Daniel Vacek (born 1 April 1971) is a former tennis player from
Czechoslovakia
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, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
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and the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. Th ...
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
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis ...
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ATP career finals
Doubles (25 titles, 15 runner-ups)
Doubles performance timeline
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1971 births
Living people
Czech male tennis players
Czechoslovak male tennis players
French Open champions
Olympic tennis players of the Czech Republic
Tennis players from Prague
Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
US Open (tennis) champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles