Jiří Vaněk (born 24 April 1978) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He was a coach of former world #1 player Karolína Plíšková and two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová, with whom he has a romantic relationship since August 2021.
Tennis career
Juniors He was an impressive junior, reaching as high as No. 14 in the junior singles world rankings (and No. 21 in doubles) in 1995, making the semifinals of the French Open and the quarterfinals of the Australian Open boys' singles in 1996.
Pro tour Vanek turned professional in 1996, winning 11 Challenger events and reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74 in October 2000.
He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, reaching the second round.
ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Acapulco, Mexico250 SeriesClay Tomáš Zíb David Ferrer Santiago Ventura6–4, 1–6, 4–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 22 (11–11) LegendATP Challenger (11–11)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (9–11)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Warsaw, PolandChallengerClay Andrei Cherkasov7–6, 7–5Win2–0Belgrade, YugoslaviaChallengerClay Diego Moyano6–3, 6–3Loss2–1Lima, PeruChallengerClay Juan Ignacio Chela2–6, 5–7Win3–1Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Reginald Willems7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss3–2Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay David Sánchez Muñoz4–6, 6–3, 2–6Loss3–3Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Albert Portas5–7, 3–6Win4–3Weiden, GermanyChallengerClay Hugo Armando7–5, 6–2Win5–3Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Juan Antonio Marín6–2, 6–3Loss5–4Budaörs, HungaryChallengerClay Diego Moyano6–4, 3–6, 4–6Loss5–5Trani, ItalyChallengerClay Mariano Delfino4–6, 6–7(6–8)Win6–5Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Boris Pashanski6–3, 3–6, 6–1Win7–5Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Björn Phau5–7, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)Win8–5Furth, GermanyChallengerClay Gilles Simon7–5, 6–2Loss8–6Kyiv, UkraineChallengerClay Nicolás Almagro6–4, 3–6, 2–6Win9–6Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Lars Burgsmüller6–2, 6–4Loss9–7Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Jan Hernych6–3, 4–6, 3–6Loss9–8Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Dušan Lojda7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss9–9Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Werner Eschauer4–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)Win10–9Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Éric Prodon6–0, 6–4Loss10–10Meknes, MoroccoChallengerClay Iván Navarro4–6, 4–6Win11–10Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Jan Hernych6–3, 4–6, 6–1Loss11–11Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Stéphane Robert6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Doubles: 6 (1–5) LegendATP Challenger (1–5)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (1–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Pilzen, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Michal Tabara Petr Luxa Jan Kodeš Jr.3–6, 5–7Loss0–2Budaors, HungaryChallengerClay Robin Vik Hermes Gamonal Adrián García3–6, 6–0, 3–6Loss0–3Saint Brieuc, FranceChallengerClay David Škoch Christophe Rochus Tom Vanhoudt0–6, 1–6Loss0–4Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Michal Tabara Tomas Behrend Giorgio Galimberti1–6, 3–6Loss0–5Réunion Island, FranceChallengerHard Michel Kratochvil Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai RatiwatanawalkoverWin1–5Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Janko Tipsarević Uros Vico Massimo Bertolini3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ1AAQ12R1R1R1RQ3Q11R1R1RAA0 / 71–7French OpenAAAQ22R1RAQ1Q21R2RQ12R1RQ10 / 63–6WimbledonAAAA1R1RAAQ21R1RA1RQ1A0 / 50–5US OpenAAAA1R1R1RQ1Q21R1RA2RAA0 / 61–6Win–loss0–00–00–00–02–40–40–20–10–00–31–40–12–40–10–00 / 245–24ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAAQ2AAAAQ1Q1AAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAAA2RAAAAQ1AAAA0 / 11–1HamburgAAAAAQ1AAAAAAANMS0 / 00–0Canada MastersAAAAAAAQ2AAAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAAQ2AAAAAAA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAQ2AAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–01–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 11–1
Personal life On 22 July 2023, Petra Kvitová and Jiří Vaněk got married.
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