Daniel Vacek

Daniel Vacek
Country (sports) Czechoslovakia
 Czech Republic
ResidenceSarnen, Switzerland
Born (1971-04-01) 1 April 1971 (age 53)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1990
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$4,803,388
Singles
Career record176–225
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 26 (29 January 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1994)
French Open3R (1994, 1998)
Wimbledon4R (1994)
US Open4R (1995, 1997)
Doubles
Career record335–258
Career titles25
Highest rankingNo. 3 (8 September 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1999)
French OpenW (1996, 1997)
Wimbledon3R (1998)
US OpenW (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.


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