Daniel Vacek

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Daniel Vacek (born April 1, 1971 in Prague) is a former tennis player from the Czech Republic who turned professional in 1990. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round. The righthander won 25 career titles in doubles, including the French Open in 1996 and 1997 and the U.S. Open in 1997, all with partner Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia. Vacek reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on January 29, 1996, when he became the number 26 of the world. His strength was his serve, and he was solid from the baseline; but sometimes late in matches let close line calls that went against him upset his game.

[edit] Doubles Titles (28)

Legend
Grand Slam (3)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP Tour (21)

Titles by Surface
Hard (10)
Clay (10)
Grass (0)
Carpet (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1990	Umag, Yugoslavia	Clay	Vojtech Flegl	Andrei Cherkasov Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 6–4
2.	1990	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Vojtech Flegl	George Cosac Florin Segărceanu	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
3.	1990	San Marino	Clay	Vojtech Flegl	Jordi Burillo Marcos Aurelio Górriz	6–1, 4–6, 7–6
4.	1993	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Cyril Suk	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	7–5, 6–4
5.	1994	Marseille, France	Carpet	Jan Siemerink	Martin Damm Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
6.	1994	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Menno Oosting	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
7.	1995	Nice, France	Clay	Cyril Suk	Luke Jensen David Wheaton	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
8.	1995	Rome, Italy	Clay	Cyril Suk	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–4
9.	1995	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Cyril Suk	Rick Leach Scott Melville	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
10.	1995	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Cyril Suk	Mark Keil Peter Nyborg	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
11.	1996	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
12.	1996	French Open, Paris	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget	6–3, 6–3
13.	1996	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	David Adams Menno Oosting	6–3, 6–4
14.	1996	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Pavel Vízner Menno Oosting	7–6, 6–4
15.	1997	Hong Kong	Hard	Martin Damm	Karsten Braasch Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–4
16.	1997	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Martin Damm	Justin Gimelstob Patrick Rafter	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
17.	1997	French Open, Paris	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
18.	1997	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
19.	1997	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	7–6, 6–3
20.	1998	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	David Adams John Laffnie De Jager	7–5, 6–3
21.	1999	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jeff Tarango	Jiří Novák David Rikl	7–5, 7–5
22.	1999	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Jeff Tarango	Menno Oosting Andrei Pavel	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
23.	1999	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Jeff Tarango	Wayne Black Brian Macphie	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
24.	1999	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Justin Gimelstob	Andriy Medvedev Marat Safin	6–2, 6–1
25.	2002	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Michael Hill	Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis	6–3, 7–6

[edit] Runner-ups (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1991	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Libor Pimek	Vojtech Flegl Cyril Suk	6–4, 6–2
2.	1991	Berlin, Germany	Carpet	Jan Siemerink	Petr Korda Karel Nováček	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
3.	1992	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Michiel Schapers	Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark	6–3, 6–3
4.	1993	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Martin Damm	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
5.	1994	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
6.	1994	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Menno Oosting	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 6–4
7.	1995	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–2, 6–2
8.	1995	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Cyril Suk	Mark Keil Jeff Tarango	6–4, 7–6
9.	1995	Essen, Germany	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
10.	1996	Halle, Germany	Grass	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Byron Black Grant Connell	6–1, 7–5
11.	1996	Paris, France	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–2, 6–4
12.	1997	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	David Prinosil	Andrei Olhovskiy Brett Steven	6–4, 6–3
13.	1998	London, England	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Martin Damm Jim Grabb	6–4, 7–5
14.	1998	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Jeff Tarango	Patrick Rafter Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–4
15.	1998	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jared Palmer Jeff Tarango	6–4, 6–7, 6–2