Tomasz Wiktorowski

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Tomasz Wiktorowski
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Wiktorowski at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Born (1981-01-10) 10 January 1981 (age 42)
Warsaw, Poland
Coaching career
Coaching achievements
Coachee singles titles total27
List of notable tournaments
(with champion)

Tomasz Wiktorowski (born 10 January 1981) [1] is a Polish tennis coach and commentator.

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He is currently coaching Women's Tennis Association (WTA) No. 1 Iga Świątek. He coached former world No. 2 Agnieszka Radwańska from 2011 to 2018.

Early life

Wiktorowski was born in 1981 in Warsaw. [2] As a junior tennis player, he trained at a local tennis club in Warsaw and played briefly on the ITF Junior Circuit in 1998 and 1999. [3] [4] He graduated from the automotive department of the Warsaw University of Technology in 2005. [5]

Coaching career

Wiktorowski has become known as one of Poland's foremost tennis minds. [6] [7] He began serving as captain of the Polish Fed Cup team in 2009 and coached Poland's Olympic tennis contingent in 2012 and 2016. [1] [8] He has also worked as a tennis commentator for Eurosport Polska and TVP Sport. [7] [3] [9]

Wiktorowski (foreground) with Radwanska in 2015 Agnieszka Radwanska (17188863333).jpg
Wiktorowski (foreground) with Radwańska in 2015

In mid-2011, Wiktorowski joined the team of longtime Polish No. 1 Agnieszka Radwańska, eventually replacing her father Robert as her primary coach. [10] [11] [12] [13] Radwańska had the best major results of her career with Wiktorowski, reaching the final of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships and making four other major semifinals. Despite never winning a major title, Radwańska got to a career-high WTA ranking of No. 2 and remained in the top 15 into 2017. [10] Wiktorowski has said, referring to her crafty style of play, "There will never be a 'new Radwańska'". [10] [14]

Wiktorowski led Poland into the Fed Cup World Group in 2015, the country's highest showing in years, but they did not advance past the quarterfinals. Wiktorowski stepped down from the captain position later that year, having served in the role for seven years. [15] [16] [17]

After Radwańska's retirement from tennis in 2018, Wiktorowski helped found the JW Tennis Support Foundation, which grants scholarships to young Polish players. [9] [10] [18] In 2020, he began coaching Serbian top 200 player Olga Danilović, until the season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. [18] [19]

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Wiktorowski with Iga Świątek at the 2023 US Open

Wiktorowski joined Iga Świątek's team in the off-season before her very successful 2022 campaign, replacing longtime coach Piotr Sierzputowski and joining sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz and fitness trainer Maciej Ryszczuk. [20] [21] [22] Wiktorowski and Świątek have both said that he helped her focus on playing more aggressively. [23] [24] Following the retirement in March of world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty, Świątek took over the No. 1 WTA ranking and went on a historic 37-match win streak. Overall she won eight tournaments in 2022, including the French Open and US Open, and she ended the year with a 67–9 record and a huge lead in the WTA rankings. [21] Świątek was named the 2022 WTA Player of the Year, while Wiktorowski was a WTA Coach of the Year nominee. [25] [26] Przegląd Sportowy named Świątek Polish Sports Personality of the Year and Wiktorowski Polish Coach of the Year across all sports. [27] [28]

Though Świątek briefly lost the world No. 1 ranking the next year, she reclaimed it after winning the 2023 WTA Finals. [29] She was again named WTA Player of the Year, and Wiktorowski was named WTA Coach of the Year for the first time. [29]

Personal life

Wiktorowski married his wife, Joanna, in 2016. [30]

