Szymon Walków

Szymon Walków
Nation:	Poland
Birthday:	September 22, 1995
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	71 kg
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Rafal Paluch
Prize money:	$ 34,389
singles
Career record:	0-0
Highest ranking:	822 (August 27, 2018)
Current placement:	825
Double
Career record:	0-0
Highest ranking:	166 (November 26, 2018)
Current placement:	166
Last update of the infobox: November 26, 2018
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Szymon Walków (born September 22, 1995 in Wroclaw ) is a Polish tennis player .

Career

Walków played its first professional tournaments in 2013. In the beginning he was active on the third-class ITF Future Tour , although he did not make it past the second round. He made his first appearance on the second-rate ATP Challenger Tour in 2015 at his home tournament in Wroclaw , when he was in the main draw of the double competition thanks to a wildcard . He lost the duel against Frank Dancevic and Andriej Kapaś with his partner Mateusz Terczynski in straight sets. In September of the same year he received another wildcard for the double field in Szczecin , but was eliminated again in the first round. He finished the year beyond the top 1000 in the world rankings in both singles and doubles .

In the following years, Walków made progress especially in doubles, winning five futures titles in 2016 and 2017 and making it into the quarter-finals for the first time on the Challenger Tour in Poznan . In the individual, his performance stagnated and he was often eliminated in the first or second round in future tournaments and did not qualify for a main field on the Challenger Tour. He took both the individual and in the double at the Summer Universiade in 2017 in part, but was eliminated in the second round in both competitions.

In 2018 he made a breakthrough in doubles. He started the year in 408th place and continued to improve through success on the Future Tour. In June he had his first big success on the Challenger Tour in Poznan . Together with Mateusz Kowalczyk , he received a wildcard from the organizers for the double field and moved into the final. There he met the seeded pairing Attila Balázs and Andrea Vavassori , whom he beat in three sets and was able to celebrate his first title win at Challengers. A month later he won the tournament in Sopot again together with Kowalczyk . Afterwards he was in the top 200 in the world for the first time with 192th place. His best placement is 166th place, which he achieved after winning the title in Andria at the end of November.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (3)

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 9, 2018	Poses	sand	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Attila Balázs Andrea Vavassori	7: 5, 6: 7 8 , [10: 8]
2.	5th August 2018	Sopot	sand	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Ruben Gonzales Nathaniel Lammons	7: 6 6 , 6: 3
3.	November 24, 2018	Andria	sand	Karol Drzewiecki	Marc-Andrea Hüsler David Pel	7: 6 10 , 2: 6, [11: 9]

Web links

• ATP profile of Szymon Walków (English)
• ITF profile of Szymon Walków (English)
• ITF junior profile Szymon Walków (English)