Martin Štěpánek (born 13 December 1979) is a

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coach and former professional player from the Czech Republic.

Biography

The son of teachers, Blanka and Ludek Štěpánek, he was born in

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, has one brother.

Playing career

At an

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event in the Czech Republic in 2001, Štěpánek had a win over

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in what was the future world number four's first appearance on tour. In 2003 he won the Mordovia Cup, a tournament on the

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circuit. He won eight Challenger doubles titles, five of them in 2005, a year he reached a career high 102 in the world.

Coaching

A shoulder injury ended his career at the end of the 2005 season and he made the move into coaching. Based in Prague, he is best known as the coach of Croatian player

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. During their time together, Dodig made it to 29 in the world in singles and 4 in doubles. He has also coached

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to two Grand Slam doubles titles and worked with

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until his retirement in 2019. He started coaching

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at the end of 2019 till 2022. He is currently coaching

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and Patrik Rikl.

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

Doubles: (8)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stepanek, Martin 1979 births Living people Czech male tennis players Czech tennis coaches Tennis players from Prague Sportspeople from Havana