:Tomasz Wiktorowski

Wiktorowski was born in 1981 in Warsaw.{{cite news|url=https://sport.tvp.pl/65526927/tomasz-wiktorowski-trenerem-roku-2022-w-polsce-lista-zwyciestw-z-iga-swiatek|title=Tomasz Wiktorowski uznany trenerem roku 2022 w Polsce|first=Bartosz|last=Wieczorek|date=7 January 2023|access-date=9 January 2023|publisher=TVP Sport|language=pl|trans-title=Tomasz Wiktorowski recognized as the coach of the year 2022 in Poland|archive-date=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111220230/https://sport.tvp.pl/65526927/tomasz-wiktorowski-trenerem-roku-2022-w-polsce-lista-zwyciestw-z-iga-swiatek|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://polski-tenis.pl/archiwum/news/trenuj-w-uks-okecie-sport-4141/|title=Trenuj w UKS Okęcie Sport|language=pl|date=23 March 2011|access-date=1 January 2023|work=Polski-Tenis.pl|trans-title=Training at UKS Okęcie Sport|archive-date=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111220233/https://polski-tenis.pl/archiwum/news/trenuj-w-uks-okecie-sport-4141/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/tomasz-wiktorowski/800213268/pol/jt/s/overview/|title=Tomasz Wiktorowski Tennis Player Profile|publisher=International Tennis Federation|access-date=18 March 2023}} He graduated from the automotive department of the Warsaw University of Technology in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.pw.edu.pl/Aktualnosci/Nasz-absolwent-Tomasz-Wiktorowski-Trenerem-Roku-2022-w-Polsce|title=Nasz absolwent Tomasz Wiktorowski Trenerem Roku 2022 w Polsce|publisher=Warsaw University of Technology|date=9 January 2023|access-date=9 January 2023|language=pl|trans-title=Our graduate Tomasz Wiktorowski is the Coach of the Year 2022 in Poland|archive-date=9 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109181248/https://www.pw.edu.pl/Aktualnosci/Nasz-absolwent-Tomasz-Wiktorowski-Trenerem-Roku-2022-w-Polsce|url-status=live}}

Wiktorowski has become known as one of Poland's foremost tennis minds.{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.pl/tenis/7,64987,27968101,nowy-trener-igi-swiatek-opisuje-ja-jednym-slowem-nie-bawi-sie.html|title=Nowy trener Igi Świątek opisuje ją jednym słowem. Nie bawi się w dyplomację|last=Jachimiak|first=Łukasz|date=3 January 2022|access-date=1 January 2023|work=Sport.pl|publisher=Agora|language=pl|trans-title=The new coach of Iga Świątek describes her in one word ...|archive-date=30 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530101124/https://www.sport.pl/tenis/7,64987,27968101,nowy-trener-igi-swiatek-opisuje-ja-jednym-slowem-nie-bawi-sie.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/tomasz-wiktorowski-trenerem-olgi-danilovic-znalazl-sie-w-elitarnej-grupie-polakow/1fb7nx5|title=Tomasz Wiktorowski trenerem Olgi Danilović. Znalazł się w elitarnej grupie Polaków|date=27 December 2019|access-date=1 January 2023|first=Bartosz|last=Gębicz|website=Przegląd Sportowy|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Polska|trans-title=Tomasz Wiktorowski coaches Olga Danilović. He has found himself in an elite group of Poles|archive-date=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111220230/https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/tomasz-wiktorowski-trenerem-olgi-danilovic-znalazl-sie-w-elitarnej-grupie-polakow/1fb7nx5|url-status=live}} He began serving as captain of the Polish Fed Cup team in 2009 and coached Poland's Olympic tennis contingent in 2012 and 2016.{{cite web|url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/iga-swiatek-zakonczyla-wspolprace-z-trenerem-nieoficjalnie-znamy-nastepce/d3pgwpp|title=Nieoficjalnie: znamy nazwisko tymczasowego trenera Igi Świątek|date=4 December 2021|access-date=1 January 2023|language=pl|website=Przegląd Sportowy|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Polska|trans-title=Unofficially: we know the name of the temporary coach of Iga Świątek|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102055405/https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/iga-swiatek-zakonczyla-wspolprace-z-trenerem-nieoficjalnie-znamy-nastepce/d3pgwpp|url-status=live}} He has also worked as a tennis commentator for Eurosport Polska and TVP Sport.

