Jan Choinski

Jan Choinski (Polish: Choiński; born 10 June 1996 in Germany) is a German-born Polish-British tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Choinski has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 126, achieved on 21 August 2023. Since 2019, he represents Great Britain.

Jan Choinski

Choinski at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Great Britain (2019–)  Germany (2011–18)
Residence	Münstermaifeld, Germany
Born	(1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 28) Koblenz, Germany
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Andrzej Choinski, Pawel Strauss
Prize money	$731,564
Singles
Career record	2–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 126 (21 August 2023)
Current ranking	No. 176 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2024)
French Open	Q2 (2018, 2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 622 (7 January 2019)
Current ranking	No. 912 (9 September 2024)
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Career

2014: US Open Junior doubles semifinals, Turned Pro

Choinski reached the semifinals of the 2014 US Open – Boys' singles. He peaked at No. 17 combined world ranking, compiling a 78–30 match record in singles.

2016: ATP debut

Choinski made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 MercedesCup, where he was given a wildcard in singles.

2022: Maiden Challenger title

Ranked No. 457, he reached his second Challenger final at the 2022 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas being the first qualifier in the history of the tournament to do so.^[1] He won his maiden Challenger title defeating Juan Pablo Varillas, moving more than a 150 positions back up close to the top 300 at No. 301 on 10 October 2022.^[2] He reached the top 250 on 19 December 2022.

2023: Wimbledon debut

Choinski was awarded a wildcard for his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships where he won his first Major match against Dusan Lajovic^[3][4] before losing in the second round to 17th seed Hubert Hurkacz.^[5]

2024: Consecutive Wimbledon wildcard, US Open debut

Ranked No. 188 he qualified for the 2024 Estoril Open and defeated wildcard João Fonseca.^[6]

For a second consecutive year, he received a wildcard for the Wimbledon^[7] but lost in the first round to Luciano Darderi in five sets.^[8]

He won the Elesse Pro Tennis Challenge in Wyomissing, Berks County, Pennsylvania, defeating No. 220 ranked Canadian Alexis Galarneau.^[9]

Ranked No. 280, he qualified for the main draw of the 2024 US Open after saving three match points against American Maxime Cressy to make his debut at this Major.^[10][11][12] Choinski lost in the first round to Roberto Carballés Baena in five sets.^[13] Following lifting the trophy at the Tulln Challenger, he returned to the top 200 in the ATP rankings, moving 100 positions up, on 9 September 2024.

In September, Choinski won his third career Challenger title at the 2024 NÖ Open in Tulln, Austria, defeating Lukas Neumayer in the final.^[14]

Personal life

Choinski was born in Koblenz, Germany. He stated, "My mum's side of [the] family is fully British [and] my dad is from Poland."^[15] Both ballet dancers, his parents met while under contract in Germany, where they would later open a ballet school. His mother is originally from Southampton.^[16][17] He represented Germany from the beginning of his career until the end of 2018 and then switched to Great Britain.^[18]

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Current through the 2024 US Open.

	Germany			Great Britain
Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	NH	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0 / 3	1–3
ATP Masters 1000
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	8
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–3	2–8
Year-end ranking	606	296	292	264	347	602	248	160

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 4 (3–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2018	Meerbusch, Germany	Clay	Filip Horanský	7–6(9–7), 3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2022	Campinas, Brazil	Clay	Juan Pablo Varillas	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–1	Aug 2023	Meerbusch, Germany	Clay	Camilo Ugo Carabelli	6–4, 6–0
Win	3–1	Sep 2024	Tulln, Austria	Clay	Lukas Neumayer	6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2023	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Stuart Parker	Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu	4–6, 4–6

