Łukasz Kubot

Łukasz Kubot

Country	Poland
Residence	Lubin, Poland
Born	(1982-05-16) May 16, 1982 Boleslawiec, Poland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,499,080
Singles
Career record	87–109
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 41 (April 12, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 71 (November 18, 2013)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2010)
French Open	3R (2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	QF (2013)
US Open	3R (2006)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	164–125
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 7 (September 27, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 14 (January 27, 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2014)
French Open	QF (2010)
Wimbledon	QF (2009)
US Open	QF (2010)
Last updated on: January 23, 2014.

Łukasz Kubot (Polish pronunciation: [ˈwukaʂ ˈkubɔt]; born May 16, 1982) is a Polish professional male tennis player. Kubot achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 41 in April 2010 and reached the quarterfinals of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. In 2013 he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski.^[2] He also has had success in doubles, patnering with Robert Lindstedt to win the 2014 Australian Open.

Career

2007–2009

In 2007 Kubot's two main-draw wins came in Davis Cup ties. In 2008 Kubot did not play a single main-draw match.

Kubot started 2009 by competing in the qualifying rounds of Qatar ExxonMobil Open and the Australian Open, but he fell in the final round. He then qualified for the Brasil Open, where he recorded his first main-draw win in over one and a half year against Daniel Gimeno-Traver, but lost in the following round to Thomaz Bellucci. He then continued to play in qualifying, but failed to qualify. However, in the 2009 Serbia Open, he fell in the final round of the qualifying draw, but was granted a Lucky Loser spot after Steve Darcis withdrew due a shoulder injury. He defeated Arsenije Zlatanović, Igor Andreev, Kristof Vliegen, and an upset victory over second seed Ivo Karlović. He then lost in straight sets against World No. 3 and top seed Novak Djokovic, in his first final. He became the first Pole to reach an ATP final in 26 years (since Wojciech Fibak in 1983). He also reached the doubles final at the same event partnering Oliver Marach, which he won.

At Roland Garros, he qualified, but lost to Viktor Troicki in the first round, in just around 4 hours. His next main-draw appearance came in MercedesCup in Stuttgart, where he recorded wins over Pablo Andújar and Philipp Kohlschreiber, but lost to Nicolas Kiefer in the quarterfinals. He then qualified in Cincinnati, but lost to José Acasuso, in the first round. In Beijing, he recorded the biggest win of his career by upsetting Andy Roddick in the very first round, but lost to Ivan Ljubičić the following round. He then lost in the first rounds of Shanghai and Vienna. In the 2009 BNP Paribas Masters, he defeated Andreas Beck, but lost to Marin Čilić, after qualifying.

In doubles, he won the 2009 Grand Prix Hassan II, the 2009 Serbia Open, and the 2009 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, all with his regular doubles partner Oliver Marach. They also reached the semifinals of the 2009 Australian Open, losing to Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles. They were able to qualify in the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals, falling in the round-robin stage despite winning two matches over the teams of Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram, and Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes, only losing to Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan

2010

Kubot started his 2010 campaign in Doha, where he reached the quarterfinals, losing to Viktor Troicki, after recording straight-set wins over Karim Maamoun and Sergiy Stakhovsky. He then played in the Australian Open, where he reached his first fourth round in a Grand Slam tournament. He earned this spot by defeating Mischa Zverev, and Santiago Giraldo, and through the withdrawal of 20th seed Mikhail Youzhny. He was defeated by Novak Djokovic. In the Movistar Open, he lost to Marcel Granollers, after defeating Horacio Zeballos. In the 2010 Brasil Open, he reached the final, his second of his career. He earned that by defeating Óscar Hernández, Albert Montañés, and Fabio Fognini, in straight sets. He came back against fourth seed Igor Andreev in the semifinals. In the final, he lost to top seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, failing to hold serve in the whole match.

He then suffered early losses in his next three tournaments to credible players in the 2010 Copa Telmex, losing to Juan Mónaco, in the 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel to Fernando Verdasco, and the 2010 BNP Paribas Open to David Nalbandian. He then regained form, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2010 Grand Prix Hassan II, losing to Potito Starace. However, he lost in the first round of the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters to Viktor Troicki.

