Vasek Pospisil
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Vasek Pospisil is a Canadian
professional tennis
player. Pospisil is currently ranked World No. 124 in singles and No. 115 in doubles, both career highs. As Canada's No. 2 in singles and No. 3 in doubles, he is an important member of the Canada Davis Cup team
.
event, the 2005 Canadian U18 ITF World Ranking Event, to compatriot Graeme Kassautzki. He and Kassautzki won the doubles event. Partnering another star junior Canadian, Milos Raonic
, Pospisil won his second doubles title in December 2006, the Prince Cup in the United States. He also won back-to-back doubles titles in the Czech Republic in January–February, 2007, as well as the Guru Cup in Italy in April–May.
In singles, Pospisil won the ITF Flevoland Junior Championships in Holland in February, the 25th All-Canadian ITF Junior Championships in April, and the Canadian U18 ITF World Ranking Event, the last one without losing more than four games in any set.
Pospisil won two more European events that summer in doubles and was finalist three more times. He capped his summer off by reaching the 2007 U.S. Open Boys' doubles final partnering Grigor Dimitrov
. The pair lost to Jonathan Eysseric
and Jérôme Inzerillo
. In December, he and partner Roman Jebavý won the doubles event at the prestigious Orange Bowl
.
lost in the opening round in straight sets. The following week, Pospisil lost in the first round of both the singles and doubles of Canada F2. The week after at Canada F3, he captured his first career title, in doubles partnering compatriot Érik Chvojka
. He lost in the first round in doubles.
At the end of May, Pospisil competed in the main draw in doubles partnering Chvojka at Czech Republic F4, and reached the second round. The following week the pair lost in the first round of the UniCredit Czech Open
, as Pospisil played in his first ever challenger event. In July, Pospisil played as a singles wild card entry at the Granby Challenger
, and lost to Italian Stefano Ianni
in straight sets. In doubles he and Chvojka lost in the first round. The following week Pospisil again lost in the first round in the main draw in doubles, this time partnering American Adam Davidson, at the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
.
Pospisil played in one other tournament main draw in 2007, doubles at Germany F18 in October, where he and partner Roman Vogeli reached the second round. Pospisil ended 2007 ranked World No. 1479 in singles and No. 1111 in doubles.
, losing 6–2, 6–7(4), 4–6. He then reached the second round of Nicaragua
Futures1. Pospisil finished the year with a win-loss record of 8–18 playing almost all Futures events.
. After losing in the first round of both U.S.A. F4 and F5, Pospisil turned things around, reaching the quarter-finals of Canada F2 and semi-finals of Canada F3. The Canada F2 result included a second-round win over World No. 359 Nathan Thompson and the F3 result saw him better World No. 426 Vincent Millot
. He reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 1038 on March 9.
In doubles, Vašek reached the semi-finals of Mexico F1, partnering Jan Blecha, in late January. He also reached the semis of Canada F3, in March, playing alongside compatriot Milos Raonic
. His best result for the year to this point was reaching the finals of U.S.A. F8, partnering American Ryan Young. Playing with fellow Canadian Adil Shamasdin
, he then reached the semis of Mexico F3 in late April. The pair then won both Mexico F4 and F5, as the tournament top seeds.
Pospisil continued his career-best play in singles through the April and into May as well, as he reached the semi-finals of Canada F3, the quarter-finals of Mexico F3 (on hard courts), and the semis of Mexico F4 (hard), the quarters at Mexico F5 (hard), and the semis of Mexico F6 (on clay), where he scored an impressive 6–4, 6–0 victory over top seed Chris Klingemann in the second round. Pospisil next reached the semis of Mexico F6 on clay, picking up 5 ATP points in the process, and seeing his singles ranking soar to World No. 837.
In June, Pospisil tried his luck in a Challenger event, the Košice Open - Steelers Cup
. He lost in singles in the second round of qualifying and in the doubles partnering Kaes Van't Hof
in the first round of the main draw. The following week Pospisil qualified for the main draw of the Polska Energia Open
, but lost in the first round to World No. 454 Guillaume Rufin
. This result secured him 3 ATP ranking points. At the Mamaia Challenger
however, the week after, Pospisil lost in the final round of qualifying.
In July, as his singles ranking continued to become a career high each time new rankings were released, Pospisil lost in the second round of U.S.A. F16 in singles. In doubles, he and partner Raonic reached the semi-finals, as the top-seeded team. The following week, Pospisil reached the singles final of U.S.A. F17 in Peoria, Illinois
, losing in that round to Michael Venus
7–6, 4–6, 4–6. In doubles, he and Roanic, again the top seeds, won, defeating Matt Reid and Dennis Zivkovic in the finals.
After a week off, Pospisil lost in the first round of the Granby Challenger
as a wild card entrant, to No. 2 seed Michael Russell
3–6, 6–3, 3–6. In doubles, he and partner Raonic lost in the second quarter-finals. The following week he lost in singles in the second round of qualifying at the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
, to No. 7 seed and eventual qualifier Tim Smyczek
, 4–6, 2–6. In doubles he lost in the first round of the main draw, partnering compatriot Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
.
Pospisil lost in singles in the first round of qualifying for the Rogers Cup, to No. 5 seed Jan Hernych
, 2–6, 2–6. Somewhat surprisingly, he and Raonic, who has qualified for the main draw in singles, did not play doubles in Montreal. The following week, Pospisil reached the quarter-finals of Romania F14 as the tournament's No. 8 seed. In doubles, he and partner Marius Copil
, the top seeds, took the title without dropping set. The week after at Romania F15, the unseeded Pospisil went out again in the quarters, just missing out on making the semis with a 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–7(6) loss to an unseeded Romanian opponent. In doubles, he and Copil, again the top seeds, lost the finals, 10–12 in the final mini-set. During the first week of September, Pospisil, seeded, lost in the second round of qualifying for the Brasov Challenger
.
Pospisil upset No. 3 seed Jan-Pablo Villar on route to reaching the semi-finals of Italy F28, where he lost to No. 2 seed Filip Prpic
6–4, 4–6, 2–6. In doubles, he and partner Marcus Willis, the top seeds, took the title. The following week Vasek captured the singles title of Italy F29, as the No. 8 seed, defeating No.3 seed Francesco Piccari in the final 6–3, 6–7. 6–3. In doubles, he and Willis are again the top seeds lost in the finals. Two weeks later Pospisil was in top form, capturing his second title in singles in as many tournaments, Italy F30, and without dropping a set or even reaching a tie-break. He was the No.7 seed and in the final he beat No. 2 seed Matteo Viola 6–1, 6–2. Vasek did not play doubles. His singles ranking has shot up 203 spots in just three weeks and he stood at World No. 440. The following week it reached a career high World No. 436. His doubles has continued its steady climb to also be at a career best, World No. 195.
After being off for three weeks, Pospisil, as the number 2 seed in singles, won Mexico F12, again without dropping a set. In doubles, he and partner Nima Roshan of Austria, the number 3 seeds, also took the tournament title. The following week Vasek won Mexico F14 as the No. 3 seed in singles, saving his best tennis for the latter rounds, as he defeated No. 6 seed Daniel Garza
in the semis 6–1, 6–2 and No. 5 seed César Ramírez in the final, 6–2, 6–2. This was Pospisil's fourth consecutive title and third without dropping a set. In doubles, he and partner Ashwin Kumar, the top seeds, lost in the final. In the rankings, Vasek once again made a big jump, to a new career high of World No. 389.
Two weeks later Pospisil, the top seed, lost at Mexico F15 in the semi-finals. This loss snapped his twenty-three match winning streak. He did not play doubles. In the latest rankings, Pospisil has again jumped several spots to a new career high of World No. 355. After a week off, Pospisil was back in action in Mexico, this time at the Challenger Britania Zavaleta
. Unseeded, he has lost to Leonardo Tavares
in the first round, 3–6, 3–6. In doubles he and his partner, new Canada No. 3 and World No. 220 doubles player Adil Shamasdin
, won the doubles title. In the ATP rankings released November 30, Vasek was at yet another career high singles ranking of World No. 340 and, for the first time, was Canada No. 3.
Pospisil finished 2009 ranked a still further career-high World No. 339 in singles and No. 233 in doubles.
challenger. In doubles, he and partner Márcio Torres of Brazil reached the semi-finals where they fell to the top seeded Ratiwatana twins.
