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Wojciech Kowalski

{{Short description|Polish tennis player (born 1967)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Wojciech Kowalski

| image =

| caption =

| country = {{flagicon|POL}}

| residence = Warsaw, Poland

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|10|10}}

| birth_place = Inowrocław, Poland

| height = {{height|m=1.83}}

| turnedpro =

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = $152,514

| singlesrecord = 11–16

| singlestitles = 0
1 Challenger, 0 Futures

| highestsinglesranking = No. 109 (25 July 1988)

| FrenchOpenresult = 1R (1995)

| USOpenresult = 1R (1988)

| doublesrecord = 2–8

| doublestitles = 0
1 Challenger, 0 Futures

| highestdoublesranking = No. 125 (28 November 1988)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1988)

| Othertournaments = yes

| Olympicsresult = 1R (1988)

| updated = 31 January 2022

}}

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

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/wojtek-kowalski/k067/overview|title=Wojtek Kowalski {{!}} Player Activity {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis|website=ATP Tour|access-date=2019-09-27}} 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

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|ITF Futures (0–0)

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!Finals by surface

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

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style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1-0

|{{dts|Jun 1995}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Eisenach, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Dirk Dier

|7–6, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1-1

|{{dts|Jul 1995}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Montauban, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Johan Van Herck

|4–6, 6–4, 3–6

=Doubles: 1 (1–0)=

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

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!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|{{dts|Aug 1992}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Vienna, Austria

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Wedenby

|{{flagicon|USA}} Alexis Hombrecher
{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Merinov

|7–6, 4–6, 6–3

Performance timeline

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Tournament198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LWin %
colspan=23 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–1

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–1

!0–0

!0 / 2

!0–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=2|integer=yes}}

colspan=22 align=left|Olympic Games
align=left|Summer Olympics

|style=background:#afeeee|1R

|colspan=3 style=color:#cccccc|Not Held

|A

|colspan=3 style=color:#cccccc|Not Held

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

colspan=25 style=text-align:left|ATP Tour Masters 1000
align=left|Indian Wells

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

!0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|Miami

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

!0 / 1

!1–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Cincinnati

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

!0 / 1

!1–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=1|integer=yes}}

style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!2–2

!0 / 2

!2–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=2|integer=yes}}

References

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External links

  • {{ATP}}
  • {{ITF}}

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Category:1967 births

Category:Living people

Category:Polish male tennis players

Category:Olympic tennis players for Poland

Category:Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Category:Sportspeople from Inowrocław

Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen

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