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Łukasz Kubot
Polish tennis player (born 1982) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Łukasz Kubot (Polish pronunciation: [ˈwukaʂ ˈkubɔt];[1] born 16 May 1982) is a Polish professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
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Residence | Lubin, Poland |
Born | (1982-05-16) 16 May 1982 (age 42) Bolesławiec, Poland |
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Turned pro | 2002 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Jan Stočes |
Prize money | US $8,728,383 |
Official website | lukasz-kubot.com |
Singles | |
Career record | 97–130 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 41 (12 April 2010) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (2010) |
French Open | 3R (2011, 2012) |
Wimbledon | QF (2013) |
US Open | 3R (2006) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 435–305 |
Career titles | 27 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (8 January 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 1155 (27 May 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2014) |
French Open | SF (2016) |
Wimbledon | W (2017) |
US Open | F (2018) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | F (2017) |
Olympic Games | 2R (2016) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2020) |
French Open | QF (2009) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2015, 2016) |
US Open | SF (2015) |
Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | QF (2020) |
Last updated on: 8 June 2024. |
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2014 Australian Open with Robert Lindstedt, as well as the 2017 Wimbledon Championships with Marcelo Melo. Kubot has won 27 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including four at Masters 1000 level, all alongside Melo. The pair also finished runners-up at the 2018 US Open and 2017 ATP Finals. In January 2018 he became world No. 1 for the first time, the first Polish player ever to do so in singles or doubles.
Kubot has also had success in singles, achieving a career-high ranking of world No. 41 in April 2010 and reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. He also reached the final at the 2009 Serbia Open and the 2010 Brasil Open. Kubot has represented Poland in the Davis Cup since 2001, also competing at three editions of the Summer Olympics. In 2013 he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit by Polish President Bronisław Komorowski.[2]