Jasper Smit
Dutch tennis player
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Jasper Smit (born 17 November 1980) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
| Full name | Jasper Smit |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Netherlands |
| Born | 17 November 1980 |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | $94,414 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 413 (8 November 2004) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 2–8 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 121 (3 March 2008) |
Biography
Smit, a right-handed player, featured most successfully in the doubles format, in which he reached 121 in the world.[1]
All of his eight main draw doubles appearances on the ATP Tour were with countryman Martijn van Haasteren and included two quarter-finals. The pair reached the quarter-finals at the Dutch Open Amersfoort in 2007 by upsetting second seeds Tomas Behrend and Christopher Kas, then in 2008 they were quarter-finalists at the Zagreb Indoors. He also won three Challenger titles partnering van Haasteren.
As a singles player he appeared in his only ATP Tour main draw at the 2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open in Mumbai, for a first round loss to Gouichi Motomura. He took part in the qualifying draw for the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. In 2010 he won a match over then world number 62 Pablo Cuevas on clay at the Scheveningen Challenger.[2]
Retired from professional tennis, Smit was still playing in Dutch league tennis at the age of 36.[3]
Challenger titles
Doubles: (3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2006 | Dublin, Ireland | Carpet | Martijn van Haasteren |
 Colin Fleming Jamie Murray |
6–3, 2–6, [10–8] |
| 2. | 2006 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard | Martijn van Haasteren |
 Ernests Gulbis Deniss Pavlovs |
7–6(8–6), 6–2 |
| 3. | 2007 | Grenoble, France | Hard | Martijn van Haasteren |
 Frederik Nielsen Martin Pedersen |
6–3, 6–1 |
