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Jerzy Janowicz

Janowicz in 2010
Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Łódź, Poland
Born	(1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 (age 34) Łódź, Poland
Height	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2007
Retired	2022 (last match played)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,769,423
Official website	jerzy-janowicz.com
Singles
Career record	102–95
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 14 (12 August 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2013, 2014, 2015)
French Open	3R (2013, 2014)
Wimbledon	SF (2013)
US Open	2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	15–20
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 47 (19 August 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2013, 2016)
French Open	QF (2013)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2012)
US Open	1R (2013, 2015)
Team competitions
Hopman Cup	W (2015)

Jerzy Filip Janowicz Jr. (born 13 November 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player. He is known for his powerful serve, which can reach speeds of up to 249 kilometers per hour (155 mph). He also hits strong groundstrokes.

Jerzy Janowicz became famous for being the first Polish man to reach a major semifinal. This happened at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. Even though he never won a main ATP Tour title, he reached a career-high world ranking of No. 14 in August 2013. In 2013, the Polish President gave him the Gold Cross of Merit for his achievements.

Early Life and Family Support

Jerzy Janowicz was born in Łódź, Poland. He started playing tennis when he was five years old. His parents, Jerzy and Anna Szalbot, were both professional volleyball players. This is where he gets his athletic ability and height.

When he was about 10 or 11, his parents sold their sports stores and apartments. They did this to help pay for his tennis training. They believed he had a bright future in the sport. Jerzy has said that Pete Sampras was his inspiration. Every October, Jerzy and his team organize a tennis tournament in Łódź. It's called the Atlas Jerzyk Cup and helps introduce tennis to young children aged 8 to 12.

Tennis Career Highlights

Junior Achievements

As a junior player, Jerzy Janowicz had a good record of 59 wins and 23 losses. He reached a world ranking of No. 5 in 2008. He made it to the boys' singles finals at two major junior tournaments. These were the 2007 US Open and the 2008 French Open. He lost both finals.

Breaking Through in 2012

Jerzy Janowicz started 2012 ranked 221st in the world. He couldn't play in the Australian Open because he didn't have enough sponsors. Later that year, he won three Challenger tournaments. These are smaller professional tournaments.

At the Wimbledon Championships, he played in the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time. He won two matches before losing in the third round.

In November 2012, Janowicz played in the Paris Masters. This is a big ATP 1000 tournament. He beat five top-20 players, including Andy Murray. He said it was "the most unbelievable day in my life." He became the first qualifier to reach the final of this tournament since 2003. Even though he lost the final to David Ferrer, he entered the top 30 rankings. He finished the year ranked No. 24, a huge jump from the previous year.

Reaching World No. 14 in 2013

Janowicz at Roland Garros, 2013

In 2013, Jerzy Janowicz was seeded for the first time at a Grand Slam, the Australian Open. He reached the third round. He also had a great run at the Italian Open. He beat two top-ten players before losing to Roger Federer in the quarterfinals. Federer even said Jerzy was "really fun to watch."

Jerzy at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships

His biggest achievement came at Wimbledon. He reached his first Grand Slam semifinal. He was the first Polish man to do so. He lost to Andy Murray, who went on to win the tournament. After Wimbledon, he struggled with a back injury. He finished the year ranked No. 21.

Injuries and Comebacks

Jerzy at the 2014 Winston-Salem Open

In 2014, Jerzy Janowicz had a foot injury. He played through it at the Australian Open, reaching the third round. He later had to withdraw from some tournaments to recover. He reached the final of the Winston-Salem Open but lost. He finished 2014 ranked No. 43.

Janowicz at the 2015 French Open

In 2015, Jerzy Janowicz won the Hopman Cup with his teammate Agnieszka Radwańska. This was Poland's first title in this team event. He also reached his third ATP final at the Open Sud de France. However, he had to stop playing in the final due to a viral infection. He finished 2015 ranked 57th.

Jerzy Janowicz at the 2016 US Open

In 2016, a knee injury kept him from playing for many months. He missed important tournaments. He played at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio but lost in the first round. He returned at the US Open, losing to Novak Djokovic. Later that year, he won a Challenger tournament in Italy. He said he was "just trying to get back in shape again."

Janowicz at Wimbledon, 2017

In 2017, Jerzy Janowicz hired a new coach. He won his sixth ATP Challenger title in Italy. He also reached the third round at Wimbledon. He finished the year ranked No. 122.

Later Career and Return

Jerzy Janowicz did not play from November 2017 due to another knee injury. In April 2019, doctors said he could start training again. He planned to return to playing in 2020.

In February 2020, he reached the final of a Challenger tournament in France. He lost the final but showed he was back in good form. He played one exhibition match in 2021. In May 2022, he received a wildcard to play in a Challenger tournament in Poland, marking his comeback.

Davis Cup Participation

Jerzy Janowicz has played an important role for the Polish Davis Cup team. In 2009, he helped Poland win against Great Britain. In 2013, he won a key match against Slovenia, helping Poland move forward in the competition.

