Vinck, who collected the first ATP world ranking points as a 16-year-old, started his professional career in 1993. In 1997 he became German team champion with the TC BW Halle eV. In 2000 he celebrated his greatest international success with reaching the third round of the Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon . In 2001 he was German champion in men's singles and two years later he reached the runner-up championship. Vinck, who has a doctorate and studied business administration alongside his tennis career, has been playing for the Oberhausen Tennis and Hockey Club (OTHC) since 2002. From 2004 he coached the German tennis player Marlene Weingärtner for a while .
Germany