Jan Vacek

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)

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

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2004	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Template:Flagicon Lars Burgsmüller	Template:Flagicon Martin Damm Template:Flagicon 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 surface Hard (6–4) Clay (5–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Slovenia F2, Portorož	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Igor Gaudi	walkover
Loss	1–1	Template:Dts	Slovenia F4, Portorož	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zeljko Krajan	3–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Template:Dts	Austria F8, Vienna	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Čatár	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	2–2	Template:Dts	Slovenia F2, Portorož	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Uros Vico	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Template:Dts	Slovenia F3, Maribor	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Oliver Marach	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Template:Dts	Belgium F1, Jupille-sur-Meuse	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Olivier Rochus	6–7, 2–6
Win	4–3	Template:Dts	Germany F12, Offenbach	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tommi Lenho	7–6, 6–0
Win	5–3	Template:Dts	Croatia F1, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alex Witt	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Template:Dts	Germany F1, Berlin	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Daniel Elsner	2–6, 5–7
Win	6–4	Template:Dts	France F23, La Roche-sur-Yon	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Arnaud Fontaine	6–4, 6–2
Win	7–4	Template:Dts	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ivo Heuberger	6–7(7–9), 7–5, 6–3
Loss	7–5	Template:Dts	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Michaël Llodra	4–6, 3–6
Win	8–5	Template:Dts	Rocky Mount, United States	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ramón Delgado	7–6(7–0), 7–5
Win	9–5	Template:Dts	Linz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Markus Hipfl	1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	9–6	Template:Dts	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Dennis Van Scheppingen	4–6, 1–6
Win	10–6	Template:Dts	Czech Republic F5, Opava	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Victor Crivoi	6–3, 6–3
Win	11–6	Template:Dts	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Uros Vico	7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–3
Win	12–6	Template:Dts	Austria F1, Bergheim	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Antal van der Duim	6–3, 6–3
Loss	12–7	Template:Dts	Croatia F2, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Vjekoslav Skenderovic	6–7(2–7), 6–7(0–7)
Loss	12–8	Template:Dts	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Wang	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

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	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Slovenia F4, Portorož	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jan Hernych	Template:Flagicon Petr Kovačka Template:Flagicon Leoš Friedl	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Slovenia F3, Maribor	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pavel Riha	Template:Flagicon Marko Dolecek Template:Flagicon Borut Martincevic	5–7, 6–7
Loss	0–3	Template:Dts	Trani, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martin Štěpánek	Template:Flagicon Massimo Bertolini Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Win	1–3	Template:Dts	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ota Fukárek	Template:Flagicon Kornél Bardóczky Template:Flagicon Gergely Kisgyörgy	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–4	Template:Dts	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Dlouhý	Template:Flagicon Igor Kunitsyn Template:Flagicon Orest Tereshchuk	walkover
Loss	1–5	Template:Dts	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Dlouhý	Template:Flagicon Michal Mertiňák Template:Flagicon Sergiy Stakhovsky	7–6(10–8), 2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–6	Template:Dts	Saint Brieuc, France	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Michal Mertiňák	Template:Flagicon Victor Ioniță Template:Flagicon Gabriel Moraru	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–6	Template:Dts	Vigo, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Lars Uebel	Template:Flagicon Guillem Burniol Template:Flagicon José Antonio Sánchez de Luna	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–6	Template:Dts	Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Rosol	Template:Flagicon Michal Mertiňák Template:Flagicon Jean-Claude Scherrer	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win	4–6	Template:Dts	Croatia F2, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Pospíšil	Template:Flagicon Nikola Mektić Template:Flagicon Vedran Siljegovic	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win	5–6	Template:Dts	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Pavel Šnobel	Template:Flagicon Wesley Moodie Template:Flagicon Paul Baccanello	walkover

Performance timeline

Singles

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	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	Q1	1R	A	1R	A	Q1	A	Q1	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	1R	4R	A	1R	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 3	3–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	Q1	1R	1R	1R	Q3	Q1	Q3	Q2	A	0 / 3	0–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 11	4–11	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami Open	A	Q1	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Stuttgart	A	Q1	Not Held							0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage

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