Pláteník is currently a head coach at the international EMPIRE Tennis Academy in Trnava, Slovakia where he worked with Daria Kasatkina.

[1] 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.

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

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