Radek Stepanek - who is he: a tennis player, a donjuan or just a bad guy?

In recent years, this Czech tennis player has set several records at once. And for all his long sports life, he never rose high in the ranking as a single player. The maximum that he could achieve in more than two decades of his career is to be in the top 10 of the best tennis players in the world. At present, he is already 38, but he is not going to hide his racket. He has gained notoriety not only in sports achievements, many call him playboy of world tennis.

Let's see who this athlete really is.

Career Stepanek-tennis player

If we talk about sports career, then Radek Stepanek - a vivid example of tennis longevity. He was born in the distant now in 1978. In the family, Radek is the only professional tennis player, despite the fact that his father is a coach in tennis. It was with him that Radek began to make his first steps in sports at the age of three. Just at this time in the heart of the little boy was laid the love of tennis, which has not gone out for more than thirty years.

But the start in the professional tour by modern standards occurred quite late - at the age of eighteen. And the first victory - even later, almost a year later. Radek Stepanek during his single career won only five tournaments and ten years after the start he reached the highest place in the rating of the APR (the eighth). In doubles, the success of the tennis player is more impressive. He in 2012 ranked fourth in the paired ranking. Also Radek Stepanek wins at this time two titles of the winner of the Grand Slam tournament (in 2012 - Australia, and in 2013 - USA). But the main success of his career athlete calls two wins in a row in the Davis Cup, in which the tennis player won both final single matches.

Radek's relations on the tour

Many tennis players performing in the ATP round, do not like Radek, and for this they certainly have their own reasons. For illustration, some result in a scandal with Janko Tipsarevic, when Radek Stepanek showed the middle finger of the hand instead of a handshake. And many other tennis players often complain about the character of the athlete. Although, as tennis fans notice, there are no "saints" in the ATP. And there are many examples to this. Radek Stepanek, whose photo can display his essence, may look something like this.

Radek Stepanek is a "black widower"

Many athletes, knowing the love character of Radek and his love affairs in the tennis tour, gave him the nickname "black widower". Radek Stepanek and his women are a special part of the history of the tennis tour.

According to many fans, and the professional athletes themselves, any close relations of tennis players with Radek bring only misfortunes. The first athlete, who experienced it herself, is Martina Hingis, at the moment of her second return to tennis. At that time, she was engaged to Radek. And evil tongues say that it was he who poured her cocaine into the wristband before the match, after which the career of the sportswoman quickly ended.

The second victim was Nicole Vaidisova, a rising star of Czech tennis, but after her wedding with Radek, her career quickly ended. At present, Radek Stepanek is developing his relations with another leading Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova. To what extent fears are true, time will tell.