Pospisil lost in the first round of qualifying for the Honolulu Challenger
as the No. 8 seed to Brian Battistone, in straight sets. He did not play in the doubles. The following week, having gained his career best World No. 335 ranking, Pospisil lost in the final qualifying round of the Challenger of Dallas
, as the No. 5 seed, to No. 4 seed Luka Gregorc
, 6–7, 4–6. In doubles, he and compatriot Adil Shamasdin, unseeded, lost in the main draw final, to the top seeds Scott Lipsky
and David Martin
, 6–7(7), 3–6.
After a week off from playing, Pospisil was the No. 3 seed at the U.S.A. F5 Futures tournament, where he defeated Australian qualifier Matheson Klein in straight sets, another qualifier Gastão Elias
of Portugal in the second round, unseeded American Blake Strode in the quarter-finals, unseeded Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia in the semis. He lost the final to No. 2 seed Víctor Estrella
, however, 4–6, 3–6. Vasek did not play doubles.
Pospisil's excellent result in the States a month ago saw his singles ranking jump to a new career high of World No. 312. His doubles ranking was also at a new career high of World No. 189. He was next set to compete in Davis Cup
in an away American Group I tie, against Colombia
, but after training was replaced in the roster by new Tennis Canada recruit Steven Diez
. The following week, as the top seed in the ITF Canada F2 tournament in Montreal
, Pospisil was upset in the first round to unheralded, fellow 20 year old, Jérôme Inzerillo
, 4–6, 4–6. He and partner Milos Raonic
, the top seeds in doubles, also lost early, in the second round.
In mid-March Pospisil was again the top seed in singles and in doubles with Raonic, in Canada F3 in Sherbrooke. He lost only one set in capturing his fifth ITF tour title, defeating partner Raonic, the No. 2 seed, in the final, in three sets. In doubles, he and Raonic lost the finals to No. 2 seed team, Cory Parr and Todd Paul, 4–6, 4–6. Two weeks ago Vasek lost to fellow unseeded player Nick Lindahl
in the first round of the Challenger Banque Nationale
in Rimouski, in three sets. In doubles
, he and partner Raonic withdrew from their first round match. The following week Pospisil lost in the second round of U.S.A. F8 in both singles and doubles (partnering Ashwin Kumar).
In the second week in April Pospisil won the doubles title of the 2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon
, partnering Santiago González as the top-seeded pair. This result has seen his doubles ranking climb to yet another career-high World No. 162. He lost in singles in the first round to fellow unseeded player John Millman
. After being off the following week, Pospisil lost in the first round of the 2010 Tail Savannah Challenger
, to Greg Jones
, in three sets. In doubles he and partner Andreas Siljeström
, the No. 3 seeds, lost in the first round.
In May Pospisil lost in the opening round of the 2010 Sarasota Open
, to the No. 3 seed Kevin Kim
. In doubles he and partner Daniel Garza
, unseeded, also lost in the first round. The following week Pospisil lost again in the first round, to fellow unseeded player Martin Slanar
in the Trofeo Paolo Corazzi
, 1–6 in the third. He did not play doubles. After a week off, Pospisil lost in the second round of qualifying for the 2010 AEGON Trophy
, 6–7 in the third to Prakash Amritraj
. He again did not play doubles.
In June Pospisil lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2010 Gerry Weber Open
, in straight sets to No. 5 seed Niels Desein
. The following week he lost to No. 1 seed Pere Riba
of Spain in the first round of the ZRE Katowice Bytom Open, 3–6, 1–6. And in doubles, partnering Czech Jaroslav Pospíšil
, the No. 3 seeded team lost in the quarter-finals. After a week off, Vasek reached the semi-finals in doubles of U.S.A. F16, played in Rochester, NY, partnering Greg Ouellette, and the second round in singles, despite being the top seed in both. Last week at U.S.A. F17 in Pittsburgh, he again lost in the second round in singles as the top seed to lowly ranked opponent, this time World No. 1315 Rhyne Williams. In doubles, again playing with Ouellette as the top seeds, Vasek lost the finals, to unseeded opponents.
In early July at U.S.A. F18 in Peoria, Illinois
and again as the top seed, Pospisil lost in singles in the quarter-finals, to No. 6 seed Dennis Zivkovic, in three sets. He did not play doubles. The following week lost in the first round of the 2010 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
, to compatriot Milos Raonic
, 6–7(4), 1–6. In doubles, he and partner Cory Parr lost their first round match. The next week Vasek lost again in the first round match, at the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby
, to Takao Suzuki
6–7(6), 6–4, 3–6. In doubles he and Canadian-born American Jesse Levine
reached the semi-finals. The following week Vasek has a wild card for entry into the main draw of his hometown Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
, where he lost to Paul Capdeville
, 4–6, 4–6. Partnering fellow British Columbian Daniel Chu in doubles, the pair lost in the first round.
In August, Pospisil lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2010 Rogers Cup
to No. 8 seed and eventual qualifier Illya Marchenko
3–6, 4–6. He is playing doubles, in the main draw as a wild card, partnering his old partner Raonic. Together, they defeated the doubles team Rafael Nadal
and Novak Djokovic
in the first round 5–7, 6–3, 10–8. This win, his first in a ATP Tour main draw event, propelled Pospisil to a new career high doubles ranking of World No. 153. After two weeks off, he, as the tournament top seed, took the singles title at the ITF Mexico F6, defeating No. 5 seed David Rice in the final 6–1, 6–2. Pospisil and partner Nima Roshan, the No. 1 seeds, lost in the doubles final.
Pospisil won a second consecutive singles title, Mexico F7, by defeating No. 2 seed Adam El Mihdawy in the final, 6–0, 6–1. He did not play doubles. The following week, he lost to No. 6 seed Tim Smyczek
in the first round of the 2010 USTA Challenger of Oklahoma
, 2–6, 1–6. Playing doubles with compatriot Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
, as the No. 2 seeds, the pair went out in the semi-finals. The week after, Vasek was the top seed at Canada F4, being played at the Rexall Centre
, but lost in first round. In doubles he and partner Frank Dancevic
reached semi-finals. Then the next week, Pospisil again was the top seed in singles, at Canada F5 in Markham, Ontario
, and captured the title, defeating No. 5 seed Nicholas Monroe in the final 6–3, 6–2. It was his eighth Futures singles title of his career. In doubles, he and compatriot Daniel Chu, the No. 3 seeds in doubles, lost in the quarter-finals.
After a week off, Pospisil travelled to Asia for a pair of Challenger events. He qualified for the main draw in singles for both the 2010 Tashkent Challenger
and the 2010 Samsung Securities Cup
, reaching the second round in both events. In doubles he and partner Adil Shamasdin
lost in the first round in Tashkent but reached the finals in Seoul. Pospisil's singles and doubles rankings both reached new career highs – World No. 270 in singles and No. 139 in doubles. Then, after being off from tour play for two weeks, Pospisil played in singles qualifying for the 2010 Bauer Watertechnology Cup
, as the No. 4 seed. He lost in the qualifying round to No. 6 seed Marius Copil
, 3–6, 4–6. In doubles he and Shamasdin lost to the No. 3 seeds, the Ratiwatana twins in the first round of the main draw.
The following week, Pospisil lost to the No. 1 seed and now German competitor Dustin Brown
in the first round of the 2010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG
, 6–7(6), 7–5, 3–6. He did not play doubles. It was his final tour action for 2010. He finished the year ranked World No. 339 in singles and No. 153 in doubles.
Pospisil began the year playing just singles and reached the quarter-finals of his first tourney, the 2011 Honolulu Challenger
, losing to No. 1 seed Michael Russell
, 4–6, 6–7. After failing to qualify for the 2011 Caloundra International
, he next played in Davis Cup, replacing an injured Daniel Nestor
to team with Milos Raonic
to win the doubles tie, as Canada defeated Mexico
. Following a poor performance at Canada F2 the following week, Pospisil reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Men's Rimouski Challenger
in singles and won the doubles title partnering Treat Conrad Huey
.
Two weeks later Vasek captured the doubles title of U.S.A. F8 partnering Nicholas Monroe, while losing in the first round in singles. Two weeks later, in April, he won his third straight doubles title, the 2011 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
playing with Bobby Reynolds
. In singles he qualified and then reached the main draw quarter-finals, losing to an in-form Wayne Odesnik
. Again playing after a week off, Pospisil lost in three sets to eventual champion Reynolds in the semi-finals of the 2011 Torneo Internacional AGT
. In doubles, he and partner Monroe reached the semi-finals.
