Kacper Żuk
Country (sports) | Poland |
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Residence | Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland |
Born | Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland | 21 January 1999
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 2016 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Jerzy Janowicz |
Prize money | US $359,298 |
Singles | |
Career record | 3–7 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 162 (13 September 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 301 (2 October 2023) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2022) |
French Open | Q1 (2021, 2022) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2021) |
US Open | Q2 (2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 278 (9 May 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 421 (24 April 2023) |
Last updated on: 30 September 2023. |
Kacper Żuk (born 21 January 1999) is a Polish professional tennis player.
Żuk has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 162 achieved on 13 September 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 278, achieved on 9 May 2022.
Żuk has reached ten career singles finals with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, which includes a 1–2 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he has reached 21 career doubles finals, with a record of 12 wins and 9 losses all but one occurring at the ITF Futures level.
Tennis career
[edit]2020–21: First Challenger title and top 200
[edit]Żuk made his ATP debut at the 2020 ATP Cup, where he represented Poland in a singles match, losing to Marin Čilić of team Croatia.[1]
He ended the 2020 season with back-to-back ITF World Tennis Tour titles at Hamburg and Vale do Lobo.[2]
He reached his first Challenger final in March 2021 and in April won his first Challenger title at the 2021 Split Open II in Croatia. As a result, he reached the top 200 on 19 April 2021 and a career-high of No. 162 on 13 September 2021.
2022–23: United Cup debut
[edit]He played his first match at the 2023 United Cup as the Polish No. 3 male player in the semifinals against Frances Tiafoe and lost in straight sets.
Grand Slam performance timeline
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the 2023 US Open qualifying
Singles
[edit]Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Australian Open | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
French Open | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Wimbledon | Q2 | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
US Open | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
[edit]Singles: 15 (12 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Pablo Vivero Gonzalez | 7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | May 2019 | M15 Troisdorf, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Jeroen Vanneste | 7–5, 6–1 |
Win | 3–0 | Sep 2019 | M25 Stockholm, Sweden | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Botic van de Zandschulp | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–1 | Oct 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Pablo Vivero Gonzalez | 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
Win | 4–1 | Feb 2020 | M25 Barnstaple, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Christopher Heyman | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Win | 5–1 | Aug 2020 | M25 Poznań, Poland | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Dimitar Kuzmanov | 7–6(8–6), 6–1 |
Win | 6–1 | Oct 2020 | M25 Hamburg, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Tseng Chun-hsin | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 7–1 | Oct 2020 | M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Nuno Borges | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 7–2 | Mar 2021 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Challenger | Hard (i) | Evgenii Tiurnev | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 8–2 | Apr 2021 | Split, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Mathias Bourgue | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 8–3 | Mar 2022 | Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jurij Rodionov | 6–7(3–7), 4–6 |
Win | 9–3 | Aug 2022 | M25 Tbilisi, Georgia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Aleksandre Metreveli | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 10–3 | Sep 2022 | M25 Falun, Sweden | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Karl Friberg | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 11–3 | Nov 2022 | M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Alastair Gray | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 12–3 | Mar 2023 | M25 Trimbach, Switzerland | World Tennis Tour | Carpet (i) | Beibit Zhukayev | 6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles: 21 (12 titles, 10 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2016 | Poland F3, Sopot | Futures | Clay | Piotr Matuszewski | Andriej Kapaś Adam Majchrowicz |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Oct 2016 | Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Piotr Matuszewski | Antonio Massara Andrea Vavassori |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 3–0 | Nov 2016 | Egypt F34, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Piotr Matuszewski | Szymon Walków Kamil Gajewski |
3–6, 6–2, [10–7] |
Loss | 3–1 | Apr 2017 | Egypt F11, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Piotr Matuszewski | Gijs Brouwer Jelle Sels |
5–7, 1–6 |
Win | 4–1 | Oct 2017 | Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Piotr Matuszewski | Tomas Papik Marek Gengel |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 5–1 | Aug 2018 | Poland F6, Koszalin | Futures | Clay | Jan Zieliński | Pawel Cias Michal Dembek |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 6–1 | Sep 2018 | Netherlands F6, Haren | Futures | Clay | Yann Wojcik | Stephan Gerritsen Maikel Borg |
4–6, 6–4, [10–3] |
Loss | 6–2 | Oct 2018 | Egypt F21, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Adam Moundir | Marco Brugnerotto David Pérez Sanz |
6–3, 2–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 6–3 | Nov 2018 | Egypt F28, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Adham Gaber | Jordi Muñoz Abreu David Pérez Sanz |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 6–4 | Jan 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | David Poljak | Hsu Yu Hsiou Shintaro Imai |
2–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 6–5 | Mar 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Daniel Michalski | Marat Deviatiarov Jakub Paul |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 6–6 | Jun 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Daniel Michalski | Barnaby Smith Toby Martin |
7–5, 1–6, [8–10] |
Win | 7–6 | Jul 2019 | M15 Wrocław, Poland | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Jan Zieliński | Piotr Galus Jan Galka |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 8–6 | Sep 2019 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Jan Zieliński | Adil Kalyanpur Kelsey Stevenson |
3–6, 6–1, [10–8] |
Loss | 8–7 | Sep 2019 | M25 Stockholm, Sweden | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jan Zieliński | Filip Bergevi Florian Lakat |
3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Win | 9–7 | Nov 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jan Zieliński | P Vivero Gonzalez Yu Cheng-Yu |
6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 9–8 | Nov 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Piotr Matuszewski | Sagadat Ayap Kai Lemstra |
1–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Win | 10–8 | Jan 2020 | M25 Nussloch, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Carpet | Jan Zieliński | Johannes Härteis Peter Heller |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 11–8 | Feb 2020 | M25 Barnstaple, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jan Zieliński | Evan Hoyt Luke Johnson |
6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 12–8 | Aug 2020 | M25 Poznań, Poland | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Jan Zieliński | Mikolaj Lorens Wojciech Marek |
7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 12–9 | Feb 2022 | Pau, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Karol Drzewiecki | Albano Olivetti David Vega Hernández |
w/o |
Loss | 12–10 | Feb 2023 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Karol Drzewiecki | Ivan Liutarevich Vladyslav Manafov |
6–7(10–12), 6–7(7–9) |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Doubles To Decide Poland-Croatia Tie". www.atptour.com.
- ^ "Kacper Zuk | Bio".
External links
[edit]- Kacper Żuk at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Kacper Żuk at the International Tennis Federation