Playing Style

Jerzy Janowicz is known for his incredibly powerful serve. His first serve often goes between 130 and 140 miles per hour (209-225 km/h). Even his second serve is very fast. He is also very tall, at 6 feet 8 inches (2.04 meters). He moves well for his size and hits strong shots from the back of the court. He also has an excellent drop shot, which is a soft shot that barely goes over the net. He uses a two-handed backhand and likes to mix up his shots.

Significant Finals

Jerzy Janowicz has reached several important finals in his career.

Masters 1000 Finals (Singles)

He reached one Masters 1000 final in singles.

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2012	Paris Masters	Hard (i)	David Ferrer	4–6, 3–6

Masters 1000 Finals (Doubles)

He reached one Masters 1000 final in doubles.

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2013	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Treat Huey	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 3 (3 Runner-ups)

Jerzy Janowicz has reached three singles finals on the ATP Tour. He finished as the runner-up in all of them.

Outcome	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2012	BNP Paribas Masters, Paris	Hard (i)	David Ferrer	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2014	Winston-Salem Open, United States	Hard	Lukáš Rosol	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 5–7
Loss	0–3	Feb 2015	Open Sud de France, Montpellier	Hard (i)	Richard Gasquet	0–3 ret.

Doubles: 1 (1 Runner-up)

He reached one doubles final on the ATP Tour.

Outcome	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2013	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Hard	Treat Conrad Huey	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]

Other Finals

Team Competition: 1 (1 Title)

Jerzy Janowicz won one team competition.

Outcome	W–L	Date	Team competition	Surface	Partner/Team	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2015	Hopman Cup, Perth	Hard	Agnieszka Radwańska	Serena Williams John Isner	2–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Jerzy Janowicz has won several titles at the Challenger and Futures levels, which are lower-tier professional tournaments.

Singles: 23 (13 Wins, 10 Losses)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2008	Switzerland F3, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Futures	Carpet	Andrea Stoppini	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 2008	Poland F5, Olsztyn	Futures	Clay	Marcin Gawron	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–0	Sep 2008	Poland F7, Wrocław	Futures	Clay	Marcin Gawron	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss	3–1	May 2009	Czech Republic F1, Teplice	Futures	Clay	Michal Tabara	3–6, 2–6
Win	4–1	May 2009	Czech Republic F2, Most	Futures	Clay	Michal Tabara	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Win	5–1	Feb 2010	Azerbaijan F2, Baku	Futures	Hard	Mikhail Ledovskikh	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	6–1	Jun 2010	Poland F3, Koszalin	Futures	Clay	Adrián García	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–3
Loss	6–2	Jun 2010	Poland F4, Gilwice	Futures	Clay	Dušan Lojda	6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win	7–2	Sep 2010	Saint-Rémy, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	3–6, 7–6(10–8), 7–6(8–6)
Win	8–2	Oct 2010	Belarus F3, Minsk	Futures	Hard (i)	Aliaksandr Bury	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss	8–3	Oct 2010	Belarus F4, Minsk	Futures	Hard (i)	Sergey Betov	6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	8–4	Nov 2010	Salzburg, Austria	Challenger	Hard (i)	Conor Niland	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 3–6
Loss	8–5	Jul 2011	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Rui Machado	3–6, 3–6
Loss	8–6	Jan 2012	Great Britain F3, Birkenhead	Futures	Hard	Yannick Mertens	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 2–6
Loss	8–7	Feb 2012	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Igor Sijsling	6–4, 3–6, 6–7(9-11)
Win	9–7	May 2012	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gilles Müller	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	10–7	Jul 2012	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	6–2, 6–2
Win	11–7	Jul 2012	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy	6–3, 6–3
Loss	11–8	Oct 2015	Orleans, France	Challenger	Hard	Jan-Lennard Struff	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win	12–8	Sep 2016	Genova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	13–8	Feb 2017	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Quentin Halys	6–4, 6–4
Loss	13–9	Nov 2017	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Maximilian Marterer	6–7(8–10), 6–3, 3–6
Loss	13–10	Mar 2020	Pau, France	Challenger	Hard	Ernests Gulbis	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 4 (4 Wins, 0 Losses)

Jerzy Janowicz has won four doubles titles at the Challenger and Futures levels.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2008	Poland F5, Olsztyn	Futures	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Andrzej Grusiecki Andriej Kapaś	6–1, 6–4
Win	2–0	May 2009	Poland F1, Katowice	Futures	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Denis Matsukevich Valery Rudnev	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–0	May 2012	Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Jürgen Zopp	Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler	7–6(7–1), 6–3
Win	4–0	Oct 2012	Mons, Belgium	Challenger	Hard	Tomasz Bednarek	Michaël Llodra Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–5, 4–6, [10–2]

Junior Grand Slam Finals

Jerzy Janowicz reached two junior Grand Slam finals in singles.