Pospisil spent May in Korea, reaching the quarter-finals of the 2011 Busan Open Challenger Tennis
in singles and the semi-finals in doubles, partnering Jamie Baker
. The following week, as the tournament top seed, he was upset in the semi-finals of Korea F1, where he did not play doubles. The week after, again as the No. 1 seed, he captured his ninth career ITF Futures singles title, Korea F2.
Attempting to qualify for a Grand Slam
tournament for the first time, Pospisil lost in the second round of qualifying for the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
. The following week he reached the quarter-finals in singles at the 2011 Jalisco Open
while in doubles he teamed with Reynolds, as the No. 2 seeds, to capture the title. The following week Vasek again faced Reynolds and lost in three sets, in the second round of the 2011 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships
. He did not play doubles.
The following weekend Pospisil was instrumental in seeing the Canadian Davis Cup team come back from 2 rubbers down to win a Davis Cup tie, for their first time ever. The win allows the team to face Israel
, in September away, in a World Group play-off fixture. Missing through injury their two top singles players, Milos Raonic
and Frank Dancevic
, Pospisil played No. 1 singles and doubles. He lost his first match in four sets, to Ivan Endara
. With fellow British Columbian Philip Bester
also losing, Pospisil and veteran doubles specialist Daniel Nestor
had to win their doubles match to keep the tie alive, and did, in three close sets. Perhaps buoyed by this win, Pospisil looked like a new player in beating Júlio César Campozano
comfortably, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5. Bester then won the tie-deciding rubber, also in straight sets.
Right back into action the next week, at the 2011 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby
, cruised into the quarter-finals, handily between fellow Canucks Zachary White and Steven Diez
. He retired from his quarter-finals match, however, against No. 4 seed Karol Beck
, with an ankle injury. Out of action for a couple weeks, Pospisil came back to win his tenth ITF Men's Circuit
singles title in Saskatoon
, without dropping a set. The following week he reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
in singles, as the No. 6 seed, and, with Bobby Reynolds, in doubles.
Pospisil has upset World No. 22 Juan Ignacio Chela
in the first round of the 2011 Rogers Cup
but lost in the second round to No. 3 seed Roger Federer
. In doubles, he and partner Adil Shamasdin
have lost in the first round.
, Pospisil currently lives in Vancouver
to train. His parents are Milos and Mila, both of Czech descent. He has two older brothers, both of whom were nationally ranked junior tennis players. One of his brothers, Petr Pospisil, teaches at Kitsilano Secondary School
in Vancouver.
Canada
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professional tennis
Tennis
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player. Pospisil is currently ranked World No. 124 in singles and No. 115 in doubles, both career highs. As Canada's No. 2 in singles and No. 3 in doubles, he is an important member of the Canada Davis Cup team
Canada Davis Cup team
The Canada Davis Cup team represents Canada in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by Tennis Canada.Canada currently competes in the Americas Zone of Group I. The team's best result came in its first appearance in 1913 when it reached the World Group final, losing to the United States 0–3...
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As a junior player
Pospisil reached the final of his first ever junior International Tennis FederationInternational Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
event, the 2005 Canadian U18 ITF World Ranking Event, to compatriot Graeme Kassautzki. He and Kassautzki won the doubles event. Partnering another star junior Canadian, Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
, Pospisil won his second doubles title in December 2006, the Prince Cup in the United States. He also won back-to-back doubles titles in the Czech Republic in January–February, 2007, as well as the Guru Cup in Italy in April–May.
In singles, Pospisil won the ITF Flevoland Junior Championships in Holland in February, the 25th All-Canadian ITF Junior Championships in April, and the Canadian U18 ITF World Ranking Event, the last one without losing more than four games in any set.
Pospisil won two more European events that summer in doubles and was finalist three more times. He capped his summer off by reaching the 2007 U.S. Open Boys' doubles final partnering Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov is a tennis player from Bulgaria. He achieved a career high ranking of World No. 52 on August 22, 2011. Dimitrov also enjoyed a very successful junior career, in which he held the World No...
. The pair lost to Jonathan Eysseric
Jonathan Eysseric
Jonathan Eysseric is a world tour tennis player from France.In 2007, he was the junior finalist at the 2007 Australian Open. At the 2007 French Open, he competed in the main and juniors draws. In men's doubles he competed with Jérémy Chardy, losing in tiebreak sets to seeded Martin Damm and...
and Jérôme Inzerillo
Jérôme Inzerillo
Jérôme Inzerillo is a junior tennis player from France.At the 2007 US Open, Interzillo came into the doubles tournament seeded sixth alongside Jonathan Eysseric. In the semifinals, Inzerillo and Eysseric beat top-seeded Vladimir Ignatic and Roman Jebavý. In the final, the team beat Grigor Dimitrov...
. In December, he and partner Roman Jebavý won the doubles event at the prestigious Orange Bowl
Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It has been played annually since January 1, 1935 and celebrated its 75th playing on January 1, 2009...
.
2007
Pospisil won his first ever professional tour tournament singles match, in Canada F1 Futures event in March, defeating World No. 689 and Guatemala No. 1 Christian Paiz 2–6, 6–2, 6–1. In the second round he lost to No. 495 compatriot Rob Steckley in straight sets while in doubles he and partner, fellow junior and Canadian Milos RaonicMilos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
lost in the opening round in straight sets. The following week, Pospisil lost in the first round of both the singles and doubles of Canada F2. The week after at Canada F3, he captured his first career title, in doubles partnering compatriot Érik Chvojka
Érik Chvojka
Érik Chvojka is a Canadian professional tennis player. He is currently Canada No. 4 in singles according to the ATP Rankings....
. He lost in the first round in doubles.
At the end of May, Pospisil competed in the main draw in doubles partnering Chvojka at Czech Republic F4, and reached the second round. The following week the pair lost in the first round of the UniCredit Czech Open
UniCredit Czech Open
The UniCredit Czech Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Prostějov Tennis Complex in Prostějov, Czech Republic, since 1994.-Singles:-Doubles:-External...
, as Pospisil played in his first ever challenger event. In July, Pospisil played as a singles wild card entry at the Granby Challenger
Granby Challenger
The Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Granby, Quebec, Canada, since 1993....
, and lost to Italian Stefano Ianni
Stefano Ianni
Stefano Ianni is a Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 300 on 11 June 2007, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 198, on 26 September 2011.-Doubles...
in straight sets. In doubles he and Chvojka lost in the first round. The following week Pospisil again lost in the first round in the main draw in doubles, this time partnering American Adam Davidson, at the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
The Odlum Brown Vancouver Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour, and of the International Tennis Federation Women's Circuit...
.
Pospisil played in one other tournament main draw in 2007, doubles at Germany F18 in October, where he and partner Roman Vogeli reached the second round. Pospisil ended 2007 ranked World No. 1479 in singles and No. 1111 in doubles.
2008
In November 2008, Pospisil accounted himself well against a much higher ranked opponent, World No. 301 Alex KuznetsovAlex Kuznetsov
----Alex Kuznetsov is an American tennis player, accomplished in junior tennis. He moved from Ukraine to the US when he was 3 years old...
, losing 6–2, 6–7(4), 4–6. He then reached the second round of Nicaragua
Nicaragua
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Futures1. Pospisil finished the year with a win-loss record of 8–18 playing almost all Futures events.
2009
Pospisil opened 2009 in singles losing in the final round of qualifying in USA F1 and Mexico F1 Futures events. He next defeated compatriot Kirill Sinitsyn 6–2, 6–3 to qualify for Mexico F2, where he lost in the second round to another Canadian, Adil ShamasdinAdil Shamasdin
Adil Shamasdin is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles tennis.-Career:Adil's junior career saw him finish ranked #5 in singles and #1 in doubles in Canada. He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 67 on 14 February 2011...
. After losing in the first round of both U.S.A. F4 and F5, Pospisil turned things around, reaching the quarter-finals of Canada F2 and semi-finals of Canada F3. The Canada F2 result included a second-round win over World No. 359 Nathan Thompson and the F3 result saw him better World No. 426 Vincent Millot
Vincent Millot
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. He reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 1038 on March 9.
In doubles, Vašek reached the semi-finals of Mexico F1, partnering Jan Blecha, in late January. He also reached the semis of Canada F3, in March, playing alongside compatriot Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
. His best result for the year to this point was reaching the finals of U.S.A. F8, partnering American Ryan Young. Playing with fellow Canadian Adil Shamasdin
Adil Shamasdin
Adil Shamasdin is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles tennis.-Career:Adil's junior career saw him finish ranked #5 in singles and #1 in doubles in Canada. He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 67 on 14 February 2011...
, he then reached the semis of Mexico F3 in late April. The pair then won both Mexico F4 and F5, as the tournament top seeds.
