Jan
Kozeluh (Koželuh)
Male
Czechoslovakia
1904-01-29
Praha (Prague), Czechoslovakia
1979-06-04
Florida, United States of America
Jan Kozeluh was the son of Josef and Maria Kozeluh, one of 7 brothers and two sisters. All six brothers and one sister were active in sports, a new phenomenon of that era. Karel, the most notable of the Kozeluh family, achieved his fame as one of the first professional players in tennis, soccer, and field and ice hockey.
Jan, said by some to be the most talented of them all, remained an amateur throughout his career. He was the Czech national singles and doubles champion 1925-1928 as well as a quarter-finalist at Wimbledon in 1926 and 1927. He played many matches for the Czechoslovakia Davis Cup team 1924-1930. His highest world ranking was World No. 10 in 1927. Although Karel continued to play at a top level on the professional tennis circuit until he was in his forties, Jan ended his amateur career in the mid 1930s, which many considered a mistake. Afterwards, he lived in Florida, where he gave tennis lessons until his death.
1923 - 1945
10
105
71
1932 - Bohemian Championships (Amateur)
1932 - Central Bohemia Championships (Amateur)
1929 - Praha (Prague) (Open)
1929 - Trieste (Amateur)
1928 - Beaulieu (Open)
1927 - Beaulieu (Open)
1927 - Central Bohemia Championships (Amateur)
1926 - Austrian International Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1925 - Hainz memorial (Amateur)
1925 - Austrian International Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
Round 2
Bill Tilden 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
w.o.
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Harold (Harry) Duncan
6-4
6-2
Round 3
John Faunce 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Alfred H. Chapin Jr.
6-2
6-1
ret.
Quarterfinals
Fred Perry 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-0
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Herman Peterson
6-8
6-3
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Walter Senior 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
7-5
4-6
4-6
6-4
6-3
Poule
Bill Tilden 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-0
6-1
Poule
Lester Stoefen 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-3
6-4
6-1
(?)
Poule
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Giovanni Palmieri
6-1
1-6
6-2
Poule
Robert Ramillon 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-4
6-3
Poule
Henri Cochet 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-4
6-4
Poule
Hans Nusslein 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-1
6-3
Poule
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Peter A. Peterson
6-2
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
George Lott
6-4
2-6
7-9
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Karel Kozeluh 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-3
3-6
7-5
6-4
Final
Karel Kozeluh 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Pierre Henri Goldschmidt 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-3
6-4
5-7
6-3
Round 1
Édouard Leven 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
2
sets
Round 1
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
M.K. Sweet
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Giovanni Palmieri 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
8-6
10-8
Round 1
Dick Bjurstedt 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
w.o.
Final
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Vojtech Vodicka
6-4
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Emmanuel Du Plaix 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
?
Round 1
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Norman Latchford
2-6
7-5
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Philip Glover
6-2
1-6
4-6
9-7
6-1
Round 3
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-3
6-4
13-11
Round 1
Bill Tilden 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-2
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Herman W. Artens
8-6
7-5
Round 4
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Charles Kingsley
6-3
3-6
8-6
Quarterfinals
Wilbur Coen 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-1
14-12
Round 2
Mr. Lallier 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
w.o.
Round 1
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Walter Dessart
5-7
6-0
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Augustos G. Zerlendis
6-4
6-4
6-8
4-6
6-3
Round 3
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-3
6-4
6-2
Round 4
George Lott 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
A. Rosselli
6-2
7-5
Round 3
Wilbur Coen 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
C.H. Applewhaite
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
A.R. Dixon
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Yoshiro Ohta 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Josef Siba 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-3
10-12
7-5
Final
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Roderich Menzel
5-7
4-6
10-8
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
A. Pilati
w.o.
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Janmeja Charanjiva
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Emmanuel Du Plaix
?
Semifinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Pat Hughes
5-7
6-2
6-3
Final
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Herman W. Artens
6-3
3-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Horace Keats Lester 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
w.o.
Round 4
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Homer Cable
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Charles Aeschlimann
10-8
6-1
Semifinals
Henri Cochet 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
2-6
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Round 3
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Rene Gallepe
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Placido Gaslini
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Herman W. Artens
w.o.
Final
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Bela Von Kehrling
6-1
7-5
ret.
Round 1
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Mr. Carreno
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Władysław Szwede
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Major Drake Brockman
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Erik Worm
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Mr. Pignatelli
w.o.
Round 3
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Luis de Olivares
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
9-7
4-6
6-3
Semifinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-4
6-3
Final
Jack Crawford 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-2
3-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Royden Dash
5-7
6-4
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Harvey A. Hillier
6-1
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Arthur Saint-John Mahony
6-2
6-4
6-4
Round 4
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Donald Greig
6-4
3-0
ret.
Quarterfinals
Rene Lacoste 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Gino De Martino
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Y. Matsudaira
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Eliot (Leonard) Crawshay-Williams
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
André (Adrien) Aron
4-6
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Stanislav Czetwertynski
4-6
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Bela Von Kehrling
9-7
6-1
Final
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Rene Gallepe
6-4
6-2
6-3
Final
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Ernst-Arnošt Gottlieb
w/o
Round 1
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
George Alan Thomas
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Henry Standring
4-6
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
John Pennycuick
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 4
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Bunny Austin
2-6
6-0
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Jean Borotra 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-4
4-6
9-7
6-1
Round 1
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
A.H. Greig
3-6
7-5
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
David Rousseaux Morrice
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Jean-Pierre (Jean) Samazeuilh
6-2
8-6
2-6
6-2
Round 4
Jean Washer 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
3-6
6-2
10-8
6-3
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Paul Brick
6-3
6-0
ret.
Final
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Willy Winterstein
6-2
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Otto Froitzheim
12-10
6-2
6-3
Final
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Pavel Macenauer
w.o.
Round 1
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Mr. Vindys
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Ing. J. Havelka
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Karel Ardelt
6-3
6-2
Final
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Sunao Okamoto
4-6
7-5
10-8
4-6
6-4
Round 3
Rene Lacoste 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Mr. Husak
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-3
6-2