Daniel Vacek

Daniel Vacek

Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia  Czech Republic
Residence	Sarnen, Switzerland
Born	(1971-04-01) 1 April 1971 Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2003
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,803,388
Singles
Career record	176–225
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 26 (29 January 1996)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (1994)
French Open	3R (1994, 1998)
Wimbledon	4R (1996)
US Open	4R (1995, 1997)
Doubles
Career record	335–258
Career titles	25
Highest ranking	No. 3 (8 September 1997)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1999)
French Open	W (1996, 1997)
Wimbledon	3R (1998)
US Open	W (1997)

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, 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.

Doubles titles (25)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1990	Umag, Yugoslavia	Clay	Vojtěch Flégl	Andrei Cherkasov Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	1990	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vojtěch Flégl	George Cosac Florin Segărceanu	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	3.	1990	San Marino	Clay	Vojtěch Flégl	Jordi Burillo Marcos Aurelio Górriz	6–1, 4–6, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	1991	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Libor Pimek	Vojtěch Flégl Cyril Suk	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	1991	Berlin, Germany	Carpet	Jan Siemerink	Petr Korda Karel Nováček	6–3, 5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	1992	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Michiel Schapers	Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	1993	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Martin Damm	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	4.	1993	New Haven, United States	Hard	Cyril Suk	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	7–5, 6–4
Winner	5.	1994	Marseille, France	Carpet	Jan Siemerink	Martin Damm Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	1994	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	1994	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Menno Oosting	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–7, 4–6
Winner	6.	1994	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Menno Oosting	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	1995	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	2–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	1995	Nice, France	Clay	Cyril Suk	Luke Jensen David Wheaton	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Winner	8.	1995	Rome, Italy	Clay	Cyril Suk	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–4
Winner	9.	1995	Long Island, United States	Hard	Cyril Suk	Rick Leach Scott Melville	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	8.	1995	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Cyril Suk	Mark Keil Jeff Tarango	4–6, 6–7
Winner	10.	1995	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Cyril Suk	Mark Keil Peter Nyborg	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	1995	Essen, Germany	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	5–7, 4–6
Winner	11.	1996	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	12.	1996	French Open, Paris	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	1996	Halle, Germany	Grass	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Byron Black Grant Connell	1–6, 5–7
Winner	13.	1996	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	David Adams Menno Oosting	6–3, 6–4
Winner	14.	1996	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Pavel Vízner Menno Oosting	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	1996	Paris, France	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Runner-up	12.	1997	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	David Prinosil	Andrei Olhovskiy Brett Steven	4–6, 3–6
Winner	15.	1997	Hong Kong	Hard	Martin Damm	Karsten Braasch Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–4
Winner	16.	1997	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Martin Damm	Justin Gimelstob Patrick Rafter	2–6, 6–2, 7–6
Winner	17.	1997	French Open, Paris	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6(14–12), 4–6, 6–3
Winner	18.	1997	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	19.	1997	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	1998	London, England	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Martin Damm Jim Grabb	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	14.	1998	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Jeff Tarango	Patrick Rafter Sandon Stolle	4–6, 4–6
Winner	20.	1998	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	15.	1998	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jared Palmer Jeff Tarango	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Winner	21.	1999	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jeff Tarango	Jiří Novák David Rikl	7–5, 7–5
Winner	22.	1999	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Jeff Tarango	Menno Oosting Andrei Pavel	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	23.	1999	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Jeff Tarango	Wayne Black Brian MacPhie	4–3, RET.
Winner	24.	1999	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Justin Gimelstob	Andriy Medvedev Marat Safin	6–2, 6–1
Winner	25.	2002	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Michael Hill	Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis	6–4, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline

A = did not attend tournament

External links

• Daniel Vacek at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Daniel Vacek at the International Tennis Federation
• Daniel Vacek at the Davis Cup