Marcin Matkowski

Began playing tennis at age eight...Father, Zbigniew; mother, Jolanta...Has one younger sister Dominika (18)...Speaks Polish and English...Went to college at UCLA from 2001-03 before turning pro...Enjoys going to movies and reading books, especially by Grisham, Clancy and Brown...His idol growing up was Pete Sampras and says hard courts are his favorite surface...Considers his serve and forehand as best part of his game.

Matkowski-Fyrstenberg DEUCE Feature (Jan. 2009)
Matkowski-Fyrstenberg DEUCE Feature (Jan. 2012)

2011 -- The Pole teamed with countryman Fyrstenberg to qualify for their 5th season-ending championship in the past 6 years (except ‘07)…Did not win title in season, but reached finals at US Open (l. to Melzer-Petzschner) and Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (l. to Mirnyi-Nestor)...In 1st half of season, struggled with 7-13 match record with best results SF at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo and QF in 3 other events, including Australian Open in opening month...Entered Flushing Meadows with a 9-19 mark and posted impressive wins over veteran duos Bhupathi-Paes in
QF and Bopanna-Qureshi in SF, both in straight sets, before falling to Melzer-Petzschner...Continued consistent play in final month with SF at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (d. Bryan brothers, l. to Llodra-Zimonjic) and in Vienna (l. to Bryans)…Finished with QF at ATP Masters 1000 Paris (l. to Benneteau-Mahut)...

2010 -- The Polish native teamed with countryman Fyrstenberg to qualify for their fourth season-ending championship in past five years (except ’07)…Reached SFs at Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (l. to Bhupathi-Mirnyi)…They got off to a slow start (15-14) through first week of June before capturing their lone ATP World Tour title of season in Eastbourne (d. Fleming-Skupski) prior to Wimbledon…They struggled in their next six tournaments with a 2-6 mark until getting to US Open where they reached QFs (l. to Bryans)…In October they advanced to four straight finals, including three on Asian circuit…Finalists in Kuala Lumpur (l. to Cermak-Mertinak), Beijing (l. to Bryans) and Shanghai* (l. to Melzer-Paes)…Continued strong play in Europe with runner-up in Vienna (l. to Nestor-Zimonjic)…­Their finals streak ended with 1st RD loss in Valencia…Finished No. 4 in ATP Doubles Team Ranking and No. 12 individually…Earned a career-high $361,640.

2009 -- Teamed with countryman Fyrstenberg to qualify for their third year-end championship in the past four years…They collected two ATP World Tour titles for the third straight year and also extended their title streak to seven consecutive seasons…After a 12-12 start, they captured their first grass court title at Eastbourne (d. Parrott-Polasek) in mid-June…In August they advanced to final in Washington (l. to Damm-Lindstedt)…Their best month came in October when they captured their first Asian title in Kuala Lumpur (d. Kunitsyn-Levinsky) and two weeks later beat the Bryans in QF en route to final at ATP Shanghai Masters 1000 (l. to Benneteau-Tsonga)…One month later at Paris*, they ousted Bryans again in QF en route to SF (l. to Granollers-Robredo), which enabled them to pass No. 8 Moodie-Norman and qualify for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London (went 1-2 in round robin play)…They have a 10-14 career record together in ATP World Tour finals…Earned a career-high $317,372.

2008 -- The Pole compiled another outstanding season, winning two ATP doubles titles, including his first AMS shield (w/countryman Fyrstenberg) while making their second appearance at Tennis Masters Cup (l. to Bryans in SF)...The Polish duo have won at least one ATP title for six straight seasons...Began year with SF at Sydney and 3rd RD at Australian Open...Enjoyed solid results on clay, reaching Barcelona final in April (l. to Bryans) and winning Warsaw title in June (d Davydenko-Schukin)...It marked their fourth ATP title on home soil...Also finalists in Bucharest, falling 22-20 in a Match Tie-Break to Devilder-Mathieu...Reached final in next appearance on indoor hard courts at Metz (l. to Clement-Llodra)...Followed by clinching team's first AMS title at Madrid (d. Bhupathi- Knowles)...Finished regular season with SF effort at AMS Paris...Ended No. 7 in ATP Doubles Race and tied for No. 15 individually.

2007 -- Compiled a 38-23 record and went 2-3 in finals (w/Fyrstenberg), winning titles in Sopot and Vienna while reaching finals in New Haven, Metz and AMS Madrid. Also SF in four other tournaments.

2006 -- Picked up one ATP title (w/countryman Fyrstenberg) and advanced to five finals. The pair qualified for their first Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, going 0-3 in round robin action. Won ATP title in Bucharest beginning a stretch where the pair advanced to two consecutive finals and one SF. Duo played well during spring clay season, reaching finals in Costa do Saufpe and Barcelona. Also reached New Haven final and advanced to US Open QF, equaling best showing there. Later in year advanced to Palermo and Basel finals. Reached Australian Open SF for best-ever Grand Slam outing. Finished as No. 8 team in ATP Doubles Race and No. 17 individually.

2005 -- The Polish native compiled a 19-19 match record in doubles. Teamed most of year with countryman Fyrstenberg and they put together a 15-15 mark, highlighted by ATP title in their homeland in Sopot (d. Arnold-Prieto). Also a runner-up in Palermo (l. to M. Garcia-Hood) and SF in two other ATP tournaments. In Challenger play, won title at Szczecin (w/Fyrstenberg). Finished at No. 52 for second straight year.

2004 -- Played first full season on ATP level, compiling a 23-19 record (all w/Fyrstenberg) and broke into Top 50 for first time before finishing No. 52. Opened year with SF in Chennai and followed with title in Heilbronn Challenger. In early season Latin American clay court circuit, advanced to SF in Vina del Mar and Acapulco with second career ATP title in between in Costa do Sauipe. Also SF in Bastad, Bucharest and Palermo (all w/Fyrstenberg). 

2003 -- In doubles, captured first ATP title in homeland in Sopot (w/Fyrstenberg), compiled a 4-2 mark in Challenger finals (w/Fyrstenberg)...Finished in Top 100 for first time at No. 97. 

2002 -- In doubles, won back-to-back Challenger titles at Graz and Manerbio (w/Fyrstenberg). Also captured Poland Futures #7 title (w/Golab). Won his first ATP match in Sopot (w/Fyrstenberg).

2001 -- In doubles, won first Challenger title at Sopot (w/Dabrowski) and won two Futures titles (w/Fyrstenberg)...   

2000 -- Captured doubles title at Poland #3 Futures (w/Kwinta)...