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Polish tennis player

Marcin Matkowski

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Polish tennis player

Gender:

Male

Places:

Poland

Is:

Athlete Tennis player

Work field:

Sports

Birth:

15 January 1981(Barlinek, Gmina Barlinek, Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship)

Residences

Szczecin

The details

Biography

Introduction

Marcin Matkowski (born 15 January 1981) is a Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Leander Paes; they have been playing together since 2016. He played college tennis at UCLA, where his teammates included Jean-Julien Rojer.

Matkowski and Mariusz Fyrstenberg qualified as the eighth and final contenders in the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup. This was mainly because of their reaching the semifinals at the Australian Open. In 2011, they reached the US Open men's doubles final and the final at the year-end championships. They have participated in the year-end championships six times to date.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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

Mixed doubles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2012	US Open	Hard	Květa Peschke	Ekaterina Makarova Bruno Soares	7–6^(10–8), 1–6, [10–12]
Runner-up	2015	French Open	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Mike Bryan	6–7^(3–7), 1–6

Year-End Championships finals

Doubles: 1 (0-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2011	London	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2007	Madrid	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Winner	2008	Madrid	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2009	Shanghai	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Julien Benneteau Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2010	Shanghai	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Jürgen Melzer Leander Paes	5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Winner	2012	Madrid	Clay (blue)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2013	Miami	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2014	Paris	Hard (i)	Jürgen Melzer	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7^(5–7), 7–5, [6–10]
Runner-up	2015	Madrid	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), [9–11]
Runner-up	2015	Cincinnati	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin	2–6, 2–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 47 (18 titles, 29 runners-up)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–1)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–6)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (4–7)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (12–14)

Titles by Surface
Hard (7–18)
Clay (9–9)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	28 July 2003	Orange Warsaw Open, Sopot, Poland (1)	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–4, 6–7^(7–9), 6–3
Winner	2.	23 February 2004	Brasil Open, Costa do Sauipe, Brazil	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Tomas Behrend Leoš Friedl	6–2, 6–2
Winner	3.	1 August 2005	Orange Warsaw Open, Sopot, Poland (2)	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Lucas Arnold Ker Sebastián Prieto	7–6^(9–7), 6–4
Runner-up	1.	26 September 2005	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Palermo, Italy	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Martín García Mariano Hood	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	20 February 2006	Brasil Open, Costa do Sauipe, Brazil	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	1–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Runner-up	3.	24 April 2006	Torneo Godó, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	2–6, 7–6^(7–4), [5–10]
Runner-up	4.	21 August 2006	Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, United States	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	3–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	11 September 2006	BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Martín García Luis Horna	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5), [10–8]
Runner-up	5.	25 September 2006	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Palermo, Italy	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Martín García Luis Horna	6–7^(1–7), 6–7^(2–7)
Runner-up	6.	24 October 2006	Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	5.	30 July 2007	Orange Warsaw Open, Sopot, Poland (3)	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	19 August 2007	Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, United States	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Mahesh Bhupathi Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	1 October 2007	Open de Moselle, Metz, France	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	1–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	7 October 2007	Erste Bank Open, Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Christopher Kas Tomas Behrend	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	15 October 2007	Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner-up	10.	28 April 2008	Barcelona Open, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	9 June 2008	Orange Warsaw Open, Warsaw, Poland (4)	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Nikolay Davydenko Yuri Schukin	6–0, 3–6, [10–4]
Runner-up	11.	8 September 2008	BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Nicolas Devilder Paul-Henri Mathieu	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(11–9), [20–22]
Runner-up	12.	29 September 2008	Open de Moselle, Metz, France	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner	8.	12 October 2008	Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	6–4, 6–2
Winner	9.	19 June 2009	AEGON International, Eastbourne, United Kingdom (1)	Grass	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Travis Parrott Filip Polášek	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	9 August 2009	Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington, United States	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	5–7, 6–7^(3–7)
Winner	10.	28 September 2009	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Igor Kunitsyn Jaroslav Levinský	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	14.	12 October 2009	Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, Shanghai, China	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Julien Benneteau Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	18 June 2010	AEGON International, Eastbourne, United Kingdom (2)	Grass	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Runner-up	15.	3 October 2010	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(5–7)
Runner-up	16.	10 October 2010	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Runner-up	17.	17 October 2010	Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, Shanghai, China	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Jürgen Melzer Leander Paes	5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up	18.	31 October 2010	Erste Bank Open, Vienna, Austria	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	5–7, 6–3, [5–10]
Runner-up	19.	10 September 2011	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	20.	27 November 2011	ATP World Tour Finals, London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	21.	3 March 2012	Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, UAE	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Winner	12.	29 April 2012	Barcelona Open, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Marcel Granollers Marc López	2–6, 7–6^(9–7), [10–8]
Winner	13.	14 May 2012	Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain	Clay (blue)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	22.	30 March 2013	Miami Masters, Miami, United States	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	4–6, 1–6
Winner	14.	21 July 2013	International German Open, Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	3-6, 6-1, [10-8]
Runner-up	23.	27 April 2014	BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	4-6, 4-6
Winner	15.	21 September 2014	Moselle Open, Metz, France	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Marin Draganja Henri Kontinen	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, [10–8]
Winner	16.	27 September 2014	Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Leander Paes	Jamie Murray John Peers	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–5]
Runner-up	24.	2 November 2014	BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France	Hard (i)	Jürgen Melzer	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7^(5–7), 7–5, [6–10]
Runner-up	25.	10 May 2015	Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), [9–11]
Runner-up	26.	21 June 2015	Aegon Championships, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Nenad Zimonjić	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	27.	23 August 2015	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	28.	1 May 2016	Estoril Open, Cascais, Portugal	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Winner	17.	9 October 2016	Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram	6−2, 7−6⁽⁷⁻⁴⁾
Winner	18.	14 January 2017	Auckland Open, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Jonathan Erlich Scott Lipsky	1–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Runner-up	29.	4 March 2017	Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, UAE	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	6–4, 3-–6, [3–10]

