Jerzy Janowicz

Who is Jerzy Janowicz?

Jerzy Janowicz, Jr. is a top-20 Polish professional tennis player and the current Polish No. 1 player. Runner-up in two Junior Grand Slam tournaments, Janowicz rose to fame on the pro circuit following his run to the final of the 2012 Paris Masters, during which he defeated five top-20 players, including US Open champion Andy Murray and World No. 9 Janko Tipsarević. The run made him the first man to reach the final of a Masters tournament as a qualifier since Guillermo Cañas in 2007, and the first unseeded man to make the final at the Paris Masters since Andrei Pavel in 2003. He fell in the final to David Ferrer in straight sets. However, the run to the 2012 Paris Masters final enabled Janowicz to become the Polish No. 1 and crack the top 30, later reaching a career-high of World No. 14 in August 2013. In 2013 he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski. His current coach is Finnish former tennis player Kim Tiilikainen.