Peter Gojowczyk
Peter Gojowczyk ( born July 15, 1989 in Munich) is a German tennis player.
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Life and career
To 2009: The first successes in Futures tournaments
Peter Gojowczyk began at the age of four years, to play tennis. After several tournaments played in 2005 as a junior, he moved in 2006 turned professional and played from then on, first on the Futures Tour. In September and October 2007, he won his first two titles in Mexico and thus rose into the top 500 of the world tennis rankings.
Beginning of 2008, followed in Austria two futures titles, which Gowojczyk increasingly also participated in Challenger tournaments. There, however, he never came in. beyond the second round. In Munich and Halle, he first tried to qualify for ATP tournaments, but managed not to jump into the main draw. In September 2008 Peter Gojowczyk won three Futures title in three weeks in India and Thailand and then came the first time into the top 300 in the world rankings before.
However, the final breakthrough was further delayed. In September 2009 Gojowczyk fell briefly back to Rank 619 in the world rankings. However Among other things, by his first challenger quarter- finals in Eckental where the former top 20 player Dominik Hrbatý he defeated, among others, he made it to the end of the year back in the top 400
2010-2011: ATP debut victory at the German Championships and first Challenger final
The first highlight of 2010 was for Peter Gojowczyk in May at the ATP tournament in Munich, where he could qualify for an ATP main draw for the first time. Against the set at position 5 Marcos Baghdatis he could even win the first set, but had to concede defeat to the eventual semi-finalists in three sets eventually. In the rest of the season was followed by two more Challenger quarterfinals in Oberstaufen and Bangkok, but he was able to defeat the top 100 players Andreas Beck among others. The annual financial statements Peter Gojowczyk won in Biberach by a final victory over Kevin Deden the German Tennis Championships.
In August 2011 Peter Gojowczyk made his greatest success so far: When Challenger tournament in Manerbio he moved as a qualifier to the finals without dropping a set, defeating Thiemo de Bakker and thereby with Martin Klizan two seeded players. In the final he defeated Adrian Ungur the first set, lost the match but in the end almost in three sets. In the rest of the season Gojowczyk reached two more Challenger quarter-final, and finished the season at its best ever placing 241
2012: Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open and into the top 200
In January 2012 Peter Gojowczyk took at the Australian Open for the first time participated in the qualifying at a Grand Slam tournament. Through three smooth two- set victories, including on the set at position 2 Grega Zemlja to Gojowczyk qualified sovereign and met in the first round to Donald Young. After the first two sets smoothly lost, he fought his way back into the match and in the decisive fifth set, but which he lost with 2:6 against the favorite.
In April 2012, Peter Gojowczyk reached the semifinals at the Challenger tournament in Saint- Brieuc. Counter Augustin Gensse he lost despite set of guiding the game in three sets. Previously, he won among others against the two Frenchmen Kenny de Schepper set and Maxime Teixeira. From this result, he ended up in the subsequently published world rankings for the first time with position 194 in the Top 200
2013: First-time entry into the second round of a Grand Slam
At the U.S. Open in 2013 Gojowczyk reached by a four- set victory over Dutchman Igor Sijsling the first time the second round of a Grand Slam tournament. In August 2013 he stood for the first time in his career among the top 150 in the world rankings in the men's singles.
2014: First semi-final of an ATP tournament
When ATP tournament in Doha Gojowczyk stood to Begin the year 2014 for the first time in the semifinals of an ATP tournament. After surviving skills and wins over Dominic Thiem, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Dustin Brown, he narrowly failed on world number one Rafael Nadal 6-4, 2:6 and 3:6, but secured with U.S. $ 53,800, the highest ever prize money in his career. Then he stood as a qualifier for the first time in the main draw of the Australian Open in 2014 and reached on 13 January 2014, with the space 135 in the world ranking to date his best position. Two weeks later he rose with rank 99 for the first time into the top 100.
Davis Cup
For a surprise Gojowczyk made during his Davis Cup debut in April 2014 for Germany against France when he, the number twelve in the world rankings, defeated Jo -Wilfried Tsonga in five sets at the time.