Mariusz Fyrstenberg

Began playing tennis at age seven...Nickname is Fryta...Mother, Ewa... Father, Zdzislaw, and older brother Darek...Speaks Polish, English and Spanish...Enjoys reading and ski jumping...Admires Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero...Favorite surface is clay and considers best shot an overhead smash...Member of Polish Davis Cup team and has an 19-9 career record (12-4 in doubles) in 20 ties...Wife, Marta (married July 28, 2007 in Warsaw).

2001 -- In singles, reached final at Latvia #1 Futures and Czech Republic #6 Futures and won back-to-back Futures titles at Poland #1 and #2 stops. In doubles, won first Challenger title at Szczecin (w/Matkowski) and won three of five Futures finals.

2002 -- Reached singles final at Poland #5 Futures and advanced to QF at Donetsk Challenger. In doubles, won back-to-back Challenger titles at Graz and Manerbio (w/Matkowski). Also captured three Futures titles with as many partners. Won his first ATP match in Sopot (w/Matkowski).

2003 -- Best singles result was QF at Hilversum Challenger. In doubles, captured first ATP title in homeland in Sopot (w/Matkowski), compiled a 4-2 mark in Challenger finals (w/Matkowski) and 2-0 in Futures finals...Finished in Top 100 for first time at No. 88.

2004 -- Played first full season on ATP level, compiling a 25-20 record and finishing in Top 50 for first time at No. 49. 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. Did not win back-to-back matches again until Roland Garros where he reached 3rd RD. Best results rest of season were SF in Bastad, Bucharest and Palermo (all w/Matkowski).

2005 -- The Polish native won 20 matches in doubles for second consecutive season, compiling a 20-20 record. Teamed most of year with countryman Matkowski 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/Matkowski) and reached finals at Ostrava (w/Cibulec) and Lugano (w/Lindstedt). Finished at No. 54.

2006 -- Turned in a career-best season (w/countryman Matkowski), picking up one ATP title and advancing to five finals. The pair qualified for their first Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, going 0-3 in round robin action...Took first title of the year 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 the Stanford ATP Doubles Race and No. 16 individually...

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

2008

The Polish native turned in a career-best season (w/countryman Matkowski), winning two ATP titles, including AMS Madrid...They qualified for Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai for second time and reached the SF there...They have won at least one ATP title for six straight years...Began with SF in Sydney and 3rd RD at Australian Open...Enjoyed solid results on clay, reaching Barcelona final in April (l. to Bryan-Bryan) and winning Warsaw title in June (d Davydenko-Schukin)...It marked their fourth title at their home country tournament...Also finalists in Bucharest, falling 22-20 in Match Tie-Break to French team of 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 in Madrid (d. Bhupathi-Knowles)...Finished regular season with SF effort at AMS Paris...Finished as No. 7 team in ATP Doubles Race and No. 15 individually...Earned a career-high $275,551.