Vasek Pospisil

At 34 years old, Vasek Pospisil has this physical status:

Vasek Pospisil (born June 23, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player.

Pospisil has a career-high world singles ranking of No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles.

Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and the 2015 Indian Wells Masters men's doubles titles.

He also reached the quarterfinals in singles in 2014 at Wimbledon.

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Early life and career

Vasek was born in Vernon, British Columbia, on June 23, 1990, to Milo and Mila. His parents and older brothers hurried from Czechoslovakia to Austria in 1988, long before Vasek was born. Milo worked as the plant manager of a dairy factory before moving, and Mila taught in a kindergarten. Both players had participation in national tournaments and tennis.

Despite working long hours for low wages, the family lived in northeastern Austria and saved up to move to Canada. Milo and his brother survived Vernon, British Columbia, a city in the Okanagan Valley, in 1989, after fleeing his homeland country a few years ago. It had a population of only around 38,000. On their arrival, the entire family had a meager grasp of the English language. Milo Milo worked in two capacities, at a flour mill and as a machinery operator at a brewery. Since the birth of his third son, he began to become more involved in tennis. He coached Vasek's older brothers on community tennis courts, streamed matches on television, and collected tennis tips and guidelines in tennis magazines. As Vasek was about three years old, he started behaving as his brothers' ball boy while training with their father. "Drag a mini tennis racquet all over the house."

At the age of 6, Vasek won his first tournament, competing at the under-12 level and now emerging as the champion. He appeared at the under-9 Little Mo Nationals in San Diego about three years ago. Milo was even more enthusiastic about his son's tennis career after winning these titles. He was given his first formal lessons as soon as Vasek's brothers started high school and had participated in many tournaments. He also played soccer, basketball, table tennis, and street hockey, as well as tennis. Vasek quit soccer when he was only 12 years old due to injuries and because it was in the way of tennis. "In some ways, my heart was broken because I had more desire to play soccer than tennis," he said. Pospisil used to travel to Kelowna, a 45-minute drive, in the winter, so he could play indoors. For six years, he went on the trip almost every day. On the other hand, he had to play with his brothers on a nearby high school's poorly maintained courts and sometimes received taunts from the students.

The family had to relocate to Vancouver in the fall of 2002 to find a tennis coach for their youngest son. They had to leave Milo behind because he had to remain in Vernon to work at his brewery, but they'd have to drive the four-hour drive on weekends to see them. Tom, Vasek's oldest brother, was already attending the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, and Petr was excited to start attending the same college. Vasek had been homeschooled since he was 7 years old to prioritize tennis over his siblings. "I miss my friends a lot [from school], he said, but homeschooling is much better. My reports are almost twice as fast. We thought it would be more convenient to train here. It's a fantastic team." Vasek was coached by Russian-born Vadim Korkh, who had worked with players like Andrei Chesnokov while he was a tennis instructor at the Central Sport Academy in Moscow. "With his dedication and talent, Korkh said of Pospisil, he would succeed." He's a fantastic example to all of my students. They all want to know how much dedication he had and I would show them [youth tennis] and they'll see how hard he worked. Vasek under Korkh's guidance, he studied for school and did fitness training as well as playing tennis. Each week, he worked with Korkh for five days, with each session lasting four hours. Vasek won the Prince Cup in November 2002 in Florida, defeating several of Europe's best under-12 players. He also reached the Orange Bowl quarterfinals. Vasek lost by a narrow 3-setter to Seattle-area phenom Jeffrey Hammond at the Ellensburg (WA) Open in 2003.

In the spring of 2003, Pospisil joined Tennis Canada in a tournament under 14 years. He was quickly defeated by his opponents in the early rounds of the main and consolation draws because he was younger than the majority of the participants. In the process, he suffered a knee injury, something that would keep him from being ill for the next 18 months. Pospisil will travel as an older passenger on the same trip, but there will be no success. In 2004, he won the Canadian Nationals at the U14 level, securing his position as the country's best player for his age group. When Vasek was 14 years old, his father decided to return to coaching his son. Milo left his brewery, moved to Vancouver, and became Vasek's full-time coach, instructing him at local high school courts once more. Vasek wears Asics shoes.

Junior career

Vasek was first playing USTA at the age of 7, and he won his first 12-and-under tournament. He continued to defeat top-ranked and respected players, including Ryan Farber. Pospisil reached the doubles final of his first international tennis Federation event, the 2005 Canadian U18 ITF World Ranking event, with compatriot Graeme Kassautzki. The doubles competition was won by He and Kassautzki. Milos Raonic, a junior Canadian, won his second doubles title in December 2006, the Prince Cup in the United States. In January and February 2007, he won back-to-back doubles titles in the Czech Republic, as well as the Guru Cup in Italy in May.

