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==Biography==
'''Vasek Pospisil''' (born June 23, 1990 in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high World singles ranking of 25, and No. 4 in doubles. In 2013, Pospisil had his breakthrough at the [[Rogers Cup]] in Montréal as a wildcard. He defeated respectively world No. 20 John Isner in the first round, Radek Štěpánek in the second round and world No. 6 Tomáš Berdych in the third round, which was Pospisil's first top-10 win. In the quarterfinals leading 3–0 in the first set, Pospisil's opponent Nikolay Davydenko retired due to illness. In the semifinals, he lost to compatriot [[Milos Raonic]]. With this result, Pospisil was ranked in the top 40 for the first time in his career. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and the 2015 Indian Wells Masters men's doubles titles. He also reached the quarterfinals in singles at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. In 2015, Pospisil reached his first ATP singles final at the Citi Open with wins over Rajeev Ram, world No. 5 Tomáš Berdych, Santiago Giraldo and world No. 14 Richard Gasquet. He was defeated by world No. 7 [[Milos Raonic]] in the first all-Canadian final in ATP history.
 
Vasek was born to Miloš Pospíšil and Mila. In 1988, before Vasek was born, his parents and older brothers unlawfully drove from Czechoslovakia to Austria to escape the Communist regime. Before moving, Miloš worked as the plant manager of a dairy factory, and Mila taught in a kindergarten. Both had experience playing recreational sports such as tennis with their sons and in local tournaments.