Radomír Vašek (born 23 September 1972) is a former professional

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player from the

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Career

Vašek was the

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national Under-18s tennis champion in 1990, the same year he turned professional. At the 1994 French Open he came into the draw as a qualifier but won his first two matches, against

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in straight sets and Dimitri Poliakov, from two sets down. Vašek reached his first and only

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final in 1995, at the

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. Also that year, Vašek made the quarterfinals of the Tel Aviv Open in

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. He was a quarterfinalist at

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's Movistar Open in 1997.ITF Tennis Profile
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ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (5–4)

Doubles: 12 (10–2)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasek, Radomir 1972 births Living people Czech male tennis players Czechoslovak male tennis players Sportspeople from Valašské Meziříčí Tennis players from the Zlín Region