Jan Choinski
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Country (sports) | ![]() ![]() |
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Residence | Münstermaifeld, Germany |
Born | Koblenz, Germany | 10 June 1996
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Andrzej Choinski, Pawel Strauss |
Prize money | $541,525 |
Singles | |
Career record | 2–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 126 (21 August 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 176 (10 June 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2024) |
French Open | Q2 (2018, 2023) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2023) |
US Open | Q1 (2023) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 622 (7 January 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 928 (10 June 2024) |
Last updated on: 15 June 2024. |
Jan Choinski (Polish: Choiński; born 10 June 1996 in Germany) is a Polish-German-British tennis player. Choinski has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 126, achieved on 21 August 2023.
Juniors
Choinski reached the semifinals of the 2014 US Open – Boys' singles. He peaked at No. 17 combined world ranking, compiling a 78–30 match record in singles.
Professional career
2016: ATP debut
Choinski made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 MercedesCup, where he was given a wildcard in singles.
2022: Maiden Challenger title
Ranked No. 457, he reached his second Challenger final at the 2022 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas being the first qualifier in the history of the tournament to do so.[1] He won his maiden Challenger title defeating Juan Pablo Varillas, moving more than a 150 positions back up close to the top 300 at No. 301 on 10 October 2022.[2] He reached the top 250 on 19 December 2022.
2023: Major and Top 150 debuts
He reached the top 200 at No. 194 on 3 April 2023 following a semifinal showing at the Challenger 125 2023 Mexico City Open. Next he reached back-to-back semifinals at the 2023 San Luis Open Challenger and moved another 15 positions up into the top 180 at No. 179 on 10 April 2023. Ranked No. 170, he received a wildcard for the 2023 Queen's Club Championships. He entered the main draw of the 2023 Eastbourne International as a lucky loser. He was awarded a wildcard for his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships where he won his first Major match against Dusan Lajovic. As a result he reached the top 150 in the rankings.
He qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament at the 2023 Hamburg European Open but lost to Zhizhen Zhang. A month later, he reached a new career high ranking of No. 126 on 21 August 2023.
2024: Consecutive Wimbledon wildcard
Ranked No. 188 he qualified for the 2024 Estoril Open and defeated wildcard João Fonseca.[3]
For a second consecutive year, he received a wildcard for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. [4]
Personal life
Choinski was born in Koblenz, Germany. He stated, "My mum's side of [the] family is fully British [and] my dad is from Poland."[5] Both ballet dancers, his parents met while under contract in Germany, where they would later open a ballet school.[6] His mother is originally from Southampton.[7][6]
He represented Germany from the beginning of his career until the end of 2018 and then switched to Great Britain.
Singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current through the 2024 French Open.
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Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | Q1 | NH | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||
Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–6 | |
Year-end ranking | 444 | 606 | 296 | 292 | 264 | 347 | 602 | 248 | 160 |
ATP Challenger finals
Singles: 3 (2–1)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2018 | Meerbusch, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(9–7), 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Oct 2022 | Campinas, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 2–1 | Aug 2023 | Meerbusch, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–0 |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2023 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 20 (11–9)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2014 | Germany F12, Karlsruhe | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 1–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Aug 2014 | Belgium F12, Huy | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2015 | Germany F8, Trier | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2015 | Germany F10, Wetzlar | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Oct 2015 | France F20, Forbach | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–2) |
Loss | 2–4 | Oct 2015 | Germany F15, Leimen | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | Feb 2016 | Switzerland F1, Oberentfelden | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2–6 | Sep 2016 | USA F29, Irvine | Hard | ![]() |
0–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–6 | May 2017 | Sweden F1, Karlskrona | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 4–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–7 | Jul 2017 | Germany F8, Kassel | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4–7 | Aug 2017 | Germany F9, Essen | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 5–7 | Aug 2017 | Germany F10, Wetzlar | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 7–6(7–1) |
Win | 6–7 | Aug 2017 | Germany F11, Karlsruhe | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 6–8 | Mar 2018 | USA F7, Bakersfield | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 7–8 | Aug 2018 | Germany F11, Trier | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Win | 8–8 | Aug 2018 | Belgium F9, Huy | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 7–6(7–0), 6–3 |
Win | 9–8 | Oct 2019 | M15 Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 9–9 | Dec 2019 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Win | 10–9 | Dec 2019 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–0 |
Win | 11–9 | Aug 2022 | M15 Frankfurt, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Doubles: 7 (3–4)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2015 | Turkey F4, Antalya |
Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, [2–10] |
Win | 1–1 | May 2016 | Czech Republic F3, Jablonec |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(9–7) |
Win | 2–1 | Jun 2017 | Czech Republic F3, Jablonec |
Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2019 | M15 Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany |
Carpet | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, [9–11] |
Win | 3–2 | Nov 2019 | M15 Sarreguemines, France |
Carpet | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–3 | Dec 2019 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. |
Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(2–7), 3–6 |
Loss | 3–4 | May 2022 | M15 Nottingham, United Kingdom |
Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
References
- ^ "Qualifier Choinski Reaches Campinas Challenger Final". 9 October 2022.
- ^ "#NextGenATP Svajda, Skatov Win Maiden Challenger Tour Titles | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Estoril Open: Briton Choinski notches first ATP Tour win of 2024".
- ^ "Broady, Willis headline initial Wimbledon wild cards". 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ Andrews, Connor (5 July 2023). "Ripped Wimbledon wildcard is son of ballerina who eats as much as World's Strongest Man and eyeing Novak Djokovic match". talksport.com.
- ^ a b "Jan Choinski". lta.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023.
- ^ Fraser, Stuart (5 May 2023). "I haven't earned anything this year, says British No 9 Jan Choinski". The Times. Retrieved 10 May 2023.