Vasek Pospisil

Vasek Pospisil
Pospisil 2016 at the US Open
Nation:	Canada
Birthday:	June 23, 1990
Size:	193 cm
Weight:	88 kg
1st professional season:	2007
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Frank Dancevic
Prize money:	$ 5,832,744
singles
Career record:	113: 147
Highest ranking:	25 (January 27, 2014)
Current placement:	92
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	106: 79
Career title:	7th
Highest ranking:	4 (April 27, 2015)
Current placement:	198
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: February 24, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Vasek Pospisil (born June 23, 1990 in Vernon ) is a Canadian tennis player . He is a member of the Canadian Davis Cup team .

Tennis career

Beginnings

Due to the fact that his father Milos Pospisil was a tennis teacher, he came into contact with the sport for the first time at the age of 5. In 2005 he was in the final of the Canadian U18 ITF World Ranking Event for the first time and won the doubles final there with his partner Graeme Kassautzki. In the singles he was also in the final, but lost his game against his doubles partner. This was followed by further victories on the Junior Tour, for example he won the 2007 ITF Indoor McDonalds Flevoland Junior Championships in Almere , the U18 Outdoor Nationals in St-Bruno-de-Montarville and the All Canadian ITF Junior Championships in Burlington .

Start of professional career (2007-2011)

His first attempts on the higher endowed ATP Challenger Tour were three tournaments in 2007, in which, however, he never got past the first round. In 2008 and 2009 he continued to play mainly Challenger and Future tournaments. He played his first tournament on the ATP World Tour at the Canada Masters 2008, but did not succeed in making it into the main table of the tournament. He was clearly defeated by Donald Young in the first qualifying round with 1: 6, 2: 6. By the end of the year he was able to make up a good 400 places in the world rankings and was 1087th place. Also in 2009 he did not qualify for the main round. Due to consistently good results in futures and challenger tournaments, including 4 wins in futures tournaments, he made a giant leap in the world rankings and finished in 339th place at the end of 2009. In 2010, in addition to qualifying for the Canada Masters, he also took part in the qualification of the Gerry Weber Open . There was no sensation at either tournament. He was still unable to advance into the main round of an ATP World Tour tournament. His first big success followed a year later. At the US Open 2012 he surprisingly succeeded in qualifying for the tournament, where he met the Czech Lukáš Rosol in the first round and clearly defeated him 6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 1. In the second round he met the number 25 seeded Spaniard Feliciano López , against whom he ultimately had to leave the field as a loser. At the Masters 1000 tournament in Montreal , he received a wild card from the tournament management and thereby fulfilled his wish to take part in this tournament after he had already failed three times in the qualifying round. He won his first round game against the Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. In the second round there was the first meeting with the long-time number 1 Roger Federer . After he was able to keep up in the first set, his strength decreased in the second set, so that he lost the game 5: 7, 3: 6. Further ATP tournaments followed in St. Petersburg , where he was eliminated in the first round against Andreas Seppi , and in Valencia , where he surprisingly defeated the much better placed American John Isner and advanced into the second round. There he lost his match against the Spaniard David Ferrer in straight sets. At the end of the year he was in position 119 in the world rankings, which was his best result to date.

Entry into the top 100 and first Masters semifinals (2012-2013)

After successfully qualifying for the ATP 250 tournament in Chennai , he faced the German Andreas Beck in the first round . He lost the game in straight sets 3-6, 6-7 ⁸ . This was followed by qualification for the Australian Open 2012 , in which he failed in the second qualifying round to Carsten Ball . After the Challenger tournament in Heilbronn , where it reached the quarter-finals, the ATP tournament in Montpellier followed . In the first round he lost to local hero Guillaume Rufin . The first round of the Davis Cup 2012 against France followed in February , where he played two individual games against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gaël Monfils . He couldn't prevent the Canadians from being eliminated in the first round as he lost both of his games. This was followed by qualifications for the Memphis and Delray Beach tournaments . He did not succeed in both tournaments to advance into the main field. A week later he made the qualification at the Indian Wells Masters and competed in the first round against the French Nicolas Mahut , against whom he was clearly eliminated with 3: 6 and 2: 6. Over the course of the season he repeatedly qualified for the main fields of ATP tournaments, but was usually eliminated early. Shortly after his first Rimouski , Pospisil moved into the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time on April 2, 2012, but quickly fell out again and lost a few rankings. In July 2012 he celebrated his second Challenger title in Granby , after beating Igor Sijsling in the final, and was once again among the top 100 tennis players. He finally ended the year at position 125 in the world rankings.

