Jerzy Janowicz

Jerzy Janowicz ( born November 13, 1990 in Łódź) is a Polish tennis player.

• 2.1 Achievements 2.1.1 Single 2.1.1.1 Win
• 2.1.1.2 finals

• 2.1.2.1 Win
• 2.1.2.2 finals

Life and career

2005-2009: Junior career and first experiences as a professional

Jerzy Janowicz began at the age of five years, to play tennis. In 2005, he played for the first time at an international junior tournament, and a year later he won his first title in Saudi Arabia. His greatest successes as a junior were reaching the finals at the U.S. Open in 2007 and at the French Open in 2008. 's Junior world ranking he got into this time to No. 5

In June 2007, he first participated in a Futures tournament in the adult area, and was first performed two months later in the tennis world rankings. In March 2008, Janowicz won in Switzerland his first Futures title. Then he got in June 2008 for the ATP tournament in Warsaw a wildcard, however, he lost in the first round in straight sets against Juan Mónaco set at position 3. A month later, Jerzy Janowicz first appeared on the Polish Davis Cup team and was in the 4-1 victory over Belarus contribute a single victory against former top 20 player Max Mirny. Later in the year he still won two Futures tournaments and also reached the semi-finals for the first time in Szczecin a Challenger tournament. In the world rankings, he rose in the course of 2008 to over 1000 places to rank 339

The year 2009 began for Jerzy Janowicz with a successful qualification for the ATP tournament in Marseille in February 2009., Where he lost his first round match in three sets against Andreas Seppi extremely scarce. In the Davis Cup match against Belgium in March 2009 Janowicz was unable to prevent the 1:4 defeat of Poland, despite a victory over Kristof Vliegen. In May 2009, he arrived in Poland after the other two Futures finals, of which he was able to win one. After a semi-final at the Challenger tournament in Poznan in July 2009 Janowicz was given a wildcard for the ATP tournament in Washington, but lost in the first round in three sets against Marc Gicquel. At the U.S. Open for the first time in 2009 Janowicz was trying to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament, but failed in the third qualifying round Somdev Devvarman on. In September 2009 he drove in the Davis Cup for the 3-2 victory over Britain a victory over Daniel Evans at, but he lost his second match against the world ranking third Andy Murray. In October 2009, he failed in the ATP Tournament Stockholm and Lyon respectively in the third qualifying round. In the world rankings, he was temporarily moved forward this year to rank 229, fell to the end of the year but ranked 319 back.

2010-2011: entry into the Top 200 and the first Challenger title

In February 2010, Jerzy Janowicz won in Azerbaijan 's Future 's fifth title. In April 2010 he was given a wildcard for the ATP tournament in Houston, but lost in straight sets against Wayne Odesnik. In June 2010, followed by two more Futures title in Poland, followed by a successful qualification for the ATP tournament in Bastad in July 2010. He lost in the first round against the also started as a qualifier Ervin Eleskovic. At the U.S. Open 2010 Janowicz failed just like last year in qualifying, but for once he could win in Saint- Remy- de -Provence in his first Challenger final against Edouard Roger -Vasselin his first title in September 2010. Then he climbed in the world rankings for the first time into the top 200. In the Davis Cup match against Latvia Janowicz lost indeed his first singles match against Ernests Gulbis, but could win the decisive last match against Karlis Lejnieks Poland and thus secure the 3-2 victory. In October 2010, he won two consecutive Futures tournaments nine matches in a row in Belarus: After winning the first tournament, he was stopped in the second tournament only in a tight final. In November 2010 Janowicz reached in Salzburg for the second time in his career a Challenger final, but what he lost in three tight sets against Conor Niland. Nevertheless, he achieved then with Rank 161 had hitherto been his best world ranking.

The year 2011 began for Jerzy Janowicz with a narrow defeat against Bobby Reynolds in the second qualifying round of the Australian Open. In early February 2011, he reached the semifinals, where he retired against Gilles Muller at the Challenger tournament in Courmayeur. In March 2011, Janowicz lost in the Davis Cup match against Israel in five sets against Amir Weintraub, and could thus not prevent the 2:3 defeat of Poland, despite the subsequent victory over top-100 player Dudi Sela. After he had retired at the French Open in the first qualifying round, Jerzy Janowicz reached at Wimbledon third round of qualifying, where he was defeated after over four hours of play time with 6:8 in the fifth set Martin Fischer. In July 2011, Janowicz reached in Poznan his first Challenger final in this year, but he lost in straight sets against Rui Machado. In Kitzbühel Jerzy Janowicz to qualify in August 2011 for the first time in over a year for an ATP tournament, but he lost in the first round in three sets to the eventual semi-finalists João Souza. In the world rankings after he reached rank 140 with its best ever placing. Rest of the year passed without further highlights.

