Vladimír Pláteník
Vladimír Pláteník is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Slovakia. Pláteník is currently a head coach at the international EMPIRE Tennis Academy in Trnava, Slovakia where he worked with Daria Kasatkina from Russia.
He is the former coach of Dominika Cibulková, the 2014 Australian Open finalist. Pláteník was coaching her from 2007 to 2009 when she reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2009. In the quarterfinals, she defeated Maria Sharapova 6–0, 6–2. On July 6, 2009 she has reached No. 12 in the WTA rankings.
He now coaches Belinda Bencic.
A native of Bratislava, he is the vice president of the Professional Tennis Coaches Association for Slavic countries and a PTCA-certified coach.
