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Jan Vacek

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Czech tennis player
Jan Vacek
Country (sports) Czech Republic
ResidencePrague, Czech Republic
Born (1976年05月10日) 10 May 1976 (age 48)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Turned pro1999
Retired2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$794,420
Singles
Career record30-60
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 61 (5 August 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2004)
French Open 1R (2002, 2004)
Wimbledon 4R (2002)
US Open 1R (2001, 2002, 2003)
Doubles
Career record5-5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 115 (25 April 2005)

Jan Vacek (yahn VAH-tseck; born 10 May 1976) is a retired professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic.

Vacek reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 61, achieved on 5 August 2002. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 115, achieved on 25 April 2005.

Vacek successfully played in all four Grand Slam tournament main draws, highlighted by reaching the fourth round at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships.

Vacek reached 21 singles finals throughout his career, posting a record of 13 wins and 8 losses, which includes a 4–3 result in ATP Challenger finals. Unseeded at the 2001 Brasil Open, he won the singles championship, defeating eighth seed Mariano Zabaleta 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6) in the second round, sixth seed Alexandre Simoni 7–6(7–5), 6–2 in the semi-finals and fifth seed Fernando Meligeni 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 in the final to claim his first and only ATP Tour title.

ATP Tour finals

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Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)

Singles (1 title)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2001 Salvador, Brazil Hard Brazil Fernando Meligeni 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3

Doubles (1 runner-up)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2004 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Germany Lars Burgsmüller Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Cyril Suk 		3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 20 (12–8)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–3)
ITF World Tennis Tour (8–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1998 Slovenia F2, Portorož Futures Clay Italy Igor Gaudi walkover
Loss 1–1 Aug 1998 Slovenia F4, Portorož Futures Clay Croatia Zeljko Krajan 3–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Aug 1998 Austria F8, Vienna Futures Clay Slovakia Tomáš Čatár 4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 2–2 Jul 1999 Slovenia F2, Portorož Futures Clay Italy Uros Vico 4–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Aug 1999 Slovenia F3, Maribor Futures Clay Austria Oliver Marach 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Aug 1999 Belgium F1, Jupille-sur-Meuse Futures Clay Belgium Olivier Rochus 6–7, 2–6
Win 4–3 Oct 1999 Germany F12, Offenbach Futures Hard Finland Tommi Lenho 7–6, 6–0
Win 5–3 Feb 2000 Croatia F1, Zagreb Futures Hard United States Alex Witt 6–4, 6–3
Loss 5–4 Apr 2000 Germany F1, Berlin Futures Hard Germany Daniel Elsner 2–6, 5–7
Win 6–4 Oct 2000 France F23, La Roche-sur-Yon Futures Hard Belgium Arnaud Fontaine 6–4, 6–2
Win 7–4 Dec 2000 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Hard Switzerland Ivo Heuberger 6–7(7–9), 7–5, 6–3
Loss 7–5 Feb 2001 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Carpet France Michaël Llodra 4–6, 3–6
Win 8–5 May 2001 Rocky Mount, United States Challenger Clay Paraguay Ramón Delgado 7–6(7–0), 7–5
Win 9–5 Aug 2001 Linz, Austria Challenger Clay Austria Markus Hipfl 1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 9–6 Mar 2004 Wrexham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Netherlands Dennis Van Scheppingen 4–6, 1–6
Win 10–6 Oct 2005 Czech Republic F5, Opava Futures Hard Romania Victor Crivoi 6–3, 6–3
Win 11–6 Apr 2006 Cardiff, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Italy Uros Vico 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–3
Win 12–6 Jan 2007 Austria F1, Bergheim Futures Carpet Netherlands Antal van der Duim 6–3, 6–3
Loss 12–7 Feb 2007 Croatia F2, Zagreb Futures Hard Croatia Vjekoslav Skenderovic 6–7(2–7), 6–7(0–7)
Loss 12–8 Jun 2007 Busan, South Korea Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–4)
ITF World Tennis Tour (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1998 Slovenia F4, Portorož Futures Clay Czech Republic Jan Hernych Czech Republic Petr Kovačka
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1999 Slovenia F3, Maribor Futures Clay Czech Republic Pavel Riha Slovenia Marko Dolecek
Slovenia Borut Martincevic 		5–7, 6–7
Loss 0–3 Aug 2004 Trani, Italy Challenger Clay Czech Republic Martin Štěpánek Italy Massimo Bertolini
Spain Álex López Morón 		6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–3 Sep 2004 Aschaffenburg, Germany Challenger Clay Czech Republic Ota Fukárek Hungary Kornél Bardóczky
Hungary Gergely Kisgyörgy 		3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–4 Feb 2005 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro Challenger Carpet Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Russia Igor Kunitsyn
Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk 		walkover
Loss 1–5 Mar 2005 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Hard Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky 		7–6(10–8), 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–6 Mar 2005 Saint Brieuc, France Challenger Clay Slovakia Michal Mertiňák Romania Victor Ioniță
Romania Gabriel Moraru 		1–6, 4–6
Win 2–6 Aug 2005 Vigo, Spain Challenger Clay Germany Lars Uebel Spain Guillem Burniol
Spain José Antonio Sánchez de Luna 		6–4, 6–3
Win 3–6 Feb 2007 Wrocław, Poland Challenger Hard Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Switzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer 		7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win 4–6 Feb 2007 Croatia F2, Zagreb Futures Hard Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Vedran Siljegovic 		6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win 5–6 Apr 2007 Cardiff, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Czech Republic Pavel Šnobel South Africa Wesley Moodie
Australia Paul Baccanello 		walkover

Performance timeline

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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.

Singles

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Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 1R 1R 2R Q1 A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A Q1 1R A 1R A Q1 A Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon A 1R 4R A 1R A A A Q2 0 / 3 3–3 50%
US Open Q1 1R 1R 1R Q3 Q1 Q3 Q2 A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 3–4 0–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 11 4–11 27%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A Q1 2R 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Hamburg Masters A A A A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Stuttgart A Q1 Not Held 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33%
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