After a rather modest start to the 2013 season, he won his third Challenger title in Johannesburg in May after profiting from the abandonment of his opponent Michał Przysiężny in the final . In August he won again at this level at the tournament in Vancouver . A week later he drew attention to himself when he reached the semi-finals at the Canada Masters in Montreal and only just lost it in three sets against his compatriot Milos Raonic . With this success he made up 31 places in the world rankings and was on position 40 on August 12, 2013, which also meant his best position to date. In the semi-finals of the Davis Cup against the Serbian Davis Cup team , he lost his two individual games and ultimately retired with his team with a final result of 2: 3 from the competition. In October he reached a semi-final of an ATP tournament in Basel , which he lost to local hero Roger Federer in three sets. At the end of the year he was 32nd in the individual ranking.

Victory at the Wimbledon Championships in doubles (since 2014)

Pospisil started the 2014 season by reaching the semi-finals in Chennai , which he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka . Then he took part in the Australian Open for the first time, where he immediately reached the third round, but could not compete there due to an injury. After that, he couldn't win a single game in the next eight tournaments. Only in June did he find his way back to victory at the lawn tournament in Queen’s , when he defeated Paolo Lorenzi in the first round , but was eliminated in the second round. At the French Open and Wimbledon , he also did not get past the first round. In the double competition at Wimbledon , he then celebrated his greatest success to date on the ATP World Tour. At the side of Jack Sock he reached the final, which they won against the American brothers and fifteen-time Grand Slam winners Bob and Mike Bryan in five sets. Shortly afterwards he won the doubles competition in Atlanta with Jack Sock . He reached his first single ATP final in early August in Washington . In the first all-Canadian final in ATP history against Milos Raonic , however, he remained largely without a chance with 1: 6 and 4: 6.

With Jack Sock followed another final participation in a doubles competition in Cincinnati , in which they clearly defeated Bob and Mike Bryan in two sets. With Julien Benneteau he reached his fourth double final in Beijing in October . You were defeated in three sentences. In the same month he won the tournament in Basel with Nenad Zimonjić . In the world rankings he reached a new career high with 13th place in the double ranking.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (1) ATP World Tour Finals ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1) ATP World Tour 500 (3) ATP World Tour 250 (2) ATP Challenger Tour (16)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (6) Sand (0) Grass (1)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 25, 2012	Rimouski	Hard court	Maxime Authom	7: 6 6 , 6: 4
2.	July 22, 2012	Granby	Hard court	Igor Sijsling	7: 6 2 , 6: 4
3.	4th May 2013	Johannesburg	Hard court	Michał Przysiężny	6: 7 7 , 6: 0, 4: 1 up.
4th	4th August 2013	Vancouver	Hard court	Daniel Evans	6-0, 1: 6, 7: 5
5.	May 21, 2017	Busan	Hard court	Go Soeda	6: 1, 6: 2
6th	January 28, 2018	Rennes	Hard court (i)	Ričardas Berankis	6: 1, 6: 2
7th	February 11, 2018	Budapest	Hard court (i)	Nicola Kuhn	7: 6 3 , 3: 6, 6: 3
8th.	20th October 2019	Las Vegas	Hard court	James Duckworth	7: 5, 6: 7 11 , 6: 3
9.	3rd November 2019	Charlottesville	Hard court	Brayden cord	7: 6 2 , 3: 6, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	3rd August 2014	Washington	Hard court	Milos Raonic	1: 6, 4: 6
2.	February 8, 2020	Montpellier	Hard court	Gaël Monfils	5: 7, 3: 6

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	5th July 2014	Wimbledon	race	Jack Sock	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6 5 , 6: 7 3 , 6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 5
2.	July 27, 2014	Atlanta	Hard court	Jack Sock	Steve Johnson Sam Querrey	6: 3, 5: 7, [10: 5]
3.	October 26, 2014	Basel	Hard court (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Marin Draganja Henri Kontinen	7: 6 13 , 1: 6, [10: 5]
4th	March 22, 2015	Indian Wells	Hard court	Jack Sock	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	6: 4, 6: 7 3 , [10: 7]
5.	October 11, 2015	Beijing	Hard court	Jack Sock	Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 6]
6th	February 14, 2016	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya	7: 6 2 , 6: 4
7th	February 23, 2020	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić	6: 3, 6: 4