Pospisil continued his career-best play in singles through the April and into May as well, as he reached the semi-finals of Canada F3, the quarter-finals of Mexico F3 (on hard courts), and the semis of Mexico F4 (hard), the quarters at Mexico F5 (hard), and the semis of Mexico F6 (on clay), where he scored an impressive 6–4, 6–0 victory over top seed Chris Klingemann in the second round. Pospisil next reached the semis of Mexico F6 on clay, picking up 5 ATP points in the process, and seeing his singles ranking soar to World No. 837.
In June, Pospisil tried his luck in a Challenger event, the Košice Open - Steelers Cup
Košice Open - Steelers Cup
. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It has been held annually in Košice, Slovakia since 2003.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:**...
. He lost in singles in the second round of qualifying and in the doubles partnering Kaes Van't Hof
Kaes Van't Hof
-Early life:Van't Hof was born in Newport Beach, California.In 2008, he won the 2008 Pac-10 singles championship and followed the win with the 2008 Pac-10 doubles championship with his partner, Farah...
in the first round of the main draw. The following week Pospisil qualified for the main draw of the Polska Energia Open
Polska Energia Open
The ZRE Katowice Bytom Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Bytom, Poland, since 2007.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:*...
, but lost in the first round to World No. 454 Guillaume Rufin
Guillaume Rufin
Guillaume Rufin is a professional French tennis player. His highest ranking so far has been World Number 139, which he achieved on February 8, 2010. He received a wildcard into the 2009 French Open, his ATP-tier debut...
. This result secured him 3 ATP ranking points. At the Mamaia Challenger
Mamaia Challenger
The Mamaia Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually in Constanţa, Romania, since 2006 until 2009. The tournament was discontinued in 2010 due to financial reasons.-Singles:-Doubles:-External...
however, the week after, Pospisil lost in the final round of qualifying.
In July, as his singles ranking continued to become a career high each time new rankings were released, Pospisil lost in the second round of U.S.A. F16 in singles. In doubles, he and partner Raonic reached the semi-finals, as the top-seeded team. The following week, Pospisil reached the singles final of U.S.A. F17 in Peoria, Illinois
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
, losing in that round to Michael Venus
Michael Venus (tennis)
Michael Venus is a New Zealander professional tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of 302 in January 2010. He switched nationality in June 2010 and began playing in the New Zealand Davis Cup team.- Early years :...
7–6, 4–6, 4–6. In doubles, he and Roanic, again the top seeds, won, defeating Matt Reid and Dennis Zivkovic in the finals.
After a week off, Pospisil lost in the first round of the Granby Challenger
Granby Challenger
The Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Granby, Quebec, Canada, since 1993....
as a wild card entrant, to No. 2 seed Michael Russell
Michael Russell (tennis)
Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...
3–6, 6–3, 3–6. In doubles, he and partner Raonic lost in the second quarter-finals. The following week he lost in singles in the second round of qualifying at the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
The Odlum Brown Vancouver Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour, and of the International Tennis Federation Women's Circuit...
, to No. 7 seed and eventual qualifier Tim Smyczek
Tim Smyczek
Tim Smyczek is an American professional tennis player. Tim Smyczek Qualified into his first ATP main draw tournament in SAP Open – San Jose by winning eight qualifying matches before losing to Mardy Fish in the first round...Stayed in Fish's house for a year...Plays the violin...Wants to be a...
, 4–6, 2–6. In doubles he lost in the first round of the main draw, partnering compatriot Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos-Lasnier, commonly referred to as Pierre-Ludovic Duclos, is a Canadian professional tennis player...
.
Pospisil lost in singles in the first round of qualifying for the Rogers Cup, to No. 5 seed Jan Hernych
Jan Hernych
Jan Mauda Hernych is a professional male tennis player from Czech Republic. Born in Prague, he turned pro in 1998 and achieved his highest ranking of World No. 59 on 27 April 2009. He is currently 241st in the ATP rankings.-External links:...
, 2–6, 2–6. Somewhat surprisingly, he and Raonic, who has qualified for the main draw in singles, did not play doubles in Montreal. The following week, Pospisil reached the quarter-finals of Romania F14 as the tournament's No. 8 seed. In doubles, he and partner Marius Copil
Marius Copil
Marius Copil is a Romanian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour and a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. On February 7, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking to date, World No. 205 whilst in doubles his highest ranking was No...
, the top seeds, took the title without dropping set. The week after at Romania F15, the unseeded Pospisil went out again in the quarters, just missing out on making the semis with a 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–7(6) loss to an unseeded Romanian opponent. In doubles, he and Copil, again the top seeds, lost the finals, 10–12 in the final mini-set. During the first week of September, Pospisil, seeded, lost in the second round of qualifying for the Brasov Challenger
Brasov Challenger
The Ropharma Challenger Brașov is a tennis tournament held in Braşov, Romania since 1996. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**...
.
Pospisil upset No. 3 seed Jan-Pablo Villar on route to reaching the semi-finals of Italy F28, where he lost to No. 2 seed Filip Prpic
Filip Prpic
Filip Prpic is a professional Swedish player on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Prpic's career-high ranking was World Number 194, which he achieved on May 1, 2006. His current single ranking is 316....
6–4, 4–6, 2–6. In doubles, he and partner Marcus Willis, the top seeds, took the title. The following week Vasek captured the singles title of Italy F29, as the No. 8 seed, defeating No.3 seed Francesco Piccari in the final 6–3, 6–7. 6–3. In doubles, he and Willis are again the top seeds lost in the finals. Two weeks later Pospisil was in top form, capturing his second title in singles in as many tournaments, Italy F30, and without dropping a set or even reaching a tie-break. He was the No.7 seed and in the final he beat No. 2 seed Matteo Viola 6–1, 6–2. Vasek did not play doubles. His singles ranking has shot up 203 spots in just three weeks and he stood at World No. 440. The following week it reached a career high World No. 436. His doubles has continued its steady climb to also be at a career best, World No. 195.
After being off for three weeks, Pospisil, as the number 2 seed in singles, won Mexico F12, again without dropping a set. In doubles, he and partner Nima Roshan of Austria, the number 3 seeds, also took the tournament title. The following week Vasek won Mexico F14 as the No. 3 seed in singles, saving his best tennis for the latter rounds, as he defeated No. 6 seed Daniel Garza
Daniel Garza
Daniel Garza Garza is a Mexican tennis playerHe participated in the Davis Cup representing Mexico eight times, his most important victory was during the 2008 Davis Cup tie against Uruguay which he win 6-7, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 to Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas on Carpet.-Titles :-Singles:-External links:**...
in the semis 6–1, 6–2 and No. 5 seed César Ramírez in the final, 6–2, 6–2. This was Pospisil's fourth consecutive title and third without dropping a set. In doubles, he and partner Ashwin Kumar, the top seeds, lost in the final. In the rankings, Vasek once again made a big jump, to a new career high of World No. 389.
Two weeks later Pospisil, the top seed, lost at Mexico F15 in the semi-finals. This loss snapped his twenty-three match winning streak. He did not play doubles. In the latest rankings, Pospisil has again jumped several spots to a new career high of World No. 355. After a week off, Pospisil was back in action in Mexico, this time at the Challenger Britania Zavaleta
Challenger Britania Zavaleta
The Challenger Varonil Britania Zavaleta is a professional tennis tournament played on Hard. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Puebla, Mexico, since 1996.-Singles:-Doubles:...
. Unseeded, he has lost to Leonardo Tavares
Leonardo Tavares
Leonardo Tavares is a Portuguese professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Tour. On August 2010, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking of no. 186....
in the first round, 3–6, 3–6. In doubles he and his partner, new Canada No. 3 and World No. 220 doubles player Adil Shamasdin
Adil Shamasdin
Adil Shamasdin is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles tennis.-Career:Adil's junior career saw him finish ranked #5 in singles and #1 in doubles in Canada. He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 67 on 14 February 2011...
, won the doubles title. In the ATP rankings released November 30, Vasek was at yet another career high singles ranking of World No. 340 and, for the first time, was Canada No. 3.
Pospisil finished 2009 ranked a still further career-high World No. 339 in singles and No. 233 in doubles.
2010
Pospisil opened his 2010 campaign losing in the first round in singles at the Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso2010 Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso – Singles
Santiago Giraldo was the defending champion, but chose to not participate this year.Brian Dabul won in the final 6-3, 6-2 against Nicolás Massú.-Seeds:# Nicolás Massú # Thiago Alves # Sebastián Decoud ...
challenger. In doubles, he and partner Márcio Torres of Brazil reached the semi-finals where they fell to the top seeded Ratiwatana twins.
