Wojciech Fibak

Wojciech Fibak

Wojciech Fibak in 1982
ITF name	Wojtek Fibak
Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Poznań, Poland
Born	(1952-08-30) 30 August 1952 Poznań, Poland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,725,403
Singles
Career record	536–314
Career titles	15
Highest ranking	No. 10 (25 July 1977)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1978)
French Open	QF (1977, 1980)
Wimbledon	QF (1980)
US Open	QF (1980)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	F (1976)
WCT Finals	F (1982)
Doubles
Career record	527–248
Career titles	52
Highest ranking	No. 2 (5 February 1979)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1978)
French Open	F (1977)
Wimbledon	SF (1978)
US Open	SF (1978)
Other doubles tournaments
WCT Finals	W (1976, 1978)

Wojciech Fibak (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx ˈfibak]; popularly Wojtek Fibak [ˈvɔjtɛk -]; born 30 August 1952) is a Polish former professional tennis player, entrepreneur, and art collector. Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker and Australian Kim Warwick, although he also reached the Top 10 in singles.

Throughout his career, he won 15 ATP career singles titles as well as 52 ATP doubles titles including one Grand Slam title, the 1978 Australian Open. He was also the runner-up at the 1976 ATP Finals in singles.

Biography and personal life

Born in Poznań, Poland, he won his first tournament in 1976, and between then and 1982 won 15 singles titles and 52 doubles titles. His best year was arguably 1980, when he reached the quarter-finals at the French Open, the US Open and Wimbledon Championships. Fibak's career singles win–loss record was 520–310, and he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 on 25 July 1977. His highest doubles ranking was World No. 2, which he reached in February 1979. He was consistently ranked in the top 20 in singles, and earned $2,725,403 in career prize money.

The highlight of his career was winning the Australian Open men's doubles in 1978 with Kim Warwick. They beat Paul Kronk and Cliff Letcher in two sets to take the title.

In 1983 he was banned from his local Poznań tennis club and faced reduced involvement from the Polish Tennis Federation and Davis Cup national team for his opposition to the communist PZPR government.

In 1985, Fibak founded the Polish Tennis Club (Polish Tennis Association of Southern California); in the 1990s he was head of the Polish Tennis Federation and widely credited with popularising the sport in his native country. After the fall of communism in the early 1990s his company Fibak Press acquired the regional former PZPR mouthpiece Gazeta Poznańska, until it was acquired by rivals Głos Wielkopolski in 2006, and published several other newspapers and magazines as well as being involved in books related to tennis.

He is also a businessman and an avid art collector, and used his tennis fortune to open the art gallery Galeria Fibak in 2001.

Fibak divides his time between Warsaw and Monaco, where he was Poland's honorary consul. He is a self-declared local patriot and was close to fellow local billionaire Jan Kulczyk.

He has three daughters: Agnieszka, Paulina, and Nina.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1977	French Open	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	1978	Australian Open	Grass	Kim Warwick	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7–6, 7–5

Career finals

Singles: 34 (15 titles / 19 runners-up)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1975	Shreveport, US	Carpet	Juan Gisbert Sr.	3–6, 7–5, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 1976	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 1–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Apr 1976	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–2	May 1976	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–2, 7–9, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Aug 1976	Louisville, US	Clay	Harold Solomon	2–6, 5–7
Loss	2–4	Aug 1976	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Aug 1976	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 6–7, 2–6
Win	3–5	Oct 1976	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	3–6	Dec 1976	Masters, Houston	Carpet	Manuel Orantes	7–5, 2–6, 6–0, 6–7, 1–6
Loss	3–7	Feb 1977	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 2–6, 6–7
Win	4–7	Mar 1977	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4–8	Apr 1977	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 3–6, 0–6
Win	5–8	May 1977	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Raymond Moore	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	5–9	Oct 1977	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	1–6, 1–6
Loss	5–10	Nov 1977	Cologne, Germany	Carpet	Björn Borg	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	5–11	May 1978	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 4–6, 2–6
Win	6–11	Nov 1978	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Vijay Amritraj	6–2, 0–1, RET.
Win	7–11	Feb 1979	Denver, US	Carpet	Victor Amaya	6–4, 6–1
Win	8–11	Apr 1979	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	8–12	May 1979	Munich, Germany	Clay	Manuel Orantes	3–6, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	8–13	Oct 1979	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	4–6, 0–6, 2–6
Loss	8–14	Nov 1979	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Gene Mayer	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win	9–14	Mar 1980	Dayton, US	Carpet	Bruce Manson	7–6, 6–3
Win	10–14	Apr 1980	New Orleans, US	Carpet	Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 7–5
Win	11–14	Apr 1980	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet	Vincent Van Patten	6–0, 7–6
Loss	11–15	Mar 1980	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	2–6, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	11–16	Feb 1981	Philadelphia, US	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	2–6, 6–7, 5–7
Win	12–16	Jul 1981	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–1, 7–6
Loss	12–17	Oct 1982	Naples Finals WCT, Italy	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	4–6, 2–6, 1–6
Win	13–17	Oct 1982	Amsterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Kevin Curren	7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	14–17	Nov 1982	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Bill Scanlon	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	14–18	Nov 1982	Dortmund, Germany	Carpet	Brian Teacher	7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win	15–18	Dec 1982	Chicago-2 WCT, US	Carpet	Bill Scanlon	6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	15–19	Oct 1983	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–4, 1–6, 5–7, 5–5, RET.