Pospisil captured the ITF Junior Championships in the Netherlands in February, the 25th All-Canadian ITF Junior Championships and the final one without losing more than four games in any set.

Pospisil won two more European championships this summer in doubles and was crowned three more times. He capped his summer by winning the 2007 U.S. Open boys' doubles final, partnering Grigor Dimitrov. Jonathan Eysseric and Jérôme Inzerillo defeated the pair. In December, he and his partner Roman Jebav won the doubles event at the prestigious Dunlop Orange Bowl in two separate events.

Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:

2R (2007) Perth Open: 1R (2008) The French Open (FIA) The 2008 Australian Open: 1R (2008) 2R (2008) Wimbledon: 2R (2007) 2R (2007) Wimbledon: 1R (2007)...

Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:

F (2009) The Australian Open: SF (2008) Wimbledon: 2R (2007) 5R (2008) US Open: SF (2008) Wimbledon: 2R (2008) F (2007)

Pro career

Pospisil captured his first professional tour tournament singles match at the Canada F1 Futures event in March 2007, defeating Guatemalan No. 68. Christian Paiz, 1 vs. He lost in straight sets to compatriot Rob Steckley in the second round. He captured his first career title in doubles at the Canada F3 in two weeks, partnering compatriot Érik Chvojka. Chvojka and Leopolka lost in the first round of the UniCredit Czech Open in June 2007, Pospisil's first ATP Challenger event.

He won the Challenger Banque Nationale de Rimouski doubles title in November 2008 with compatriot Milos Raonic and two other ITF Futures doubles titles.

As the tournament's top seeds, Pospisil and partner Adil Shamasdin won the Mexico F4 and F5 doubles titles in May 2009. Pospisil reached his first professional singles final in Peoria, Illinois, in July 2009. He and Raonic, who were both top seeds in doubles, captured the title, defeating Matt Reid and Dennis Zivkovic in the finals. In the first round of qualifying for the Rogers Cup to fifth seed Jan Hernych, Pospisil lost in singles in August 2009. Marius Copil, the top seeds, and his partner Marius Copil took the Romania F14 without dropping a single set this week. Marcus Willis, one of the top seeds of September 2009, claimed the title with him and his partner Marcus Willis. Vasek won the singles title of Italy F29, his first singles title, over third seed Francesco Piccari in the final. Pospisil returned to form two weeks later, winning his second title in singles, Italy F30, and many tournaments, without losing a single set or even reaching a tie-break. He was the seventh seed in the semifinals and defeated second seed Matteo Viola in the second round. Pospisil, the second seed in singles, took the Mexico F12 for the second time after being off for three weeks. In doubles, he and his partner Nima Roshan of Australia, the third seed, also gained the tournament title. Vasek received third seed in singles and fifth seed César Ramrez in the final this week. This was Pospisil's fourth straight title and third without losing a single set. Pospisil, the top seed, was disqualified in the semifinals at Mexico's F15 two weeks later. His 23-match winning streak was snapped this season. Pospisil and his partner Adil Shamasdin won the doubles title at the Challenger Britania Zavaleta this week, after a week off.

Pospisil was the top seed in singles at the Canada F3 in Sherbrooke in mid-March 2010. In three sets, he lost his fifth ITF tour title after defeating Raonic, the second seed, in the final. Pospisil captured the Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon in the second week of April 2010, partnering Santiago González as the top-seeded pair. Pospisil failed in the first round of qualifying for the Rogers Cup to eventual qualifier Illya Marchenko in August 2010. On a wild card, he partnered Raonic in doubles. They became, and remain, the only team to ever defeat Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic's doubles team. This was his first victory in an ATP Tour main draw event. He took the singles title at the ITF Mexico F6 after two weeks off, defeating fifth seed David Rice in the final. Pospisil captured the Mexico F7 final for the second straight singles title, defeating second seed Adam El Mihdawy. Pospisil was again the top seed in singles at Canada F5 in Markham, Ontario, in October 2010, defeating fifth seed Nicholas Monroe in the final. It was his eighth Futures singles title of his career.

