Jiří Vaněk (born 24 April 1978) is a former professional tennis player from the

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. He was a coach of former world #1 player Karolína Plíšková and is the current coach of two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová, with whom he has a romantic relationship since August 2021. On 22 July 2023, they got married.

Tennis career

Juniors

He was an impressive junior, reaching as high as No. 14 in the junior singles world rankings (and No. 21 in doubles) in 1995, making the semifinals of the

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and the quarterfinals of the Australian Open boys' singles in 1996.

Pro tour

Vanek turned professional in 1996, winning 11 Challenger events and reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74 in October 2000. He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, reaching the second round.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 22 (11–11)

Doubles: 6 (1–5)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

* * 1978 births Living people Czech male tennis players Olympic tennis players for the Czech Republic People from Domažlice Tennis players from Prague Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Czech tennis coaches 21st-century Czech sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub