Jasper Smit

{{short description|Dutch tennis player}}

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| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = $94,414

| singlesrecord = 0–1

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| highestsinglesranking = No. 413 (8 November 2004)

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| doublesrecord = 2–8

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| highestdoublesranking = No. 121 (3 March 2008)

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Jasper Smit (born 17 November 1980) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

Biography

Smit, a right-handed player, featured most successfully in the doubles format, in which he reached 121 in the world.{{cite news|url=https://www.ha-halden.no/sport/tennis/jonathan-dalnoki/jonathan-35-vant-vm-bronse-i-tennis/s/5-20-338622|title=Halden Arbeiderblad - Jonathan (35) vant VM-bronse i tennis|date=11 April 2017|work=Halden Arbeiderblad|language=Norwegian|accessdate=15 September 2017}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.espectador.com/deportes/186764/cuevas-perdio-en-singles|title=Cuevas perdió en singles|date=8 July 2010|work=CX 14 El Espectador|language=Spanish|accessdate=15 September 2017}}

Retired from professional tennis, Smit was still playing in Dutch league tennis at the age of 36.{{cite news|url=http://www.groot-waterland.nl/2017/05/23/tennis-veteraan-jasper-smit-36-begint-aan-vijftiende-seizoen-in-de-eredivisie/|title=Tennis veteraan Jasper Smit (36) begint aan vijftiende seizoen in de eredivisie|date=23 May 2017|work=Groot-Waterland|language=Dutch|accessdate=15 September 2017}}

Challenger titles

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1.

|2006

|Dublin, Ireland

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|NED}} Martijn van Haasteren

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Colin Fleming
{{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Murray

|6–3, 2–6, [10–8]

2.

|2006

|Helsinki, Finland

|Hard

|{{flagicon|NED}} Martijn van Haasteren

|{{flagicon|LAT}} Ernests Gulbis
{{flagicon|LAT}} Deniss Pavlovs

|7–6(8–6), 6–2

3.

|2007

|Grenoble, France

|Hard

|{{flagicon|NED}} Martijn van Haasteren

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Frederik Nielsen
{{flagicon|DEN}} Martin Pedersen

|6–3, 6–1

References

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