| Country | Poland |
|---|---|
| Residence | Wrocław, Poland |
| Born | February 16, 1984 Głogów, Poland |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2001 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Career prize money | US$533,290 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 14–30 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 76 (November 15, 2010) |
| Current ranking | No. 184 (August 08, 2011) |
| Grand Slam results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2011) |
| French Open | 1R (2010) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2010) |
| US Open | 1st (2007, 2010) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 4–11 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 171 (March 5, 2007) |
| Last updated on: November 17, 2010. | |
Michał Przysiężny (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw pʂɨˈɕɛ̃ʐnɨ]) (born 16 February 1984 in Głogów) is a Polish tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 76 (achieved on November 15, 2010). His current coach is Aleksander Charpantidis.
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He started his career in the KKT Wrocław. In 2002 Przysiężny reached to semifinals of Boys' doubles in French Open (he partnered up with Attila Balázs from Hungary and they lost to Markus Bayer and Philipp Petzschner). In the same year he won his first Futures tournament (in Montego Bay, Jamaica, he defeated Jean-Julien Rojer in the final). Essentially, he has reached ten finals of these tournaments; in seven of these he won.
He qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament (2007 US Open) by beating his compatriot Łukasz Kubot. He then lost 1–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–7(4) to Michael Berrer in the first round.
Przysiężny made a return from a knee injury qualifying as a Lucky Loser to ATP Tour tournament, 2008 Swedish Open (however he lost to Jonas Björkman in the first round) and winning two matches of 2008 Davis Cup (against Vladimir Voltchkov and Pavel Katliarov) in the 1st Round Play-offs.
At the end of 2009 his career gained momentum. He won three Futures tournaments in order (Germany F19, Belarus F1, Belarus F2) and he has risen 235 places to No. 427 in the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings. At the week November 23, he reached to the final of IPP Open, when he defeated Stéphane Bohli (4–6, 6–4, 6–1). He finished this year on No. 183 in the ranking. Three months later, he won another ATP Challenger Tour tournament – in Kazan (where he eliminated Andrey Kuznetsov, Evgeny Kirillov, Goran Tošić, Tobias Kamke and Julian Reister in the final). At the week March 29, he won in matches against Caio Zampieri, Laurynas Grigelis, Charles-Antoine Brézac, Teymuraz Gabashvili and defeated Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the final of Saint–Brieuc Challenger. Two weeks later he lost to Santiago González in the final in León Challenger. After this event he was in the first hundred of the ATP ranking.
Also in 2010 after breaking into the top 100 for the first time in his career he got direct entry into a grand slam tournament for the first time in his career and played in the first round at the French open where he lost in the first round 6-1,6-0,6-4 to eventual quarter finalist Mikhail youzhny. He then played Wimbledon main draw for the first time where he was drawn against the 17th seed Ivan Ljubičić he scored the biggest win of his career beating the Croatian 7-5,7-6(3),6-3, he then lost in the second round again to eventual quarter finalist Yen-Hsun Lu 6-4,7-6(9),6-3. In the last grand slam of the year he played in the US open main draw coming up against the 21st Seed Albert Montanes he lost in 5 sets 7-5,6-1,5-7,6-7(5),0-6. Michal served for the match at 6-5 in the 4th set and had 2 match points.
| Legend (Singles) |
| Challengers (7) |
| Futures (10) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | December 9, 2002 | Jamaica F21 | Hard | Jean-Julien Rojer | 7–6(7), 6–4 |
| 2. | December 8, 2003 | Iran F3 | Clay | Johannes Ager | 6–0, 6–4 |
| 3. | May 31, 2004 | Poland F2 | Clay | Sadik Kadir | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 4. | October 4, 2004 | Georgia F1 | Clay | Kirill Ivanov | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 5. | January 22, 2007 | Wrexham, UK | Clay | Richard Bloomfield | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 6. | October 5, 2009 | Germany F19 | Hard | Henri Kontinen | 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
| 7. | October 12, 2009 | Belarus F1 | Carpet | Siarhei Betau | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 8. | October 19, 2009 | Belarus F2 | Hard | Nikolai Fidirko | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 9. | November 23, 2009 | Helsinki, Finland | Carpet | Stéphane Bohli | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 10. | February 1, 2010 | Kazan, Russia | Hard | Julian Reister | 7–6(5), 6–4 |
| 11. | March 29, 2010 | St. Brieuc, France | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 12. | November 8, 2010 | Ortisei, Italy | Hard | Lukáš Lacko | 6–3, 7–5 |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | November 25, 2002 | Aruba F1 | Clay | Jean-Julien Rojer | 2–6, 2–6 |
| 2. | August 18, 2003 | Poland F1 | Clay | Kim Tiilikainen | 6–4, 1–6, 3–6 |
| 3. | October 30, 2006 | Iran F5 | Clay | Adam Vejmělka | 6–1, 2–6, 2–6 |
| 4. | April 12, 2010 | León, Mexico | Clay | Santiago González | 3–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
| 5. | November 29, 2010 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard | Richard Berankis | 6–1, 2–0 RET |
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