Vladimír Pláteník Explained

Vladimír Pláteník
Residence:Bratislava, Slovakia
Birth Date:18 February 1976
Birth Place:Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Height:6inchesft1inchesin (ftin)
College:University of Comenius, Bratislava
Turnedpro:1994
Retired:2000
Plays:Right (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$16,656
Singlesrecord:0–0
Singlestitles:0
0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highestsinglesranking:No. 392 (5 August 1996)
Doublesrecord:0–0
Doublestitles:0
0 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highestdoublesranking:No. 273 (13 September 1999)

Vladimír Pláteník (born February 18, 1976) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Slovakia.

Pláteník is currently a head coach at the international EMPIRE Tennis Academy in Trnava, Slovakia where he worked with Daria Kasatkina.[1] He is also the former coach of Dominika Cibulková, the 2014 Australian Open finalist. Pláteník was coaching her from 2007 to 2009 when she reached the semifinals of the French Open in 2009. In the quarterfinals, she defeated Maria Sharapova 6–0, 6–2.[2] On July 6, 2009, she has reached No. 12 in the WTA rankings.[3] He was the coach of Anna Blinkova. He was also the coach of Veronika Kudermetova since 2021.[4] [5] He currently coaches Lulu Sun since 2024.[6]

A native of Bratislava, he is the vice president of the Professional Tennis Coaches Association for Slavic countries and a PTCA-certified coach.[7]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)

Doubles: 9 (4–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Yugoslavia F3, BelgradeFuturesClay Joseph Sirianni Daniel Fiala
Dejan Petrovic
3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win1–1Croatia F2, Mali LošinjFuturesClay Luka Kutanjac Goran Orešić
Ivan Vajda
walkover
Loss1–2Slovenia F1, KranjFuturesClay Boris Borgula Leoš Friedl
Petr Kovačka
3–6, 3–6
Loss1–3Uzbekistan F4, FerganaFuturesHard Mark Nielsen Oleg Ogorodov
Dmitriy Tomashevich
walkover
Win2–3Hungary F1, BudapestFuturesClay Martin Hromec Gergely Kisgyörgy
Peter Madarassy
7–5, 6–4
Win3–3Greece F5, ThessalonikiFuturesClay Martin Hromec Michael Logarzo
Joseph Sirianni
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss3–4Slovenia F1, KranjFuturesClay Tomáš Čatár Leoš Friedl
Petr Kovačka
7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Loss3–5Turkey F5, AntalyaFuturesClay Martin Hromec Amir Hadad
Andy Ram
4–6, 4–6
Win4–5Hungary F5, BudapestFuturesClay Amir Hadad Lee Radovanovich
Rodrigo Ribeiro
6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tennis club TC EMPIRE Trnava – EMPIRE Tennis Academy. Super. mcburk. www.tcempire.sk.
  2. Web site: FOXNews.com – Sharapova loses at French, barely avoids shutout – Tennis. www.foxnews.com.
  3. Web site: Cibulkovej najväčší úspech: Je 12. najlepšia tenistka sveta!. Azet.sk.
  4. Web site: The WTA talent pool is deep, and Veronika Kudermetova made it deeper . tennis.com . 1 May 2021 . 11 April 2021.
  5. https://tennistalky.com/who-are-veronica-kudermetova-coaches-know-all-about-sergei-demekhine-and-vladimir-platenik/
  6. Web site: Lulu Sun on her switch to New Zealand, Te Anau memories, Olympic dreams and French Open hopes. 17 May 2024. 25 June 2024.
  7. Web site: www.ptcatennis.net. www.ptcatennis.net.