Marcin Matkowski

Marcin Matkowski
Marcin Matkowski
Country  Poland
Residence Szczecin, Poland
Born 15 January 1981 (1981-01-15) (age 30)
Barlinek, Poland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro 2003
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$ 1,133,324
Singles
Career record 3–2
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 647 (11 September 2000)
Doubles
Career record 196–153
Career titles 11
Highest ranking No. 9 (28 February 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open SF (2006)
French Open QF (2010)
Wimbledon 2R (2004, 2005, 2010)
US Open F (2011)
Other Doubles tournaments
Tour Finals SF (2008)
Olympic Games QF (2008)
Last updated on: 19 October 2009.

Marcin Matkowski (born 15 January 1981 in Barlinek) is a right-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Mariusz Fyrstenberg; they have been playing together since 2003, he occasionally plays mixed doubles with Caroline Wozniacki.

Matkowski and Fyrstenberg qualified as the eighth and final contenders in the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup. This was mainly because of the best Grand Slam result in their history, in which they reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open until 2011 when they reached the US Open Men's Doubles Final, losing a controversial decision to Philipp Petzschner and his partner Jurgen Melzer. A ball clearly struck Mr. Petzschner on the left shin during a net exchange and rebounded over the net onto the sideline. When confronted about this, Mr. Petzschner denied this, though instant replay clearly shows the ball ricocheting off his leg.

Contents

Grand Slam Finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 2011 US Open Hard Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Austria Jürgen Melzer
Germany Philipp Petzschner
2–6, 2–6

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 30 (11–19)

Winner – Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–3)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–4)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–11)
Titles by Surface
Hard (3–11)
Clay (6–6)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 28 July 2003 Poland Sopot, Poland (1) Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3
Winner 2. 23 February 2004 Brazil Costa do Sauipe, Brazil Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Germany Tomas Behrend
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
6–2, 6–2
Winner 3. 1 August 2005 Poland Sopot, Poland (2) Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
7–6(9–7), 6–4
Runner-up 1. 26 September 2005 Italy Palermo, Italy Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Argentina Martín García
Argentina Mariano Hood
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 20 February 2006 Brazil Costa do Sauipe, Brazil Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
1–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Runner-up 3. 24 April 2006 Spain Barcelona, Spain Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
2–6, 7–6(7–4), [5–10]
Runner-up 4. 21 August 2006 United States New Haven, USA Hard Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
3–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 11 September 2006 Romania Bucharest, Romania Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Argentina Martín García
Peru Luis Horna
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Runner-up 5. 25 September 2006 Italy Palermo, Italy Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Argentina Martín García
Peru Luis Horna
6–7(1–7), 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up 6. 24 October 2006 Switzerland Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner 5. 30 July 2007 Poland Sopot, Poland (3) Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Argentina Martín García
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 7. 19 August 2007 United States New Haven, USA Hard Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg India Mahesh Bhupathi
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 8. 1 October 2007 France Metz, France Hard (i) Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg France Arnaud Clément
France Michaël Llodra
1–6, 4–6
Winner 6. 7 October 2007 Austria Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Germany Christopher Kas
Germany Tomas Behrend
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 9. 15 October 2007 Spain Madrid, Spain Hard (i) Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up 10. 28 April 2008 Spain Barcelona, Spain Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 2–6
Winner 7. 9 June 2008 Poland Warsaw, Poland (4) Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Russia Nikolay Davydenko
Kazakhstan Yuri Schukin
6–0, 3–6, [10–4]
Runner-up 11. 8 September 2008 Romania Bucharest, Romania Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg France Nicolas Devilder
France Paul-Henri Mathieu
6–7(4–7), 7–6(11–9), [20–22]
Runner-up 12. 29 September 2008 France Metz, France Hard (i) Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg France Arnaud Clément
France Michaël Llodra
7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner 8. 12 October 2008 Spain Madrid, Spain Hard (i) Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
6–4, 6–2
Winner 9. 19 June 2009 United Kingdom Eastbourne, United Kingdom (1) Grass Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg United States Travis Parrott
Slovakia Filip Polášek
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 13. 9 August 2009 United States Washington, USA Hard Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Winner 10. 28 September 2009 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Russia Igor Kunitsyn
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 14. 12 October 2009 China Shanghai, China Hard Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg France Julien Benneteau
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
2–6, 4–6
Winner 11. 18 June 2010 United Kingdom Eastbourne, United Kingdom (2) Grass Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Ken Skupski
6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Runner-up 15. 3 October 2010 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up 16. 10 October 2010 China Beijing, China Hard Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up 17. 17 October 2010 China Shanghai, China Hard Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Austria Jürgen Melzer
India Leander Paes
5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up 18. 31 October 2010 Austria Vienna, Austria Hard Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
5–7, 6–3, [5–10]
Runner-up 19. 10 September 2011 United States US Open, United States Hard Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Austria Jürgen Melzer
Germany Philipp Petzschner
2–6, 2–6

Performance timeline

Doubles

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR tournaments won/played W-L Win-Loss
Performance Table Legend
NH not held A absent
LQ lost in qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds
QF quarterfinalist SF semifinalist
F runner-up W winner
SF-B means winner of the bronze medal match.
NMS means neither an ATP Masters Series 1000 event nor an ATP Masters Series event.
Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Career W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R SF 1R 3R QF 2R QF 13–7
French Open A 3R 3R 2R 1R 2R 2R QF 1R 10–8
Wimbledon A 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 3–8
US Open A 2R 1R 3R 3R 1R 1R QF F 13–8
Win-Loss 0–0 4–3 3–4 7–4 2–4 3–4 4–4 8–4 8–4 39–32
Year-End Championship
ATP World Tour Finals A A A RR A SF RR SF 6–8
Olympic Games
Doubles NH 1R Not Held QF Not Held 2–2
ATP Masters Series 1000
Indian Wells A 1R A 2R 2R 1R QF 1R 1R 4–7
Key Biscayne A 1R A 1R 1R 2R 1R SF 1R 4–7
Monte Carlo A 2R A QF 2R 2R QF 2R SF 10–7
Rome A A A 2R A QF QF 1R 2R 5–5
Madrid A A A QF F W 2R QF QF 13–5
Toronto / Montreal A A A 1R 1R 1R QF 2R QF 2–6
Cincinnati A A A 1R 2R QF QF QF QF 6–6
Shanghai Not Held Not Masters Series F F 6–2
Paris A A A QF 2R SF SF 2R 7–5
Hamburg A A A 2R 2R 2R NMS 3–3
Win-Loss 0–0 1–3 0–0 7–9 9–8 15–8 10–9 8–9 2–3 48–49
Career Statistics
Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Career
Titles 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 11
Runner-ups 0 0 1 5 3 3 2 4 1 19

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