Radek Štěpánek

Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek at the US Open in 2016
Nickname:	Steps
Nation:	Czech Republic
Birthday:	November 27, 1978
Size:	185 cm
Weight:	76 kg
1st professional season:	1996
Resignation:	2017
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Petr Korda
Prize money:	$ 11,343,464
singles
Career record:	384: 302
Career title:	5
Highest ranking:	8 (July 10, 2006)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	313: 197
Career title:	18th
Highest ranking:	4 (November 12, 2012)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Radek Štěpánek (born November 27, 1978 in Karviná , then Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech tennis player .

Career

Štěpánek started playing tennis at the age of three and turned professional in 1996. He prefers the hard court, he won all of his five individual titles on this surface.

In 2003 Štěpánek was listed in the top 50 for the first time. In 2004 he reached the final of the Masters tournament in Paris . In 2005 he was the Czech number 1 for the first time. In 2006 he won his first ATP tournament in singles in Rotterdam . He also reached the final of the Masters tournament in Hamburg , the third round of the French Open and the quarter-finals of Wimbledon . On July 10, 2006, he was number eight in the world, his best place in the world rankings . In 2007 Štěpánek won the Los Angeles tournament ; in the final he defeated the American James Blake 7: 6, 5: 7 and 6: 2. At the Masters tournament in Montreal he reached the semi-finals and was defeated there by world number one Roger Federer 6: 7 and 2: 6. In 2009 he won the first tournament since 1992 in Brisbane (he defeated Fernando Verdasco 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4) and the SAP Open in San José . In 2011 he won the Washington DC tournament .

Štěpánek had developed into a successful doubles player over the course of his career; his greatest successes were winning the Australian Open 2012 and the US Open 2013 , each with Leander Paes . In total, he was able to win 18 double titles, his best ranking position was fourth, which he reached on November 12, 2012. He ended his career on November 14, 2017.

Between 2017 and 2018 he worked with Novak Đoković . He then moved to the coaching team of Grigor Dimitrov .

Davis Cup

2003 Štěpánek made his debut for the Czech Davis Cup team . In the 2009 season he reached the final with her, in which she was clearly defeated 0-5 in Barcelona Spain . In 2012 the team qualified for the final for the second time, this time in Prague . Again the opponent was Spain, who were defeated 3-2. Štěpánek competed against Italy , Serbia and Argentina in all season matches . In the final, he and Tomáš Berdych won the doubles game against reigning world champions Marc López and Marcel Granollers , after Štěpánek had lost his first single to David Ferrer . Since Berdych won his opening game against Nicolás Almagro and lost his second individual against Ferrer, the fifth individual decided between Štěpánek and Almagro. Štěpánek won the game 3-1, with which the Czech Republic had won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1980 (then still as Czechoslovakia). In the following season , the Czech team was able to defend the title; in the final she defeated Serbia 3: 2, Štěpánek won the decisive individual against Dušan Lajović with 6: 3, 6: 1 and 6: 1.

Private

Štěpánek was engaged to the tennis player Martina Hingis , the couple separated in August 2007. He was married to the tennis player Nicole Vaidišová from July 2010 to June 2013. Until April 2014, he dated the Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitová for a few months. In May 2018, Štěpánek and Vaidišová, who had been in love again since 2016, remarried.

Czech football goalkeeper Jaromír Blažek is his cousin.

successes

Legend (number of titles) Grand Slam (2) ATP World Tour Finals Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP Masters Series (2) ATP World Tour 500 International Series Gold (6) ATP World Tour 250 International Series (13) ATP Challenger Tour (11)

Title after covering Sand (5) Hard Court (17) Lawn (0) Carpet (1)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 26, 2006	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Christophe Rochus	6: 0, 6: 3
2.	July 22, 2007	los Angeles	Hard court	James Blake	7: 6 7 , 5: 7, 6: 2
3.	January 11, 2009	Brisbane	Hard court	Fernando Verdasco	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
4th	February 15, 2009	San Jose	Hard court (i)	Mardy Fish	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
5.	August 7, 2011	Washington, DC	Hard court	Gaël Monfils	6: 4, 6: 4

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 9, 1998	Segovia	sand	Alexander Rădulescu	7: 5, 7: 5
2.	June 8, 2003	Prostějov (1)	sand	Mariano Puerta	7: 5, 6: 3
3.	June 6, 2004	Prostějov (2)	sand	Michal Tabara	7: 6 5 , 7: 5
4th	June 8, 2013	Prostějov (3)	sand	Jiří Veselý	6: 4, 6: 2
5.	29th September 2013	Orleans	Hard court (i)	Leonardo Mayer	6: 3, 6: 4
6th	October 6, 2013	Mons	Hard court (i)	Igor Sijsling	6: 3, 7: 5

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 1, 2004	Paris	Carpet (i)	Marat Safin	3: 6, 6: 7 5 , 3: 6
2.	January 31, 2005	Milan	Carpet (i)	Robin Soderling	3: 6, 7: 6 2 , 6: 7 5
3.	September 26, 2005	Ho Chi Minh City	Hard court (i)	Jonas Björkman	3: 6, 6: 7 4
4th	May 21, 2006	Hamburg	sand	Tommy Robredo	1: 6, 3: 6, 3: 6
5.	February 24, 2008	San Jose	Hard court	Andy Roddick	4: 6, 5: 7
6th	February 22, 2009	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Andy Roddick	5: 7, 5: 7
7th	January 10, 2010	Brisbane	Hard court	Andy Roddick	6: 7 2 , 6: 7 7