ITF Tour finals

Singles: 20 (11–9)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2014	Germany F12, Karlsruhe	Clay	Yannick Hanfmann	5–7, 1–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2014	Belgium F12, Huy	Clay	Julien Cagnina	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	1–2	Jul 2015	Germany F8, Trier	Clay	Maximilian Neuchrist	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Aug 2015	Germany F10, Wetzlar	Clay	Hugo Dellien	3–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Oct 2015	France F20, Forbach	Carpet (i)	Ugo Humbert	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	2–4	Oct 2015	Germany F15, Leimen	Hard (i)	Mats Moraing	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	2–5	Feb 2016	Switzerland F1, Oberentfelden	Carpet (i)	Uladzimir Ignatik	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–6	Sep 2016	USA F29, Irvine	Hard	Mackenzie McDonald	0–6, 3–6
Win	3–6	May 2017	Sweden F1, Karlskrona	Clay	Hugo Dellien	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	3–7	Jul 2017	Germany F8, Kassel	Clay	Jürgen Zopp	3–6, 2–6
Win	4–7	Aug 2017	Germany F9, Essen	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	5–7	Aug 2017	Germany F10, Wetzlar	Clay	Elmar Ejupovic	7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Win	6–7	Aug 2017	Germany F11, Karlsruhe	Clay	Máté Valkusz	6–2, 6–4
Loss	6–8	Mar 2018	USA F7, Bakersfield	Hard	Mathias Bourgue	2–6, 3–6
Win	7–8	Aug 2018	Germany F11, Trier	Clay	Benjamin Hassan	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	8–8	Aug 2018	Belgium F9, Huy	Clay	Colin Sinclair	3–6, 7–6(7–0), 6–3
Win	9–8	Oct 2019	M15 Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany	Clay	Stefan Seifert	6–3, 6–1
Loss	9–9	Dec 2019	M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	Hard	Daniel Altmaier	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	10–9	Dec 2019	M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	Hard	Camilo Ugo Carabelli	6–0, 6–0
Win	11–9	Aug 2022	M15 Frankfurt, Germany	Clay	Imanol López Morillo	6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2015	Turkey F4, Antalya	Hard	Kevin Krawietz	Li Zhe Ruan Roelofse	3–6, 6–4, [2–10]
Win	1–1	May 2016	Czech Republic F3, Jablonec	Clay	Tom Schönenberg	Hubert Hurkacz Szymon Walków	6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Win	2–1	Jun 2017	Czech Republic F3, Jablonec	Clay	Kamil Majchrzak	Petr Michnev Matěj Vocel	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	2–2	Oct 2019	M15 Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany	Carpet	Daniel Altmaier	Lasse Muscheites Stefan Seifert	6–2, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	3–2	Nov 2019	M15 Sarreguemines, France	Carpet	Luca Gelhardt	Arthur Bouquier Louis Dussin	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Dec 2019	M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	Hard	Maxime Mora	Arklon Huertas del Pino Camilo Ugo Carabelli	6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss	3–4	May 2022	M15 Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Charles Broom	Julian Cash Henry Patten	6–7(5–7), 2–6

References

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2. "#NextGenATP Svajda, Skatov Win Maiden Challenger Tour Titles | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
3. "Jan Choinski hails day to remember". South West Londoner. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
4. "Jan Choinski joins Burrage in securing first Grand Slam victory at SW19". LTA. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
5. "Wimbledon: Hurkacz wins in straight sets, meets Musetti in third round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
6. "Estoril Open: Briton Choinski notches first ATP Tour win of 2024".
7. "Broady, Willis headline initial Wimbledon wild cards". 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
8. "Jan Choinski satisfied with dogged determination despite Wimbledon defeat". South West Londoner. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
9. "Jan Choinski wins Ellesse Pro Tennis Challenge". 17 August 2024.
10. @GBtennis (22 August 2024). "#USOpen FQR:Yes! Huge congratulations to Jan Choinski, who qualifies at a slam for the first time...saving two match points on the American Maxime Cressy serve to get into the final tiebreak!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
11. "US Open 2024: Jan Choinski books spot in New York as three other Brits lose in final round of qualifying". 22 August 2024.
12. "US Open 2024: Jan Choinski comes through qualifying to set up main draw debut". LTA.org.uk. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
13. "Choinski falls short of epic comeback on US Open debut". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
14. "Gasquet becomes third-oldest Challenger champion in history". ATPTour. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
15. Andrews, Connor (5 July 2023). "Ripped Wimbledon wildcard is son of ballerina who eats as much as World's Strongest Man and eyeing Novak Djokovic match". talksport.com.
16. Fraser, Stuart (5 May 2023). "I haven't earned anything this year, says British No 9 Jan Choinski". The Times. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
17. "Jan Choinski". lta.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023.
18. "Meet Jan Choinski: Britain's big-eating, German-born Wimbledon star with ballet-dancer parents". 6 July 2023.

External links

• Jan Choinski at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jan Choinski at the International Tennis Federation