Marián Vajda

Who is Marián Vajda?

Marián Vajda is a former Slovak tennis player.

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 7–6, 6–1, 6–0. He reached the third round of the 1991 French Open; won 2 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. Since June 2006, Vajda has been the coach of Novak Djokovic. On 18 December 2013, it was announced that Boris Becker will become Djokovic's new head coach with Vajda remaining part of Djokovic's team. For his great success with the Serbian tennis player, Vajda won the award for best coach by the Olympic Committee of Serbia in both 2010 and 2011.