due to COVID In March, Jasika returned from suspension at the ITF tournament held in Geelong, Australia, losing in the first round of qualifying. His career was then stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022–2024: Back to Australian Open In February, Jasika played his first professional match since his suspension at the ITF tournament in Canberra, where he reached the quarterfinals. 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. Jasika reached the final at the 2022 Nonthaburi Challenger II in Thailand but lost to Arthur Cazaux.
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. Jasika also competed in the 2024 French Open – Men's singles qualifying losing to Dalibor Svrcina in straight sets. At the 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying he lost to Zizou Bergs also in straight sets.
He would go on to claim five ITF futures titles in a row, two in Indonesia and three in Australia which would result in a 29 match unbeaten run. His streak would end at the quarterfinal stage at the 2024 City of Playford Tennis International, where he was defeated by eventual champion Rinky Hijikata in three tight sets. Jasika would go on to finish the year off at a career high ranking of world No. 177 on 25 November 2024.
2025: Australian Open wildcard Jasika received a wildcard into the main draw at the 2025 Australian Open, losing to Hugo Gaston in the first round. However, he won the inaugural Australian Open 1 Point Slam title, defeating Priscilla Hon in the final and winning $60,000 in prize money.
ITIA two-year ban In September 2018, 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.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger (2–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Happy Valley Challenger, AustraliaChallengerHard Peter Gojowczyk3–6, 1–6Win1–1Burnie International, AustraliaChallengerHard Blake Mott6–2, 6–2Loss1–2Nonthaburi Challenger II, ThailandChallengerHard Arthur Cazaux6–7(6–8), 4–6Win2–2Burnie International, Australia (2)ChallengerHard Alex Bolt6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendATP Challenger (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Traralgon Challenger, AustraliaChallengerHard Bradley Mousley Dayne Kelly Marinko Matosevic5–7, 2–6
ITF Tour finals
Singles: 24 (19 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (19–5)Finals by surfaceHard (18–4)Clay (0–1)Grass (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Australia F7, CairnsFuturesHard Jarmere Jenkins6–3, 3–6, 4–6Loss0–2Australia F5, AdelaideFuturesHard Brydan Klein4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6Win1–2Korea F2, ChangwonFuturesHard Connor Smith6–3, 6–4Win2–2Canada F4, KelownaFuturesHard Eric Quigley3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)Win3–2M25 Bendigo, Australia WTTHard James McCabe6–1, 6–2Loss3–3M25 Canberra, AustraliaWTTClay Jason Kubler6–1, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)Win4–3M15 Chiang Rai, ThailandWTTHard Dayne Kelly6–1, 7–6(7–1)Win5–3M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Charles Broom7–5, 6–3Win6–3M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Jérôme Kym6–2, 6–2Loss6–4M25 Darwin, AustraliaWTTHard Dane Sweeny3–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6Win7–4M25 Traralgon, AustraliaWTTHard Dayne Kelly6–0, 6–2Win8–4M15 Jakarta, IndonesiaWTTHard Justin Barki6–2, 6–3Win9–4M25 Cairns, AustraliaWTTHard Jake Delaney6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4Win10–4M25 Traralgon, AustraliaWTTHard Li Tu7–6(7–1), 6–2Win11–4M15 Bali, IndonesiaWTTHard Max Basing6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)Win12–4M25 Bali, IndonesiaWTTHard Jay Clarke6–4, 6–1Win13–4M25 Darwin, AustraliaWTTHard Jake Delaney7–5, 7–5Win14–4M25 Darwin, AustraliaWTTHard James Watt1–6, 6–3, 6–4Win15–4M25 Cairns, AustraliaWTTHard Marc Polmans6–3, 6–4Loss15–5M25 Burnie, AustraliaWTTHard Jason Kubler3–6, 2–6Win16–5M25 Mildura, AustraliaWTTGrass Pavle Marinkov6–3, 6–4Win17–5M15 Tokyo, JapanWTTHard Koki Matsuda4–6, 6–0, 6–1Win18–5M15 Brisbane, AustraliaWTTHard Moerani Bouzige7–6(9–7), 6–3Win19–5M15 Tianjin, ChinaWTTHard Kosuke Ogura7–6(7–3), 6–2
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendITF Futures/WTT (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Croatia F5, BolFuturesClay Bradley Mousley Tallon Griekspoor Tobias Simon7–5, 7–6Loss1–1M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard Edan Leshem Julian Cash Henry Patten3–6, 7–5, [2–10]
ITF Junior Circuit
ITF Junior finals Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up) LegendGrand Slam (1–0)Grade A (0–0)Grade B (0–0)Grade 1–5 (1–2)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1.30 July 2011Auckland, New ZealandHard Chris Simich5–7, 4–6Win1.10 March 2013Nonthaburi, ThailandHard Cameron Norrie7–5, 6–4Loss2.16 January 2014Traralgon, AustraliaHard Alexander Zverev5–7, 2–6Win2.7 September 2014New York City, United StatesHard Quentin Halys2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin2014US OpenHard Quentin Halys2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2014US OpenHard Naoki Nakagawa Rafael Matos João Menezes6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Win%Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenQ32R1RQ1AAAAQ11R1RQ10 / 41–4 French OpenAAAAAAAAAQ1Q10 / 00–0 WimbledonAAAAANHAAAQ1Q10 / 00–0 US OpenAAAAAAAAAAQ1 0 / 00–0Win–loss0–01–10–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–10–00 / 41–4ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenQ2 Q2 AAANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Monte Carlo MastersAAAAANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAAANHAAAAA0 / 00-0Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAAAAAQ1 0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersAAAAANHQ1AQ10 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
Doubles Tournament2015201620172018201920202021SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open2R1RAAAAA0 / 21–2 French OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 WimbledonAAAAANHA0 / 00–0 US OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss1–10–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 21–2ATP Tour Masters 1000Miami OpenAQFAAAAA0 / 12–1Win–loss0–02–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 12–1
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