Wojciech Kowalski

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Wojciech Kowalski
Country (sports) Flag of Poland.svg
Residence Warsaw, Poland
Born (1967-10-10) 10 October 1967 (age 57)
Inowrocław, Poland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$152,514
Singles
Career record11–16
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 109 (25 July 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 1R (1995)
US Open 1R (1988)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record2–8
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 125 (28 November 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open 1R (1988)
Last updated on: 31 January 2022.

Wojciech "Wojtek" Kowalski (born 10 October 1967) is a Polish former tennis player.

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Career

Kowalski represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by fellow qualifier Tony Mmoh from Nigeria.

He played mostly on the Challenger tour level and reached four singles finals and winning one title. [1] The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 25 July 1988, when he became the number 109 of the world.

He is married to Klaudia Kowalski and has two sons, Jonas and Moritz. Right now he is working as a tennis coach for TB Erlangen in his own tennis school Tennisschule Kowalski.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1-0Jun 1995 Eisenach, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Dier 7–6, 6–3
Loss1-1Jul 1995 Montauban, FranceChallengerClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Johan Van Herck 4–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 1992 Vienna, AustriaChallengerClay Flag of Sweden.svg Christer Wedenby Flag of the United States.svg Alexis Hombrecher
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Merinov 		7–6, 4–6, 6–3

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
French Open AAAAAAA 1R A0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
US Open 1R AAAAAAA Q1 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–00 / 20–20%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics 1R Not HeldANot HeldA0 / 10–10%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AAAAAAAA Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
Miami AAAAAAAA 2R 0 / 11–150%
Cincinnati AAAAAAAA 2R 0 / 11–150%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–02–20 / 22–250%

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References

  1. ↑ "Wojtek Kowalski | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2019-09-27.


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