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| Birth Name(s) : Radek Stepanek |
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Full Radek Stepanek Biography
Radek Štěpánek (born November 27, 1978 in Karviná) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.
Štěpánek turned professional in 1996. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2003, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top level doubles.
2006 was Štěpánek'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, Štěpánek was out of action for the rest of the year due to a chronic neck injury.
In the second round of the 2007 US Open, Štěpánek played a superb match against third seed Novak Đoković, 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 . |
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