Pospisil won three Challenger doubles and two Futures titles, one of which was in singles, at the midway point in 2011. He won the doubles championship partnering Treat Conrad Huey in March at the Rimouski Challenger. Pospisil captured the doubles title of USA F8 partnering Nicholas Monroe two weeks later. He won his third straight doubles title in April, when he was playing with Bobby Reynolds. Pospisil captured his ninth title in his ITF Futures singles event, Korea F2. Pospisil lost in the second round of the Grand Slam tournament for the first time in June 2011. He partnered Reynolds as the second seeds in the Jalisco Open Championships the following week. Pospisil was instrumental in the Canadian Davis Cup team coming back from two rubbers down to win a Davis Cup tie for the first time in September 2011. With the victory, the team was able to face Israel in a World Group play-off in September. Milos Raonic and Frank Dancevic, the two top singles players in the country, were both hurt by injury. There are singles and doubles on the board. He lost his first rubber in four sets to Iván Endara. With fellow British Columbian Philip Bester losing, Pospisil and veteran doubles specialist Daniel Nestor was unable to win their doubles match in three close sets, which he did, too. Pospisil, despite being boosted by the win, appeared to be a new player in defeating Jlio César Campozano 2-0. The bester then took the tie-deciding rubber, which was also won in straight sets. Pospisil captured his tenth ITF Men's Circuit singles title in Saskatoon in July 2011, without losing a single point. Pospisil shocked the world No. 1 in August 2011. Juan Ignacio Chela in the first round of the 2011 Rogers Cup, but lost in the second round to third seed Roger Federer. He and his partner Adil Shamasdin lost in the first round of doubles. He also qualified in the second round of the 2011 US Open, where Feliciano López defeated him.

Pospisil qualified for the Aircel Chennai Open in January 2012 and lost in the first round of the main draw to Andreas Beck. He captured his first ATP Challenger title in March 2012, defeating Maxime Authom. For the first time since winning, he made it to the top 100 for the first time. He won his second Challenger title (Granby, Canada) in July 2012, propelling Pospisil to the world No. 1 position. 85 years old. In the first round of singles play, he lost to David Ferrer and reached the second round in doubles with Daniel Nestor. For the second year in a row, he reached the second round of the 2012 Rogers Cup for the second year in a row. Andreas Seppi, 26. He lost to world No. 1 in the world No. 10. Juan Mónaco in the next round of the tenth of the world.

In early 2013, Pospisil was forced to miss all tournaments, including the Australian Open, due to mononucleosis. After recovering, he helped Canada's Davis Cup win by defeating Italy with Daniel Nestor in April's doubles match against Italy. Micha Przysiny retired in the third set in Johannesburg at the start of May, his third ATP Challenger singles title and highest to date. Pospisil reached his first ATP semifinal in Bogotá in July, but lost to local Alejandro Falla. Pospisil claimed his second ATP Challenger of the year at the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open in August, where he defeated Daniel Evans in the final.

He was given a wild card to enter the Rogers Cup in Montréal. In the first round against the world No. 1, we will meet him in the first round. 20 John Isner, he lost the first set, 5–7, but later won two tiebreaks to win the match. He won in straight sets over Radek tpánek, then shocked the world No. 1 after going through this. 6 Tomá Berdych won the third set tiebreaker by beating him 7–6 (7–5) on the third round to advance to the quarterfinals. This was Pospisil's first top-ten victory. Nikolay Davydenko, the first set's champion, retired due to illness, making Pospisil a semifinalist. After a third-set tiebreak, he lost to compatriot Milos Raonic in the semifinals. Pospisil made the top 40 for the first time in his career, thanks to this success.

He beat world No. 1 in Cincinnati. In the first round, 17 Gilles Simon was in the first round but lost to Belgian David Goffin in the second round. He lost in the first round to Brazilian Rogério Dutra Silva in the US Open. He and Daniel Nestor made it to the third round of doubles, where they were defeated by the Bryan brothers.

He lost both of his singles rubbers against Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevi, but his doubles rubber defeated Daniel Nestor in Davis Cup action against Serbia, but he won his doubles rubber against Serbia. Pospisil defeated world No. 2 in October at the Masters 1000 in Shanghai, defeating his second top ten player. In the first round, Richard Gasquet was the highest scoring individual in the tournament. In the next round, he lost to Gaul Monfils. He reached the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors, but he was disqualified by world No. 1 for the reason. Roger Federer is the 6th incarnation of Federer Roger Federer.

Pospisil began the year strong by winning the Aircel Chennai Open semifinals. He was forced to miss his third round match at the Australian Open, where he was supposed to face eventual champion Stanislas Wawrinka due to a back injury. He returned to Abierto Mexicano Telcel, but he lost in the first round to Alexandr Dolgopolov. Mikhail Kukushkin lost his second-round match at the BNP Paribas Open to Mikhail Kukushkin. Pospisil began his clay-court season at Monte Carlo, but lost in the first round to Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets.

