Wojciech Fibak

Wojciech Fibak

Nation:

Poland

Birthday:

August 30, 1952

Size:

183 cm

Weight:

73 kg

Playing hand:

Right

Prize money:

$ 2,725,403

singles

Career record:

520: 310

Career title:

15th

Highest ranking:

10 (July 25 1977)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	AF (1978)
French Open	VF (1977, 1980)
Wimbledon	VF (1980)
US Open	VF (1980)

Double

Career record:

527: 248

Career title:

52

Highest ranking:

3 (April 9 1979)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 1

Australian Open	S (1978)
French Open	F (1977)
Wimbledon	HF (1978)
US Open	HF (1978)

Mixed

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	-
French Open	AF (1984)
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Wojciech Fibak or shorter Wojtek Fibak (born August 30, 1952 in Poznan ) is a former Polish tennis player . He celebrated his greatest successes as a doubles player with Tom Okker and Kim Warwick .

Fibak won his first tournament in 1976. The high point of his career was winning the men's doubles competition at the Australian Open in 1978 . Together with Kim Warwick he beat Paul Kronk and Cliff Letcher 7: 6, 7: 5 and won the title.

As a single player, Fibak won a total of 12 individual titles in his career. His best year was 1980, when he made it to the quarterfinals at the French Open , the US Open and Wimbledon . At the end of his active career in 1982, he had a game record of 403 wins and 241 losses.

In 1985 he founded in California the Polish Tennis Club Polish Tennis Association of Southern California .

He can also be found in Europe. Together with Ronnie Leitgeb , he promoted the career of the Austrian tennis player Thomas Muster in 1984 , which is described on page 59 in the autobiography Thomas Muster, Aufschlag, mein Leben, mein Success ( ISBN 3-900977-73-9 ). The “Common Way” section describes the cooperation and the relationship between Fibak, Leitgeb and Muster. Quote: “... Professional support is the ultimate, the prerequisite for a successful career. The way to the top is rocky, there is no guarantee ... "Wojtek Fibak is further quoted in the autobiography with the following words:" But if you don't risk anything, you won't win anything. You are both ambitious and capable of learning. I advise you. "

Fibak and his wife Ewa are among the most important collectors of 19th and 20th century Polish painting. More than 400 works by artists such as Józef Czapski , Eugeniusz marshmallow , Henri Hayden , Moise Kisling , Roman Kramsztyk , Jan. life stone , Jacek Malczewski , Mela Muter , Józef Pankiewicz , Piotr Potworowski , Zygmunt Waliszewski , Wojciech Weiss , Leon Wyczółkowski , Eugene Zak or Wacław Zawadowski are in the couple's homes in New York ( Greenwich ), near Paris (Boulogne) and in Warsaw. They were shown in exhibitions in the National Museums in Warsaw and Poznan .

Web links

Commons : Wojciech Fibak - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

↑ according to Władysława Jaworska, Agnieszka Morawińska u. a., Malarstwo polskie w kolekcji Ewy i Wojciecha Fibakow ( Polish painting in the Ewa and Wojtek Fibak Collection ), Auriga Verlag, ISBN 83-221-0623-8 , Warsaw 1992

personal data
SURNAME	Fibak, Wojciech
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fibak, Wojtek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	August 30, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Poznan , Poland

[1] rding to Władysława Jaworska, Agnieszka Morawińska u. a., Malarstwo polskie w kolekcji Ewy i Wojciecha Fibakow ( Polish painting in the Ewa and Wojtek Fibak Collection ), Auriga Verlag, ISBN 83-221-0623-8 , Warsaw 1992