Started playing tennis aged five with his parents, who played tennis for fun…Father, Jerzy, and mother, Anna Szalbot, were both professional volleyball players…Idol growing up was Pete Sampras…Likes all surfaces and favourite shot is forehand…Hobbies include computers and computer games…Considers himself very skilled with computers in general…
2012 -- The Pole made his Grand Slam debut as a qualifier at Wimbledon and advanced to the third round (l. to F. Mayer 75 in fifth set)…Made his improvement with success on the ATP Challenger Tour with a 32-9 match record and three titles, in Italy, the Netherlands and Poland…In opening month of campaign, reached quarter-finals at Great Britain #2 Futures and followed with runner-up at Great Britain #3 Futures…
At Paris in late October, he qualified and beat three Top 20 and two Top 10 players en route to his first ATP World Tour final…He was the first qualifier to reach an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final since Canas (l. to Djokovic) at 2007 Miami…He was the first qualifier to reach Paris final since Stepanek (l. to Safin) in 2004…He was the first player to reach an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final in his Masters 1000 tournament debut since Levy at 2000 Toronto (l. to Safin)…He was the first player to reach his maiden ATP World Tour final in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament since Mirnyi at 2001 Stuttgart-indoor (l. to Haas)…
He lost in the Paris final to World No. 5 Ferrer in straight sets on 4 November…He had been trying to become the first Pole to win an ATP World Tour title since Fibak won at WCT/Chicago on Dec. 5, 1982 (d. Bill Scanlon)…He was trying to become the first qualifier to win an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title since (No. 42) Portas at 2001 Hamburg (d. Ferrero)…Portas was also the last player to win his maiden ATP World Tour title in a Masters 1000 tournament…Janowicz was also attempting to become the first winner outside the Top 50 to win an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title since No. 57 Woodruff at 1997 Montreal (d. Kuerten)…He jumped from World No. 69 to inside the Top 30 on 5 November…The last Polish player to rank in the Top 30 was Fibak at No. 29 on Feb. 20, 1984…
Worked his way up and improved ranking in Futures and Challenger tournaments throughout season. Compiled a 14-4 tour level match record (8-3 on hard), including 5-0 in Davis Cup play...In Moscow, posted wins over Becker and Berlocq before losing to Bellucci in maiden ATP World Tour QF...Made his Grand Slam debut as a qualifier at Wimbledon and advanced to 3R (l. to F. Mayer 7-5 in 5th set, held 2 MPs). At US Open lost in 1R...On Challenger circuit, put together a 32-9 match record and 3 titles, in Italy, the Netherlands and Poland. In opening month of campaign, reached final at Great Britain #3 Futures...Earned a career-high $477,833...
2013
The Pole beat Devvarman 7-5 in fifth set in Australian Open 2R, before falling to Almagro in 3R…Fell in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R (l. to Gasquet)…He partnered Janowicz, for the first time, to the Indian Wells doubles final (l. to Bryans)…
Fell in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami 2R (l. to Bellucci)…Beat No. 8 seed Tsonga in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome 2R, No. 9 Gasquet in 3R before falling to No. 2 Federer in QFs…
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