Łukasz Kubot

Łukasz Kubot

Country	Poland
Residence	Lubin, Poland
Born	May 16, 1982 (1982-05-16) Boleslawiec, Poland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$2,217,969
Singles
Career record	55–67
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 41 (April 12, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 54 (February 20, 2012)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4R (2010)
French Open	3R (2011)
Wimbledon	4R (2011)
US Open	3R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	123–90
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 7 (September 27, 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2009)
French Open	QF (2010)
Wimbledon	QF (2009)
US Open	QF (2010)
Last updated on: February 8, 2010.

Łukasz Kubot (Polish pronunciation: [ˈwukaʂ ˈkubɔt]) born May 16, 1982 in Bolesławiec, Poland, is a professional male tennis player from Poland. Kubot reached his highest singles ranking of World No. 41 on April 12, 2010.

Career

2007–2009

In 2007 Kubot's 2 main draw wins came from the 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 in Brasil Open, where he recorded his first main draw win in for the over one and a half year against Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7–6, 1–6, 6–3, but lost in the following round to Thomaz Bellucci 7–5, 4–6, 4–6. He then continued to play in the qualifying draws, but was unlucky as he fails 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 took advantage as all his matches were won in two sets he defeated Arsenije Zlatanović 6–3, 7–5, Igor Andreev 3–2 (Russian player was retired), Kristof Vliegen 7–6, 6–3 and a upset victory over 2nd seed Ivo Karlović 7–6, 6–2. But he also lost in straight sets against world no. 3 and no. 1 seed Novak Djokovic 6–3, 7–6 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.

In Roland Garross he qualified, but lost to Viktor Troicki in the first round 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 3–6 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 4–6, 3–6 in the very first round. In Beijing he recorded the biggest win of his career 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 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 but lost to Marin Čilić 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 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 6–3, 6–1. They were able to qualify in the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals falling in the Round Robin stage despite winning 2 matches over the teams of Max Mirnyi & Andy Ram and Lukáš Dlouhý & Leander Paes only losing to Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan

2010

Kubot started his 2010 campaign in Doha, where he reached to quarterfinals and he lost to Viktor Troicki 6–4, 4–6, 6–7 after recording straight set wins over Karim Maamoun and Sergiy Stakhovsky. He then played in the Australian Open were he reached his first 4th round in a Grand Slam tournament. He earned this spot by defeating Mischa Zverev 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 and Santiago Giraldo 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 and through the withdrawal of 20th seed Mikhail Youzhny. He was defeated by Novak Djokovic 1–6, 2–6, 5–7. In Movistar Open he lost to Marcel Granollers 6–4, 6–2 after defeating Horacio Zeballos 3–6, 7–5, 6–3. In 2010 Brasil Open he reached to the final, his second of his career. He earned that by defeating Óscar Hernández, Albert Montañés and Fabio Fognini, respectively in straight sets. And came back against 4th seed Igor Andreev 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the semifinals. In the final he lost to top seed Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–1, 6–0 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 6–4, 7–6 in the 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel to Fernando Verdasco 6–4, 6–3 and the 2010 BNP Paribas Open to David Nalbandian 6–3, 6–2. He then regained form by reaching the Quarterfinals of the 2010 Grand Prix Hassan II losing to Potito Starace 6–1, 6–0. However he lost in the first round of the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters to Viktor Troicki 4–6, 6–2, 6–2.

2011

At the 2011 French Open Kubot was down two sets to none in his first round match against the No. 12 seed Nicolas Almagro. Kubot stormed back and won the match in five sets, 3–6, 2–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–4. He progressed to the 3rd 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 4th round defeating Arnaud Clement in five sets, Ivo Karlovic 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.

ATP World Tour Singles finals: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2)

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

ATP World Tour Doubles finals: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	April 23, 2007	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Oliver Marach	Jordan Kerr David Škoch	7–6(7–4), 1–6, [10–4]
Runner-up	2.	October 22, 2007	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Lovro Zovko	Sébastien Grosjean Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	February 23, 2009	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Oliver Marach	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Winner	1.	April 6, 2009	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Oliver Marach	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	7–6(7–4), 3–6, [10–6]
Winner	2.	May 4, 2009	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Oliver Marach	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	3.	November 1, 2009	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Oliver Marach	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	2–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Winner	4.	February 6, 2010	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Oliver Marach	Potito Starace Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	February 14, 2010	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Oliver Marach	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	5–7, 4–6
Winner	5.	February 27, 2010	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Oliver Marach	Fabio Fognini Potito Starace	6–0, 6–0
Winner	6.	September 25, 2010	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura	6–2, 5–7, [13–11]
Runner-up	5.	February 5, 2011	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Oliver Marach	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	3–6, 6–7(3–7)

Singles Performance Timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F

NMS

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, played in Round Robin or lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-Off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series).

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	A	Q3	4R	2R	1R	3–3
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	1R	1R	3R		2–3
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	2R	4R		4–2
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	3R	Q3	A	Q2	1R	A		2–2
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–4	6–3	0–1	11–10
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2
Overall Win–Loss	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	3–1	5–8	2–3	0–0	9–9	15–25	17–17	6–7	62–75
Year End Ranking	427	440	371	219	142	125	222	209	101	70	57

Doubles Performance Timeline

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	3R	A	SF	3R	QF	1R	11–5
French Open	A	A	A	3R	1R	2R	QF	1R		6–5
Wimbledon	2R	A	2R	2R	2R	QF	1R	1R		7–7
US Open	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	QF	A		3–4
Win–Loss	1–1	0–0	1–2	5–4	1–2	8–4	8–4	3–3	0–1	27–21
Year-End Championship
ATP World Tour Finals	A	A	A	A	A	RR	RR	A		3–3
Olympic Games
Doubles	A	Not Held			A	Not Held				0–0
ATP Masters Series 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R		2–2
Key Biscayne	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A		0–1
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF		2–2
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	QF		3–2
Madrid	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R		1–2
Toronto / Montreal	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A		1–1
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	SF	SF	A		4–2
Shanghai	NH	Not Masters Series				QF	SF	1R		2–3
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R		1–2
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	NMS				0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–4	9–7	3–6	0–0	16–17
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–4	3–4	0–1	0–0	6–11

External links

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

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