Daniel Vacek

Daniel Vacek
Nation:	Czech Republic
Birthday:	April 1, 1971
Size:	190 cm
Weight:	81 kg
1st professional season:	1990
Resignation:	2003
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 4,803,388
singles
Career record:	176: 225
Highest ranking:	26 (January 29 1996)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	335: 258
Career title:	25th
Highest ranking:	3 (September 8 1997)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Daniel Vacek (born April 1, 1971 in Prague , then ČSSR ) is a former Czech tennis player .

Career

Vacek began playing tennis at the age of eleven, encouraged by his father, and attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida . He began his professional career in 1990 and was able to win three titles with his doubles partner Vojtěch Flégl in the first year . After he had changed doubles partner several times in the coming years and was also able to contest a few finals, he played with Cyril Suk from 1993 to 1995 , with whom he won five doubles titles. In 1994 he reached his first final as a single player at the ATP tournament in Copenhagen, but had to admit defeat Evgeni Kafelnikow with 6–3, 7–5. In his second individual final in 1995 in Marseille he was defeated again, this time to Boris Becker with 6-7, 6-4, 7-5.

In 1996 he took part in the Summer Olympics in Atlanta . In singles he was eliminated in the second round and reached the quarterfinals in doubles together with Jiří Novák . Although he could not win a title, 1996 was the most successful year of his individual career when he reached number 26 in the tennis world rankings . In the same year then Yevgeny Kafelnikow became his double partner. With him Vacek had his most successful time in tennis. Together they won eight tournaments, including two wins at the French Open in 1996 and 1997, and one win at the US Open in 1997.

As a single player, Vacek reached five finals, none of which he could win. As a doubles player, he won a total of 25 titles in 40 finals.

Private life

After the end of his tennis career, in January 2003 he took over 75% of the shares in the Czech first division club Baník Ostrava , which he held until 2009 and then sold it to the businessman Tomas Petera.

Vacek married his wife Renee on December 3, 1998. The couple has one child.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (3) Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1) ATP World Tour 500 (5) ATP World Tour 250 (16)

Title after covering Hard Court (10) Sand (10) Lawn (0) Carpet (5)

singles

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	March 6, 1994	Copenhagen	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3: 6, 5: 7
2.	February 12, 1995	Marseille	Carpet (i)	Boris Becker	7: 6 2 , 4: 6, 5: 7
3.	November 12, 1995	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Carl-Uwe Steeb	6: 7 5 , 6: 3, 6: 7 6
4th	March 9, 1997	Rotterdam	Carpet (i)	Richard Krajicek	6: 7 4 , 6: 7 5
5.	October 3, 1999	Toulouse	Hard court	Nicolas Escudé	5: 7, 1: 6

Double

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	May 20, 1990	Umag	sand	Vojtěch Flégl	Andrei Cherkassov Andrei Olchowski	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	August 12, 1990	Prague (1)	sand	Vojtěch Flégl	George Cosac Florin Segărceanu	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
3.	August 26, 1990	San Marino	sand	Vojtěch Flégl	Jordi Burillo Marcos Aurelio Górriz	6: 1, 4: 6, 7: 6
4th	22nd August 1993	New Haven	Hard court	Cyril Suk	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	7: 5, 6: 4
5.	February 6, 1994	Marseille	carpet	Jan Siemerink	Martin Damm Yevgeny Kafelnikow	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 1
6th	October 9, 1994	Toulouse	Hard court (i)	Menno Oosting	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 3
7th	April 23, 1995	Nice	sand	Cyril Suk	Luke Jensen David Wheaton	3: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6
8th.	May 21, 1995	Rome	sand	Cyril Suk	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6: 3, 6: 4
9.	August 27, 1995	long Island	Hard court	Cyril Suk	Rick Leach Scott Melville	5: 7, 7: 6, 7: 6
10.	October 1, 1995	Basel (1)	Hard court (i)	Cyril Suk	Mark Wedge Peter Nyborg	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
11.	May 4, 1996	Prague (2)	sand	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 3
12.	June 9, 1996	French Open (1)	sand	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget	6: 3, 6: 3
13.	September 29, 2006	Basel (2)	Hard court (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	David Adams Menno Oosting	6: 3, 6: 4
14th	October 13, 1996	Vienna (1)	carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Pavel Vízner Menno Oosting	7: 6, 6: 4
15th	April 13, 1997	Hong Kong	Hard court	Martin Damm	Karsten Braasch Jeff Tarango	6: 3, 6: 4
16.	April 20, 1997	Tokyo (1)	Hard court	Martin Damm	Justin Gimelstob Patrick Rafter	3: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6
17th	June 8, 1997	French Open (2)	sand	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3
18th	July 13, 1997	Gstaad	sand	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3
19th	September 7, 1997	US Open	Hard court	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	7: 6, 6: 3
20th	October 18, 1998	Vienna (2)	carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	7: 5, 6: 3
21st	January 17, 1999	Auckland	Hard court	Jeff Tarango	Jiří Novák David Rikl	7: 5, 7: 5
22nd	February 14, 1999	St. Petersburg	Carpet (i)	Jeff Tarango	Menno Oosting Andrei Pavel	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
23.	April 18, 1999	Tokyo (2)	Hard court	Jeff Tarango	Wayne Black Brian MacPhie	6: 7, 6: 3, 7: 6
24.	November 14, 1999	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Justin Gimelstob	Andrij Medvedev Marat Safin	6: 2, 6: 1
25th	April 28, 2002	Barcelona	sand	Michael Hill	Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis	6: 3, 7: 6

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	August 11, 1991	Prague	sand	Libor Pimek	Vojtěch Flégl Cyril Suk	4: 6, 2: 6
2.	October 13, 1991	Berlin	Carpet (i)	Jan Siemerink	Petr Korda Karel Nováček	6: 3, 5: 7, 5: 7
3.	5th January 1992	Wellington	Hard court	Michiel Schapers	Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark	3: 6, 3: 6
4th	March 7, 1993	Copenhagen	Carpet (i)	Martin Damm	David Adams Andrei Olchowski	3: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
5.	April 24, 1994	Monte Carlo	sand	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nickla's cult Magnus Larsson	6: 3, 6: 7, 4: 6
6th	July 10, 1994	Gstaad	sand	Menno Oosting	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6: 7, 4: 6
7th	February 26, 1995	Stuttgart	Carpet (i)	Cyril Suk	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	2: 6, 2: 6
8th.	17th September 1995	Bucharest	sand	Cyril Suk	Mark Wedge Jeff Tarango	4: 6, 6: 7
9.	October 29, 1995	eat	Carpet (i)	Cyril Suk	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	5: 7, 7: 6, 4: 6
10.	June 23, 1996	Halle (Westphalia)	race	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Byron Black Grant Connell	1: 6, 5: 7
11.	November 3, 1996	Paris	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	2: 6, 4.6
12.	March 30, 1997	St. Petersburg	Carpet (i)	David Prinosil	Andrei Olchowski Brett Steven	4: 6, 3: 6
13.	March 1, 1998	London	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Martin Damm Jim Grabb	4: 6, 5: 7
14th	August 2, 1998	los Angeles	Hard court	Jeff Tarango	Patrick Rafter Sandon Stolle	4: 6, 4: 6
15th	November 15, 1998	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jared Palmer Jeff Tarango	4: 6, 7: 6, 2: 6

Web links

• ATP profile of Daniel Vacek (English)
• ITF profile of Daniel Vacek (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Daniel Vacek (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History of the klubu. ZÁCHRANA A ZMĚNY MAJITELE. Baník Ostrava , accessed March 30, 2016 (cz).