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Błażej Koniusz

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Błażej Koniusz
Country (sports) Poland
Born (1988-02-22) 22 February 1988 (age 36)
Świętochłowice, Polish People's Republic
Turned pro2006
PlaysRight-handed (Double-handed backhand)
Prize money$63,829
Singles
Career record0–2 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger. 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 445 (7 July 2008)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger. 18 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 150 (16 February 2015)
Last updated on: 13 June 2021.

Błażej Koniusz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈbwaʐɛj ˈkɔɲuʂ]) (born 22 February 1988[1] in Świętochłowice) is a tennis player from Poland.[2]

Koniusz has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 445, achieved on 7 July 2008. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 150, achieved on 16 February 2015.

Koniusz began playing at the age of four, and joined his first club at the age of seven. As a junior, he and compatriot Grzegorz Panfil won the 2006 Australian Open boys' doubles championship, defeating Americans Kellen Damico and Nathaniel Schnugg 7–6(7–5), 6–3 in the final. He began his senior career in 2006.[3]

Koniusz represented Team Poland during Davis Cup play in 2008.[4]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1–0)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2006 Australian Open Hard Poland Grzegorz Panfil United States Kellen Damico
United States Nathaniel Schnugg
7–6(7–5), 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 5 (1–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2007 Latvia F3, Jūrmala Futures Clay Spain Carles Poch Gradin 4-6, 1-6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2008 Austria F1, Bergheim Futures Carpet Italy Massimo Dell'Acqua 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 0–3 May 2009 Poland F2, Kraków Futures Clay Ukraine Denys Molchanov 3-6, 2-6
Loss 0–4 May 2010 Poland F1, Katowice Futures Clay Germany Alexander Flock 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–4 Jul 2013 Slovakia F1, Poprad Futures Clay Czech Republic Martin Fafl 6-3, 7-5

