Tomasz Iwański

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Tomasz Iwański
Country (sports)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Born (1968-12-05) 5 December 1968 (age 55)
Łódź, Poland
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record8–3 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 568 (2 Nov 1992)
Doubles
Career record4–3 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 317 (1 Mar 1993)

Tomasz Iwański (born 5 December 1968) is a Polish former professional tennis player. A winner of nine national championships, he is head coach of the Polish Tennis Association and formerly coached top-10 player Nadia Petrova. [1]

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A native of Łódź, Iwański was runner-up to Wojciech Kowalski at the Polish national championships in 1989, but won four men's doubles championships during his career as well as one mixed doubles title. He was national indoor singles champion in 1991 and a three-time men's doubles indoor champion. [2]

Iwański competed for the Poland Davis Cup team between 1989 and 1994. He helped Poland gain promotion to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 1990, winning two singles rubbers in the final against Norway. Appearing in a total of 10 ties, he won eight singles and four doubles rubbers for his country. [3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1992 Poznań, PolandClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dick Norman Flag of Chile.svg Sergio Cortés
Flag of Spain.svg Vicente Solves 		4–6, 6–3, 6–2

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References

  1. ↑ "Tennis: Petrova eyes first grand-slam title". The Guardian . 2006-05-24.
  2. ↑ "HPT - Tomasz Iwański". historiapolskiegotenisa.pl (in Polish).
  3. ↑ "Iwański: tenisowe życie w Polsce jest na śmiesznym poziomie" (in Polish). TVP Sport. 2018-03-15.
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