Pospisil lost in the first round of qualifying for the Honolulu Challenger
2010 Honolulu Challenger
The 2010 Honolulu Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Honolulu, Hawaii between 25 and 31 January 2010.-Seeds:* Rankings are as of January 18, 2010...
as the No. 8 seed to Brian Battistone, in straight sets. He did not play in the doubles. The following week, having gained his career best World No. 335 ranking, Pospisil lost in the final qualifying round of the Challenger of Dallas
2010 Challenger of Dallas
The 2010 Challenger of Dallas was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Dallas, United States, between 1 and 6 February 2010.-Seeds:* Rankings are as of January 18, 2010...
, as the No. 5 seed, to No. 4 seed Luka Gregorc
Luka Gregorc
Luka Gregorc is a tennis player from Slovenia. Gregorc reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 172 on August 3, 2009, and highest doubles ranking on September 12, 2005, reaching World Number 557...
, 6–7, 4–6. In doubles, he and compatriot Adil Shamasdin, unseeded, lost in the main draw final, to the top seeds Scott Lipsky
Scott Lipsky
Scott Lipsky is a professional tennis player from the United States. He is primarily a doubles specialist....
and David Martin
David Martin (tennis)
David Martin is a professional American tennis player.He teamed with Scott Lipsky to win his first ATP doubles title in February 2008 at the SAP Open in San Jose, California, defeating the number one ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan.-Tennis career:Before attending Stanford, David was a US...
, 6–7(7), 3–6.
After a week off from playing, Pospisil was the No. 3 seed at the U.S.A. F5 Futures tournament, where he defeated Australian qualifier Matheson Klein in straight sets, another qualifier Gastão Elias
Gastao Elias
Gastão Elias is a Portuguese men's professional tennis player that competes in the ATP World Tour. In November 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 163. He has won four futures singles titles...
of Portugal in the second round, unseeded American Blake Strode in the quarter-finals, unseeded Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia in the semis. He lost the final to No. 2 seed Víctor Estrella
Víctor Estrella
Víctor Estrella is a professional tennis player from the Dominican Republic. He reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on August 15, 2011, when he became World number 206...
, however, 4–6, 3–6. Vasek did not play doubles.
Pospisil's excellent result in the States a month ago saw his singles ranking jump to a new career high of World No. 312. His doubles ranking was also at a new career high of World No. 189. He was next set to compete in Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
in an away American Group I tie, against Colombia
Colombia Davis Cup team
The Colombia Davis Cup team represents Colombia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Colombiana de Tenis.Colombia currently competes in the Americas Zone of Group I and have never competed in the World Group...
, but after training was replaced in the roster by new Tennis Canada recruit Steven Diez
Steven Diez
Steven Diez is a Canadian and former Spanish professional tennis player. Raised primarily in and competing for Spain early in his career, he has since gone on to represent the country of his birth, Canada, in the Davis Cup.-2007:...
. The following week, as the top seed in the ITF Canada F2 tournament in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Pospisil was upset in the first round to unheralded, fellow 20 year old, Jérôme Inzerillo
Jérôme Inzerillo
Jérôme Inzerillo is a junior tennis player from France.At the 2007 US Open, Interzillo came into the doubles tournament seeded sixth alongside Jonathan Eysseric. In the semifinals, Inzerillo and Eysseric beat top-seeded Vladimir Ignatic and Roman Jebavý. In the final, the team beat Grigor Dimitrov...
, 4–6, 4–6. He and partner Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
, the top seeds in doubles, also lost early, in the second round.
In mid-March Pospisil was again the top seed in singles and in doubles with Raonic, in Canada F3 in Sherbrooke. He lost only one set in capturing his fifth ITF tour title, defeating partner Raonic, the No. 2 seed, in the final, in three sets. In doubles, he and Raonic lost the finals to No. 2 seed team, Cory Parr and Todd Paul, 4–6, 4–6. Two weeks ago Vasek lost to fellow unseeded player Nick Lindahl
Nick Lindahl
Nick Lindahl is a professional Australian tennis player.-Personal Life:Although he was born in Australia he has Swedish father and Indonesian mother. He has one older brother, David Lindahl.-Early career:...
in the first round of the Challenger Banque Nationale
2010 Challenger Banque Nationale – Singles
Rik de Voest won in the final 6–0, 7–5, against Tim Smyczek.-Seeds:# Michał Przysiężny # Dieter Kindlmann # Alex Kuznetsov # Michael Lammer Brendan Evans ...
in Rimouski, in three sets. In doubles
2010 Challenger Banque Nationale – Doubles
Kaden Hensel and Adam Hubble won in the final 7–6, 3–6, [11–9], against Scott Lipsky and David Martin.-Seeds:# Rik de Voest / Rogier Wassen # Scott Lipsky / David Martin Kaden Hensel / Adam Hubble ...
, he and partner Raonic withdrew from their first round match. The following week Pospisil lost in the second round of U.S.A. F8 in both singles and doubles (partnering Ashwin Kumar).
In the second week in April Pospisil won the doubles title of the 2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon
2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon
The 2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, partnering Santiago González as the top-seeded pair. This result has seen his doubles ranking climb to yet another career-high World No. 162. He lost in singles in the first round to fellow unseeded player John Millman
John Millman
John Millman is an Australian professional tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of 179 in October 2010.- 2008 :...
. After being off the following week, Pospisil lost in the first round of the 2010 Tail Savannah Challenger
2010 Tail Savannah Challenger
The 2010 Tail Savannah Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor green clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, to Greg Jones
Greg Jones (tennis)
Greg Jones is an Australian professional tennis player.-Early life:Born in Sydney, Jones is an only child. He is the son of Russell Jones, a quantity surveyor, and Donna Jones, a teacher...
, in three sets. In doubles he and partner Andreas Siljeström
Andreas Siljeström
Andreas Siljeström is a Swedish professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career doubles high-ranking of 113 .-ATP Career finals :-ITF and Challengers Men's Doubles Wins :...
, the No. 3 seeds, lost in the first round.
In May Pospisil lost in the opening round of the 2010 Sarasota Open
2010 Sarasota Open
The 2010 Sarasota Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor green clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Longboat Key, Florida, United States between May 10 and May 16, 2010.-Seeds:...
, to the No. 3 seed Kevin Kim
Kevin Kim
- External links :* *...
. In doubles he and partner Daniel Garza
Daniel Garza
Daniel Garza Garza is a Mexican tennis playerHe participated in the Davis Cup representing Mexico eight times, his most important victory was during the 2008 Davis Cup tie against Uruguay which he win 6-7, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 to Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas on Carpet.-Titles :-Singles:-External links:**...
, unseeded, also lost in the first round. The following week Pospisil lost again in the first round, to fellow unseeded player Martin Slanar
Martin Slanar
-2007:Slanar's career finally got going in 2007. His career-best singles ranking is World No. 198.- External links :* *...
in the Trofeo Paolo Corazzi
2010 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi – Singles
Benjamin Becker was the defending champion, but he chose not to compete this year.Denis Gremelmayr won in the final 6–4, 7–5 against Marius Copil.-Seeds:# Rajeev Ram # Dustin Brown # Go Soeda ...
, 1–6 in the third. He did not play doubles. After a week off, Pospisil lost in the second round of qualifying for the 2010 AEGON Trophy
2010 AEGON Trophy
The 2010 AEGON Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nottingham, Great Britain between May 31 and June 6, 2010.-Seeds:*Rankings are as of May 24, 2010....
, 6–7 in the third to Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj is a now inactive tour professional tennis player.-Background:Amritaj is the son of Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years. He is also the cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand was also a...
. He again did not play doubles.
In June Pospisil lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2010 Gerry Weber Open
2010 Gerry Weber Open
The 2010 Gerry Weber Open was a tennis tournament to played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 18th edition of the event known that year as the Gerry Weber Open and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
, in straight sets to No. 5 seed Niels Desein
Niels Desein
Niels Desein is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was born in Ghent, Belgium, and currently resides in Wondelgem, Belgium.-Professional tour:...
. The following week he lost to No. 1 seed Pere Riba
Pere Riba
Pere Riba Madrid is a Spanish professional tennis player. Riba competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 65, on May 16, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 81, on June 7, 2010...
of Spain in the first round of the ZRE Katowice Bytom Open, 3–6, 1–6. And in doubles, partnering Czech Jaroslav Pospíšil
Jaroslav Pospíšil
Jaroslav Pospíšil is a Czech tennis player playing on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. On May 23, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 103.-Singles: 4 :-Doubles: 11 :...