Doubles: 38 (18–20)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–5)
ITF Futures (18–15)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (15–15)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0-1 May 2006 Poland F5, Bytom Futures Clay Poland Grzegorz Panfil Germany Gero Kretschmer
Australia Clinton Thomson
6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2007 Poland F5, Olsztyn Futures Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Poland Dawid Celt
Poland Marcin Gawron
6-4, 6-2
Win 2–1 Sep 2007 Poland F8, Opole Futures Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Monaco Benjamin Balleret
France Clément Morel
6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–2 Sep 2007 Poland F9, Gdynia Futures Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Poland Andrzej Grusiecki
Poland Lukasz Wodnicki
3-6, 5-7
Win 3–2 Jan 2008 Austria F1, Bergheim Futures Carpet Poland Marcin Gawron Italy Massimo Dell'Acqua
Italy Luca Vanni
6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Loss 3–3 Mar 2008 Switzerland F1, Leuggern Futures Hard Poland Grzegorz Panfil Jamaica Dustin Brown
Austria Armin Sandbichler
3-6, 2-6
Loss 3–4 May 2008 Poland F1, Katowice Futures Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Poland Grzegorz Panfil
Poland Marcin Gawron
2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 3–5 Jun 2008 Bytom, Poland Challenger Clay Australia Raphael Durek Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
Poland Marcin Gawron
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 4–5 Aug 2009 Poland F4, Olsztyn Futures Clay Poland Grzegorz Panfil Poland Mateusz Szmigiel
Poland Rafal Gozdur
6-1, 6-3
Loss 4–6 Aug 2009 Poland F5, Poznań Futures Clay Poland Andriej Kapaś Poland Piotr Gadomski
Serbia David Savić
1–6, 4–6
Loss 4–7 May 2010 Poland F2, Kraków Futures Clay Poland Grzegorz Panfil Poland Marcin Gawron
Poland Andriej Kapaś
6–3, 0–6, [7–10]
Win 5–7 Jun 2010 Poland F3, Koszalin Futures Clay Poland Grzegorz Panfil Belarus Sergey Betov
Hungary Robert Varga
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 6–7 Jun 2010 Poland F4, Gliwice Futures Clay Poland Grzegorz Panfil Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
Belarus Nikolai Fidirko
6-3, 6-1
Loss 6–8 Aug 2010 Slovakia F1, Piešťany Futures Clay Poland Filip Rams Slovakia Michal Pazicky
Slovakia Adrian Sikora
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 6–9 Jun 2011 Poland F3, Koszalin Futures Clay Poland Andriej Kapaś Belarus Aliaksandr Bury
Belarus Nikolai Fidirko
6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 7–9 Jun 2011 Poland F4, Bytom Futures Clay Poland Andriej Kapaś Canada Érik Chvojka
Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
7–5, 6–4
Win 8–9 Aug 2011 Poland F6, Olsztyn Futures Clay Poland Grzegorz Panfil Poland Arkadiusz Kocyla
Poland Mikolaj Szmyrgala
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
Win 9–9 Jul 2013 Slovakia F1, Poprad Futures Clay Germany Pirmin Haenle Czech Republic Lukas Marsoun
Czech Republic Dominik Suc
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss 9–10 Sep 2013 Georgia F1, Telavi Futures Clay Poland Arkadiusz Kocyla France Romain Arneodo
Monaco Benjamin Balleret
6–7(5–7), 0–6
Loss 9–11 Sep 2013 Georgia F2, Telavi Futures Clay Poland Arkadiusz Kocyla France Romain Arneodo
Monaco Benjamin Balleret
5-7, 2-6
Win 10–11 Oct 2013 Hungary F1, Budapest Futures Clay Poland Piotr Gadomski Belgium Niels Desein
Germany Peter Torebko
6-3, 6-3
Loss 10–12 Oct 2013 Hungary F2, Budapest Futures Clay Poland Piotr Gadomski Czech Republic Marek Michalička
Germany Moritz Baumann
5-7, 3-6
Win 11–12 Nov 2013 Czech Republic F6, Jablonec Futures Carpet Poland Maciej Smola Latvia Andis Juška
Czech Republic Robin Stanek
4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–5]
Win 12–12 Dec 2013 Czech Republic F7, Opava Futures Carpet Poland Maciej Smola Czech Republic Jan Blecha
Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
6-3, 6-0
Loss 12–13 Jan 2014 Germany F1, Schwieberdingen Futures Carpet Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Sweden Jacob Adaktusson
Bulgaria Dimitar Kutrovsky
3–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win 13–13 Jan 2014 France F1, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne Futures Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk France Dorian Descloix
France Gleb Sakharov
6-2, 6-3
Loss 13–14 Mar 2014 Italy F3, Trento Futures Hard Italy Matteo Volante Germany Kevin Krawietz
France Fabrice Martin
3-6, 1-6
Win 14–14 Apr 2014 Egypt F12, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay Poland Andriej Kapaś Germany Steven Moneke
Netherlands Mark Vervoort
6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win 15–14 Apr 2014 Egypt F13, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay Poland Andriej Kapaś Italy Francesco Garzelli
Czech Republic Libor Salaba
6–4, 7–5
Win 16–14 Apr 2014 France F8, Angers Futures Clay Poland Andriej Kapaś France Olivier Charroin
France Julien Obry
6–3, 6–4
Loss 16–15 Jun 2014 Vicenza, Italy Challenger Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Slovakia Andrej Martin
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
1-6, 5-7
Loss 16–16 Jun 2014 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay Poland Andriej Kapaś Argentina Facundo Argüello
Uruguay Ariel Behar
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 17–16 Jul 2014 Germany F7, Kassel Futures Clay Poland Andriej Kapaś Chile Nicolas Jarry
Chile Simon Navarro
6–4, 6–2
Loss 17–17 Aug 2014 Poland F5, Poznań Futures Clay Poland Andriej Kapaś Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Slovakia Adrian Sikora
6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss 17–18 Aug 2014 Poland F6, Bytom Futures Clay Poland Andriej Kapaś Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
Poland Piotr Gadomski
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 18–18 Sep 2014 Poland F7, Piekary Śląskie Futures Clay Poland Marcin Gawron Poland Maciej Smola
Poland Piotr Gadomski
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–3]
Loss 18–19 Nov 2014 Brescia, Italy Challenger Hard Czech Republic Roman Jebavý Ukraine Denys Molchanov
Ukraine Illya Marchenko
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 18–20 Feb 2015 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Germany Martin Emmrich
Sweden Andreas Siljeström
4–6, 5–7

References

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  1. ^ (Polish) Polish Tennis Association website player listing - Błażej Koniusz Archived December 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Błażej Koniusz Halowym Mistrzem Polski w tenisie – Onet Sport". Sport.onet.pl. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  3. ^ sport24.pl Błażej Koniusz Archived December 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine "Błażej Koniusz przygodę z tenisem rozpoczął w wieku czterech lat, do swojego pierwszego klubu trafił jako siedmiolatek w rodzinnych Świętochłowicach. Największym juniorskim osiągnięciem jest zwycięstwo w turnieju deblowym Australian Open. W 2006 roku rozpoczął karierę seniorską i niemal z marszu dostał się do pół i ćwierćfinałów turniejów ITF. Koniusz jest aktualnym halowym Mistrzem Polski."
  4. ^ "ATP Notability". Retrieved 2012-02-27.
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