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Polish tennis player
Szymon Walków Country (sports) PolandResidence Wrocław , PolandBorn (1995-09-22 ) 22 September 1995 (age 28) Wrocław , PolandHeight 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach Rafal Paluch Prize money $272,557 Career record 0–0 Career titles 0 0 Challenger , 1 Futures Highest ranking No. 818 (3 December 2018) Career record 11–15 Career titles 0 11 Challenger , 12 Futures Highest ranking No. 86 (13 June 2022) Current ranking No. 188 (15 January 2024) French Open 1R (2021 , 2022 ) Wimbledon 2R (2022 ) US Open 2R (2021 ) Last updated on: 19 January 2024.
Szymon Walków (Polish pronunciation: [ˈʂɨmɔn ˈvalkuf] ; born 22 September 1995) is a Polish tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 818 achieved on 3 December 2018. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 86 achieved on 13 June 2022. He has reached one ATP doubles final. Additionally, he has reached 40 career doubles finals with a record of 23 wins and 17 losses, which includes a 11–7 record in ATP Challenger Tour doubles finals. He reached one singles final, winning the title at the Poland F4 futures tournament in Koszalin in 2018.
Walków reached his maiden ATP doubles final at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad partnering Jan Zieliński .
In January 2022, he made his debut participating as part of the Polish team at the 2022 ATP Cup , where he played doubles with Zieliński and won against Georgia and Argentina. After Hurkacz's win over Diego Schwartzman sealed the victory for Poland over Argentina the Polish team advanced to the semifinals.[ 1] The pair won again against Spain in doubles but the team did not advance to the finals.
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Aug 2018
Poland F6, Koszalin
Futures
Clay
Maciej Rajski
4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Doubles: 41 (23–18)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (11–8)
ITF Futures (12–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–5)
Clay (15–10)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–3)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
May 2015
Czech Republic F1, Prague
Futures
Clay
Kamil Gajewski
František Čermák Robin Stanek
3–6, 3–6
Loss
0–2
Sep 2015
Poland F4, Bytom
Futures
Clay
Hubert Hurkacz
Jan Kuncik Petr Michnev
7–5, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss
0–3
May 2016
Czech Republic F3, Jablonec nad Nisou
Futures
Clay
Hubert Hurkacz
Jan Choinski Tom Schonenberg
2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win
1–3
Jun 2016
Poland F2, Koszalin
Futures
Clay
Kamil Gajewski
Adam Majchrowicz Grzegorz Panfil
6–2, 6–1
Loss
1–4
Aug 2016
Poland F6, Poznań
Futures
Clay
Adam Majchrowicz
Marcin Gawron Andriej Kapaś
4–6, 5–7
Win
2–4
Oct 2016
Egypt F28, Sharm El Sheikh
Futures
Hard
Kamil Gajewski
Antonio Massara Andrea Vavassori
7–6(8–6) , 6–3
Loss
2–5
Nov 2016
Egypt F34, Sharm El Sheikh
Futures
Hard
Kamil Gajewski
P Matuszewski Kacper Żuk
6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss
2–6
Jul 2017
Poland F5, Mragowo
Futures
Clay
Kamil Gajewski
M Pena Lopez Ewan Moore
2–6, 5–7
Win
3–6
Sep 2017
Poland F11, Koszalin
Futures
Clay
Iván Endara
Michal Dembek Marcin Gawron
6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss
3–7
Oct 2017
Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad Nisou
Futures
Carpet
Mateusz Kowalczyk
Niels Lootsma David Poljak
6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss
3–8
Nov 2017
Czech Republic F8, Opava
Futures
Carpet
Mateusz Kowalczyk
Maciej Smola Karol Drzewiecki
6–7(4–7) , 7–6(7–4) , [8–10]
Win
4–8
Nov 2017
Czech Republic F9, Milovice
Futures
Hard
Marek Gengel
Michal Konecny Filip Duda
6–3, 6–7(4–7) , [10–5]
Win
5–8
Nov 2017
Czech Republic F10, Říčany
Futures
Hard
Karol Drzewiecki
Matej Vocel Michael Vrbenský