Pospisil lost in the first round of singles to Robin Haase in the first round, but American Jack Sock defeated the eighth, second, and fifth seeds en route to the final, where they defeated the defending champions in five sets. Pospisil and Sock defeated Steve Johnson and Sam Querry in their second straight doubles title at the BB&T Atlanta Open, a tie for the second time. Pospisil defeated Rajee Ram, the world No. 1, in his first ATP singles final at the Citi Open a week later. 5 Tomá Berdych, Santiago Giraldo, and the world No. Richard Gasquet is the 14th member of the Royal Institute of Architects. He was defeated by world No. 1 in 2004. 7 Milos Raonic was the first all-Canadian final in ATP history.

The Pospisil and Sock teams reached their third straight final at the Cincinnati Masters, but the Bryan brothers defeated them in straight sets, snapping their unbeaten run off a debut team at 14. He reached the doubles final with Julien Benneteau in October, but the duo was defeated in three sets by Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Teescuu. Pospisil captured his third doubles title of the season with Nenad Zimonji at the Swiss Indoors last month.

Pospisil debuted at the Hopman Cup in 2015, representing Canada with Eugenie Bouchard. He won his three singles titles, but Canada placed third in his group, and was barred from the tournament. In the second round, Pospisil advanced to the Apia International losing in straight sets to fourth seed Julien Benneteau in straight sets.

Pospisil reached the third round of the Australian Open for the second year in a row, but in straight sets, losing to Guillermo Garca López. Pospisil and partner Julian Knowle advanced to the second round of doubles, but they had to withdraw from the competition due to their exhaustion.

Pospisil and Sock won their third doubles title and first Masters 1000 title together at Indian Wells in March, after defeating Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini. Pospisil and Sock advanced to their second straight Masters 1000 final at the Miami Open a week later, but they lost to the Bryan brothers. Pospisil's world doubles ranking increased to No. 1 following this tournament. In doing so, he became the first Canadian in over 14 years to top Daniel Nestor as the country's top-ranked doubles player.

Pospisil reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in his singles career at Wimbledon. Pospisil defeated French qualifier Vincent Millot, 30th seed Fabio Fognini, local wildcard James Ward, and 22nd seed Viktor Troicki. Except for the one against Fognini, all matches were extended to five sets. By the world No. 1, he was disqualified in the quarterfinals. In straight sets, Andy Murray defeats him 3-1. In the third round, Pospisil, the defending champion with his American partner Jack Sock, lost to the 13th seeded and eventual runners-up Jamie Murray and John Peers.

Pospisil captured his second doubles title of the season in October at the China Open, defeating Sock, fellow Canadian Daniel Nestor, and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final. Pospisil reached the second round of the Shanghai Masters next week, losing in three sets to 11th seed Richard Gasquet. The Australian pair of Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic knocked Pospisil and Sock out in the first round in doubles. The Valencia Open, Pospisil's last tournament of the year, where he lost to Joo Sousa.

Pospisil began his 2016 season as the seventh seed, but Alja Bedene defeated him in the first round. He won his first match of the year against seventh seed Ivo Karlovia before losing in straight sets to doubles partner Sock in the next round. He lost his first-round match to world No. 1 at the Australian Open. In four sets, 15 Gilles Simon defeated him. Pospisil captured his sixth doubles title of his career in February at the Rotterdam Open, his first with Nicolas Mahut. Pospisil reached the second round in singles and in doubles at the Indian Wells Masters in March.

Pospisil was disqualified in singles and finished runner-up in doubles with Sock in May at the Rome Masters. He failed in singles and in the second round in doubles at the French Open in singles. Pospisil was defeated in the first round at Wimbledon, this time to Albert Ramos Violas in four sets. He progressed to the third round of the doubles tournament. Pospisil beat Jérémy Chardy in the first round of the Rogers Cup, but lost to Gal Monfils in the second round. He lost in singles in the first round of singles to Monfils once more, and in the bronze medal match in doubles with Daniel Nestor at the Olympics. Pospisil made it to the second round of the US Open in singles in September. For the second time in his career, he reached the third round in singles of a Masters 1000, defeating respective world No. 102. Ivo Karlovi, 20 years old, and world No. 00. Grigor Dimitrov, the 18th Grigor Dimitrov.

