Daniel Vacek
Tennis player
Daniel Vacek (born 1 April 1971) is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic who turned professional in 1990. He reached the quarterfinals of the 1995 Paris Masters , the 1998 Canada Masters and the 1998 Cincinnati Masters , and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 26 in January 1996.
Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he was defeated in the second round. The right-hander won 25 career titles in doubles with various partners, including the French Open in 1996 and 1997, and the US Open in 1997 with Yevgeny Kafelnikov .
ATP career finals
Legend
Grand Slam (3)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP International Series Gold (5)
ATP Tour (16)
Titles by surface
Hard (10)
Clay (10)
Grass (0)
Carpet (5)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1.
1990
Umag , Yugoslavia
Clay
Vojtěch Flégl
Andrei Cherkasov Andrei Olhovskiy
6–4, 6–4
Win
2.
1990
Prague , Czechoslovakia
Clay
George Cosac Florin Segărceanu
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win
3.
1990
San Marino
Clay
Jordi Burillo 6–1, 4–6, 7–6
Loss
1.
1991
Prague , Czechoslovakia
Clay
Libor Pimek
Cyril Suk
4–6, 2–6
Loss
2.
1991
Berlin , Germany
Carpet (i)
Jan Siemerink
Petr Korda Karel Nováček
6–3, 5–7, 5–7
Loss
3.
1992
Wellington , New Zealand
Hard
Michiel Schapers
Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark
3–6, 3–6
Loss
4.
1993
Copenhagen , Denmark
Carpet (i)
Martin Damm
David Adams 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win
4.
1993
New Haven , United States
Hard
Steve DeVries David Macpherson
7–5, 6–4
Win
5.
1994
Marseille , France
Carpet (i)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Loss
5.
1994
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson
6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Loss
6.
1994
Gstaad , Switzerland
Clay
Menno Oosting
Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez
6–7, 4–6
Win
6.
1994
Toulouse , France
Hard (i)
Patrick McEnroe 7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss
7.
1995
Stuttgart Indoor , Germany
Carpet (i)
Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith
2–6, 2–6
Win
7.
1995
Nice , France
Clay
Luke Jensen David Wheaton
3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win
8.
1995
Rome , Italy
Clay
Jan Apell Jonas Björkman
6–3, 6–4
Win
9.
1995
Long Island , United States
Hard
Rick Leach Scott Melville
5–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss
8.
1995
Bucharest , Romania
Clay
Mark Keil Jeff Tarango
4–6, 6–7
Win
10.
1995
Basel , Switzerland
Hard (i)
Peter Nyborg
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss
9.
1995
Essen , Germany
Carpet (i)
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
5–7, 4–6
Win
11.
1996
Prague , Czech Republic
Clay
Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win
12.
1996
French Open, Paris
Clay
Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget
6–2, 6–3
Loss
10.
1996
Halle , Germany
Grass
Byron Black Grant Connell
1–6, 5–7
Win
13.
1996
Basel , Switzerland
Hard (i)
David Adams 6–3, 6–4
Win
14.
1996
Vienna , Austria
Carpet (i)
Pavel Vízner 7–6, 6–4
Loss
11.
1996
Paris Masters , France
Carpet (i)
4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss
12.
1997
St. Petersburg , Russia
Carpet (i)
David Prinosil
Brett Steven
4–6, 3–6
Win
15.
1997
Hong Kong
Hard
Karsten Braasch 6–3, 6–4
Win
16.
1997
Tokyo , Japan
Hard
Justin Gimelstob Patrick Rafter
2–6, 6–2, 7–6
Win
17.
1997
French Open, Paris
Clay
Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
7–6(14–12) , 4–6, 6–3
Win
18.
1997
Gstaad , Switzerland
Clay
Trevor Kronemann 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win
19.
1997
US Open , New York
Hard
Nicklas Kulti
7–6, 6–3
Loss
13.
1998
London , England
Carpet (i)
Jim Grabb
4–6, 5–7
Loss
14.
1998
Los Angeles , United States
Hard
Patrick Rafter Sandon Stolle
4–6, 4–6
Win
20.
1998
Vienna , Austria
Carpet (i)
John-Laffnie de Jager
7–5, 6–3
Loss
15.
1998
Moscow , Russia
Carpet (i)
4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win
21.
1999
Auckland , New Zealand
Hard
Jiří Novák David Rikl
7–5, 7–5
Win
22.
1999
St. Petersburg, Russia
Carpet (i)
Andrei Pavel
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win
23.
1999
Tokyo , Japan
Hard
Wayne Black Brian MacPhie
4–3 ret.
Win
24.
1999
Moscow , Russia
Carpet (i)
Andriy Medvedev Marat Safin
6–2, 6–1
Win
25.
2002
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Michael Hill
Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis
6–4, 6–4
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Career SR
Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open
A
A
1R
2R
1R
2R
2R
3R
A
1R
QF
1R
A
3R
A
0 / 10
10–10
French Open
A
A
2R
1R
A
A
2R
W W 2R
QF
A
A
1R
1R
2 / 9
18–7
Wimbledon
A
A
2R
2R
2R
1R
1R
1R
1R
3R
1R
A
A
1R
1R
0 / 11
5–11
US Open
A
A
1R
1R
1R
1R
2R
1R
W 2R
1R
A
1R
A
A
1 / 10
8–9
Grand Slam SR
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 3
0 / 3
0 / 4
1 / 4
2 / 3
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 1
0 / 1
0 / 3
0 / 2
3 / 40
N/A
Annual win–loss
0–0
0–0
2–4
2–4
1–3
1–3
3–4
8–3
12–1
4–4
6–4
0–1
0–1
2–3
0–2
N/A
41–37
Masters Series
Indian Wells
NME
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
QF
1R
2R
A
A
A
0 / 3
2–3
Miami
NME
A
A
A
A
SF
2R
A
A
QF
2R
3R
A
1R
A
0 / 6
7–6
Monte Carlo
NME
A
A
A
A
F
1R
1R
SF
2R
QF
1R
A
A
A
0 / 7
8–7
Rome
NME
A
A
A
A
2R
W
1R
2R
QF
2R
1R
A
2R
A
1 / 8
11–7
Hamburg
NME
A
A
A
A
2R
1R
QF
A
A
QF
1R
A
2R
A
0 / 6
6–6
Canada
NME
A
A
A
A
A
2R
1R
QF
2R
1R
A
QF
1R
A
0 / 7
4–7
Cincinnati
NME
A
A
A
A
QF
1R
2R
2R
SF
2R
A
A
1R
A
0 / 7
5–7
Madrid (Stuttgart)
NME
A
A
A
A
2R
F
2R
2R
QF
2R
A
A
A
A
0 / 6
5–6
Paris
NME
A
A
A
A
QF
2R
F
2R
2R
QF
A
A
A
A
0 / 6
8–6
Masters Series SR
N/A
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 7
1 / 8
0 / 7
0 / 6
0 / 8
0 / 9
0 / 5
0 / 1
0 / 5
0 / 0
1 / 56
N/A
Annual win–loss
N/A
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
13–7
7–7
5–7
4–6
10–8
9–9
3–5
2–1
2–5
0–0
N/A
56–55
Year-end ranking
325
103
54
160
58
21
11
8
5
26
20
143
113
65
1204
N/A
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