Jiří Vaněk

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Jiří Vaněk Tennis player
Jiří Vaněk
Nation: Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Birthday: April 24, 1978
Size: 185 cm
Weight: 86 kg
1st professional season: 1995
Resignation: 2010
Playing hand: Right
Trainer: Ivan Jankovsky
Prize money: $ 1,600,539
singles
Career record: 68: 122
Highest ranking: 72 (October 16, 2000)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2000)
French Open 2R (2000, 2006, 2008)
Wimbledon 1R (2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008)
US Open 2R (2008)
Double
Career record: 16:32
Highest ranking: 94 (February 6, 2006)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2006)
French Open 1R (2005, 2008)
Wimbledon 1R (2006)
US Open -
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jiří Vaněk (born April 24, 1978 in Domažlice , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech tennis player and coach.

Career

Vaněk was particularly successful on the Challenger Tour . In his career he won 11 singles titles and another doubles. He celebrated his greatest success on the ATP World Tour in Acapulco in 2005 when he reached the final with Tomáš Zíb . There they were defeated by the Spaniards David Ferrer and Santiago Ventura . In Grand Slam tournaments , he did not get past the second round in either singles or doubles. In 2000 and 2008 he took part in the Olympic Games in Sydney and Beijing . In Sydney he was eliminated in the second round in the singles against Max Mirny , in Beijing he lost in the opening round. The Czech player last played regularly in 2010.

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500
ATP World Tour 250
ATP Challenger Tour (12)

singles

Tournament victories

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. August 23, 1998 PolandPoland Warsaw sand RussiaRussia Andrei Cherkassov 7: 6, 7: 5
2. September 13, 1998 Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Belgrade sand ArgentinaArgentina Diego Moyano 6: 3, 6: 3
3. February 27, 2000 VietnamVietnam Ho Chi Minh City Hard court BelgiumBelgium Reginald Willems 7: 6 5 , 6: 4
4th June 17, 2001 GermanyGermany Pastures sand United StatesUnited States Hugo Armando 7: 5, 6: 2
5. June 24, 2001 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lugano sand Costa RicaCosta Rica Juan Antonio Marín 6: 2, 6: 3
6th June 1, 2003 SloveniaSlovenia Ljubljana (1) sand Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Boris Pašanski 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 1
7th May 30, 2004 SloveniaSloveniaLjubljana (2) sand GermanyGermany Bjorn Phau 5: 7, 6: 1, 7: 6 5
8th. June 6, 2004 GermanyGermany Fuerth sand FranceFrance Gilles Simon 7: 5, 6: 2
9. January 30, 2005 GermanyGermany Heilbronn Carpet (i) GermanyGermany Lars Burgsmüller 6: 2, 6: 4
10. August 26, 2007 ItalyItaly Manerbio sand FranceFrance Eric Prodon 6-0, 6-4
11. May 11, 2008 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Ostrava sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jan Hernych 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 1

Double

Tournament victories

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. April 2, 2005 ItalyItaly Naples sand Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Janko Tipsarevic ItalyItaly Massimo Bertolini Uros Vico
ItalyItaly  		3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2

Final participation

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. February 27, 2005 MexicoMexico Acapulco sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Zíb SpainSpain David Ferrer Santiago Ventura
SpainSpain  		6: 4, 1: 6, 4: 6

Tennis coach

From Wimbledon 2014 to mid-November 2016, he coached tennis player Karolína Plíšková . He has been Petra Kvitová's coach since mid-December 2016 .

Web links

Commons : Jiří Vaněk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Vaněk, Jiří
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Domažlice , Czech Republic