Michał Przysiężny

Michał Przysiężny
Country (sports) Poland
ResidenceWrocław, Poland
Born (1984-02-16) February 16, 1984 (age 40)
Głogów, Poland
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2001
Retired2019
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachAleksander Charpantidis
Prize money$1,341,718
Singles
Career record31–75 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 57 (27 January 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2014)
French Open2R (2013)
Wimbledon2R (2010, 2013)
US Open1R (2007, 2010, 2013)
Doubles
Career record9–17 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 119 (28 September 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2014)
Last updated on: 31 January 2023.

Michał Przysiężny (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw pʂɨˈɕɛ̃ʐnɨ]; born 16 February 1984) is a former Polish professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of St. Petersburg in 2013, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57 in January 2014.

Career

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He started his career in the KKT Wrocław. In 2002 Przysiężny reached the semifinals of the boys' doubles at the French Open (partnered with Attila Balázs from Hungary). In the same year, he won his first Futures tournament in Montego Bay, Jamaica, defeating Jean-Julien Rojer in the final. He has reached ten finals of these tournaments, winning seven.

He qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament (2007 US Open) by beating his compatriot Łukasz Kubot. He lost in four sets to Michael Berrer in the first round.

Przysiężny made a return from a knee injury qualifying as a lucky loser in the 2008 Swedish Open; however, he lost to Jonas Björkman in the first round and winning Davis Cup matches.

At the end of 2009, his career gained momentum. He won three Futures tournaments in a row (Germany F19, Belarus F1, and Belarus F2) and rose 235 places to no. 427 in the ATP rankings. In November, he won the IPP Open, defeating Stéphane Bohli in the final from a set down. He finished the year as no. 183. Three months later, he won another Challenger tournament, where he eliminated Andrey Kuznetsov, Evgeny Kirillov, Goran Tošić, Tobias Kamke, and Julian Reister in the final. The week of March 29, he won matches against Caio Zampieri, Laurynas Grigelis, Charles-Antoine Brézac, Teymuraz Gabashvili, and Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the final of the Saint–Brieuc Challenger. Two weeks later, he lost to Santiago González in the final of the León Challenger. After this event, he was in the top 100 of the ATP rankings.

He got direct entry into a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career at the 2010 French Open. Przysiężny lost in straights sets in the first round to eventual quarterfinalist Mikhail Youzhny. He then entered the Wimbledon main draw for the first time, where he was met 17th seed Ivan Ljubičić. Przysiężny scored the biggest win of his career, defeating the Croatian in straight sets, subsequently losing in the second round to eventual quarterfinalist Yen-Hsun Lu. At the US Open, he faced 21st seed Albert Montañés, losing in five sets. Michał served for the match at 6–5 in the fourth set, squandering two match points.

At the 2013 St. Petersburg Open he defeated Albert Ramos, Fabio Fognini and Lukáš Rosol to reach semifinals, where he lost to Ernests Gulbis. At Tokyo he defeated Marcel Granollers in first round but lost in second round to Jarkko Nieminen. At the Paris Masters he defeated Jarkko Nieminen.

At the 2014 ATP 500 Tokyo singles tournament, he won over world number 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but lost in second round to Denis Istomin. In doubles he partnered with Pierre-Hugues Herbert, defeating the Bryan brothers, Jamie Murray / John Peers, Eric Butorac / Raven Klaasen and Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo to claim the title.

