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Radek Štěpánek

Country (sports)	Czech Republic
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1996
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Prize money	$4,593,186
Singles
Career record	197 - 144
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 8 (July 10, 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3rd (2003, 2005, 2007)
French Open	3rd (2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	QF (2006)
US Open	3rd (2003)
Doubles
Career record	160 - 105
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 13 (September 16, 2002)
Last updated on: May 12, 2008.

Radek Stepanek (Czech:Radek Štěpánek, born November 27, 1978 in Karviná) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He uses the serve-and-volley tennis strategy. His sponsors include Volkl and Alea.

Career

Stepanek turned professional in 1996. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Stepanek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top level doubles.

2006 was Stepanek's best year to date, he found himself on the verge of getting into the top ten of ATP rankings, as he defeated José Acasuso in the semifinals of the Masters Series event in Hamburg. He went on to lose the final in straight sets against Spain's Tommy Robredo. At that point, he achieved a career-high ATP world ranking of No. 11 in singles.

Earlier in 2006, he won his first ATP singles title, beating Christophe Rochus in Rotterdam, but he had yet to progress beyond the 3rd round of a Grand Slam tournament until he got into the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, where he was eliminated by 34-year-old Jonas Björkman, after holding match point at 7–6 in the 4th set tiebreak.

This performance helped Štěpánek break into the top 10 and achieve his highest world ranking of No. 8. However after Wimbledon, Stepanek was out of action for the rest of the year due to a chronic neck injury.

In the second round of the 2007 U.S. Open, Stepanek played a superb match against third seed Novak Djokovic, which he ended up losing after 4h44 of play in the ultimate tie-break of the fifth set. Although he lost the match, his defeat was a close one .

In 2008, he achieved some good results such as reaching the final in San Jose but lost to Andy Roddick. He also made it to the semifinals in the Rome masters losing to Novak Djokovic after he retired.

Personal life

He had been engaged to Swiss tennis star Martina Hingis, but split up in August 2007. He also owns a condominium in Bradenton, Florida. He is coached by former Australian Open champion Petr Korda. Stepanek is currently dating Czech tennis player Nicole Vaidisova.

ATP Tour Titles (14)

Singles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	13 June, 2006	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Indoor Hard	Christophe Rochus	6–0, 6–3
2.	22 July, 2007	Los Angeles, U.S.	Outdoor Hard	James Blake	7–6(7), 5–7, 6–2

Singles finalist (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	2004	Paris, France	Indoor carpet	Marat Safin	6–3, 6–7(5), 6–3
2.	2005	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Indoor hard	Jonas Björkman	6–3, 7–6(4)
3.	2005	Milan, Italy	Indoor carpet	Robin Söderling	6–3, 6–7(2), 7–6(5)
4.	2006	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Tommy Robredo	6–1, 6–3, 6–3
5.	2008	San José, California, USA	Hard	Andy Roddick	6–4, 7–5

Doubles (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	April 26 1999	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Martin Damm	Mark Keil Nicolás Lapentti	6–0, 6–2
2.	April 9 2001	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Michal Tabara	Donald Johnson Nenad Zimonjic	6–4, 6–1
3.	April 30 2001	Munich, Germany	Clay	Petr Luxa	Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic	5–7, 6–2, 7–6
4.	October 8 2001	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 6–2
5.	April 29 2002	Munich, Germany	Clay	Petr Luxa	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–0, 6-7, 11-9
6.	January 27 2003	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Petr Luxa	Tomas Cibulec Pavel Vízner	6–4, 7–6
7.	February 16 2004	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Paul Hanley	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	5–7, 7–6, 7–5
8.	July 12 2004	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Jiri Novak	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–2, 6–4
9.	September 13 2004	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Leander Paes	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6–0, 6–3
10.	February 7 2005	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6, 7–6
11.	February 21 2005	Dubai, U.A.E	Hard	Martin Damm	Jonas Björkman Fabrice Santoro	6–2, 6–4
12.	February 13 2006	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 6-7, 10-3

ITF Singles titles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	3 August, 1998	Segovia Challenger, Segovia, Spain	Hard	Alex Radulescu	7–5 7–5
2.	2 June, 2003	Czech Open, Prostejov, Czech Republic	Clay	Mariano Puerta	7–5 6–3
3.	31 May, 2004	Czech Open, Prostejov, Czech Republic	Clay	Michal Tabara	7–6 7–5

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters, which concluded on April 27, 2008.

• A = did not participate in the tournament.

References

1. Martina Hignis and Radek Stepanek break up | Martina Hingis
2. Tennis-Hingis and Stepanek split up | Sports | Tennis | Reuters

External links

• Radek Štěpánek at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
• Radek Štěpánek at the Davis Cup
• Stepanek Recent Match Results
• Stepanek World Ranking History

• Czech tennis players
• 1978 births
• Living people
• People from Cieszyn Silesia