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 3, 1999	Prague	sand	Martin Damm	Mark Keil Nicolás Lapentti	6-0, 6-2
2.	April 16, 2001	Estoril	sand	Michal Tabara	Donald Johnson Nenad Zimonjić	6: 4, 6: 1
3.	May 7, 2001	Munich (1)	sand	Petr Luxa	Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic	5: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6
4th	October 15, 2001	Vienna	Hard court (i)	Martin Damm	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6: 3, 6: 2
5.	May 6, 2002	Munich (2)	sand	Petr Luxa	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6: 0, 6: 7, [11: 9]
6th	February 3, 2003	Milan	Carpet (i)	Petr Luxa	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	6: 4, 7: 6 4
7th	February 23, 2004	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Paul Hanley	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	5: 7, 7: 6 5 , 7: 5
8th.	July 19, 2004	Stuttgart	sand	Jiří Novák	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6: 2, 6: 4
9.	September 20, 2004	Delray Beach	Hard court	Leander Paes	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6: 0, 6: 3
10.	February 14, 2005	Marseille (1)	Hard court (i)	Martin Damm	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7: 6 4 , 7: 6 5
11.	February 28, 2005	Dubai	Hard court	Martin Damm	Jonas Björkman Fabrice Santoro	6: 2, 6: 4
12.	February 20, 2006	Marseille (2)	Hard court (i)	Martin Damm	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6: 2, 6: 7 6 , [10: 3]
13.	February 16, 2009	San Jose	Hard court (i)	Tommy Haas	Rohan Bopanna Jarkko Nieminen	6: 2, 6: 3
14th	January 28, 2012	Australian Open	Hard court	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6 1 , 6: 2
15th	April 1, 2012	Miami	Hard court	Leander Paes	Daniel Nestor Max Mirny	3: 6, 6: 1, [10: 8]
16.	October 14, 2012	Shanghai	Hard court	Leander Paes	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	6: 7 7 , 6: 3, [10: 5]
17th	September 8, 2013	US Open	Hard court	Leander Paes	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6: 1, 6: 3
18th	July 26, 2015	Bogotá	Hard court	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	7: 5, 6: 3

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 8, 1998	Segovia	Hard court	Tomáš Zíb	José Antonio Conde Ruben Fernández Gil	6: 3, 7: 6
2.	October 11, 1998	Tel Aviv	Hard court	Michal Tabara	Noam Okun Nir Welgreen	7: 6, 6: 3
3.	February 25, 2001	Chandigarh	Hard court	František Čermák	Giorgio Galimberti Nir Welgreen	6: 4, 6: 2
4th	March 18, 2001	Magdeburg	Carpet (i)	Frédéric Niemeyer	Jonathan Erlich Lovro Zovko	7: 6 2 , 7: 6 3
5.	November 11, 2001	Bratislava	Carpet (i)	Petr Luxa	František Čermák Ota Fukárek	6: 4, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 26, 2001	long Island	Hard court	Leoš Friedl	Jonathan Stark Kevin Ullyett	1: 6, 4: 6
2.	September 30, 2001	Hong Kong	Hard court	Petr Luxa	Karsten Braasch Andre Sá	0: 6, 5: 7
3.	March 4, 2002	Copenhagen	Hard court	Jiří Novák	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	6: 7 8 , 5: 7
4th	September 8, 2002	US Open (1)	Hard court	Jiří Novák	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny	3: 6, 6: 3, 4: 6
5.	October 13, 2002	Vienna	Hard court	Jiří Novák	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	4: 6, 3: 6
6th	January 18, 2004	Auckland	Hard court	Jiří Novák	Mahesh Bhupathi Fabrice Santoro	6: 4, 5: 7, 3: 6
7th	October 10, 2004	Lyon	carpet	Jonas Björkman	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	2: 6, 4: 6
8th.	January 7, 2007	Adelaide	Hard court	Novak Đoković	Wesley Moodie Todd Perry	4: 6, 6: 3, [13:15]
9.	March 4, 2007	Dubai	Hard court	Mahesh Bhupathi	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	5: 7, 7: 6 3 , [7:10]
10.	August 8, 2010	Washington, DC (1)	Hard court	Tomáš Berdych	Mardy Fish Mark Knowles	6: 4, 6: 7 7 , [7:10]
11.	September 8, 2012	US Open (2)	Hard court	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3: 6, 4: 6
12.	October 7, 2012	Tokyo	Hard court	Leander Paes	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	3: 6, 6: 7 5
13.	4th August 2013	Washington, DC (2)	Hard court	Mardy Fish	Julien Benneteau Nenad Zimonjić	6: 7 5 , 5: 7
14th	January 30, 2016	Australian Open	Hard court	Daniel Nestor	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6: 2, 4: 6, 5: 7
15th	January 7, 2017	Doha	Hard court	Vasek Pospisil	Jérémy Chardy Fabrice Martin	4: 6, 6: 7 3

Web links

Commons : Radek Štěpánek  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Radek Štěpánek (English)
• ITF profile of Radek Štěpánek (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Radek Štěpánek (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stepanek ends tennis career. In: sport1.de. Sport1 , November 14, 2017, accessed November 14, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Change of coach at Dimitrov. In: Eurosport.de. May 12, 2019, accessed June 19, 2020 .