Marián Vajda
- Slovakia Davis Cup team
- Slovakia Fed Cup team
- Karol Kučera (2001–2005)
- Novak Djokovic (2006–2017, 2018–2022)
- Natália Vajdová
- Alex Molčan (2022–2023)
(with champion)
2× Career Grand Slam (Djokovic)
9× Australian Open (Djokovic)
2× French Open (Djokovic)
6× Wimbledon (Djokovic)
3× US Open (Djokovic)
5× ATP World Tour Finals (Djokovic)
37× ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (Djokovic)
Davis Cup (Djokovic)
Olympic Bronze Medal (Djokovic)
Best coach by the Olympic Committee of Serbia (2010, 2011)
ATP Coach of the Year (2018)
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Friendship Games | ||
1984 | Men's doubles |
Marián Vajda (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmarijaːɱ ˈʋajda]; born 24 March 1965) is a Slovak professional tennis coach and former player. He is the former head coach of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, coaching him for almost his entire professional career. Of Djokovic’s 99 men’s singles titles, 85 were won under Vajda’s tutelage. In terms of men’s singles Grand Slam titles, Vajda is the most successful coach in tennis history, coaching Djokovic to 20 such trophies out of the 24 that the Serbian has won.
Career
Vajda was born in Považská Bystrica. He was a member of the Olympic Team of Czechoslovakia, and in 1992 he competed in the Olympic Games of Barcelona, being eliminated in the first round by Gilad Bloom. He reached the third round of the 1991 French Open, won two singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 34 in September 1987. Vajda is a former captain of the Slovakia Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams. Vajda was the coach of Karol Kučera from 2001 to 2005. Vajda speaks fluent Serbian.
Vajda has been the coach of Novak Djokovic from 2006 until 2017, then again from 2018 to 2022.[1][2] From December 2013 until 2016, Boris Becker was Djokovic's head coach with Vajda remaining part of Djokovic's team.[3] For his achievements with the Serbian tennis player, Vajda won the award for best coach by the Olympic Committee of Serbia in both 2010 and 2011.[4] In 2018, Vajda won the ATP Coach of the Year award.
Vajda started coaching fellow Slovak Alex Molčan in May 2022.[5][6]
Career finals
Singles (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 1987 | Munich, West Germany | Clay | Guillermo Pérez Roldán | 3–6, 6–7 |
Win | 1–1 | Aug 1987 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Clay | Tomáš Šmíd | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 2–1 | Sep 1988 | Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Kent Carlsson | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–2 | Jun 1989 | Bari, Italy | Clay | Juan Aguilera | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
References
- ^ "Djokovic no longer with longtime coach Vajda". March 2022.
- ^ "Novak Djokovic and longtime coach Marian Vajda part ways after 15-year partnership and 20 grand slam titles". abc.net.au. 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Novak Djokovic appoints Boris Becker as head coach". BBC Sport. 18 December 2013.
- ^ Olympic Committee of Serbia awards Archived 2013-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, telenor.rs
- ^ "Marian Vajda to coach Alex Molcan". 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Tennis: Vajda returns to coaching". 3 May 2022.
External links
- Marián Vajda at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Marián Vajda at the International Tennis Federation
- Marián Vajda at the Davis Cup
- Marián Vajda at Olympedia
- Marián Vajda at Olympics.com
- Marián Vajda at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)
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Preceded by | ATP Coach of the Year 2018 | Succeeded by |
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- Marko Djokovic (brother)
- Djordje Djokovic (brother)
- Srdjan Djokovic (father)
- Dejan Petrović (coach 2004–05)
- Riccardo Piatti (coach 2005–06)
- Marián Vajda (coach 2006–17; 2018–22)
- Dušan Vemić (coach 2011–13)
- Boris Becker (coach 2013–16)
- Andre Agassi (coach 2017–18)
- Radek Štěpánek (coach 2017–18)
- Goran Ivanišević (coach 2019–24)
- Gebhard Gritsch (fitness trainer 2009–17; 2018–19; 2024–present)
- Marco Panichi (fitness trainer 2017–18; 2019–2024)
- Miljan Amanović (physiotherapist 2007–17; 2018–22; 2023–present)
- Ulises Badio (physiotherapist 2017–2022)
- Claudio Zimaglia (physiotherapist 2022–present)
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