Marek Dvorak

Marek Dvorak

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Prague, Czech Republic

High School:
Ekogmazium

Last College:
University of Colorado

Height:
5-7

Experience:
3V

2005-2006: Spring: Won 26 singles matches during the year, the second most on the team including a team-best 18 victories in the spring ... Also won the most matches in his respective singles slot with 14 at No. 6. One of three players to wins 10 or more matches at his respective singles position... His 26 singles wins tied for third in school history and his 18 dual match victories are the most by a CU player since Mitch Robinson won 18 in 1996 ... The 18 dual wins are the 41st time a Buff has won that many in the spring ...Was 4-3 against the Big 12 Conference at No. 6 ... Longest win streak of the dual season was six matches ... Won 16 of his last 21 matches that included a straight-set winner over LSU's Martel Campbell at the National Indoors in Seattle ... One of five players (a school-first) with at least 23 wins in the same year and one of six with at least 20 wins apiece during the season, also a school record ... Helped CU to NCAA Tournament first round victory over Arizona (May 13) claiming three-set winner at No. 6 ... Assisted the Buffaloes to a 20-9 record (their first 20-win season since 1997) and a NCAA Tournament berth (a school first since 1998) ...Assisted CU to a 5-2 conference record (the most conference wins since 1998), the third seed in the conference tournament and semifinal appearance (both first since 1997) ... A key ingredient leading CU to their highest national ranking ever (No. 23) ... Was a key player in CU's ITA/Mountain Region Playoff championship win Jan. 21 ... Helped the Buffs to a perfect 12-0 Mountain Region record that included the clinching upset win over then-No. 23 Boise State (Apr. 14), CU's first win over the Broncos since 1993 ... Also assisted the Buffs upset of then-No. 19 Texas Tech (Apr.23), 4-2, CU's first win over the Aggies in Lubbock since 1998. It was the highest win over a nationally ranked team since beating then-No. 15 Harvard at the Blue-Gray Tennis Classic in Montgomery, Ala. in 2005 ... Helped CU defeat Mississippi State (Mar. 17) at the Blue-Gray for the school's first win over a SEC school in 15 tries with singles win at No. 6 ... In doubles, tallied nine wins with six of them at No. 3 ... For his career, recorded 63 singles wins (t-12th) and 42 doubles wins (13th) ... His 37 career dual victories was tied for 23 rd all-time. Fall: Reached the winners' circle eight times in 14 matches ...Reached ITA Region VII Round of 32 main draw (Oct. 19-23) and the semifinals of the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque (Oct. 7-9) ... In doubles, won a team-best nine victories, seven of them with Jan Zelezny ... Teamed with Zelezny winning first six matches together including an appearance at the Crimson Tide Invitational (Sept. 15-18) Flight B finals (finals was not played) ... Upset No. 42 Buck/Johnson of Air Force at DU Invite (Sept. 23-25) ... Won two of three matches with Charlie Yemm reaching the main draw semifinals of the Balloon Fiesta.

2004-2005: Spring: Tallied nine dual victories tying two others ... Recorded four wins apiece at the No. 4 and No. 5 slots, also won his lone match at No. 3 ... Won a thrilling No. 5 singles match in three sets over Silviu Tanasoiu of Oklahoma helping the Buffaloes upset the No. 47 Sooners ...Teamed with Jan Zelezny at No. 3 doubles for a team-best 12 victories, including four wins against the Big 12 ... Won three straight matches, twice; along with four in a row ... Ended the season with three straight wins (w/Zelezny) including knocking off Texas A&M's Bain/Makowski at the Big 12 Tournament ... Won 13 matches for the year, all with Zelezny. Fall: Started the year with nine victories in 14 outings ... Saw action in four tournaments ... Won three straight at the Alabama Invitational (Oct. 29-31) en route to the consolation Flight B final title ... Closed out the fall with six victories in his last eight matches.

2003-2004: Spring: Named the men's tennis team's most valuable player ...Made huge strides in his initial season with the Buffs collecting a team best 19 match victories for the season and tied two others for most wins during the spring with 10 ... Also tied with two others with a team-best five wins at their respective singles slot ... Went 2-0 at No. 3, 3-1 at No. 5 ...Recorded singles victories in three of last four matches of the spring over Tommy Garrison of Oklahoma, 6-3, 6-4 (April 4); and two others over Denver (April 17) and Wichita State (April 21) ... In doubles, won three matches with Peter Bjork at No. 3 and pair of wins with Chad Tsuda at No. 3. Fall: Led the team in victories with an 9-5 record over four events ...Started off by advancing to the consolation semifinals of the H-E-B Tournament... Lost in the main draw Round of 64 to 10th-seeded and No. 92 Divan Coetzee of New Mexico, but rebounded to win three straight consolation matches, including his first collegiate victory, a straight-set winner over Ivan Kovalov of Louisiana-Lafayette ... Advanced to Round of 16 in pre-qualifying draw of the All-American Championships, beating Arizona's Paul Warkentin in the Round of 32 ... At the Mountain Regional Championships in Las Vegas, he upset 14th-seed Aviram Salomon of UNLV to advanced to the Round of 16 ... Faltered in the Round of 16, losing to fourth-seed and 85th-ranked Guillaume Bouvier of Boise State ... Went 2-2 in doubles play, including a 2-1 slate paired with Marko Bundalo ... Pair advanced to the Round of 16 at the Mountain Region Tournament.

Personal: Born February 27, 1984 in Prague, Czech Republic ... Son of Martin and Dana Dvorak ... Hobbies include snowboarding, ice hockey, pool and bowling ... Chose Colorado because, "It is a very good school with a beautiful campus and a very good tennis program." ... Says he does not like Czech food.