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 (1994)
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 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 US Open in 1997 with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

ATP career finals

Doubles (25 titles, 15 runner-ups)

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)

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

Doubles performance timeline

External links

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