File:Agnieszka Radwanska (17188863333).jpg

In mid-2011, Wiktorowski joined the team of longtime Polish No. 1 Agnieszka Radwańska, eventually replacing her father Robert as her primary coach.{{cite web|url=https://gs24.pl/trener-radwanskiej-tomasz-wiktorowski-o-swojej-wspolpracy-z-najlepsza-polska-tenisistka-agnieszka-mowila-o-mnie-trener-budda/ar/13690458|title=Trener Radwańskiej Tomasz Wiktorowski o swojej współpracy z najlepszą polską tenisistką: Agnieszka mówiła o mnie 'trener Budda'|last=Zdankiewicz|first=Hubert|website=GS24.pl|language=pl|date=24 November 2018|access-date=1 January 2023|trans-title=Radwańska's coach Tomasz Wiktorowski on his cooperation with the best Polish tennis player ...|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124182337/https://gs24.pl/trener-radwanskiej-tomasz-wiktorowski-o-swojej-wspolpracy-z-najlepsza-polska-tenisistka-agnieszka-mowila-o-mnie-trener-budda/ar/13690458|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://sport.wprost.pl/346312/agnieszka-radwanska-zatrudnila-tomasza-wiktorowskiego.html|title=Agnieszka Radwańska zatrudniła Tomasza Wiktorowskiego|language=pl|date=5 September 2012|access-date=1 January 2023|work=Wprost|trans-title=Agnieszka Radwańska hires Tomasz Wiktorowski|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102030244/https://sport.wprost.pl/346312/agnieszka-radwanska-zatrudnila-tomasza-wiktorowskiego.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.pl/celebrities/7,83528,11239725,radwanska-mam-trzech-trenerow-ale-ojciec-jest-najwazniejszy.html|title=Radwańska: Mam trzech trenerów, ale ojciec jest najważniejszy|date=26 February 2012|access-date=1 January 2023|work=Sport.pl|publisher=Agora|language=pl|trans-title=Radwańska: 'I have three coaches, but my father is the most important'|archive-date=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111220234/https://www.sport.pl/celebrities/7,83528,11239725,radwanska-mam-trzech-trenerow-ale-ojciec-jest-najwazniejszy.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.pl/celebrities/7,83528,10642468,wiktorowski-nie-chce-rozstawac-sie-z-radwanska.html|title=Wiktorowski nie chce rozstawać się z Radwańską|date=14 November 2011|work=Sport.pl|publisher=Agora|access-date=1 January 2023|language=pl|trans-title=Wiktorowski does not want to part with Radwańska|archive-date=29 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629224416/https://www.sport.pl/celebrities/7,83528,10642468,wiktorowski-nie-chce-rozstawac-sie-z-radwanska.html|url-status=live}} 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. Wiktorowski has said, referring to her crafty style of play, "There will never be a 'new Radwańska'".{{cite tweet|first=Ben|last=Rothenberg|user=BenRothenberg|number=1062725345676312587|title=And so Agnieszka Radwanska retires. ...}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/co-dalej-ze-sztabem-szkoleniowym-agnieszki-radwanskiej/n047856|title=Sztab Radwańskiej poszukuje ikry|language=pl|date=27 April 2015|first=Bartosz|last=Gębicz|website=Przegląd Sportowy|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Polska|access-date=1 January 2023|trans-title=Radwańska's team is looking for a spark|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102055403/https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/co-dalej-ze-sztabem-szkoleniowym-agnieszki-radwanskiej/n047856|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/prezes-pzt-jacek-muzolf-o-rezygnacji-tomasza-wiktorowskiego/z5m0xqd|title=Prezes PZT: Tomasz Wiktorowski odchodzi z funkcji kapitana. Zachował się bardzo honorowo|language=pl|date=27 April 2015|first=Bartosz|last=Gębicz|website=Przegląd Sportowy|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Polska|access-date=1 January 2023|trans-title=President of PZT: Tomasz Wiktorowski is leaving the captain's position ...|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102055402/https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/prezes-pzt-jacek-muzolf-o-rezygnacji-tomasza-wiktorowskiego/z5m0xqd|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tomek-to-nie-ma-sensu-kulisy-rozstania-z-navratilova/m30t60f|title='Tomek, to nie ma sensu' - kulisy rozstania z Navratilovą|language=pl|date=27 April 2015|website=Przegląd Sportowy|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Polska|access-date=1 January 2023|trans-title="Tomek (Tomasz), it doesn't make sense": behind the scenes of the split with Navratilova|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102055407/https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tomek-to-nie-ma-sensu-kulisy-rozstania-z-navratilova/m30t60f|url-status=live}}

