![]() He began as the sixth seed in the qualifying draw and reached his third consecutive Grand Slam main draw as a qualifier, beating John-Patrick Smith, Egor Gerasimov and Pedro Martínez Portero (all in straight sets) to enter into the first round. In August, Hurkacz made his US Open debut. He lost in the second round to third seed Marin Čilić in four sets. This marked his first victory at a Grand Slam and at any ATP main-draw event. Hurkacz played in the main draw at the French Open and defeated Tennys Sandgren in the first round. Hurkacz at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships Career 2018: Grand Slam and Next Generation ATP Finals matches By 2014, Hurkacz had established himself as a member of the group of the most talented young Polish tennis players at the time, alongside Kamil Majchrzak and Jan Zieliński. He has stated that if tennis was not his future, he would have pursued either basketball or motor racing, or he would continue his education. He later became interested in professional tennis after watching Roger Federer on television. His mother and father were his first teachers but he later enrolled in classes and started playing more consistently. Hurkacz began playing tennis at the age of five after his mother introduced him to the sport as she practiced. When asked whether his family's history shaped him to become the athlete he became, Hurkacz replied, "The genes, the motivation in the family, the love for the sport. His grandfather was also a volleyball player at an international level. His mother was a junior tennis champion in Poland and one of his uncles, Tomasz Maliszewski, played tennis professionally. Hurkacz grew up in a family with athletic prowess. His younger sister, Nika, is ten years younger and also plays tennis. Hurkacz was born on 11 February 1997 to Zofia Maliszewska-Hurkacz and Krzysztof Hurkacz in Wrocław, Poland as the first of two children. In addition to being a defensive baseliner, he has often included netplay into his style and has been recognized for his penchant for playing serve-and-volley to close points. At 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in), he also possesses a serve reaching up to 151 miles per hour (243 km/h) to set up effective one-two punches. In 2021, after winning his second and third singles titles, he went on to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and became the second Polish man to make a semifinals appearance at a Grand Slam after Jerzy Janowicz in 2013. In doing so, he entered the top 30 of the world rankings. The next year, he defeated three higher-ranked opponents at the 2020 ATP Cup and reached the semifinals of the 2020 ATP Auckland Open. In 2019, he won his first ATP title at the 2019 Winston-Salem Open. ![]() That year, he qualified for the Next Generation ATP Finals, where he won against Jaume Munar, but lost to Frances Tiafoe and Stefanos Tsitsipas. ![]() As a professional, he broke into the top 100 for the first time in 2018 after reaching the second rounds of the 2018 French Open and 2018 US Open. He and his partner Alex Molčan were the runners-up at the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles final. ![]() ![]() 30 in doubles, which he attained in June 2022.Īs a junior, Hurkacz was ranked as high as No. Hurkacz also has a career-high ranking of world No. With the win, he became the first Pole to win an ATP Masters 1000 title. He has won six ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2021 Miami Open. 9 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in November 2021, making him the highest-ranked Polish man in singles history. Hubert Hurkacz ( Polish pronunciation: born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. 141–108 (56.6% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main-draw matches, and in Davis Cup)Ĥ9–48 (50.5% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) ![]()
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