| 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] He currently coaches Lulu Sun since 2024.[5]
A native of Bratislava, he is the vice president of the Professional Tennis Coaches Association for Slavic countries and a PTCA-certified coach.[6]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Yugoslavia F3, Belgrade | Futures | Clay |  Joseph Sirianni |  Daniel Fiala Dejan Petrovic | 3–6, 7–5, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Croatia F2, Mali Lošinj | Futures | Clay | Luka Kutanjac | Goran Orešić Ivan Vajda | walkover | ||
| Loss | 1–2 | Slovenia F1, Kranj | Futures | Clay |  Boris Borgula | Leoš Friedl Petr Kovačka | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–3 | Uzbekistan F4, Fergana | Futures | Hard |  Mark Nielsen |  Oleg Ogorodov Dmitriy Tomashevich | walkover | ||
| Win | 2–3 | Hungary F1, Budapest | Futures | Clay | Martin Hromec |  Gergely Kisgyörgy Peter Madarassy | 7–5, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 3–3 | Greece F5, Thessaloniki | Futures | Clay | Martin Hromec | Michael Logarzo Joseph Sirianni | 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 3–4 | Slovenia F1, Kranj | Futures | Clay | Tomáš Čatár | Leoš Friedl Petr Kovačka | 7–5, 2–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–5 | Turkey F5, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Martin Hromec |  Amir Hadad Andy Ram | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 4–5 | Hungary F5, Budapest | Futures | Clay | Amir Hadad | Lee Radovanovich  Rodrigo Ribeiro | 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–4 |