Daniel Vacek

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Daniel Vacek

Daniel Vacek (born April 1, 1971 in Prague) is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic who turned professional in 1990.

Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, 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 U.S. Open in 1997 with Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Vacek reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on January 29, 1996, when he became the number 26 of the world.

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Doubles Titles (25)

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)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1990 Umag, Yugoslavia Clay Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Flégl Soviet Union Andrei Cherkasov
Soviet Union Andrei Olhovskiy		 6–4, 6–4
2. 1990 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Flégl Romania George Cosac
Romania Florin Segărceanu		 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
3. 1990 San Marino Clay Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Flégl Spain Jordi Burillo
Spain Marcos Aurelio Górriz		 6–1, 4–6, 7–6
4. 1993 New Haven, United States Hard Czech Republic Cyril Suk United States Steve DeVries
Australia David Macpherson		 7–5, 6–4
5. 1994 Marseille, France Carpet Netherlands Jan Siemerink Czech Republic Martin Damm
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov		 6–7, 6–4, 6–1
6. 1994 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Netherlands Menno Oosting United States Patrick McEnroe
United States Jared Palmer		 7–6, 6–7, 6–3
7. 1995 Nice, France Clay Czech Republic Cyril Suk United States Luke Jensen
United States David Wheaton		 3–6, 7–6, 7–6
8. 1995 Rome, Italy Clay Czech Republic Cyril Suk Sweden Jan Apell
Sweden Jonas Björkman		 6–3, 6–4
9. 1995 Long Island, United States Hard Czech Republic Cyril Suk United States Rick Leach
United States Scott Melville		 5–7, 7–6, 7–6
10. 1995 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Czech Republic Cyril Suk United States Mark Keil
Sweden Peter Nyborg		 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
11. 1996 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez		 6–3, 6–7, 6–3
12. 1996 French Open, Paris Clay Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
France Guy Forget		 6–2, 6–3
13. 1996 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov South Africa David Adams
Netherlands Menno Oosting		 6–3, 6–4
14. 1996 Vienna, Austria Carpet Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
Netherlands Menno Oosting		 7–6, 6–4
15. 1997 Hong Kong Hard Czech Republic Martin Damm Germany Karsten Braasch
United States Jeff Tarango		 6–3, 6–4
16. 1997 Tokyo, Japan Hard Czech Republic Martin Damm United States Justin Gimelstob
Australia Patrick Rafter		 2–6, 6–2, 7–6
17. 1997 French Open, Paris Clay Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde		 7–612, 4–6, 6–3
18. 1997 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov United States Trevor Kronemann
Australia David Macpherson		 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
19. 1997 U.S. Open, New York Hard Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti		 7–6, 6–3
20. 1998 Vienna, Austria Carpet Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov South Africa David Adams
South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager		 7–5, 6–3
21. 1999 Auckland, New Zealand Hard United States Jeff Tarango Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl		 7–5, 7–5
22. 1999 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet United States Jeff Tarango Netherlands Menno Oosting
Romania Andrei Pavel		 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
23. 1999 Tokyo, Japan Hard United States Jeff Tarango Zimbabwe Wayne Black
United States Brian MacPhie		 4–3, RET.
24. 1999 Moscow, Russia Carpet United States Justin Gimelstob Ukraine Andriy Medvedev
Russia Marat Safin		 6–2, 6–1
25. 2002 Barcelona, Spain Clay Australia Michael Hill Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Gastón Etlis		 6–4, 6–4