, the No. 3 seeded team lost in the quarter-finals. After a week off, Vasek reached the semi-finals in doubles of U.S.A. F16, played in Rochester, NY, partnering Greg Ouellette, and the second round in singles, despite being the top seed in both. Last week at U.S.A. F17 in Pittsburgh, he again lost in the second round in singles as the top seed to lowly ranked opponent, this time World No. 1315 Rhyne Williams. In doubles, again playing with Ouellette as the top seeds, Vasek lost the finals, to unseeded opponents.
In early July at U.S.A. F18 in Peoria, Illinois
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
and again as the top seed, Pospisil lost in singles in the quarter-finals, to No. 6 seed Dennis Zivkovic, in three sets. He did not play doubles. The following week lost in the first round of the 2010 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
2010 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
The 2010 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard court. It was a sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, to compatriot Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
, 6–7(4), 1–6. In doubles, he and partner Cory Parr lost their first round match. The next week Vasek lost again in the first round match, at the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby
2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby
The 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, to Takao Suzuki
Takao Suzuki
----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....
6–7(6), 6–4, 3–6. In doubles he and Canadian-born American Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....
reached the semi-finals. The following week Vasek has a wild card for entry into the main draw of his hometown Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
The 2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2010 ITF Women's Circuit...
, where he lost to Paul Capdeville
Paul Capdeville
Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro is a Chilean tennis player.Capdeville was born in Santiago, Chile. On May 18, 2009, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of 76....
, 4–6, 4–6. Partnering fellow British Columbian Daniel Chu in doubles, the pair lost in the first round.
In August, Pospisil lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2010 Rogers Cup
2010 Rogers Cup
The 2010 Canada Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Canada. It was the 121st edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2010 WTA Tour...
to No. 8 seed and eventual qualifier Illya Marchenko
Illya Marchenko
Illya Marchenko is a Ukrainian male tennis player. Marchenko turned professional in 2005 and had been playing at the Futures and Challengers level from 2005–2008. His career high in singles is #67 and he is inactive in doubles...
3–6, 4–6. He is playing doubles, in the main draw as a wild card, partnering his old partner Raonic. Together, they defeated the doubles team Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
and Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
in the first round 5–7, 6–3, 10–8. This win, his first in a ATP Tour main draw event, propelled Pospisil to a new career high doubles ranking of World No. 153. After two weeks off, he, as the tournament top seed, took the singles title at the ITF Mexico F6, defeating No. 5 seed David Rice in the final 6–1, 6–2. Pospisil and partner Nima Roshan, the No. 1 seeds, lost in the doubles final.
Pospisil won a second consecutive singles title, Mexico F7, by defeating No. 2 seed Adam El Mihdawy in the final, 6–0, 6–1. He did not play doubles. The following week, he lost to No. 6 seed Tim Smyczek
Tim Smyczek
Tim Smyczek is an American professional tennis player. Tim Smyczek Qualified into his first ATP main draw tournament in SAP Open – San Jose by winning eight qualifying matches before losing to Mardy Fish in the first round...Stayed in Fish's house for a year...Plays the violin...Wants to be a...
in the first round of the 2010 USTA Challenger of Oklahoma
2010 USTA Challenger of Oklahoma
The 2010 USTA Challenger of Oklahoma was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, 2–6, 1–6. Playing doubles with compatriot Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos-Lasnier, commonly referred to as Pierre-Ludovic Duclos, is a Canadian professional tennis player...
, as the No. 2 seeds, the pair went out in the semi-finals. The week after, Vasek was the top seed at Canada F4, being played at the Rexall Centre
Rexall Centre
Rexall Centre is a tennis stadium in Toronto, Ontario. Rexall Centre is the venue for the professional Canada Masters tournament, held annually. The facility also is a year-round tennis training facility. The main stadium is occasionally used for seasonal concerts...
, but lost in first round. In doubles he and partner Frank Dancevic
Frank Dancevic
Frank Russell Dancevic is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010. He is the Canada No...
reached semi-finals. Then the next week, Pospisil again was the top seed in singles, at Canada F5 in Markham, Ontario
Markham, Ontario
Markham is a town in the Regional Municipality of York, located within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. The population was 261,573 at the 2006 Canadian census...
, and captured the title, defeating No. 5 seed Nicholas Monroe in the final 6–3, 6–2. It was his eighth Futures singles title of his career. In doubles, he and compatriot Daniel Chu, the No. 3 seeds in doubles, lost in the quarter-finals.
After a week off, Pospisil travelled to Asia for a pair of Challenger events. He qualified for the main draw in singles for both the 2010 Tashkent Challenger
2010 Tashkent Challenger
The 2010 Tashkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
and the 2010 Samsung Securities Cup
2010 Samsung Securities Cup
The 2010 Samsung Securities Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, reaching the second round in both events. In doubles he and partner Adil Shamasdin
Adil Shamasdin
Adil Shamasdin is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles tennis.-Career:Adil's junior career saw him finish ranked #5 in singles and #1 in doubles in Canada. He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 67 on 14 February 2011...
lost in the first round in Tashkent but reached the finals in Seoul. Pospisil's singles and doubles rankings both reached new career highs – World No. 270 in singles and No. 139 in doubles. Then, after being off from tour play for two weeks, Pospisil played in singles qualifying for the 2010 Bauer Watertechnology Cup
2010 Bauer Watertechnology Cup
The 2010 Bauer Watertechnology Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, as the No. 4 seed. He lost in the qualifying round to No. 6 seed Marius Copil
Marius Copil
Marius Copil is a Romanian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour and a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. On February 7, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking to date, World No. 205 whilst in doubles his highest ranking was No...
, 3–6, 4–6. In doubles he and Shamasdin lost to the No. 3 seeds, the Ratiwatana twins in the first round of the main draw.
The following week, Pospisil lost to the No. 1 seed and now German competitor Dustin Brown
Dustin Brown (tennis)
Dustin Brown is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player. Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 89, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...
in the first round of the 2010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG
2010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG
The 2010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, 6–7(6), 7–5, 3–6. He did not play doubles. It was his final tour action for 2010. He finished the year ranked World No. 339 in singles and No. 153 in doubles.
2011
At the mid-way point of 2011, Pospisil is having his best year on tour thus far. For the week starting July 4th, he is ranked at a new career high for both singles, World No. 191, and doubles, at No. 121. He has captured three Challenger doubles titles and two Futures titles, including one in singles.Pospisil began the year playing just singles and reached the quarter-finals of his first tourney, the 2011 Honolulu Challenger
2011 Honolulu Challenger
The 2011 Honolulu Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...
, losing to No. 1 seed Michael Russell
Michael Russell (tennis)
Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...
, 4–6, 6–7. After failing to qualify for the 2011 Caloundra International
2011 Caloundra International
The 2011 Caloundra International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...
, he next played in Davis Cup, replacing an injured Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
to team with Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
to win the doubles tie, as Canada defeated Mexico
Mexico Davis Cup team
The Mexico Davis Cup team represents Mexico in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Mexicana de Tenis.Mexico finished as runners-up in 1962. They currently compete in the Americas Zone Group II. They last competed in the World Group in 1997.-History:Mexico competed in...
. Following a poor performance at Canada F2 the following week, Pospisil reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Men's Rimouski Challenger
2011 Men's Rimouski Challenger
The 2011 Men's Rimouski Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...
in singles and won the doubles title partnering Treat Conrad Huey
Treat Conrad Huey
Treat Conrad Huey is an American tennis player of Filipino descent who represents the Philippines internationally. He specialises in doubles....
.
Two weeks later Vasek captured the doubles title of U.S.A. F8 partnering Nicholas Monroe, while losing in the first round in singles. Two weeks later, in April, he won his third straight doubles title, the 2011 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
2011 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
The 2011 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...
playing with Bobby Reynolds
Bobby Reynolds
----Robert "Bobby" Thomas Reynolds in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is an American professional tennis player who resides in Acworth, Georgia.-Professional career:...
. In singles he qualified and then reached the main draw quarter-finals, losing to an in-form Wayne Odesnik
Wayne Odesnik
Wayne Odesnik is a professional left-handed American tennis player, with a two-handed backhand.His career-high in singles was # 77, as of April 13, 2009...
. Again playing after a week off, Pospisil lost in three sets to eventual champion Reynolds in the semi-finals of the 2011 Torneo Internacional AGT
2011 Torneo Internacional AGT
The 2011 Torneo Internacional AGT was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...
