Radek Stepanek
Radek Stepanek
Radek Stepanek
Radek Stepanek
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    • Nicknamed “Steps” by his countrymen
    • Began playing at age 3with his father, Vlastimil, who is a tennis coach; mother, Hana, is a librarian; brother, Martin, is a policeman
    • Hometown of Karvina is an industrial mining town in north of Czech Republic, near Polish border
    • Admired Ivan Lendl while growing up
    • Hobbies are playing football, floorball and hockey (wanted to be a goalie as a youngster)
    • FavouriteNHL players are countrymen Jaromir Jagr and Dominik Hasek
    • Enjoys playing on all surfaces
    • Considers his serve as best shot
    • Fitness trainer is Marek Vseticek

    (UPDATED AUGUST 28, 2016)

    • The Czech finished 13 straight seasons in Top 70 (2012-14). Broke into Top 10 and achieved career-high No. 8 on July 10, 2006 after reaching Wimbledon QF. Fell as low as No. 369 on July 20, 2015 following 1R loss at Newport (l. to Sock). Peaked at No. 4 in doubles on Nov. 12, 2012 after reaching Barclays ATP World Tour Finals SF w/Paes. Earned 1st ranking point at age 16 on July 31, 1995 following 1R loss at Prague, CZE Challenger as WC (l. to Arazi)
    • Replaced injured Roddick and played at 2008 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals as 27th-ranked ALT (l. to Federer and Simon). Qualified for 2012 and 2013 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in doubles w/Paes, reaching 2012 SF (d. Bryan/Bryan, l. to Bhupathi/Bopanna 12-10 in Match TB)
    • Winner of 5 ATP World Tour singles titles – all on hard court and most recently at 2011 Washington (d. No. 7 Monfils). Also owns 18 ATP doubles titles with 8 different partners, most recently at 2015 Bogotá w/Roger-Vasselin (d. Pavic/Venus). Captured 6 Challenger singles titles, highlighted by 3 titles and 15-0 campaign in 2013: Prostejov, CZE (d. Vesely); Orleans, FRA (d. L. Mayer) and Mons, BEL (d. Sijsling)
    • Enjoyed run to 2006 Wimbledon QF, beating Ferrero and Verdasco in 5 sets before falling to Bjorkman in 5 sets. Also reached 4R at 2008 Roland Garros (d. Robredo, l. to No. 5 Ferrer), 2009 Wimbledon (d. Starace and Ferrer in 5 sets, l. to Hewitt in 5 sets) and 2009 US Open (l. to No. 4 Djokovic). Qualified in 2016 at Australian Open (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka in 2R), Roland Garros (l. to No. 2 Murray after leading by 2 sets) and US Open (d. Skugor, Weintraub and Michon in Q). Reached 5 Grand Slam doubles finals, winning titles w/Paes at 2012 Australian Open (d. Bryan/Bryan) and 2013 US Open (d. Peya/Soares)
    • Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 finals at 2004 Paris (l. to No. 7 Safin) and 2006 Hamburg (l. to Robredo). Defeated 2 Top 10 players to reach ATP Masters 1000 SFs at 2007 Montréal (d. No. 6 Gonzalez in 2R and No. 5 Davydenko, l. to No. 1 Federer), 2008 Rome (d. No. 5 Ferrer in 2R and No. 1 Federer, l. to No. 3 Djokovic) and 2009 Paris (d. No. 4 Murray and No. 5 del Potro, l. to Monfils). Won doubles titles w/Paes at 2012 Miami (d. Mirnyi/Nestor) and 2012 Shanghai (d. Bhupathi/Bopanna)
    • Made ATP World Tour debut at 1998 Ostrava as LL (l. to W. Black) and earned 1st win at 1999 Tokyo as Q (d. Tarango, l. to Enqvist in 2R). Earned 300th win in 2011 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 1R (d. Isner 76 in 3rd, l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 3R). Lost 20 of last 21 matches vs. Top 10 opponents (24-79 overall)
    • Owns 35-18 record in Davis Cup (15-13 singles), clinching title in 2012 by beating Almagro (CZE d. ESP 3-2) and 2013 by beating Lajovic (CZE d. SRB 3-2). Also played in 2009 final, falling to Ferrer 86 in 5th before losing doubles w/Berdych to Lopez/Verdasco (ESP d. CZE 5-0). Captured bronze medal in mixed doubles w/Hradecka at 2016 Rio Olympics (l. to Sock/Mattek-Sands in SF, d. Bopanna/Mirza in Play-off)
    • After reaching career-high No. 8 following 2006 Wimbledon run, did not play rest of season due to neck injury. Also missed Sep. 2014 to Apr. 2015 with lower back injury

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