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss
5–9
Dec 2017
Egypt F36, Cairo
Futures
Clay
Karol Drzewiecki
Jordan Correia Mario Vilella Martínez
6–7(11–13) , 6–7(4–7)
Win
6–9
Apr 2018
Italy F9, Santa Margherita Di Pula
Futures
Clay
Sekou Bangoura
Vasile Antonescu Patrick Grigoriu
6–4, 6–4
Win
7–9
May 2018
Poland F3, Ustroń
Futures
Clay
Sekou Bangoura
Vít Kopřiva David Poljak
0–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Win
8–9
Jun 2018
Poznań , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Mateusz Kowalczyk
Attila Balázs Andrea Vavassori
7–5, 6–7(8–10) , [10–8]
Win
9–9
Aug 2018
Sopot , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Mateusz Kowalczyk
Ruben Gonzales Nathaniel Lammons
7–6(8–6) , 6–3
Win
10–9
Aug 2018
Poland F8, Poznań
Futures
Clay
Tomasz Bednarek
Mateusz Kowalczyk Karol Drzewiecki
6–4, 6–3
Loss
10–10
Nov 2018
Czech Republic F8, Opava
Futures
Carpet
Karol Drzewiecki
Jaroslav Pospíšil Vít Kopřiva
6–7(5–7) , 4–6
Win
11–10
Nov 2018
Czech Republic F10, Milovice
Futures
Hard
Karol Drzewiecki
D Langmajer Daniel Lustig
5–7, 7–6(9–7) , [15–13]
Win
12–10
Nov 2018
Andria , Italy
Challenger
Hard
Karol Drzewiecki
Marc-Andrea Hüsler David Pel
7–6(12–10) , 2–6, [11–9]
Win
13–10
Jan 2019
M25 Nussloch , Germany
World Tennis Tour
Carpet
Karol Drzewiecki
Marek Gengel Danylo Kalenichenko
7–5, 6–3
Loss
13–11
Jul 2019
Perugia , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Rogério Dutra Silva
Ante Pavić Tomislav Brkić
4–6, 3–6
Loss
13–12
Sep 2019
Mallorca , Spain
Challenger
Hard
Karol Drzewiecki
Sander Arends David Pel
5–7, 4–6
Loss
13–13
Oct 2019
Nur-Sultan , Kazakhstan
Challenger
Hard
Karol Drzewiecki
Illya Marchenko Harri Heliövaara
4–6, 4–6
Win
14–13
Feb 2020
M25 Glasgow , United Kingdom
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Jan Zieliński
Evan Hoyt Simon Freund
6–1, 6–1
Win
15–13
Mar 2020
M25 Sunderland , United Kingdom
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Jan Zieliński
Jesper De Jong Bart Stevens
6–4, 6–4
Loss
15–14
Sep 2020
Ostrava , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Karol Drzewiecki
Igor Zelenay Artem Sitak
5–7, 4–6
Win
16–14
Oct 2020
Biella , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Harri Heliövaara
Lloyd Glasspool Alex Lawson
7–5, 6-3
Win
17–14
Oct 2020
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
Harri Heliövaara Alex Lawson
6–1, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss
17–15
Feb 2021
Biella , Italy
Challenger
Hard
Jan Zieliński
Luis David Martinez David Vega Hernández
4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss
17–16
Apr 2021
Split , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Jan Zieliński
Andrey Golubev Aleksandr Nedovyesov
5–7, 7–6(7–5) , [5–10]
Win
18–16
Apr 2021
Split II , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Jan Zieliński
Grégoire Barrère Albano Olivetti
6-2, 7-5
Win
19–16
Jul 2021
Sparkassen Open , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Jan Zieliński
Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov
6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Win
20–16
Aug 2021
Meerbusch , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Jan Zieliński
Dustin Brown Robin Haase
6-3, 6-1
Loss
20–17
Apr 2022
Barletta , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Ben McLachlan
Evgeny Karlovskiy Evgenii Tiurnev
3-6, 4-6
Win
21–17
Apr 2022
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Francisco Cabral
Tristan Lamasine Lucas Pouille
6–2, 7–6(14–12)
Win
22–17
May 2022
Poznań , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Hunter Reese
Marek Gengel Adam Pavlásek
1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win
23–17
Aug 2022
Meerbusch , Germany
Challenger
Clay
David Pel
Neil Oberleitner Philipp Oswald
7–5, 6–1
Loss
23–18
Nov 2022
Roanne , France
Challenger
Hard (i)
Dustin Brown
Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul
6–7(5–7) , 4–6