Jerzy Janowicz

He then played at the Miami Masters, where he was seeded 21st, but lost his first match in the second round to Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci.

At the Monte-Carlo Masters, he again lost his first match in the first round to South African, Kevin Anderson.

He continued to play at the Madrid Masters, where he won his first-round match against Sam Querrey, but was eliminated in the second round by eventual semifinalist, Tomáš Berdych.

He then competed for the first time in the main draw of the Australian Open, where he was the 24th seed, the first time he had been seeded at a Grand Slam tournament.

He won his first two matches against Simone Bolelli in straight sets, and Somdev Devvarman of India, against whom he had to recover from a two-set deficit to win in five.

At the Wimbledon Championships, he made it through the three rounds of qualifying to be in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, where he defeated a qualifier, Simone Bolelli, in the first round, Ernests Gulbis in the second, then lost to the 31st seed Florian Mayer in the third.

At the US Open, he made it directly into a Grand Slam without having to compete in the qualifying rounds.

He lost to young American wildcard Dennis Novikov.

Jerzy Filip Janowicz Jr. (born 13 November 1990) is a Polish inactive professional tennis player and padel player.

He was the first qualifier to do this since Andrei Pavel in 2003 and the first player to reach the final on his ATP World Tour Masters 1000 debut since Harel Levy in 2000.

In the final, he was defeated by fourth seed David Ferrer, but afterwards said "I've got a lot of confidence right now. I learned if you have big heart and you want to do something amazing and you're going to fight for this, you have a big chance to make it."

His run led him to the top 30 for the first time in his career, and he finished the year ranked No. 24, almost 200 places higher than the previous year.

Janowicz began his season at the Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand, where he was seeded fifth; however, he lost his opening match against American Brian Baker.

He reached the boys' singles final at the 2007 US Open and 2008 French Open, losing in straight sets to Ričardas Berankis and Yang Tsung-hua, respectively.

As a junior, Janowicz posted a 59–23 win–loss record and reached a combined ranking of No. 5 in the world in 2008.

In his third-round match, he lost to 10th seed Nicolás Almagro in straight sets.

He played the Indian Wells Masters, where he reached the third round and was eventually eliminated by Richard Gasquet.

Janowicz ended 2011 ranked 221 in the world.

Having finished as runner-up at two junior major tournaments, Janowicz rose to prominence on the pro circuit leading up to and following his run to the final, as a qualifier, of the 2012 Paris Masters, during which he defeated five top-20 players such as Andy Murray and Janko Tipsarević.

Despite losing to David Ferrer in the finals, he made his top-30 debut in the ATP rankings and became the highest-ranked male Polish tennis player.

Janowicz was coached by Günter Bresnik and his strength and conditioning coach is Piotr Grabia.

Born in Łódź, Poland Janowicz began playing tennis at the age of five after his parents introduced him to the sport.

Father Jerzy and mother Anna Szalbot were both professional volleyball players.

Janowicz has named Pete Sampras as his inspiration.

Every October Janowicz and his team run the annual Atlas Jerzyk Cup tennis tournament in Łódź, Poland promoting the sport to young children, ages 8 to 12 years old.

Janowicz inherits his athleticism and height from his parents, who were both volleyball players.

At the age of 10 or 11, his parents sold off their chain of sports stores and apartments to support their son's training, recognizing that he had a future in tennis from a young age.

At the start of 2012 he could not play in the Australian Open due to lack of sponsorship.

In February, he was the runner-up in a Challenger tournament in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Later in the year, he won three Challenger tournament finals.

At the French Open, he got as far as the third round of qualifying, but failed to make it into the main draw.

In November 2012, Janowicz qualified for the main draw of the 2012 BNP Paribas Masters, an ATP 1000 tournament.

He defeated world No. 19, Philipp Kohlschreiber, in the first round, the No. 14 Marin Čilić in the second and the No. 3 and Olympic gold medalist and US Open champion Andy Murray in the third.

He defeated Murray in three sets, saving one match point en route.

He said afterwards "This was the most unbelievable day in my life."

In the quarterfinals, he defeated No. 9 Janko Tipsarević, to go on to play in the semifinals where he beat Frenchman and No. 20 Gilles Simon to reach his first ATP tour-level final.

Janowicz is best known for becoming the first Polish man to reach a major semifinal, at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

Noted for his very powerful serve, Janowicz can hit at up to 249 km/h along with strong groundstrokes.

Despite never winning an ATP Tour title, Janowicz obtained a career-high world ranking of No. 14 in August 2013.

He was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit by Polish President Bronisław Komorowski in 2013 for his achievements.