Robin Vik (born 5 February 1980) is a Czech professional tennis player.
Vik turned professional in 1995 and he reached a career high ranking of World No. 57 in January 2006. Career highlight runs are reaching the semifinals of St. Petersburg in 2005 and the quarterfinals of Dubai and Munich in 2006. Notable victories include World No. 10 Gastón Gaudio at the 2006 World Team Cup in Düsseldorf, World No. 25 Tomáš Berdych at Dubai in 2006, World No. 27 and recent US Open semifinalist Mikhail Youzhny at St. Petersburg in 2005 and a declining World No. 27 and defending champion Guillermo Coria at Umag in 2006.
Vik was beaten in the first round of the 2006 Australian Open by Lleyton Hewitt in a tight 5-setter after leading 2 sets to 1.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ1AAAA1RQ30 / 10–1French OpenAAAAA2R1RQ20 / 21–2WimbledonAQ1AQ2AQ11RQ10 / 10–1US OpenQ1Q1AQ2A1R1RA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–01–20–40–00 / 61–6ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1MiamiAAAAAA2RA0 / 11–1Monte CarloAAAAAAAQ10 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–01–30–00 / 31–3
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 13 (11–2) LegendATP Challenger (6–0)ITF Futures (5–2)Finals by surfaceHard (7–1)Clay (2–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Germany F1, NusslochFuturesCarpet Steve Darcis6–2, 6–3Win2–0Germany F3, OberhachingFuturesHard Andreas Beck7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–1Win3–0Wrocław, PolandChallengerHard Michal Tabara6–4, 6–3Win4–0Croatia F1, ZagrebFuturesHard Evgeny Kirillov6–1, 6–1Win5–0Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Pavel Šnobel6–4, 6–4Win6–0Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerHard Jonathan Marray6–3, 6–2Win7–0Graz, AustriaChallengerHard Roko Karanušić6–4, 4–2 ret.Win8–0Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Jan Hájek6–4, 7–6(7–4)Loss8–1Germany F22, LeimenFuturesHard Holger Fischer3–6, 4–6Win9–1Germany F23, IsernhagenFuturesHard Armin Sandbichler7–5, 6–4Win10–1Czech Republic F5, Frýdlant nad OstravicíFuturesHard Daniel Lustig6–4, 6–2Win11–1Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Jan Minar6–1, 6–2Loss11–2Czech Republic F2, MostFuturesClay Dennis Bloemke6–7(2–7), 1–6
Doubles: 8 (4–4) LegendATP Challenger (3–3)ITF Futures (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (1–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1 Freudenstadt, GermanyChallengerClay Michal Tabara Joan Balcells Thomas Strengberger6–4, 2–6, 3–6Loss0–2Great Britain F10, EdinburghFuturesHard Andreas Tattermusch James Davidson Fredrik Lovén3–6, 6–7Loss0–3 Budaörs, HungaryChallengerClay Jiří Vaněk Hermes Gamonal Adrián García3–6, 6–0, 3–6Win1–3Croatia F1, ZagrebFuturesHard Jakub Hasek Konstantin Kravchuk Alexander Pavlioutchenkov2–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)Win2–3 Sunrise, United StatesChallengerHard Petr Pála Dmitry Tursunov Goran Dragicevic6–4, 6–2Win3–3 Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Michal Mertiňák Łukasz Kubot Dick Norman6–2, 6–4Loss3–4 Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Michal Mertiňák Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach3–6, 3–6Win4–4 Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Jan Hájek Matus Horecny Tomas Janci6–2, 6–4
External links
Robin Vik's profile at CBS Sportsline Interview with David Prinosil, Vik's former coach