Vasek Pospisil

Plays with a double-handed backhand...Started playing tennis aged five...Speaks English, Czech and French...Father, Milos, is a tennis coach; Mother, Mila…Has two brothers, Tom, a computer programmer, and Petr, a science teacher…Trained in Prostejov, Czech Republic, from 15 to 18...Member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre, in Montreal, since September 2010…Favourite surface is hard courts...Favourite shot is forehand...Favourite tournament is US Open...Idols growing up were Pat Rafter and Roger Federer...Hobbies includes listening to music and hanging out with friends and family...Sports teams followed incluves Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadians...Goal in tennis is "to be a consistent Top 30 player"...If he wasn't a tennis player, would like to have been a "soccer player"...Made Canadian Davis Cup debut in February 2008...Physical trainer is Kieran Foy (since May 2011)...Coached by former ATP pro and Canadian Davis Cup player, Frederic Niemeyer (since January 2011).

2011 - Won the two ITF Futures titles in addition to reaching two ATP Challenger SFs…Reached US Open 2nd RD...Beat Lukas Rosol in 1st RD...Helped Canada erase a 0-2 deficit for the first time in Davis Cup history to beat Ecuador and advance to the World Group play-offs thanks to a pair of victories in singles and doubles with Daniel Nestor…Accomplished the same feat in the September World Group play-offs, winning three matches to propel Canada to a 3-2 upset win over Israel to qualify for the Davis Cup World Group for the first time since 2004…Won his first tour-level match at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal over Juan Ignacio Chela.     

2010 - Won four ITF Futures titles...