. In doubles, he and partner Monroe reached the semi-finals.
Pospisil spent May in Korea, reaching the quarter-finals of the 2011 Busan Open Challenger Tennis
2011 Busan Open Challenger Tennis
The 2011 Busan Open Challenger Tennis was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...
in singles and the semi-finals in doubles, partnering Jamie Baker
Jamie Baker (tennis)
Jamie Baker is a British professional male tennis player. He trains at Nottingham Tennis Centre and in Loughborough.-Junior:...
. The following week, as the tournament top seed, he was upset in the semi-finals of Korea F1, where he did not play doubles. The week after, again as the No. 1 seed, he captured his ninth career ITF Futures singles title, Korea F2.
Attempting to qualify for a Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
tournament for the first time, Pospisil lost in the second round of qualifying for the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.-Seeds:# Lukáš Rosol # Łukasz Kubot # Rui Machado # Thomas Schoorel # Tatsuma Ito ...
. The following week he reached the quarter-finals in singles at the 2011 Jalisco Open
2011 Jalisco Open
The 2011 Jalisco Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...
while in doubles he teamed with Reynolds, as the No. 2 seeds, to capture the title. The following week Vasek again faced Reynolds and lost in three sets, in the second round of the 2011 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships
2011 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships
The 2011 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...
. He did not play doubles.
The following weekend Pospisil was instrumental in seeing the Canadian Davis Cup team come back from 2 rubbers down to win a Davis Cup tie, for their first time ever. The win allows the team to face Israel
Israel Davis Cup team
The Israel Davis Cup team represents Israel in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Israel Tennis Association....
, in September away, in a World Group play-off fixture. Missing through injury their two top singles players, Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
and Frank Dancevic
Frank Dancevic
Frank Russell Dancevic is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010. He is the Canada No...
, Pospisil played No. 1 singles and doubles. He lost his first match in four sets, to Ivan Endara
Iván Endara
Iván Endara is a Ecuatorian professional tennis player.-Titles :-External links:...
. With fellow British Columbian Philip Bester
Philip Bester
Philip Bester is a Canadian professional tennis player from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bester was a finalist at the 2006 junior French Open. In doing so he became the first Canadian to reach a grand slam final in singles, and is only the second ever to do so.-As a junior:Bester...
also losing, Pospisil and veteran doubles specialist Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
had to win their doubles match to keep the tie alive, and did, in three close sets. Perhaps buoyed by this win, Pospisil looked like a new player in beating Júlio César Campozano
Júlio César Campozano
Júlio César Campozano is a Ecuadorian tennis player.He sweeped seven singles and five doubles Futures titles, but these aren't his biggest achievements. He won doubles title in 2009 Guayaquil Challenger, competing with his compatriot Emilio Gómez...
comfortably, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5. Bester then won the tie-deciding rubber, also in straight sets.
Right back into action the next week, at the 2011 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby
2011 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby
The 2011 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour and was the 1st edition for the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit...
, cruised into the quarter-finals, handily between fellow Canucks Zachary White and Steven Diez
Steven Diez
Steven Diez is a Canadian and former Spanish professional tennis player. Raised primarily in and competing for Spain early in his career, he has since gone on to represent the country of his birth, Canada, in the Davis Cup.-2007:...
. He retired from his quarter-finals match, however, against No. 4 seed Karol Beck
Karol Beck
Karol Beck is a male tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. He has been ranked as high as 36th in the world .- Career :On October 25, 2004, Beck lost in the final of the St...
, with an ankle injury. Out of action for a couple weeks, Pospisil came back to win his tenth ITF Men's Circuit
ITF Men's Circuit
The ITF Men's Circuit is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation. The ITF Men's Circuit represents the lowest rung of the men's professional tennis ladder...
singles title in Saskatoon
Saskatoon
Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....
, without dropping a set. The following week he reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
2011 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
The 2011 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit...
in singles, as the No. 6 seed, and, with Bobby Reynolds, in doubles.
Pospisil has upset World No. 22 Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface...
in the first round of the 2011 Rogers Cup
2011 Rogers Cup
The 2011 Canada Masters was a tennis tournament to be played on outdoor hard courts in Canada. It was the 122nd edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour...
but lost in the second round to No. 3 seed Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
. In doubles, he and partner Adil Shamasdin
Adil Shamasdin
Adil Shamasdin is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles tennis.-Career:Adil's junior career saw him finish ranked #5 in singles and #1 in doubles in Canada. He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 67 on 14 February 2011...
have lost in the first round.
Titles (10)
| Legend (Singles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 (0) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (0) |
| ITF Futures (10) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 26 September 2009 |  Italy F29 (AlgheroAlghero Alghero , is a town of about 44,000 inhabitants in Italy. It lies in the province of Sassari in northwestern Sardinia, next to the sea.-History:The area of today's Alghero has been settled since pre-historic times... ) |
Hard | Francesco Piccari |
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3 |
| 2. | 3 October 2009 | Italy F30 (Quartu Sant'Elena Quartu Sant'Elena Quartu Sant'Elena is a city and comune in the Province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It is the third biggest city of Sardinia with a population of c. 71,000 as of 2008.- History:... ) |
Hard | Matteo Viola Matteo Viola Matteo Viola is a Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 155 on 25 July 2005, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 282, on 7 November 2011.-Singles :-Doubles... |
6–1, 6–2 |
| 3. | 1 November 2009 |  Mexico F12 (ObregónCiudad Obregón Ciudad Obregon is the second largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and is situated south of the state's northern border with the U.S. state of Arizona. It is also the municipal seat of Cajeme municipality, located in the Yaqui Valley.- History :... |
Hard | Daniel Garza Daniel Garza Daniel Garza Garza is a Mexican tennis playerHe participated in the Davis Cup representing Mexico eight times, his most important victory was during the 2008 Davis Cup tie against Uruguay which he win 6-7, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 to Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas on Carpet.-Titles :-Singles:-External links:**... |
7–6(7–0), 6–3 |
| 4. | 8 November 2009 | Mexico F14 (Guadalajara Guadalajara Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco... ) |
Clay | César Ramírez |
6–2, 6–2 |
| 5. | 21 March 2010 |  Canada F3 (Sherbrooke) |
Hard (i) | Milos Raonic Milos Raonic Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since... |
6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 6. | 5 September 2010 | Mexico F6 (León León, Guanajuato The city of León, formally León de los Aldama is the sixth most populous city in Mexico and the first in the state of Guanajuato. It is also the seat of the municipality of León... ) |
Hard |  David RiceDavid Rice (tennis) David Rice is an English tennis player currently ranked 412 in the world. In 2011 Rice qualified for Wimbledon for the first time.-Bebo controversy:... |
6–1, 6–2 |
| 7. | 12 September 2010 | Mexico F7 (Guadalajara Guadalajara Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco... ) |
Hard |  Adam El Mihdawy |
6–0, 6–1 |
| 8. | 3 October 2010 | Canada F5 (Markham Markham, Ontario Markham is a town in the Regional Municipality of York, located within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. The population was 261,573 at the 2006 Canadian census... ) |
Hard | Nicholas Monroe |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 9. | 29 May 2011 |  Korea F2 (ChangwonChangwon Changwon is a city in and the capital of Gyeongsangnam-do in South Korea. Changwon city is 8th most populous city in South Korea, with a 2010 established population of 1,089,039. It encompasses a land area of on southeastern of South Korea. The population of Southeastern part of Korea, that... ) |
Hard | Lim Yong-Kyu |
7–5, 6–4 |
| 10. | 31 July 2011 | Canada F4 (Saskatoon Saskatoon Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344.... ) |
Hard | Érik Chvojka Érik Chvojka Érik Chvojka is a Canadian professional tennis player. He is currently Canada No. 4 in singles according to the ATP Rankings.... |
7–5, 6–2 |
Runners-up (2)
| Legend (Singles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 (0) |
| Challengers (0) |
| Futures (2) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 July 2009 | U.S.A. F17 (Peoria, Illinois Peoria, Illinois Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated... ) |
Clay | Michael Venus Michael Venus (tennis) Michael Venus is a New Zealander professional tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of 302 in January 2010. He switched nationality in June 2010 and began playing in the New Zealand Davis Cup team.- Early years :... |
7–6(7–4), 4–6, 4–6 |