2011

At the 2011 French Open, Kubot was down two sets to none in his first-round match against 12th seed Nicolás Almagro. Kubot stormed back and won the match in five sets. He progressed to the third round, before he was ousted. He earned the nickname "Lukasz the Lionhearted" for his aggressive style of play.

He then qualified for the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and advanced to the fourth round, defeating Arnaud Clément in five sets, Ivo Karlović in straight sets, and Gaël Monfils in four sets. In the fourth round, he led Feliciano López by two sets to love and had two match points in the third set tiebreak, but eventually lost in five sets.

2012

Kubot made the quarterfinals in Memphis, before losing to Benjamin Becker. He also made the quarterfinals in Bucharest, only to meet and lose to Gilles Simon.

He made the third round of the French Open, losing to Belgian David Goffin.

He made the quarterfinals in Gstaad, where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov. At Winston-Salem, he made the third round, only to lose again to Goffin.

In doubles, he made three finals, including the Masters 1000 event in Rome, partnering Janko Tipsarević. He won the tournament in Stuttgart, partnering Jérémy Chardy.

2013

Ranked no. 130 in the world, Kubot reached the quarterfinals of 2013 Wimbledon Championships, losing in a historic all-Polish slam quarterfinal against Jerzy Janowicz.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2014	Australian Open	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen	6–3, 6–3

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2012	Rome	Clay	Janko Tipsarević	Marcel Granollers Marc López	3–6, 2–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	May 4, 2009	Serbia Open, Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Novak Djokovic	3–6, 6–7(0–7)
Runner-up	2.	February 14, 2010	Brasil Open, Costa do Sauípe, Brasil	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	1–6, 0–6

Doubles: 16 (9–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	April 23, 2007	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Oliver Marach	Jordan Kerr David Škoch	7–6(7–4), 1–6, [10–4]
Runner-up	2.	October 22, 2007	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Lovro Zovko	Sébastien Grosjean Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	February 23, 2009	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Oliver Marach	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Winner	1.	April 6, 2009	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Oliver Marach	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	7–6(7–4), 3–6, [10–6]
Winner	2.	May 4, 2009	Serbia Open, Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Oliver Marach	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	3.	November 1, 2009	Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Oliver Marach	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	2–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Winner	4.	February 6, 2010	Movistar Open, Santiago, Chile	Clay	Oliver Marach	Potito Starace Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	February 14, 2010	Brasil Open, Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Oliver Marach	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	5–7, 4–6
Winner	5.	February 27, 2010	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Oliver Marach	Fabio Fognini Potito Starace	6–0, 6–0
Winner	6.	September 25, 2010	BRD Năstase Ţiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura	6–2, 5–7, [13–11]
Runner-up	5.	February 5, 2011	Movistar Open, Santiago, Chile	Clay	Oliver Marach	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	6.	April 27, 2012	BRD Năstase Ţiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Jérémy Chardy	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–7(2–7), 3–6
Runner-up	7.	May 20, 2012	Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy	Clay	Janko Tipsarević	Marcel Granollers Marc López	3–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	July 15, 2012	MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Jérémy Chardy	Michal Mertiňák André Sá	6–1, 6–3
Winner	8.	March 2, 2013	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	David Marrero	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	7–5, 6–2
Winner	9.	January 25, 2014	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen	6–3, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

Key

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

• Official site
• Łukasz Kubot at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• bio – file interview with Lukasz Kubot

v t e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Polish male singles tennis players as of January 27, 2014 1. Jerzy Janowicz (21 ) 2. Michał Przysiężny (57 7) 3. Łukasz Kubot (75 3) 4. Grzegorz Panfil (279 5) 5. Piotr Gadomski (358 ) 6. Błażej Koniusz (508 15) 7. Andriej Kapaś (680 2) 8. Marcin Gawron (795 28) 9. Paweł Ciaś (853 1) 10. Arkadiusz Kocyla (930 1)

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