After Radwańska's retirement from tennis in 2018, Wiktorowski helped found the JW Tennis Support Foundation, which grants scholarships to young Polish players.{{cite web|url=https://eurosport.tvn24.pl/tenis,115/tomasz-wiktorowski-byly-trener-agnieszki-radwanskiej-poprowadzi-olge-danilovic,996370.html|title=Były trener Radwańskiej znalazł nową podopieczną|language=pl|date=29 December 2019|access-date=1 January 2023|publisher=Eurosport|trans-title=Radwańska's former coach has found a new charge|archive-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229172715/https://eurosport.tvn24.pl/tenis,115/tomasz-wiktorowski-byly-trener-agnieszki-radwanskiej-poprowadzi-olge-danilovic,996370.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.pl/tenis/7,64987,25550531,byly-trener-agnieszki-radwanskiej-wraca-do-trenowania-poprowadzi.html|title=Były trener Agnieszki Radwańskiej wraca do trenowania. Poprowadzi wielki talent z Serbii|date=28 December 2019|access-date=1 January 2023|work=Sport.pl|publisher=Agora|language=pl|trans-title=Agnieszka Radwańska's former coach returns to training ...|archive-date=26 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126132634/https://www.sport.pl/tenis/7,64987,25550531,byly-trener-agnieszki-radwanskiej-wraca-do-trenowania-poprowadzi.html|url-status=live}} In 2020, he began coaching Serbian top 200 player Olga Danilović, until the season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://sportowy24.pl/mial-zrobic-z-serbskiej-pieknosci-druga-agnieszke-radwanska-przeszkodzil-im-koronawirus/ar/c2-15304079|title=Miał zrobić z serbskiej piękności drugą Agnieszkę Radwańską. Przeszkodził im koronawirus|last=Niechciał|first=Jakub|language=pl|date=6 December 2021|publisher=Polska Press|work=Sportowy24|access-date=1 January 2023|trans-title=He was supposed to make a second Agnieszka Radwańska out of the Serbian ...|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102030240/https://sportowy24.pl/mial-zrobic-z-serbskiej-pieknosci-druga-agnieszke-radwanska-przeszkodzil-im-koronawirus/ar/c2-15304079|url-status=live}}

File:Iga Świątek (2023 US Open) 16 (cropped2).jpg at the 2023 US Open]]

