Vladimír Pláteník

Vladimír Pláteník
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Bratislava, Slovakia
Born	February 18, 1976 (age 48); Bratislava, Czechoslovakia; (now Slovakia)
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2000
Plays	Right (one-handed backhand)
College	University of Comenius, Bratislava
Prize money	$16,656
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0 ; 0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 392 (5 August 1996)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0 ; 0 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 273 (13 September 1999)

Vladimír Pláteník (born February 18, 1976) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Slovakia.

Pláteník is currently a head coach at the international EMPIRE Tennis Academy in Trnava, Slovakia where he worked with Daria Kasatkina.^[1]He is also the former coach of Dominika Cibulková, the 2014 Australian Open finalist. Pláteník was coaching her from 2007 to 2009 when she reached the semifinals of the French Open in 2009. In the quarterfinals, she defeated Maria Sharapova 6–0, 6–2.^[2] On July 6, 2009, she has reached No. 12 in the WTA rankings.^[3] He was the coach of Anna Blinkova. He was also the coach of Veronika Kudermetova since 2021.^[4]^[5] He currently coaches Lulu Sun since 2024.^[6]

A native of Bratislava, he is the vice president of the Professional Tennis Coaches Association for Slavic countries and a PTCA-certified coach.^[7]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1994	Wimbledon	Grass	Jamie Delgado	Ben Ellwood Mark Philippoussis	5–7, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1998	Croatia F2, Mali Lošinj	Futures	Clay	Václav Roubíček	6–1, 6–0

Doubles: 9 (4–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (4–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1998	Yugoslavia F3, Belgrade	Futures	Clay	Joseph Sirianni	Daniel Fiala Dejan Petrovic	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1998	Croatia F2, Mali Lošinj	Futures	Clay	Luka Kutanjac	Goran Orešić Ivan Vajda	walkover
Loss	1–2	Jul 1998	Slovenia F1, Kranj	Futures	Clay	Boris Borgula	Leoš Friedl Petr Kovačka	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Oct 1998	Uzbekistan F4, Fergana	Futures	Hard	Mark Nielsen	Oleg Ogorodov Dmitriy Tomashevich	walkover
Win	2–3	Jun 1999	Hungary F1, Budapest	Futures	Clay	Martin Hromec	Gergely Kisgyörgy Peter Madarassy	7–5, 6–4
Win	3–3	Jul 1999	Greece F5, Thessaloniki	Futures	Clay	Martin Hromec	Michael Logarzo Joseph Sirianni	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	3–4	Jul 1999	Slovenia F1, Kranj	Futures	Clay	Tomáš Čatár	Leoš Friedl Petr Kovačka	7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Sep 1999	Turkey F5, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Martin Hromec	Amir Hadad Andy Ram	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–5	Jul 2000	Hungary F5, Budapest	Futures	Clay	Amir Hadad	Lee Radovanovich Rodrigo Ribeiro	6–2, 6–7^(2–7), 6–4