Radek Stepanek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.

CAREER:

Singles Titles
2009: San Jose, Brisbane
2007: Los Angeles
2006: Rotterdam

Doubles Titles
2009: San Jose
2006: Marseille
2005: Dubai, Marseille
2004: Delray Beach, Stuttgart, Rotterdam
2003: Milan
2002: Munich
2001: Vienna, Munich, Estoril
1999: Prague

The Czech is a workhorse player who has reached a high of No. 8 and won four career titles. Radek Stepanek is one of the few players left who serves and volleys regularly, and he has a penchant for antagonizing his opponents. Stepanek may be best known for doing the “Worm” dance after big wins, and for being engaged to both Martina Hingis and Nicole Vaidisova.

2010:
Stepanek returned to the Brisbane International to defend the title he won in the previous year (d. Verdasco). He managed to make a second-successive final appearance; but failed to defend the title, losing to Andy Roddick 6–7(2), 6–7(7). He also teamed up with Tomáš Berdych to reach the doubles quarter-finals, only to lose to eventual champions Jérémy Chardy and Marc Gicquel. Seeded 13th at the 2010 Australian Open, he lost in the 1st round to Ivo Karlović in five sets; 6–2, 6–7(5), 4–6, 6–3, 4–6.

2011:
Stepanek began the 2011 ATP season with a third successive appearance at the 2011 Brisbane International, hoping for a third successive finals appearance, despite only being ranked #62 in the ATP rankings. For the first round he was drawn against world #67, German Tobias Kamke. Despite struggling for the firt set of the match, he eventually won 5–7 6–1 6–4, to set up a second round match against the American Mardy Fish, the fourth seed in the tournament. Stepanek blazed through the match, thrashing the world #16 Fish 6–3 6–1. In the quarter-final against seventh seed and world #37 Florian Mayer he had a dominant start, leading 5–1 in the first set before Mayer managed to break Stepanek's service