2012-2013: Grand Slam debut, Paris Masters and Wimbledon semi-final

In February 2012, Jerzy Janowicz reached the Challenger tournament in Wolfsburg the final, lost, however, extremely scarce in three sets against Igor Sijsling. Early May 2012 Janowicz won together with Jürgen Zopp in Tunis his first Challenger title in doubles. Just a week later, he won the Challenger tournament in Rome, his first singles title this year. He defeated three top 100 players during the tournament with Ernests Gulbis, Rui Machado and in the final Gilles Muller. After he was still failed at the French Open just in the final qualifying round, first to Janowicz to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament in June 2012 in Wimbledon. In the first round, he sat down in four sets against the also started from the qualifier Simone Bolelli by before he won in the second round in a five set match against Ernests Gulbis. In the third round he met on the set at position 31 Florian Mayer. There he was defeated, having already two match points could not use, in five sets. In July followed the Challenger Tour two more single titles he won in Scheveningen and poses. The breakthrough on the World Tour in late October, he managed at the Masters in Paris. Without dropping a set Janowicz survived the first qualification against Dmitry Tursunov and Florent Serra before he equally clearly won against Philipp Kohlschreiber and Marin Cilic in the first and second round. In the second round he defeated Olympic champion Andy Murray in three sets, while Murray had in the second set even a match. In the subsequent quarter-final against Janko Tipsarevic Janowicz turned again a residue. Tipsarevic finally had to give up due to an injury in the third set, which Janowicz moved the first pole in the semifinals of a Masters. Against Gilles Simon, he remained there with 6:4, 7:5 again without dropping a set. In the final he defeated ultimately the Spaniard David Ferrer 4:6, 3:6. This success Janowicz advanced from position 69 in the world ranking at position 26.

The season of 2013 was stable in the first half for Janowicz without winning a title in the individual case. At the Australian Open he reached the third round for the first time. In the following tournaments he never came also beyond the third round. Only at the Masters in Rome, he was able to reach the quarter- finals, where he lost to Roger Federer in straight sets after beating Jo -Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet. Previously, he had first reached in Indian Wells in his career the finals of a double competition. On the side of Treat Conrad Huey he lost in three sets to world ranking leader Bob and Mike Bryan. In Roland Garros, he reached as at the first Grand Slam of the year the third round. At Wimbledon, he moved as a first pole in the history of the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament in men's singles. There, he lost to Andy Murray in four sets. Due to this success, he was able to break into the world rankings to 17th place. After good results at the following tournaments such as the Canada Masters, he improved even further to rank 14 At the U.S. Open, he lost in the first round in three sets to smooth Máximo González.

Current account

Achievements

Singles

Win

Finals

Doubles

Win

Finals

Statistics ( Single)

Legend: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = finals / semifinals / quarterfinals / knockout stages; 1R, 2R, 3R = eliminated in the first / second / third main round; RR = Round Robin ( Group Stage ); K1, K2, K3, K4 = Continental Group 1, 2, 3, 4

1 tournament result in brackets means that the player has not finished the tournament; it displays its current tournament status. After the player has finished the tournament, the clamp is removed. 2 prior to 2009 Tennis Masters Cup. 3 The Masters tournament in Madrid was held before 2002 in Stuttgart, Essen and Stockholm. In 2009 took place a pad change from hard court to sand. 4 The tournament Hamburg Masters is no longer part of the series since 2009. 5 PO = Playoff ( promotion and relegation round of the Davis Cup World Group ). 6 In contrast to the ATP rankings are here (as well as runners-up and won titles in the number ) counted only tournaments on the ATP World Tour and the four Grand Slam tournaments and the ATP World Tour Finals, ie no Challenger or Futures tournaments or team events ( Davis Cup and World Team Cup). However, the latter count in the win / loss statistics. 7 Since the 2009 season, no ATP tournaments are more played on carpet. 8 Stand: February 17, 2014