Doubles: 85 (51 titles / 34 runners-up)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 1975	Munich, Germany	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Milan Holeček Karl Meiler	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	May 1975	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes	3–6, 6–7
Win	2–1	Jul 1975	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	Željko Franulović John Lloyd	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Aug 1975	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes	5–7, 0–6
—	2–3	Aug 1975	Louisville, US	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	Vijay Amritraj Anand Amritraj	NP
Loss	2–4	Oct 1975	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Karl Meiler	Björn Borg Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	3–4	Nov 1975	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Karl Meiler	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	6–4, 7–6
Win	4–4	Nov 1975	London, England	Carpet	Karl Meiler	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–1, 7–5
Loss	4–5	Jan 1976	Atlanta WCT, US	Carpet	Karl Meiler	John Alexander Phil Dent	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–6	Feb 1976	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Karl Meiler	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–6	Apr 1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jacek Niedźwiedzki	Colin Dowdeswell Paul Kronk	6–2, 6–3
Loss	5–7	Apr 1976	Nice, France	Clay	Karl Meiler	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	6–7	Apr 1976	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Karl Meiler	Björn Borg Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–1
Win	7–7	May 1976	World Doubles WCT, US	Carpet	Karl Meiler	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–3, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	8–7	May 1976	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Fred McNair	Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	9–7	May 1976	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Karl Meiler	Bob Carmichael Raymond Moore	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	9–8	Jul 1976	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Juan Gisbert Sr.	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 4–6
Loss	9–9	Jul 1976	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	4–6, 3–6
Win	10–9	Oct 1976	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes	7–5, 6–1
Win	11–9	Oct 1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	11–10	Nov 1976	Wembley, England	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Stan Smith Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 3–6
Win	12–10	Jan 1977	Birmingham WCT, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Billy Martin Bill Scanlon	6–3, 6–4
Loss	12–11	Jan 1977	Philadelphia WCT, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	13–11	Feb 1977	Richmond WCT, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Ross Case Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4
Win	14–11	Feb 1977	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Tom Okker	Ilie Năstase Adriano Panatta	6–2, 6–3
Win	15–11	Feb 1977	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Tom Okker	Ross Case Tony Roche	6–4, 6–1
Win	16–11	Mar 1977	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Ross Case	Billy Martin Bill Scanlon	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	17–11	Mar 1977	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Tom Okker	Vijay Amritraj Dick Stockton	6–4, 6–4
Loss	17–12	Apr 1977	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Tom Okker	François Jauffret Jan Kodeš	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Win	18–12	Apr 1977	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Lito Álvarez Guillermo Vilas	7–5, 0–6, 7–6
Loss	18–13	Jun 1977	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	19–13	Aug 1977	South Orange, US	Hard	Colin Dibley	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–5
Win	20–13	Oct 1977	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–0, 6–4
Loss	20–14	Oct 1977	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Jan Kodeš	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 3–6
Win	21–14	Nov 1977	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–3
Loss	21–15	Feb 1978	St. Louis WCT, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 2–6
Loss	21–16	Apr 1978	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	José Higueras Víctor Pecci	7–5, 6–7, 6–7
Win	22–16	Apr 1978	Houston WCT, US	Clay	Tom Okker	Tom Leonard Mike Machette	7–5, 7–5
Win	23–16	May 1978	World Doubles WCT, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–3
Win	24–16	May 1978	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Tom Okker	Antonio Muñoz Víctor Pecci	6–2, 6–4
Win	25–16	Jul 1978	Louisville, US	Clay	Víctor Pecci	Victor Amaya John James	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win	26–16	Aug 1978	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Tom Okker	Colin Dowdeswell Heinz Günthardt	6–3, 7–6
Win	27–16	Sep 1978	Woodlands Doubles, US	Hard	Tom Okker	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	28–16	Oct 1978	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win	29–16	Oct 1978	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	John McEnroe	Bruce Manson Andrew Pattison	7–6, 7–5
