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 Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (1)
Singles (1 title) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2001 Salvador, Brazil Hard Fernando Meligeni 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Doubles (1 runner-up)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2004 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Lars Burgsmüller Martin Damm Cyril Suk 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 3–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 20 (12–8) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (4–3)ITF World Tennis Tour (8–5)Finals by surfaceHard (6–4)Clay (5–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Slovenia F2, PortorožFuturesClay Igor GaudiwalkoverLoss1–1Slovenia F4, PortorožFuturesClay Zeljko Krajan3–6, 3–6Win2–1Austria F8, ViennaFuturesClay Tomáš Čatár4–6, 6–4, 7–6Loss2–2Slovenia F2, PortorožFuturesClay Uros Vico4–6, 2–6Win3–2Slovenia F3, MariborFuturesClay Oliver Marach6–4, 6–3Loss3–3Belgium F1, Jupille-sur-MeuseFuturesClay Olivier Rochus6–7, 2–6Win4–3Germany F12, OffenbachFuturesHard Tommi Lenho7–6, 6–0Win5–3Croatia F1, ZagrebFuturesHard Alex Witt6–4, 6–3Loss5–4Germany F1, BerlinFuturesHard Daniel Elsner2–6, 5–7Win6–4France F23, La Roche-sur-YonFuturesHard Arnaud Fontaine6–4, 6–2Win7–4Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerHard Ivo Heuberger6–7(7–9), 7–5, 6–3Loss7–5Hamburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Michaël Llodra4–6, 3–6Win8–5Rocky Mount, United StatesChallengerClay Ramón Delgado7–6(7–0), 7–5Win9–5Linz, AustriaChallengerClay Markus Hipfl1–6, 6–1, 6–2Loss9–6Wrexham, United KingdomChallengerHard Dennis Van Scheppingen4–6, 1–6Win10–6Czech Republic F5, OpavaFuturesHard Victor Crivoi6–3, 6–3Win11–6Cardiff, United KingdomChallengerHard Uros Vico7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–3Win12–6Austria F1, BergheimFuturesCarpet Antal van der Duim6–3, 6–3Loss12–7Croatia F2, ZagrebFuturesHard Vjekoslav Skenderovic6–7(2–7), 6–7(0–7)Loss12–8Busan, South KoreaChallengerHard Jimmy Wang3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 11 (5–6) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (4–4)ITF World Tennis Tour (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (2–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Slovenia F4, PortorožFuturesClay Jan Hernych Petr Kovačka Leoš Friedl3–6, 2–6Loss0–2Slovenia F3, MariborFuturesClay Pavel Riha Marko Dolecek Borut Martincevic5–7, 6–7Loss0–3Trani, ItalyChallengerClay Martin Štěpánek Massimo Bertolini Álex López Morón6–2, 4–6, 3–6Win1–3Aschaffenburg, GermanyChallengerClay Ota Fukárek Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy3–6, 6–4, 6–3Loss1–4Belgrade, Serbia and MontenegroChallengerCarpet Lukáš Dlouhý Igor Kunitsyn Orest TereshchukwalkoverLoss1–5Sarajevo, Bosnia & HerzegovinaChallengerHard Lukáš Dlouhý Michal Mertiňák Sergiy Stakhovsky7–6(10–8), 2–6, 2–6Loss1–6Saint Brieuc, FranceChallengerClay Michal Mertiňák Victor Ioniță Gabriel Moraru1–6, 4–6Win2–6Vigo, SpainChallengerClay Lars Uebel Guillem Burniol José Antonio Sánchez de Luna6–4, 6–3Win3–6Wrocław, PolandChallengerHard Lukáš Rosol Michal Mertiňák Jean-Claude Scherrer7–5, 7–6(7–4)Win4–6Croatia F2, ZagrebFuturesHard Jaroslav Pospíšil Nikola Mektić Vedran Siljegovic6–3, 4–6, 6–3Win5–6Cardiff, United KingdomChallengerHard Pavel Šnobel Wesley Moodie Paul Baccanellowalkover
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ11R1R2RQ1AAA0 / 31–3French OpenAQ11RA1RAQ1AQ10 / 20–2WimbledonA1R4RA1RAAAQ20 / 33–3US OpenQ11R1R1RQ3Q1Q3Q2A0 / 30–3Win–loss0–00–23–40–21–30–00–00–00–00 / 114–11ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAQ12R1RAAAAA0 / 21–2Hamburg MastersAAAAQ1AAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0StuttgartAQ1Not Held0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–01–10–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 21–2
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