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Jacob Maliekal

South Africa · Men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles · 2007 to 2017

Born 1 January 1991 · Right-handed · 172 cm

40
matches
48%
won
5
senior titles
10
finals
World ranking
64career high
Men's singles

Men's doubles: best 224. Mixed doubles: best 237. Not on the full weekly lists we keep, which start in September 2026.

Our ratingHow it works
1,543Men's singles
last rated 2017

Highest 1,601. Men's doubles: 1,462.

Form
3/10won of the last
10 matches
  1. L
  2. L
  3. W
  4. L
  5. L
  6. L
  7. L
  8. W
  9. L
  10. W

Latest: lost to Yan RZ, China Masters 2017, round of 64. Newest on the left.

Season by season

Matches played and won, year by year.

  • Played
  • Won
  • A title that year
1 '07
3 '09
1 '11
1
1 '13
1
1 '15
'17
Show the numbers
YearPlayedWonTitles
2017310
20161220
20151081
2014311
2013111
2012111
2011211
2009333
2007511
Titles

5 senior titles.

Every final won, newest first. Each opens that edition's draw.

  1. 2015 African Games Men's singles beat Prakash Vijayanath 21–17 21–17
  2. 2014 African Championships Men's singles beat Enejoh Abah
  3. 2013 African Championships Men's singles beat Prakash Vijayanath
  4. 2012 African Championships Men's singles beat Abdelrahman Kashkal
  5. 2011 African Games Men's singles beat Edwin Ekiring
Recent matches

The last 20 matches.

Scores read from Jacob Maliekal's side.

China Masters 2017Men's singles Round of 64 Yan RZ 18–21 15–21 Lost
Chinese Taipei Masters 2016Men's singles Round of 32 Kodai Naraoka 11–7 11–13 5–11 7–11 Lost
Olympic Games 2016Men's singles Group N Artem Pochtarov 21–18 21–19 Won
Group N Son Wan-ho 10–21 10–21 Lost
Vietnam Open 2016Men's singles Round of 64 M Narongrit 21–23 15–21 Lost
Chinese Taipei Open 2016Men's singles Round of 64 Shih K-c 21–13 18–21 17–21 Lost
Chinese Taipei Open 2017Men's singles Round of 32 Khosit Phetpradab 17–21 14–21 Lost
Round of 64 Chen S-c 21–18 21–14 Won
Thomas Cup 2016Men's doubles, with Cameron Coetzer Group D Asher Richardson / Niccolo Tagle 21–16 13–21 16–21 Lost
Thomas Cup 2016Men's singles Group D Dylan Soedjasa 21–14 21–12 Won
Thomas Cup 2016Men's doubles, with Andries Malan Group D Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang 9–21 24–26 Lost
Thomas Cup 2016Men's singles Group D Chou Tien-chen 14–21 20–22 Lost
Thomas Cup 2016Men's doubles, with Cameron Coetzer Group D Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 13–21 16–21 Lost
Thomas Cup 2016Men's singles Group D Viktor Axelsen 14–21 11–21 Lost
Thailand Masters 2016Men's singles Round of 64 Ng Ka Long Lost
African Games 2015Men's singles Final Prakash Vijayanath 21–17 21–17 Won
Semi-final Clement Krobakpo 21–18 21–14 Won
Quarter-final Ahmed Salah 21–10 21–8 Won
Round of 32 Aatish Lubah 21–16 21–12 Won
Round of 64 Gaone Tawana 21–11 21–15 Won
Partners and rivals

Who with, and who against.

Head to head counts every draw match between them, in any event.

Partners

Rivals