Vladimír Pláteník

Vladimír Pláteník
Country (sports) Slovakia
ResidenceBratislava, Slovakia
Born (1976-02-18) 18 February 1976
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro1994
Retired2000
PlaysRight (one-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Comenius, Bratislava
Prize money$16,656
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 392 (5 August 1996)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 273 (13 September 1999)

Vladimír Pláteník (born 18 February 1976) 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. He is also the former coach of Dominika Cibulková, the 2014 Australian Open finalist. Pláteník was coaching her from 2007 to 2009 when she reached the semifinals of the French Open in 2009. In the quarterfinals, she defeated Maria Sharapova 6–0, 6–2. On 6 July 2009 she reached No. 12 in the WTA rankings. He was the coach of Anna Blinkova. He was also the coach of Veronika Kudermetova since 2021. He currently coaches Lulu Sun since 2024.

A native of Bratislava, he is the vice president of the Professional Tennis Coaches Association for Slavic countries and a PTCA-certified coach.