Marián Vajda

Marián Vajda

Vajda in 2012
Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia (1984–1992) Slovakia (1993–)
Residence	Bratislava, Slovakia
Born	(1965-03-24) 24 March 1965 Považská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1984
Retired	1994
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$756,646
Singles
Career record	119–152
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 34 (14 September 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1991)
French Open	3R (1991)
Wimbledon	2R (1989)
US Open	2R (1985)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1992)
Doubles
Career record	23–43
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 118 (16 April 1990)
Coaching career (1995–)
Slovakia Davis Cup team Slovakia Fed Cup team Karol Kučera (2001–2005) Novak Djokovic (2006–2017, 2018–2022) Natália Vajdová Alex Molčan (2022–2023)
Coaching achievements
Coachee singles titles total	85
Coachee(s) doubles titles total	1
List of notable tournaments (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)
Coaching awards and records
Awards Best coach by the Olympic Committee of Serbia (2010, 2011) ATP Coach of the Year (2018)
Medal record Representing Czechoslovakia 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. From December 2013 until 2016, Boris Becker was Djokovic's head coach with Vajda remaining part of Djokovic's team. 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. In 2018, Vajda won the ATP Coach of the Year award.

Vajda started coaching fellow Slovak Alex Molčan in May 2022.

Career finals

Singles (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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

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 (archive)
• Marián Vajda at Olympics.com
• Marián Vajda at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)