Awards

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  2. ↑ Wieczorek, Bartosz (7 January 2023). "Tomasz Wiktorowski uznany trenerem roku 2022 w Polsce" [Tomasz Wiktorowski recognized as the coach of the year 2022 in Poland] (in Polish). TVP Sport. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Trenuj w UKS Okęcie Sport" [Training at UKS Okęcie Sport]. Polski-Tenis.pl (in Polish). 23 March 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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  5. ↑ "Nasz absolwent Tomasz Wiktorowski Trenerem Roku 2022 w Polsce" [Our graduate Tomasz Wiktorowski is the Coach of the Year 2022 in Poland] (in Polish). Warsaw University of Technology. 9 January 2023. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Jachimiak, Łukasz (3 January 2022). "Nowy trener Igi Świątek opisuje ją jednym słowem. Nie bawi się w dyplomację" [The new coach of Iga Świątek describes her in one word ...]. Sport.pl (in Polish). Agora. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  7. 1 2 Gębicz, Bartosz (27 December 2019). "Tomasz Wiktorowski trenerem Olgi Danilović. Znalazł się w elitarnej grupie Polaków" [Tomasz Wiktorowski coaches Olga Danilović. He has found himself in an elite group of Poles]. Przegląd Sportowy . Ringier Axel Springer Polska. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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  9. 1 2 "Były trener Radwańskiej znalazł nową podopieczną" [Radwańska's former coach has found a new charge] (in Polish). Eurosport. 29 December 2019. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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  12. ↑ "Radwańska: Mam trzech trenerów, ale ojciec jest najważniejszy" [Radwańska: 'I have three coaches, but my father is the most important']. Sport.pl (in Polish). Agora. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "Wiktorowski nie chce rozstawać się z Radwańską" [Wiktorowski does not want to part with Radwańska]. Sport.pl (in Polish). Agora. 14 November 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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  17. ↑ "'Tomek, to nie ma sensu' - kulisy rozstania z Navratilovą" ["Tomek (Tomasz), it doesn't make sense": behind the scenes of the split with Navratilova]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska. 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  18. 1 2 "Były trener Agnieszki Radwańskiej wraca do trenowania. Poprowadzi wielki talent z Serbii" [Agnieszka Radwańska's former coach returns to training ...]. Sport.pl (in Polish). Agora. 28 December 2019. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  19. ↑ Niechciał, Jakub (6 December 2021). "Miał zrobić z serbskiej piękności drugą Agnieszkę Radwańską. Przeszkodził im koronawirus" [He was supposed to make a second Agnieszka Radwańska out of the Serbian ...]. Sportowy24 (in Polish). Polska Press. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  20. ↑ "2020 French Open champ Iga Swiatek splits from longtime coach". ESPN.com. 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  21. 1 2 Walker-Roberts, James (30 November 2022). "Iga Swiatek's coach Tomasz Wiktorowski: 'I knew world No. 1 was destined for greatness, but not this quick'". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  22. ↑ Żukowski, Mirosław (12 June 2022). "Tomasz Wiktorowski przed Wimbledonem: Ułatwimy Idze życie na trawie" [Tomasz Wiktorowski before Wimbledon: 'We will make life easier for Iga on grass']. Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  23. ↑ "Trener Igi Świątek ujawnił, co zmienił w jej grze. Dzięki temu jest najlepsza" [Iga Świątek's coach reveals what he changed in her game ...]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska. 25 June 2022. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  24. ↑ Ercoli, Lorenzo [@Ladal17] (9 May 2022). "#Swiatek: 'In the first tournaments with Tomasz ...'" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  25. ↑ Senkowski, Dominik (14 December 2022). "Zdumiewająca decyzja władz kobiecego tenisa. Trener Igi Świątek pominięty" [An astonishing decision by the women's tennis authorities ...]. Sport.pl (in Polish). Agora. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  26. ↑ "Pomógł Idze Świątek wejść na szczyt, ale to za mało. Trener Polki bez nagrody" [He helped Iga Świątek reach the top, but it wasn't enough ...]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska. 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  27. ↑ "Iga Świątek zdeklasowała konkurencję! Znamy szczegółowe wyniki Plebiscytu Przeglądu Sportowego" [Iga Świątek outclassed the competition! ...]. Przegląd Sportowy . Ringier Axel Springer Polska. 9 January 2023. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  28. 1 2 Gębicz, Bartosz (7 January 2023). "Trener Roku: Tomasz Wiktorowski" [Coach of the Year: Tomasz Wiktorowski]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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