Performance timeline

Doubles

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	SF	1R	3R	QF	2R	QF	QF	1R	3R	2R	2R	20–12
French Open	A	3R	3R	2R	1R	2R	2R	QF	1R	3R	QF	1R	QF	QF	21–13
Wimbledon	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	3R	2R	QF	2R	11–13
US Open	A	2R	1R	3R	3R	1R	1R	QF	F	1R	1R	3R	QF	2R	19–13
Win–Loss	0–0	4–3	3–4	7–4	2–4	3–4	4–4	8–4	8–4	5–4	5–4	5–4	10–4	6–4	71–51
Year-End Championship
ATP World Tour Finals	A	A	A	RR	A	SF	RR	SF	F	A	RR	A	RR	A	10–15
Olympic Games
Doubles	NH	1R	Not Held			QF	Not Held			1R	Not Held			2R	3–4
ATP Masters Series 1000
Indian Wells	A	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	SF	1R	1R	SF	2R	10–12
Miami	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	SF	1R	1R	F	1R	1R	1R	7–12
Monte Carlo	A	2R	A	QF	2R	2R	QF	2R	SF	2R	2R	2R	SF	2R	12–12
Rome	A	A	A	2R	A	QF	QF	1R	2R	QF	1R	1R	2R	QF	7–10
Madrid	A	A	A	QF	F	W	2R	QF	QF	W	2R	QF	F	2R	21–10
Canada	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	QF	2R	QF	QF	SF	1R	QF	2R	7–11
Cincinnati	A	A	A	1R	2R	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	F	2R	12–12
Shanghai	Not Held		Not Masters Series				F	F	SF	2R	2R	2R	QF	2R	11–8
Paris	A	A	A	QF	2R	SF	SF	2R	QF	QF	2R	F	2R	1R	14–10
Hamburg	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	Not Masters Series								3–3
Win–Loss	0–0	1–3	0–0	7–9	7–8	13–8	10–9	8–9	8–9	9–8	11-9	10–9	13–9	7–8	104–100
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–6	2–5	2–5	2–4	1–5	0–2	2–3	1-2	2–4	0–3	1–2	17-45

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