Wiktorowski joined Iga Świątek's team in the off-season at the end of 2021, replacing longtime coach Piotr Sierzputowski and joining sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz and fitness trainer Maciej Ryszczuk.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/32786717/2020-french-open-champ-iga-swiatek-splits-long-coach|title=2020 French Open champ Iga Swiatek splits from longtime coach|location=ESPN.com|date=4 December 2021|access-date=1 January 2023|archive-date=4 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204214854/https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/32786717/2020-french-open-champ-iga-swiatek-splits-long-coach|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/no-1-iga-swiatek-parts-ways-with-coach-tomasz-wiktorowski-after-3-trophy-laden-years-together|title=Coach's Corner: No. 1 Iga Swiatek parts ways with coach Tomasz Wiktorowski, withdraws from Wuhan|date=4 October 2024|website=Tennis.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rp.pl/tenis/art36499371-tomasz-wiktorowski-przed-wimbledonem-ulatwimy-idze-zycie-na-trawie|title=Tomasz Wiktorowski przed Wimbledonem: Ułatwimy Idze życie na trawie|last=Żukowski|first=Mirosław|date=12 June 2022|access-date=1 January 2023|language=pl|work=Rzeczpospolita|trans-title=Tomasz Wiktorowski before Wimbledon: 'We will make life easier for Iga on grass'|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102030231/https://www.rp.pl/tenis/art36499371-tomasz-wiktorowski-przed-wimbledonem-ulatwimy-idze-zycie-na-trawie|url-status=live}} Wiktorowski and Świątek have both said that he helped her focus on playing more aggressively.{{cite web|url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/trener-igi-swiatek-ujawnil-co-zmienil-w-grze-dzieki-temu-jest-wielka/rhgr8fy|title=Trener Igi Świątek ujawnił, co zmienił w jej grze. Dzięki temu jest najlepsza|date=25 June 2022|access-date=1 January 2023|website=Przegląd Sportowy|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Polska|language=pl|trans-title=Iga Świątek's coach reveals what he changed in her game ...|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102055403/https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/trener-igi-swiatek-ujawnil-co-zmienil-w-grze-dzieki-temu-jest-wielka/rhgr8fy|url-status=live}}{{cite tweet|last=Ercoli|first=Lorenzo|user=Ladal17|number=1523595492307124225|title=#Swiatek: 'In the first tournaments with Tomasz ...'}} Following the retirement of world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty in March 2022, 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/iga-swiatek-s-coach-tomasz-wiktorowski-i-knew-world-no.-1-was-destined-for-greatness-but-not-this-qu_sto9250978/story.shtml|title=Iga Swiatek's coach Tomasz Wiktorowski: 'I knew world No. 1 was destined for greatness, but not this quick'|last=Walker-Roberts|first=James|date=30 November 2022|access-date=1 January 2023|publisher=Eurosport|archive-date=1 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201044140/https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/iga-swiatek-s-coach-tomasz-wiktorowski-i-knew-world-no.-1-was-destined-for-greatness-but-not-this-qu_sto9250978/story.shtml|url-status=live}} Świątek was named the 2022 WTA Player of the Year, while Wiktorowski was a WTA Coach of the Year nominee.{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.pl/tenis/7,64987,29260390,zdumiewajaca-decyzja-wladz-kobiecego-tenisa-trener-igi-swiatek.html|title=Zdumiewająca decyzja władz kobiecego tenisa. Trener Igi Świątek pominięty|language=pl|last=Senkowski|first=Dominik|date=14 December 2022|work=Sport.pl|publisher=Agora|trans-title=An astonishing decision by the women's tennis authorities ...|access-date=2 January 2023|archive-date=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111220235/https://www.sport.pl/tenis/7,64987,29260390,zdumiewajaca-decyzja-wladz-kobiecego-tenisa-trener-igi-swiatek.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/pomogl-idze-swiatek-wejsc-na-szczyt-ale-to-za-malo-trener-polki-bez-nagrody/kkfqjnf|title=Pomógł Idze Świątek wejść na szczyt, ale to za mało. Trener Polki bez nagrody|date=12 December 2022|access-date=1 January 2023|website=Przegląd Sportowy|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Polska|language=pl|trans-title=He helped Iga Świątek reach the top, but it wasn't enough ...|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102055405/https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/pomogl-idze-swiatek-wejsc-na-szczyt-ale-to-za-malo-trener-polki-bez-nagrody/kkfqjnf|url-status=live}} Przegląd Sportowy named Świątek Polish Sports Personality of the Year and Wiktorowski Polish Coach of the Year across all sports.{{cite news|url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/plebiscyt-przegladu-sportowego/iga-swiatek-zdeklasowala-konkurencje-znamy-szczegolowe-wyniki-plebiscytu/ecqgx1g|title=Iga Świątek zdeklasowała konkurencję! Znamy szczegółowe wyniki Plebiscytu Przeglądu Sportowego|date=9 January 2023|website=Przegląd Sportowy|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Polska|access-date=9 January 2023|trans-title=Iga Świątek outclassed the competition! ...|archive-date=9 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109115631/https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/plebiscyt-przegladu-sportowego/iga-swiatek-zdeklasowala-konkurencje-znamy-szczegolowe-wyniki-plebiscytu/ecqgx1g|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/dzieki-niemu-iga-rozwinela-skrzydla-takich-w-historii-bylo-niewielu/lvv666z|title=Trener Roku: Tomasz Wiktorowski|first=Bartosz|last=Gębicz|website=Przegląd Sportowy|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Polska|date=7 January 2023|language=pl|trans-title=Coach of the Year: Tomasz Wiktorowski|access-date=9 January 2023|archive-date=9 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109125044/https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/tenis/dzieki-niemu-iga-rozwinela-skrzydla-takich-w-historii-bylo-niewielu/lvv666z|url-status=live}}

Though Świątek briefly lost the world No. 1 ranking the next year, she reclaimed it after winning the 2023 WTA Finals. She was again named WTA Player of the Year, and Wiktorowski was named WTA Coach of the Year for the first time.{{cite news|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3818533/2023-wta-player-and-coach-award-winners-announced|title=2023 WTA player and coach award winners announced|date=2023-12-11|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|access-date=2023-12-11}}

In October 2024 it was announced that Wiktorowski and Świątek had parted ways.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c9wk7j7q0wro|title=Swiatek splits with coach Wiktorowski|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=4 October 2024}}

Wiktorowski married his wife, Joanna, in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://sport.fakt.pl/inne-sporty/agnieszka-radwanska-i-dawid-celt-na-slubie-trenera/8yeyqtr|title=Radwańska z Celtem na ślubie jej trenera|date=11 September 2016|language=pl|access-date=1 January 2023|work=Fakt|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Polska|trans-title=Radwańska with Celt at her coach's wedding}}

• Przegląd Sportowy Polish Coach of the Year (2022)
• WTA Coach of the Year (2023)

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