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2014 Japan Open, Japan 500 Series Hard France Pierre-Hugues Herbert Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 28 (18–10)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (8–5)
ITF Futures (10–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–6)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2002 Aruba F1, Oranjestad Futures Hard Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Dec 2002 Jamaica F21, Montego Bay Futures Hard Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Loss 1–2 Aug 2003 Poland F1, Poznań Futures Clay Finland Kim Tiilikainen 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Win 2–2 Dec 2003 Iran F3, Kish Island Futures Clay Austria Johannes Ager 6–0, 6–4
Win 3–2 Jun 2004 Poland F2, Koszalin Futures Clay Australia Sadik Kadir 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–2 Oct 2004 Georgia F1, Tbilisi Futures Clqy Russia Kirill Ivanov-Smolenskii 7–5, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Nov 2006 Iran F5, Kish Island Futures Clay Czech Republic Adam Vejmelka 6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Win 5–3 Jan 2007 Wrexham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard United Kingdom Richard Bloomfield 6–2, 6–3
Win 6–3 Oct 2009 Germany F19, Leimen Futures Hard Finland Henri Kontinen 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 7–3 Oct 2009 Belarus F1, Minsk Futures Carpet Belarus Sergey Betov 6–2, 6–3
Win 8–3 Oct 2009 Belarus F2, Minsk Futures Hard Belarus Nikolai Fidirko 6–3, 6–2
Win 9–3 Nov 2009 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard Switzerland Stéphane Bohli 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 10–3 Feb 2010 Kazan, Russia Challenger Hard Germany Julian Reister 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 11–3 Apr 2010 Saint-Brieuc, France Challenger Clay Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 11–4 Apr 2010 León, Mexico Challenger Hard Mexico Santiago Gonzále 6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Win 12–4 Nov 2010 Ortisei, Italy Challenger Clay Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 6–3, 7–5
Loss 12–5 Nov 2010 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard Lithuania Ričardas Berankis 1–6, 0–2 ret.
Win 13–5 Jan 2012 Great Britain F1, Glasgow Futures Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Bašić 6–1, 7–6(9–7)
Win 14–5 May 2012 Korea F2, Changwon Futures Hard Australia Sam Groth 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 14–6 Jul 2012 Italy F19, Fano Futures Clay Spain José Checa Calvo 4–6, 2–6
Loss 14–7 Aug 2012 Poland F4, Bydgoszcz Futures Clay Czech Republic Dušan Lojda 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 15–7 Sep 2012 Poland F6, Legnica Futures Clay Poland Adam Chadaj 6–0, 6–2
Win 16–7 Nov 2012 Toyota, Japan Challenger Carpet Japan Hiroki Moriya 6–2, 6–3
Win 17–7 Feb 2013 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard Germany Jan-Lennard Struff 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Loss 17–8 May 2013 Johannesburg, South Africa Challenger Hard Canada Vasek Pospisil 7–6(9–7), 0–6, 1–4 ret.
Loss 17–9 Nov 2014 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Hard Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 18–9 Mar 2015 Kyoto, Japan Challenger Hard Australia John Millman 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 18–10 Mar 2017 Wrocław, Poland Challenger Hard Austria Jürgen Melzer 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 13 (3–10)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–4)
ITF Futures (2–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (3–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2002 Poland F5, Gdynia Futures Clay Poland Bartlomiej Dabrowski Poland Marcin Golab
Poland Kamil Lewandowicz
6–0, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Feb 2004 USA F5, Harlingen Futures Hard Czech Republic Daniel Lustig United States Scott Lipsky
United States David Martin
3–6, 2–6
Win 2–1 May 2004 Germany F6, Neheim-Husten Futures Clay Poland Filip Urban Germany Christopher Koderisch
Germany Ulrich Tippenhauer
6–1, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Mar 2006 Poland F2, Wrocław Futures Hard Poland Tomasz Bednarek Russia Vadim Davletshin
Ukraine Mikhail Filima
3–6, 5–7
Loss 2–3 May 2006 Japan F4, Munakata Futures Hard Germany Mischa Zverev United States Troy Hahn
United States Michael Yani
5–7, 5–7
Win 3–3 Jul 2006 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Poland Tomasz Bednarek Greece Vasilis Mazarakis
Czech Republic Jan Mertl
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss 3–4 Aug 2006 Manerbio, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Federico Torresi Romania Gabriel Moraru
Romania Adrian Ungur
3–6, 3–6
Loss 3–5 Nov 2006 Iran F5, Kish Island Futures Clay Slovakia Viktor Bruthans Italy Fabio Colangelo
Italy Marco Crugnola
3–6, 1–6
Loss 3–6 Jun 2007 Bytom, Poland Challenger Clay Poland Tomasz Bednarek United States Hugo Armando
Argentina Brian Dabul
4–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Loss 3–7 Sep 2007 Orléans, France Challenger Hard Poland Tomasz Bednarek United States James Cerretani
Germany Frank Moser
1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 3–8 Oct 2009 Belarus F1, Minsk Futures Carpet Poland Dawid Olejniczak Belarus Sergey Betov
Belarus Nikolai Fidirko
6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss 3–9 Nov 2010 Ortisei, Italy Challenger Clay Poland Tomasz Bednarek Russia Mikhail Elgin
Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev
6–3, 3–6, [3–10]
Loss 3–10 Aug 2012 Poland F4, Bydgoszcz Futures Clay Poland Grzegorz Panfil Ukraine Artem Smirnov
Russia Andrei Vasilevski
6–7(6–8), 0–6

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A Q1 Q3 1R A Q1 2R Q3 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open Q1 A A 1R A A 2R 1R Q2 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon Q2 Q3 A 2R A A 2R 1R Q2 0 / 3 2–3 40%
US Open 1R Q2 A 1R A A 1R Q3 Q2 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–3 0–0 0 / 11 4–11 27%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A A A Q1 A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canada A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai NH A A Q1 A 1R A Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris A A A A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0 / 3 1–3 25%
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