Pospisil's new coach, Mark Woodforde, was hired by Hall of Famer Mark Woodforde in the offseason. He reached the doubles final with Radek tpánek in his first tournament, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans won his two singles matches at the Davis Cup World Group in February over top 50 players Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans. Pospisil made it to the singles final, where he was defeated by Zhang Ze in three sets next week. Pospisil qualified for the main draw and beat Lu Yen-hsun in the first round at the Masters 1000 BNP Paribas Open in March. He shocked the world No. 1 in the second round. Andy Murray beat a top-ten player in straight sets for the first time since 2014. In the second round, he lost to fellow qualifier Duan Lajovi. Pospisil claimed in straight sets over Go Soeda at the 150K in Busan in May for his fifth ATP Challenger singles title in straight sets. He reached his first ATP quarterfinal appearance of the season in June at the Ricoh Open, but was disqualified by world No. 1. 7 Marin ili.

Pospisil won his sixth ATP Challenger of his career with a victory over Ricardas Berankis at the Open de Rennes. He won his second ATP Challenger title of the season in February after defeating Nicola Kuhn in the final in Budapest. In May, he reached his third ATP Challenger final of the season, losing to Yoshihito Nishioka in Gimcheon. Pospisil reached the final in Busan for the second year in a row, but he was unable to defend his position after losing to Matthew Ebden last week.

Pospisil underwent surgery in January to repair a herniated disk. After recovering from the surgery, he was kept sidelined until the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, where he lost in the first round to Félix Auger-Aliassime.

Pospisil defeated ninth seed Karen Khachanov in the first round of the 2019 US Open Championships.

Denis Shapovalov and Canada qualified together in the first-ever Davis Cup final in the event's 119-year history, defeating Russia, Australia, the United States, and Italy en route to the finals.

Pospisil's ranking was secured, and he beat Alja, Denis Shapovalov, and Richard Gasquet in three sets, winning in straight sets for the first time since Washington in 2014. In straight sets, he lost in straight sets 7–5, 6–3. 2020 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament he delivered one of his career's biggest upsets by defeating top seed Daniil Medvedev 6–4, 6–3, making it his third top-five victory of his career. In the second round, he will lose to Filip Krajinovi.

2020 Open 13 Pospisil defeated lucky loser Emil Ruusuuori and 8th seed Hubert Hurkacz in the quarterfinals, his third tournament appearance in his third tournament in February. He and partner Nicolas Mahut will win the title after defeating the 4th, 1st, and 2nd seeds respectively en route.

Pospisil advanced to the fourth round of the 2020 US Open for the first time in his career after defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber, 25th seed Milos Raonic, in four sets and then defeating 8th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in a five-set thriller. He lost in straight sets to Alex de Minaur in the fourth round of the tournament.

He was in his second singles final of the season and third of his career in his last tournament of the season. He would eventually fall to Jannik Sinner in three back-and-forth tight sets, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7 (3-7).

Pospisil will finish the year ranked No. 1 in the world. In the ATP Awards voted on by his peers, he ranked at 61 in the world, his highest year end ranking since 2015, and he was named Comeback Player of the Year.

At the 2021 Australian Open, Pospisil appeared in his first tournament of the year. He faced fourth seed and eventual champion Daniil Medvedev in singles, losing in straight sets. In the first round, Denis Shapovalov partnered Denis Shapovalov in the doubles, but he lost in three sets to Nicholas Monroe and Frances Tiafoe.

Austin Krajicek, Pospisil, a partner in the 2021 Hall of Fame Open, where he lost to Americans Jack Sock and William Blumberg.

Pospisil's inability in 2020 didn't capitalize on his success. He began to hurt himself again and appeared in few tournaments. His best singles showing at the 2021 Eastbourne International Centre was a quarterfinal appearance where he defeated 2nd seed and eventual champion Alex de Minaur in straight sets. His ranking fell below the top 100 to 133 in the end.

Pospisil returned to Canada in the 2021 Davis Cup Finals, where he lost two singles matches and one doubles match as Canada was eliminated in the group stage.

Pospisil has only played singles in 2022, only in 2022. He was disqualified from both the Australian Open and French Open. He only registered for one ATP tournament, the 2022 Dallas Open, where he reached the quarterfinals and lost in straight sets to third seed John Isner. Despite this, he claimed his first challenger title since 2019 at the 2022 Open Quimper Bretange and advanced to the finals of the 2022 Teréga Open Pau–Pyrénées in straight sets over 7th seed Quentin Halys.

Pospisil sustained an elbow injury in late March that forced him to miss a second time. In June, he is expected to return to the tour.

Pospisil reached the quarterfinals of Tel Aviv Open in September, defeating number one seed Novak Djokovic in straight sets for his first official tournament since winning Wimbledon.

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