Branislav Sekáč

Branislav Sekáč
Full nameBranislav Sekáč
Country (sports) Slovakia
Born (1979-09-03) 3 September 1979 (age 45)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Prize money$47,549
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 247 (10 February 2003)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 174 (5 July 2004)

Branislav Sekáč (born 3 September 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia.

Biography

Sekáč was born in Bratislava and attended the local University of Physical Education and Sports before turning professional.[1]

His professional appearances were restricted to the Futures and Challenger circuits. In 2002 he won three Futures singles titles to halve his ranking from outside the top 600 at the start of the year to end the year at 271.

He made the second round of qualifying at the 2003 Australian Open and won three Challenger doubles titles.

As a coach he has been a staff member at the NTC in Bratislava and has acted as the personal coach of Kristína Schmiedlová.[2]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 2001 Oberstaufen, Germany Clay Slovakia Karol Beck Austria Thomas Strengberger
Austria Clemens Trimmel 		2–6, 6–1, 6–0
2. 2003 Belgaum, India Hard Slovakia Michal Mertiňák India Mustafa Ghouse
India Vishal Uppal 		7–63, 7–62
3. 2004 Belgrade, Serbia Carpet Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk Serbia and Montenegro Darko Mađarovski
Serbia and Montenegro Janko Tipsarević 		6–3, 6–4

See also

References

  1. ^ Keerthivasan, K. (16 March 2002). "Sekac corners glory". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 September 2017.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Skvelý obrat mladých tenistov, na ME získali prvýkrát zlato" (in Slovak). Webnoviny.sk. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2017.