| 2. | 22 February 2010 | U.S.A. F5 (Brownsville, Texas Brownsville, Texas Brownsville is a city in the southernmost tip of the state of Texas, in the United States. It is located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande, directly north and across the border from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Brownsville is the 16th largest city in the state of Texas with a population of... ) |
Hard |  Víctor EstrellaVíctor Estrella Víctor Estrella is a professional tennis player from the Dominican Republic. He reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on August 15, 2011, when he became World number 206... |
4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles titles (16)
| Legend (Doubles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 (0) |
| ATP Challengers (6) |
| ITF Futures (10) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 25 March 2007 | Canada F3 (Rock Forest, Quebec Rock Forest, Quebec Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville is an arrondissement, or borough, of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec.The borough comprises the formerly independent cities of Rock Forest, Deauville and Saint-Élie-d'Orford, which were annexed into the city of Sherbrooke on January 1, 2002... ) |
Hard (i) | Érik Chvojka Érik Chvojka Érik Chvojka is a Canadian professional tennis player. He is currently Canada No. 4 in singles according to the ATP Rankings.... |
 Christophe Palmanshofer Jason Zimmermann |
7–5, 6–3 |
| 2. | 12 October 2008 | Germany F22 (Leimen Leimen (Baden) Leimen is a town in north-west Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is about south of Heidelberg and the third largest town of the Rhein-Neckar district after Weinheim and Sinsheim... ) |
Hard (i) |  Michal Navrátil |
 Nils Langer Frank Wintermantel |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 3. | 9 November 2008 | Rimouski Challenger (Rimouski) | Hard | Milos Raonic Milos Raonic Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since... |
 Kristian PlessKristian Pless Kristian Peter Pless is a professional male tennis player from Denmark.In 1999, he won the Australian Open for juniors , and reached the junior finals at Wimbledon , and the US Open . He finished 1999 as the no...  Michael RyderstedtMichael Ryderstedt Michael Ryderstedt is a professional tennis player from Sweden.In August 2001, at the Fischer Junior Open he captured the doubles title with Dudi Sela of Israel.... |
5–7, 6–4 [10–6] |
| 4. | 23 November 2008 | Nicaragua F1, (Managua Managua Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or Lake Managua, the city was declared the national capital in... ) |
Hard | Jiří Krkoška |
 Alexandru Cojanu Deniss PavlovsDeniss Pavlovs Deniss Pavlovs is a Latvian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On July 20, 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 263, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 155 was reached on September 23, 2009.... |
7–6(7–1), 6–3 |
| 5. | 10 May 2009 | Mexico F4 (Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, on the Coatzacoalcos River. Coatzacoalcos comes from an indigenous word meaning "Site of the Snake" or "Where the snake hides"... ) |
Hard | Adil Shamasdin Adil Shamasdin Adil Shamasdin is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles tennis.-Career:Adil's junior career saw him finish ranked #5 in singles and #1 in doubles in Canada. He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 67 on 14 February 2011... |
 Kaden Hansel Adam Huddle |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 6. | 17 May 2009 | Mexico F5 (Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican balneario resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas.The 2010 census reported Puerto Vallarta's population as 255,725 making it the sixth-largest city in the state of Jalisco... ) |
Hard | Adil Shamasdin |
Juan Manuel Elizondo César Ramírez |
6–1, 2–6, [10–7] |
| 7. | 19 July 2009 | U.S.A. F17 (Peoria, Illinois Peoria, Illinois Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated... ) |
Clay | Milos Raonic |
Matt Reid Dennis Zivkovic |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 8. | 23 August 2009 | Romania F14 (Arad Arad, Romania Arad is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Crişana region, on the river Mureş.An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training... ) |
Clay | Marius Copil Marius Copil Marius Copil is a Romanian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour and a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. On February 7, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking to date, World No. 205 whilst in doubles his highest ranking was No... |
Andrei Mlendea Jiří Školoudík |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 9. | 20 September 2009 | Italy F28 (Porto Torres Porto Torres Porto Torres is a comune and city in northern Sardinia, in the Province of Sassari.It is situated on the north coast about 25 km east of the Gorditanian promontory , and on the spacious bay of the Gulf of Asinara.-History:... ) |
Hard | Marcus Willis |
Alessandro Giannessi Alessandro Giannessi Alessandro Giannessi is a professional Italian tennis player. On October 31, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 140 whilst his best doubles ranking was 232 on January 31, 2011.-Singles Finals: 1 :... Francesco Piccari |
4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| 10. | 31 October 2009 | Mexico F12 (Obregón Ciudad Obregón Ciudad Obregon is the second largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and is situated south of the state's northern border with the U.S. state of Arizona. It is also the municipal seat of Cajeme municipality, located in the Yaqui Valley.- History :... ) |
Hard | Nima Roshan |
 Adrien Bossel Julien Dubail |
6–7, 6–3, [11–9] |
| 11. | 29 November 2009 | 15 Challenger Varonil Britania Zavaleta (Puebla Puebla Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla.... ) |
Hard | Adil Shamasdin Adil Shamasdin Adil Shamasdin is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles tennis.-Career:Adil's junior career saw him finish ranked #5 in singles and #1 in doubles in Canada. He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 67 on 14 February 2011... |
 Guillermo OlasoGuillermo Olaso Guillermo Olaso De la Rica is a Spanish professional tennis player.-Singles: 1 :-Doubles: 4 :-Futures:-External links:... Pere RibaPere Riba Pere Riba Madrid is a Spanish professional tennis player. Riba competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 65, on May 16, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 81, on June 7, 2010... |
7–6(7–0), 6–0 |
| 12. | 18 April 2010 | 2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon 2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon The 2010 Abierto Internacional del Bicentenario Leon was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour... (León de los Aldama) |
Hard | Santiago González |
Kaden Hensel Adam Hubble |
3–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| 13. | 20 March 2011 | Rimouski Challenger (Rimouski) | Hard |  Treat Conrad HueyTreat Conrad Huey Treat Conrad Huey is an American tennis player of Filipino descent who represents the Philippines internationally. He specialises in doubles.... |
David Rice David Rice (tennis) David Rice is an English tennis player currently ranked 412 in the world. In 2011 Rice qualified for Wimbledon for the first time.-Bebo controversy:... Sean ThornleySean Thornley Sean Thornley is a British tennis player. In 2011 Thornley qualified for the Men's Doubles at Wimbledon.-References:... |
6–0, 6–1 |
| 14. | 28 March 2011 | U.S.A. F8 (Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state... ) |
Hard | Nicholas Monroe |
Carsten Ball Carsten Ball Carsten Thomas Ball is a professional Australian tennis player. Although born and based in the U.S., Carsten has continued to compete as an Australian player.-Tennis career:... Chris GuccioneChris Guccione Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian.... |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 15. | 4 April 2011 | Tallahassee Tennis Challenger Tallahassee Tennis Challenger The Tallahassee Tennis Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Forestmeadows Tennis Complex in Tallahasee, Florida, USA, since... (Tallahassee) |
Hard | Bobby Reynolds Bobby Reynolds ----Robert "Bobby" Thomas Reynolds in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is an American professional tennis player who resides in Acworth, Georgia.-Professional career:... |
 Go SoedaGo Soeda Go Soeda is a male Japanese tennis player. He is currently coached by Davide Sanguinetti.He started playing tennis at the age of 4, and turned professional in April 2003.- Juniors :... James WardJames Ward (tennis) James Ward is a British tennis player, and British no. 2 behind Andy Murray. As of 22 August 2011 he is ranked 139 in the ATP singles rankings and 234 in doubles... |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 16. | 26 June 2011 | Jalisco Open Jalisco Open The Jalisco Open is a tennis tournament held in Guadalajara, Mexico since 2011. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:... (Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality... ) |
Hard | Bobby Reynolds |
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Pierre-Ludovic Duclos-Lasnier, commonly referred to as Pierre-Ludovic Duclos, is a Canadian professional tennis player...  Ivo KlecIvo Klec Ivo Klec is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On August 21, 2006, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 184.-External links:... |
6–4, 6–7(6–8), [10–6] |
Personal
Originally from Vernon, British ColumbiaVernon, British Columbia
Vernon is a city in the south-central region of British Columbia, Canada. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped found the famed Coldstream Ranch, the City of Vernon was incorporated on December 30, 1892. The City of Vernon has a population of 35,944 , while...
, Pospisil currently lives in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
to train. His parents are Milos and Mila, both of Czech descent. He has two older brothers, both of whom were nationally ranked junior tennis players. One of his brothers, Petr Pospisil, teaches at Kitsilano Secondary School
Kitsilano Secondary School
Kitsilano Secondary School is a secondary school in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada. The school has several district programs including French immersion, on-site pre-employment...
in Vancouver.