Branislav Sekáč

Branislav Sekáč
Full name	Branislav Sekáč
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Born	3 September 1979 (age 45); Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Prize money	$47,549
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 247 (10 February 2003)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 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	Karol Beck	Thomas Strengberger Clemens Trimmel	2–6, 6–1, 6–0
2.	2003	Belgaum, India	Hard	Michal Mertiňák	Mustafa Ghouse Vishal Uppal	7–6³, 7–6²
3.	2004	Belgrade, Serbia	Carpet	Orest Tereshchuk	Darko Mađarovski Janko Tipsarević	6–3, 6–4

References

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

External links

Branislav Sekac at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Branislav Sekac at the International Tennis Federation

[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.

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