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Jan Kodeš (Czech: Jan Kodeš; born March 1, 1946, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a right-handed Czech former tennis player who won three Grand Slam events in the early-1970s.

Kodes's greatest success was on the clay courts of the French Open. He won the title there in 1970, beating Željko Franulović in the final, and in 1971, defeating Ilie Năstase in the final. He also won Wimbledon on grass in 1973, although 13 of the top 16 players did not play the tournament that year because of a labor dispute. He beat home favorite Roger Taylor in the semifinals 6–1, 6–8, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 and Alex Metreveli in the straight sets final.

Kodes never played the Australian Open but he was twice the runner-up at the US Open, in 1971 and 1973.

Kodes reached his highest tour ranking of World No. 5 in September 1973. During his career, he won a total of 8 top-level singles titles and 17 doubles titles.

He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 5 (3-2)

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in final	Score in final
1970	French Open (1)	Željko Franulović	6–2, 6–4, 6–0
1971	French Open (2)	Ilie Năstase	8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
1973	Wimbledon	Alex Metreveli	6–1, 9–8(5), 6–3

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in final	Score in final
1971	U.S. Open (1)	Stan Smith	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–6(5-3)
1973	U.S. Open (2)	John Newcombe	6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3

Singles finals (26)

Wins (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1970	French Open, Paris	Clay	Željko Franulović	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
2.	1971	Catania, Italy	Clay	Georges Goven	6–3, 6–0, 6–2
3.	1971	French Open, Paris	Clay	Ilie Năstase	8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
4.	1972	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
5.	1973	Cologne WCT, Germany	Carpet	Brian Fairlie	6–1, 6–3, 6–1
6.	1973	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Alex Metreveli	6–1, 9–8, 6–3
7.	1975	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Adriano Panatta	5–7, 2–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–3
8.	1976	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 6–2, 6–3

Runner-ups (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1969	Barranquilla, Colombia	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–4, 8–10, 2–6, 6–3
2.	1970	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 8–6
3.	1971	Nice, France	Hard	Ilie Năstase	10–8, 11–9, 6–1
4.	1971	Rome, Italy	Clay	Rod Laver	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
5.	1971	U.S. Open, New York City	Grass	Stan Smith	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–6
6.	1971	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	6–1, 3–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
7.	1972	Nice, France	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–0, 6–4, 6–3
8.	1972	Rome, Italy	Clay	Manuel Orantes	4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
9.	1973	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Other	Tom Gorman	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
10.	1973	U.S. Open, New York City	Grass	John Newcombe	6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
11.	1973	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Jiří Hřebec	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0, 7–5
12.	1975	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
13.	1975	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Manuel Orantes	3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
14.	1975	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Jaime Fillol	6–4, 1–6, 6–0, 7–5
15.	1975	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Adriano Panatta	2–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
16.	1976	Nice, France	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6
17.	1976	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–2, 7–6
18.	1977	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

External links

• Official ATP profile
• International Tennis Hall of Fame profile
• Davis Cup record