Marcin Matkowski

Marcin Matkowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmartɕin matˈkɔfskʲi]; born 15 January 1981) is a Polish former professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. He played college tennis at UCLA, where Jean-Julien Rojer was one of his teammates. Matkowski and Mariusz Fyrstenberg won the Madrid Open twice, in addition to reaching the final at the US Open. The duo also reached the final of the ATP Finals and participated six times at the event overall.

Marcin Matkowski

Matkowski at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Warsaw, Poland
Born	(1981-01-15) 15 January 1981 Barlinek, Poland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2019
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	UCLA
Prize money	US$4,044,710
Singles
Career record	4–4 (50.0%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 647 (11 September 2000)
Doubles
Career record	472–387 (54.9%)
Career titles	18
Highest ranking	No. 7 (9 July 2012)
Current ranking	No. 709 (2 November 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2006)
French Open	QF (2010, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	QF (2015, 2017)
US Open	F (2011)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (2011)
Olympic Games	QF (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2013)
French Open	F (2015)
Wimbledon	QF (2007, 2013, 2015, 2016)
US Open	F (2012)
Last updated on: 2 November 2019.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2011	US Open	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	2–6, 2–6

Mixed Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2011	ATP World Tour Finals, London	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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

ATP career finals

Doubles: 48 (18 titles, 30 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0–1) ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–7) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (4–7) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (12–14)

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

Titles by setting Outdoor (13–22) Indoor (5–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2003	Sopot Open, Poland	International	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3
Win	2–0	Feb 2004	Brasil Open, Brazil	International	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Tomas Behrend Leoš Friedl	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–0	Aug 2005	Sopot Open, Poland (2)	International	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Lucas Arnold Ker Sebastián Prieto	7–6(9–7), 6–4
Loss	3–1	Sep 2005	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Italy	International	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Martín García Mariano Hood	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–2	Feb 2006	Brasil Open, Brazil	International	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	1–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Loss	3–3	Apr 2006	Barcelona Open, Spain	Intl. Gold	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	2–6, 7–6(7–4), [5–10]
Loss	3–4	Aug 2006	Connecticut Open, US	International	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–4	Sep 2006	Romanian Open, Romania	International	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Martín García Luis Horna	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Loss	4–5	Oct 2006	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Italy	International	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Martín García Luis Horna	6–7(1–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss	4–6	Oct 2006	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	International	Carpet (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	5–6	Aug 2007	Sopot Open, Poland (3)	International	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	6–1, 6–1
Loss	5–7	Aug 2007	Connecticut Open, US	International	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Mahesh Bhupathi Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5–8	Oct 2007	Open de Moselle, France	International	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	1–6, 4–6
Win	6–8	Oct 2007	Vienna Open, Austria	Intl. Gold	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Tomas Behrend Christopher Kas	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6–9	Oct 2007	Madrid Open, Spain	Masters	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	6–10	Apr 2008	Barcelona Open, Spain	Intl. Gold	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 2–6
Win	7–10	Jun 2008	Warsaw Open, Poland (4)	International	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Nikolay Davydenko Yuri Schukin	6–0, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss	7–11	Sep 2008	Romanian Open, Romania	International	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Nicolas Devilder Paul-Henri Mathieu	6–7(4–7), 7–6(11–9), [20–22]
Loss	7–12	Oct 2008	Open de Moselle, France	International	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	8–12	Oct 2008	Madrid Open, Spain	Masters	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	6–4, 6–2
Win	9–12	Jun 2009	Eastbourne International, UK	250 Series	Grass	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Travis Parrott Filip Polášek	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–13	Aug 2009	Washington Open, US	500 Series	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win	10–13	Oct 2009	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Igor Kunitsyn Jaroslav Levinský	6–2, 6–1
Loss	10–14	Oct 2009	Shanghai Masters, China	Masters 1000	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Julien Benneteau Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2–6, 4–6
Win	11–14	Jun 2010	Eastbourne International, UK (2)	250 Series	Grass	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	11–15	Oct 2010	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss	11–16	Oct 2010	China Open, China	500 Series	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	11–17	Oct 2010	Shanghai Masters, China	Masters 1000	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Jürgen Melzer Leander Paes	5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	11–18	Oct 2010	Vienna Open, Austria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	5–7, 6–3, [5–10]
Loss	11–19	Sep 2011	US Open, US	Grand Slam	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	2–6, 2–6
Loss	11–20	Nov 2011	ATP World Tour Finals, UK	Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6
Loss	11–21	Mar 2012	Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	500 Series	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Win	12–21	Apr 2012	Barcelona Open, Spain	500 Series	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Marcel Granollers Marc López	2–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–8]
Win	13–21	May 2012	Madrid Open, Spain (2)	Masters 1000	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–3, 6–4
Loss	13–22	Mar 2013	Miami Open, US	Masters 1000	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	4–6, 1–6
Win	14–22	Jul 2013	German Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss	14–23	Apr 2014	Romanian Open, Romania	250 Series	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	4–6, 4–6
Win	15–23	Sep 2014	Moselle Open, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Marin Draganja Henri Kontinen	6–7(3–7), 6–3, [10–8]
Win	16–23	Sep 2014	Malaysian Open, Malaysia (2)	250 Series	Hard (i)	Leander Paes	Jamie Murray John Peers	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Loss	16–24	Nov 2014	Paris Masters, France	Masters 1000	Hard (i)	Jürgen Melzer	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(5–7), 7–5, [6–10]
Loss	16–25	May 2015	Madrid Open, Spain	Masters 1000	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	2–6, 7–6(7–5), [9–11]
Loss	16–26	Jun 2015	Queen's Club Championships, UK	500 Series	Grass	Nenad Zimonjić	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	2–6, 2–6
Loss	16–27	Aug 2015	Cincinnati Masters, US	Masters 1000	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin	2–6, 2–6
Loss	16–28	May 2016	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win	17–28	Oct 2016	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	18–28	Jan 2017	Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Jonathan Erlich Scott Lipsky	1–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss	18–29	Mar 2017	Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	500 Series	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	6–4, 3–6, [3–10]
Loss	18–30	Jun 2018	Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Robert Lindstedt	Philipp Petzschner Tim Pütz	6–7(5–7), 3–6

Performance timeline

Doubles

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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

External links

• Marcin Matkowski at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marcin Matkowski at the International Tennis Federation
• Marcin Matkowski at the Davis Cup