Runner-ups (15)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (3)
ATP International Series Gold (2)
ATP Tour (10)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1991 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay Belgium Libor Pimek Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Flégl
Czechoslovakia Cyril Suk		 6–4, 6–2
2. 1991 Berlin, Germany Carpet Netherlands Jan Siemerink Czechoslovakia Petr Korda
Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček		 3–6, 7–5, 7–5
3. 1992 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Netherlands Michiel Schapers United States Jared Palmer
United States Jonathan Stark		 6–3, 6–3
4. 1993 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet Czech Republic Martin Damm South Africa David Adams
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy		 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
5. 1994 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Sweden Magnus Larsson		 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
6. 1994 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Netherlands Menno Oosting Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez		 7–6, 6–4
7. 1995 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet Czech Republic Cyril Suk Canada Grant Connell
United States Patrick Galbraith		 6–2, 6–2
8. 1995 Bucharest, Romania Clay Czech Republic Cyril Suk United States Mark Keil
United States Jeff Tarango		 6–4, 7–6
9. 1995 Essen, Germany Carpet Czech Republic Cyril Suk Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis		 7–5, 6–4
10. 1996 Halle, Germany Grass Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Zimbabwe Byron Black
Canada Grant Connell		 6–1, 7–5
11. 1996 Paris, France Carpet Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis		 6–4, 4–6, 7–6
12. 1997 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet Germany David Prinosil Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
New Zealand Brett Steven		 6–4, 6–3
13. 1998 London, England Carpet Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Czech Republic Martin Damm
United States Jim Grabb		 6–4, 7–5
14. 1998 Los Angeles, United States Hard United States Jeff Tarango Australia Patrick Rafter
Australia Sandon Stolle		 6–4, 6–4
15. 1998 Moscow, Russia Carpet Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov United States Jared Palmer
United States Jeff Tarango		 6–4, 6–7, 6–2

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
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
U.S. 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

A = did not attend tournament

French Open men's doubles champions

(1968) Ken Rosewall / Fred Stolle • (1969) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1970) Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac • (1971) Arthur Ashe / Marty Riessen • (1972) Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan • (1973) John Newcombe / Tom Okker • (1974) Dick Crealy / Onny Parun • (1975) Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez • (1976) Fred McNair / Sherwood Stewart • (1977) Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez • (1978) Gene Mayer / Hank Pfister • (1979) Gene Mayer / Sandy Mayer • (1980) Victor Amaya / Hank Pfister • (1981) Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy • (1982) Sherwood Stewart / Ferdi Taygan • (1983) Anders Järryd / Hans Simonsson • (1984) Henri Leconte / Yannick Noah • (1985) Mark Edmondson / Kim Warwick • (1986) John Fitzgerald / Tomáš Šmíd • (1987) Anders Järryd / Robert Seguso • (1988) Andrés Gómez / Emilio Sánchez • (1989) Jim Grabb / Patrick McEnroe • (1990) Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez • (1991) John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd • (1992) Jakob Hlasek / Marc Rosset • (1993) Luke Jensen / Murphy Jensen • (1994) Byron Black / Jonathan Stark • (1995) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1996) Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek • (1997) Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek • (1998) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1999) Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes • (2000) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (2001) Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes • (2002) Paul Haarhuis / Yevgeny Kafelnikov • (2003) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2004) Xavier Malisse / Olivier Rochus • (2005) Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi • (2006) Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi • (2007) Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor • (2008) Pablo Cuevas / Luis Horna • (2009) Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes • (2010) Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić • (2011) Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor
US Open men's doubles champions

(1968) Bob Lutz / Stan Smith • (1969) Ken Rosewall / Fred Stolle • (1970) Pierre Barthès / Nikola Pilić • (1971) John Newcombe / Roger Taylor • (1972) Cliff Drysdale / Roger Taylor • (1973) Owen Davidson / John Newcombe • (1974) Bob Lutz / Stan Smith • (1975) Jimmy Connors / Ilie Năstase • (1976) Tom Okker / Marty Riessen • (1977) Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan • (1978) Bob Lutz / Stan Smith • (1979) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1980) Bob Lutz / Stan Smith • (1981) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1982) Kevin Curren / Steve Denton • (1983) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1984) John Fitzgerald / Tomáš Šmíd • (1985) Ken Flach / Robert Seguso • (1986) Andrés Gómez / Slobodan Živojinović • (1987) Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd • (1988) Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez • (1989) John McEnroe / Mark Woodforde • (1990) Pieter Aldrich / Danie Visser • (1991) John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd • (1992) Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg • (1993) Ken Flach / Rick Leach • (1994) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1995) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1996) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1997) Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek • (1998) Sandon Stolle / Cyril Suk • (1999) Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien • (2000) Lleyton Hewitt / Max Mirnyi • (2001) Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett • (2002) Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi • (2003) Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge • (2004) Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor • (2005) Mike Bryan / Bob Bryan • (2006) Martin Damm / Leander Paes • (2007) Simon Aspelin / Julian Knowle • (2008) Mike Bryan / Bob Bryan • (2009) Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes • (2010) Mike Bryan / Bob Bryan • (2011) Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner
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