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 9, 2008	Rimouski (1)	Hard court	Milos Raonic	Kristian Pless Michael Ryderstedt	5: 7, 6: 4, [10: 6]
2.	November 29, 2009	Puebla	Hard court	Adil Shamasdin	Guillermo Olaso Pere Riba	7: 6 7 , 6: 0
3.	April 18, 2010	Leon	Hard court	Santiago González	Kaden Hensel Adam Hubble	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 8]
4th	March 20, 2011	Rimouski (2)	Hard court	Treat Conrad Huey	David Rice Sean Thornley	6-0, 6-1
5.	April 4, 2011	Tallahassee	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	Gō Soeda James Ward	6: 2, 6: 4
6th	June 26, 2011	Guadalajara	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Ivo Klec	6: 4, 6: 7 6 , [10: 6]
7th	July 22, 2012	Granby	Hard court	Philip Bester	Yūichi Itō Takuto Niki	6: 1, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	17th August 2014	Cincinnati	Hard court	Jack Sock	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3: 6, 2: 6
2.	5th October 2014	Beijing	Hard court	Julien Benneteau	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau	7: 6 6 , 5: 7, [5:10]
3.	April 4, 2015	Miami	Hard court	Jack Sock	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3: 6, 6: 1, [8:10]
4th	November 8, 2015	Paris	Hard court (i)	Jack Sock	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6: 2, 3: 6, [5:10]
5.	19th March 2016	Indian Wells	Hard court	Jack Sock	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	3: 6, 6: 7 5
6th	May 15, 2016	Rome	sand	Jack Sock	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 2, 3: 6, [7:10]
7th	January 7, 2017	Doha	Hard court	Radek Štěpánek	Jérémy Chardy Fabrice Martin	4: 6, 6: 7 3

statistics

singles

Tournament 1	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	total
Australian Open	1R	Q1	1R	3R	3R	-	2Q	-	-	-	-	-	0
French Open	1R	-	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	-	-	-	-	-	0
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	VF	1R	2R	1R	2Q	-	-	-	-	0
US Open		1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1Q	2R	-	-	-	-	0
ATP Finals 2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Indian Wells Masters		3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	-	-	-	-	-	0
Miami Masters		-	2R	2R	2R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Monte Carlo Masters		-	-	-	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Madrid Masters 3		-	1R	1Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Rome Masters		-	1R	-	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Hamburg Masters 4	not carried out										-	-	0
Canada Masters		1R	2R	2R	1R	HF	2R	2R	-	-	-	-	0
Cincinnati Masters		Q1	1R	2R	2R	2R	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Shanghai Masters		Q2	AF	2R	2R	2R	-	-	-	-	n / A		0
Paris Masters		1R	1Q	-	1R	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Olympic games	n / A		1R	not carried out			1R	not carried out			-	n / A	0
Davis Cup 5		Flat share	PO	VF	PO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Tournament participation 6	0	13	22nd	24	24	14th	14th	4th	0	0	1	0	116
Finals reached	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Individual titles won	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hard court wins / defeats	0: 1	5: 9	9:14	19:16	17:15	15:13	5: 9	6: 5	0-0	0-0	0: 1	0-0	76:83
Sand victories / defeats	0: 1	0-0	0: 5	0: 3	0: 4	0: 3	0: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1:16
Turf wins / defeats	0: 1	3: 4	1: 4	6: 4	3: 3	2: 2	0: 5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	14:22
Carpet wins / defeats 7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Overall wins / defeats 8	0: 3	8:13	10:23	25:23	20:22	17:18	5:15	6: 5	0-0	0-0	0: 1	0-0	91: 122
World ranking points	-	545	456	1075	830	1219	454	481	129	120	7th	1	N / A
Year-end position	-	109	134	39	53	32	125	119	339	339	1087	1479	N / A

Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = entry into the final / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1R, 2R, 3R = eliminated in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round or 1Q, 2Q, 3Q = eliminated in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd qualifying round; RR = Round Robin (group stage)

¹ tournament result in brackets means that the player has not yet finished the tournament; it shows its current tournament status. After the player finishes the tournament, the bracket is removed.
² before 2009 Tennis Masters Cup .
³ Before 2002 the Masters tournament in Madrid was held in Stuttgart, Essen and Stockholm. In 2009 there was a change of surface from hard court to sand.
⁴ The Hamburg tournament has not been part of the Masters series since 2009.
⁵ PO = playoff (promotion and relegation round in the Davis Cup world group).
⁶ In contrast to the ATP ranking , only tournaments of the ATP World Tour as well as the four Grand Slam tournaments and the ATP World Tour Finals are counted here (as well as for the number of finals and titles won) . H. no Challenger or Future tournaments or team competitions ( Davis Cup or World Team Cup ). However, the latter count in the win / lose statistics.
⁷ No more ATP tournaments have been held on carpet since the 2009 season.
⁸ As of the end of the 2017 season

Web links

Commons : Vasek Pospisil  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Vasek Pospisil (English)
• ITF profile of Vasek Pospisil (English)
• Davis Cup Statistics for Vasek Pospisil (English)