Win	30–16	Nov 1978	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2
Win	31–16	Jan 1979	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7–6, 7–5
Win	32–16	Jan 1979	Philadelphia, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	32–17	Feb 1979	Denver, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–7, 3–6
Win	33–17	Mar 1979	Memphis, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Frew McMillan Dick Stockton	6–4, 6–4
Win	34–17	Apr 1979	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Win	35–17	May 1979	Munich, Germany	Clay	Tom Okker	Jürgen Fassbender Jean-Louis Haillet	7–6, 7–5
Loss	35–18	Jul 1979	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Pavel Složil	Colin Dowdeswell Frew McMillan	4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	35–19	Sep 1979	Los Angeles, US	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	4–6, 4–6
Loss	35–20	Sep 1979	San Francisco, US	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 4–6
Loss	35–21	Nov 1979	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 4–6
Loss	35–22	Jan 1980	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Tom Okker	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	36–22	Jan 1980	Birmingham, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	José Luis Clerc Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–3
Loss	36–23	Feb 1980	Denver, US	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	5–7, 2–6
Win	37–23	Mar 1980	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	Tim Mayotte Larry Stefanki	6–4, 7–6
Win	38–23	Mar 1980	Dayton, US	Carpet	Geoff Masters	Fritz Buehning Fred McNair	6–4, 6–4
Loss	38–24	Apr 1980	Las Vegas, US	Clay	Gene Mayer	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	2–6, 5–7
Loss	38–25	Aug 1980	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Ivan Lendl	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	38–26	Aug 1980	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Ivan Lendl	Bruce Manson Brian Teacher	7–6, 5–7, 4–6
Win	39–26	Mar 1982	Strasbourg WCT, France	Carpet	John Fitzgerald	Sandy Mayer Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–3
Loss	39–27	Apr 1982	Zürich WCT, Switzerland	Carpet	John Fitzgerald	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Tom Gullikson	4–6, 2–6
Loss	39–28	May 1982	Rome, Italy	Clay	John Fitzgerald	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	40–28	Jul 1982	Zell Am See WCT, Austria	Clay	Bruce Manson	Tony Giammalva Sammy Giammalva Jr.	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	40–29	Jul 1983	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 4–6, 2–6
Win	41–29	Jul 1983	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Pavel Složil	Colin Dowdeswell Zoltán Kuhárszky	7–5, 6–2
Win	42–29	Mar 1984	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Kevin Curren	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–4
Win	43–29	May 1984	Munich, Germany	Clay	Boris Becker	Eric Fromm Florin Segărceanu	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	43–30	Jul 1984	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Henri Leconte Pascal Portes	6–2, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	43–31	Sep 1984	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	44–31	Oct 1984	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Sandy Mayer	Jan Gunnarsson Joakim Nyström	6–1, 6–3
Win	45–31	Oct 1984	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Sandy Mayer	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 6–4
Loss	45–32	Jan 1985	Philadelphia, US	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	45–33	Mar 1985	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Kevin Curren	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	3–6, 6–7
Win	46–33	Jul 1985	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Brad Drewett Mark Edmondson	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	47–33	Feb 1986	Toronto Indoor, Canada	Carpet	Joakim Nyström	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 7–6
Win	48–33	Mar 1986	Metz, France	Carpet	Guy Forget	Francisco González Michiel Schapers	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	48–34	Mar 1986	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Matt Mitchell	Stefan Edberg Slobodan Živojinović	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Win	49–34	Oct 1986	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Ricardo Acioly	Brad Gilbert Slobodan Živojinović	W/O
Win	50–34	Aug 1987	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	Tom Nijssen Johan Vekemans	7–6, 5–7, 6–2
Win	51–34	Oct 1987	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Michiel Schapers	Kelly Jones Patrik Kühnen	6–2, 6–4

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	1 / 1
French Open	1R	3R	3R	F	SF	2R	SF	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 13
Wimbledon	A	2R	QF	QF	SF	1R	2R	A	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	2R	0 / 11
US Open	A	2R	2R	2R	SF	2R	3R	1R	3R	A	3R	2R	1R	2R	0 / 12
Annual win–loss	0–1	3–3	5–3	9–3	17–3	2–3	7–3	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–3	1–3	2–3	2–3	N/A

External links

• Wojciech Fibak at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Wojciech Fibak at World Tennis
• Wojciech Fibak at the Davis Cup (archived)