Singles (0 Wins, 2 Losses)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	9 September 2007	US Open	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	8 June 2008	French Open	Clay	Yang Tsung-hua	3–6, 6–7(5–7)

ITF Junior Results

Jerzy Janowicz also played in ITF junior tournaments.

Singles: 7 (3 Wins, 4 Losses)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	17 November 2006	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Hard	David Nguyen	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1.	24 November 2006	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Hard	Martin Trueva	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Win	2.	13 January 2007	New Delhi, India	Hard	Kittiphong Wachiramanowong	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	3.	26 May 2007	Sankt Pölten, Austria	Clay	Mark Verryth	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2.	15 July 2007	Essen, Germany	Clay	César Ramírez	6–4, 1–6, 1–2 ret.
Loss	3.	9 September 2007	US Open, New York	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	8 June 2008	French Open, Paris	Clay	Yang Tsung-hua	3–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 1 (1 Win, 0 Losses)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	23 June 2007	Halle, Germany	Grass	Mateusz Szmigiel	Patricio Alvarado Jiri Kosler	Walkover

Record Against Top Players

Jerzy Janowicz has played against many top tennis players. Here are some of his records against players who reached the top 10 in their careers.

Player	Ranking	Record	W%	Hardcourt	Clay	Grass	Carpet	Last match
Lleyton Hewitt	1	1–0	100%	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	Win (7–5, 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 4–6, 6–3) at 2014 Wimbledon Championships
Andy Murray	1	1–4	20%	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	Loss (5–7, 2–6) at 2014 Shanghai Masters
Novak Djokovic	1	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	Loss (3–6, 7–5, 2–6, 1–6) at 2016 US Open
Roger Federer	1	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	Loss (4–6, 6–7(2–7)) at 2013 Rome
Rafael Nadal	1	0–2	0%	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	Loss (5–7, 4–6) at 2013 Paris Masters
Tommy Haas	2	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	Win (6–4, 6–4) at 2014 Rotterdam
David Nalbandian	3	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	Win (7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3) at 2013 Indian Wells
Stanislas Wawrinka	3	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	Loss (3–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 3–6) at 2013 French Open
David Ferrer	3	0–2	0%	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	Loss (4–6, 6–4, 0–6) at 2013 Valencia
James Blake	4	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	Loss (1–6, 5–7) at 2013 Cincinnati
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5	1–1	50%	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	Loss (4–6, 4–6, 3–6) at 2014 French Open
Tomáš Berdych	5	0–3	0%	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	Loss (7–6(11–9), 2–6, 4–6) at 2014 Rotterdam
Gilles Simon	6	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	Win (6–4, 7–5) at 2012 Paris Masters
Richard Gasquet	7	1–3	25%	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	Loss (0–3 ret.) at 2015 Montpellier
Fernando Verdasco	7	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	Loss (5–7, 0–4 ret.) at 2013 Hamburg
Grigor Dimitrov	8	2–3	40%	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	Loss (5–7, 6–7(5–7)) at 2017 Stockholm
Radek Štěpánek	8	1–0	100%	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	Win (6–2, 5–3 ret.) at 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Janko Tipsarević	8	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	Win (3–6, 6–1, 4–1 ret.) at 2012 Paris Masters
Jürgen Melzer	8	1–1	50%	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	Loss (4–6, 6–7(1–7)) at 2014 Barcelona
Marin Čilić	8	1–2	33%	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	Loss (6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6, 3–6) at 2017 Australian Open
John Isner	8	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	Loss (3–6, 6–7(7–9), 3–6) at 2016 Australian Open
Nicolás Almagro	9	1–1	50%	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	Win (7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–4) at 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Ernests Gulbis	10	2–4	33%	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	Loss (3–6, 4–6) at 2020 Pau Challenger

Wins Over Top-10 Players Per Season

Jerzy Janowicz has achieved several wins against players ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Ranking	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2012
1.	Andy Murray	3	Paris, France	Hard (i)	3R	5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
2.	Janko Tipsarević	9	Paris, France	Hard (i)	QF	3–6, 6–1, 4–1 ret.
2013
3.	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	8	Rome, Italy	Clay	2R	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
4.	Richard Gasquet	9	Rome, Italy	Clay	3R	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
2014
5.	Grigor Dimitrov	8	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	2R	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Personal Life

Since 2013, Jerzy Janowicz has been dating fellow Polish tennis player, Marta Domachowska. They announced in December 2018 that they were expecting a baby. Their son was born in 2019.

Images for kids

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  Janowicz in 2010

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  Janowicz at Roland Garros, 2013

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  Jerzy at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships

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  Jerzy at the 2014 Winston-Salem Open

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  Janowicz at the 2015 French Open

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  Jerzy Janowicz at the 2016 US Open

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  Janowicz at Wimbledon, 2017

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  Jerzy Janowicz is known for his powerful groundstrokes