# 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 | 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 | Lars Burgsmüller | Martin Damm 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 | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 1998 | Slovenia F2, Portorož | Futures | Clay | Igor Gaudi | walkover |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 1998 | Slovenia F4, Portorož | Futures | Clay | Zeljko Krajan | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 1998 | Austria F8, Vienna | Futures | Clay | Tomáš Čatár | 4–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jul 1999 | Slovenia F2, Portorož | Futures | Clay | Uros Vico | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Aug 1999 | Slovenia F3, Maribor | Futures | Clay | Oliver Marach | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Aug 1999 | Belgium F1, Jupille-sur-Meuse | Futures | Clay | Olivier Rochus | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–3 | Oct 1999 | Germany F12, Offenbach | Futures | Hard | Tommi Lenho | 7–6, 6–0 |
| Win | 5–3 | Feb 2000 | Croatia F1, Zagreb | Futures | Hard | Alex Witt | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Apr 2000 | Germany F1, Berlin | Futures | Hard | Daniel Elsner | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 6–4 | Oct 2000 | France F23, La Roche-sur-Yon | Futures | Hard | Arnaud Fontaine | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–4 | Dec 2000 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Hard | Ivo Heuberger | 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–5 | Feb 2001 | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Michaël Llodra | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 8–5 | May 2001 | Rocky Mount, United States | Challenger | Clay | Ramón Delgado | 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 7–5 |
| Win | 9–5 | Aug 2001 | Linz, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Markus Hipfl | 1–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 9–6 | Mar 2004 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Dennis Van Scheppingen | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 10–6 | Oct 2005 | Czech Republic F5, Opava | Futures | Hard | Victor Crivoi | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 11–6 | Apr 2006 | Cardiff, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Uros Vico | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 12–6 | Jan 2007 | Austria F1, Bergheim | Futures | Carpet | Antal van der Duim | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 12–7 | Feb 2007 | Croatia F2, Zagreb | Futures | Hard | Vjekoslav Skenderovic | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–7$^{(0–7)}$ |
| Loss | 12–8 | Jun 2007 | Busan, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | 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 | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1998 | Slovenia F4, Portorož | Futures | Clay | Jan Hernych | Petr Kovačka Leoš Friedl | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 1999 | Slovenia F3, Maribor | Futures | Clay | Pavel Riha | Marko Dolecek Borut Martincevic | 5–7, 6–7 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Aug 2004 | Trani, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Martin Štěpánek | Massimo Bertolini Álex López Morón | 6–2, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Sep 2004 | Aschaffenburg, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Ota Fukárek | Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Feb 2005 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Challenger | Carpet | Lukáš Dlouhý | Igor Kunitsyn Orest Tereshchuk | walkover |
| Loss | 1–5 | Mar 2005 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | Michal Mertiňák Sergiy Stakhovsky | 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Mar 2005 | Saint Brieuc, France | Challenger | Clay | Michal Mertiňák | Victor Ioniță Gabriel Moraru | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–6 | Aug 2005 | Vigo, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Lars Uebel | Guillem Burniol José Antonio Sánchez de Luna | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–6 | Feb 2007 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Lukáš Rosol | Michal Mertiňák Jean-Claude Scherrer | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 4–6 | Feb 2007 | Croatia F2, Zagreb | Futures | Hard | Jaroslav Pospíšil | Nikola Mektić Vedran Siljegovic | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–6 | Apr 2007 | Cardiff, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Pavel Šnobel | Wesley Moodie Paul Baccanello | walkover |

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### 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 | 25% |
| French Open | A | Q1 | 1R | A | 1R | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 4R | A | 1R | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| US Open | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q3 | Q1 | Q3 | Q2 | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 11 | 4–11 | 27% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami Open | A | Q1 | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Stuttgart | A | Q1 | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |