Kamil Majchrzak

Polish tennis player (born 1996)
Kamil Majchrzak
Majchrzak at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports) Poland
ResidencePiotrków Trybunalski, Poland
Born (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28)
Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJoakim Nyström (Dec 2020-Aug 2022), Jean-Marcel Bourgault Du Coudray[1]
Prize moneyUS $1,970,370
Official websitewww.kamilmajchrzak.pl
Singles
Career record30–41 (42.3%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 75 (28 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 406 (8 April 2024)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open2R (2021)
Wimbledon1R (2019, 2022)
US Open3R (2019)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 241 (8 August 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2022)
Wimbledon2R (2022)
Medal record
Last updated on: 15 April 2024.

Kamil Majchrzak ([ˈkamil ˈmai̯xʂak]; born 13 January 1996) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 75 achieved on 28 February 2022 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 241 achieved on 8 August 2016.[3]

Junior career

Partnered with Martin Redlicki, Majchrzak won the 2013 US Open boys' doubles title by defeating Quentin Halys and Frederico Ferreira Silva in the final.

Professional career

Majchrzak with the junior doubles trophy at the 2013 US Open
Majchrzak at The Championships, Wimbledon in 2018

2019: Grand Slam debut and first two wins, Top 100

Majchrzak at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships

During the 2019 Australian Open, Majchrzak advanced through the qualifying to reach the 1st round. He won the first two sets against top-10 player Kei Nishikori, but then was forced to retire due to an injury.[4]

In March 2019 Majchrzak celebrated his maiden Challenger triumph at the 2019 Open Harmonie mutuelle in St. Brieuc, France. Two months later he advanced to the 2019 Prosperita Open final with wins over Riccardio Bonadio, Zsombor Piros, No. 5 seeded Dennis Novak, top seed Lloyd Harris and Jannik Sinner to lift his second ATP Challenger trophy.[5]

Majchrzak made the semifinals of the 2019 Ilkley Trophy Challenger and then qualified for Wimbledon without dropping a set. In the first round at Wimbledon he lost to Fernando Verdasco. At the 2019 Hall of Fame Open in Rhode Island he defeated Alastair Gray before losing a three set match to No. 1 seed John Isner in the second round.[6] As a result, he reached the top 100 on 29 July 2019.

At the 2019 US Open, Majchrzak lost in the final round of qualifying. With the sudden withdrawal of Milos Raonic, he came in as a lucky loser, and defeated Nicolás Jarry and Pablo Cuevas – both in five-set thrillers to reach the third round at a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. He fell to Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the third round. He reached a new career-high of No. 83 on 23 September.

2020: Inaugural ATP Cup, Injury and return

At the start of the year, Majchrzak participated in the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup before suffering from a broken pelvic bone.[7] Subsequently, Majchrzak had to withdraw from the 2020 Australian Open and Maharashtra Open due to a groin injury.[8] He would not compete again for more than seven months.

In August he returned to tennis and participated at the US Open where he lost to Ernesto Escobedo in the first round. He then transitioned to clay courts and on 13 September 2020 won his third Challenger title at the 2020 Czech Open. In the final, he defeated top seed and defending champion Pablo Andújar.[9]

Majchrzak entered at the 2020 French Open with a protected ranking. In the first round he lost to 15th seeded Karen Khachanov.

2021: Masters & Olympics debut, First ATP quarterfinal

Majchrzak started his season at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne, Australia, which was organized as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Australian Open. He entered under a protected ranking and in the first round defeated Laslo Đere in straight sets.

He used his protected ranking as well to enter the main draw of the 2021 French Open and also reached the second round with a win over Arthur Cazaux.

Majchrzak qualified to represent Poland at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he was defeated by Miomir Kecmanović in the first round.

Majchrzak qualified at the 2021 Sofia Open as a lucky loser after the withdrawal of fourth seed Alexander Bublik. He reached the quarterfinals of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career by defeating wildcard Dimitar Kuzmanov.[10]

2022–2023: ATP Cup semifinalist, top 75, doping suspension

At the 2022 ATP Cup, Majchrzak won all his three matches and helped Poland reach the semifinals for the first time,[7] before testing positive for COVID-19 and having to withdraw late from the tournament. As a result, he was unable to participate at the 2022 Australian Open qualifications where he was seeded fourth and thus possibly missing the first Grand Slam of the year.[11] He nevertheless entered the main draw after replacing Jenson Brooksby who withdrew due to COVID-19. He reached the second round for the first time at this Major with a win over Andreas Seppi. Majchrzak lost to Alex de Minaur in the second round.[12]

At the 2022 Tata Open Maharashtra he reached the semifinals of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career defeating second seed Lorenzo Musetti.[13] As a result, he reached the top 75 in the rankings on 28 February 2022.

In May at the 2022 Geneva Open he clinched the biggest win of his career defeating 8th seed and World No. 41 Alexander Bublik in the first round in straight sets.[14][15] He reached the quarterfinals only for the third time in his career defeating qualifier Marco Cecchinato.[16]

Majchrzak competed for Poland in their Davis Cup tie against Indonesia. He won two rubbers, losing just one game between them, to help Poland claim victory, 5-0.

In September at the 2022 Sofia Open he reached his third tour-level quarterfinal of the season, for a second year in a row, defeating Ričardas Berankis and eight seed Oscar Otte.[17] He lost to eventual champion Marc-Andrea Huesler.[18] At the 2022 Busan Open in South Korea, he won his fourth Challenger title defeating Radu Albot. As a result, he moved 20 positions up back into the top 100 at No. 82 on 24 October 2022.

On 9 December 2022, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced that Majchrzak has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for banned substances at the Sofia Open, the Japan Open and the Seoul Challenger.[19][20][21] In June 2023, the agency suspended Majchrzak for 13 months, while acknowledging that Majchrzak had not "knowingly or intentionally" committed an offense.[22]

2024: Comeback; first Challenger title since 2022

Majchrzak's suspension ended on 29 December 2023. He returned to professional tennis on 31 December 2023. In his first tournament since 2022, he progressed through qualifying and won eight consecutive matches to capture the title in Monastir, Tunisia. He did not lose a set and won eight 6-0 sets throughout the tournament.[23] He competed in another ITF event in Monastir the following week, winning two more matches to reach the quarterfinals before losing to Nicola Kuhn, ending the longest winning streak of his career. Following these results, he returned to the ATP rankings at world No. 944.

Majchrzak then received a wildcard to compete at the 2024 BW Open, marking his return to the ATP Challenger Tour. He defeated countryman Maks Kaśnikowski in three sets before losing to former world No. 12 Borna Ćorić in the second round. In February, he was nominated for the Polish Davis Cup team, winning a dead rubber against Maxim Shin of Uzbekistan.[24]

Majchrzak received a wildcard to compete at the Rwanda Challenger. He defeated Bogdan Bobrov, Juan Pablo Paz, Calvin Hemery and Max Houkes en route to his first Challenger final since 2022. Majchrzak defeated Marco Trungelliti in the final to win his fifth Challenger title and first since his return from the suspension. He competed again in the second Rwanda Challenger where he came through qualifying to extend his winning streak at the tournament to 10 matches, defeating Ivan Gakhov, David Pichler and Stefan Kozlov to reach his second consecutive semifinal. He lost in the semifinal to Marco Trungelliti in a rematch of the previous week's final.

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.

Singles

Current through the 2022 Miami Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 1R A 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A A A Q1 Q1 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon A A A Q2 1R NH Q3 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A A Q2 3R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–3 1–4 0 / 12 4–12 25%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A Q1 NH A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Masters A A A A Q1 NH A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A NH Q2 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Masters A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome Masters A A A A A A 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada Masters A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 1 0 6 3 7 15 Career total: 32
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–1 0–4 4–2 3–6 0–4 5–8 17–15 0 / 32 30–41 42%
Year-end ranking 275 279 197 177 101 107 116 78 - $1,952,403

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 25 (15–10)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–5)
ITF Futures Tour (10–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (10–7)
Grass (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2014 Spain F4, Cartagena Futures Clay Spain Roberto Carballés Baena 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2014 Slovakia F2, Michalovce Futures Clay Czech Republic Filip Brtnický 6–2, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Sep 2014 Poland F7, Piekary Śląskie Futures Clay Czech Republic Dušan Lojda 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2–2 Jan 2015 Egypt F2, Cairo Futures Clay Egypt Mohamed Safwat 5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Feb 2015 Egypt F3, Cairo Futures Clay Serbia Laslo Đere 3–6, 5–7
Win 3–3 Apr 2015 Spain F9, Reus Futures Clay Spain Marc Giner 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–3 May 2015 Romania F4, Bacău Futures Clay Romania Dragoș Dima 6–1, 6–2
Loss 0–1 Oct 2015 Mohammedia, Morocco Challenger Clay Spain Roberto Carballés Baena 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss 4–4 May 2016 Hungary F2, Szeged Futures Clay Belgium Germain Gigounon 4–6, 3–6
Win 5–4 May 2016 Ukraine F2, Cherkassy Futures Clay Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov 6–2, 6–4
Win 6–4 Jun 2016 Poland F3, Sopot Futures Clay Poland Andriej Kapaś 7–5, 6–4
Win 7–4 Jan 2017 Turkey F1, Antalya Futures Hard United Kingdom Liam Broady 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 7–5 Jun 2017 Poland F1, Sopot Futures Clay Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2017 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Spain Guillermo García López 1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 8–7 Oct 2017 France F24, Rodez Futures Hard (i) France Antoine Hoang 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–1
Loss 0–3 Oct 2018 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–3 Mar 2019 Saint Brieuc, France Challenger Hard (i) France Maxime Janvier 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win 2–3 May 2019 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Italy Jannik Sinner 6–1, 6–0
Win 3–3 Sep 2020 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Spain Pablo Andújar 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 3–4 Jun 2021 Nottingham, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Australia Alex Bolt 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–5 Sep 2021 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win 4–5 Oct 2022 Busan, South Korea Challenger Hard Moldova Radu Albot 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win 9–7 Jan 2024 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Japan Ryuki Matsuda 6–1, 6–1
Win 10–7 Feb 2024 M25 Hammamet, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay United Kingdom Jay Clarke 6–3, 7–5
Win 5–5 Feb 2024 Kigali, Rwanda Challenger Clay Argentina Marco Trungelliti 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 11 (6–5)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–3)
ITF Futures Tour (5–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (5–5)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2013 Poland F4, Poznań Futures Clay Poland Phillip Gresk France Romain Arneodo
Monaco Benjamin Balleret
2–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jan 2015 Egypt F2, Cairo Futures Clay France Maxime Janvier South Korea Na Jung-woong
South Korea Yun Jae-won
6–2, 6–2
Loss 0–1 Sep 2015 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Italy Marco Bortolotti Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2015 Trnava, Slovakia Challenger Clay France Stéphane Robert Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
4–6, 2–6
Win 2–1 Feb 2016 Spain F2, Paguera Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Spain Carlos Taberner
Japan Kento Yamada
6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–2 May 2016 Ukraine F2, Cherkassy Futures Clay Italy Federico Maccari Estonia Vladimir Ivanov
Lithuania Lukas Mugevičius
3–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Jun 2016 Netherlands F2, Breda Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Egypt Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
Serbia Ilija Vučić
6–0, 6–2
Loss 0–3 Sep 2015 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Georgia (country) Aleksandre Metreveli
Chinese Taipei Peng Hsien-yin
4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win 4–2 Mar 2017 Turkey F9, Antalya Futures Clay Brazil Pedro Sakamoto Brazil Pedro Bernardi
Guatemala Christopher Díaz Figueroa
6–2, 6–2
Win 5–2 Jun 2017 Czech Republic F3, Jablonec nad Nisou Futures Clay Germany Jan Choinski Czech Republic Petr Michnev
Czech Republic Matej Vocel
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 1-3 Oct 2020 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Hard (i) Switzerland Marc-Andrea Hüsler United Kingdom Lloyd Glasspool
United States Alex Lawson
6–3, 1–6, [20–18]

Juniors

Junior Grand Slam Finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 2013 US Open Hard United States Martin Redlicki France Quentin Halys
Portugal Frederico Ferreira Silva
6–3, 6–4

Olympic medal matches

Singles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponents Score
Gold 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics Hard Brazil Orlando Luz 6–4, 7–5

Mixed doubles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Bronze 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics Hard Hungary Fanni Stollár Romania Ioana Ducu
Argentina Matías Zukas
6–3, 3–6, [10–5]

Record against top 10 players

Majchrzak's record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with active players in boldface.

Player Years MP Record Win% Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 2 ranked players
Norway Casper Ruud 2021 1 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (3–6, 2–6, 4–6) at 2021 Roland Garros 2R
Number 3 ranked players
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 2019 1 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (5–7, 6–7(8–10), 2–6) at 2019 US Open 3R
Number 4 ranked players
Japan Kei Nishikori 2019 1 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (6–3, 7–6(8–6), 0–6, 2–6, 0–3 ret.) at 2019 Australian Open 1R
Number 5 ranked players
United States Taylor Fritz 2022 1 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (1–6, 1–6) at 2022 Indian Wells 2R
Number 7 ranked players
Spain Fernando Verdasco 2019 1 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (4–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2019 Wimbledon 1R
France Richard Gasquet 2022 2 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 Lost (7–6(7–5), 2–6, 0–1 ret.) at 2022 Winston-Salem 1R
Number 8 ranked players
United States John Isner 2019 1 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6) at 2019 Newport 2R
Italy Jannik Sinner 2019 1 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2019 Antwerp 1R
Russia Karen Khachanov 2020–22 3 0–3 0% 0–2 0–1 Lost (7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)) at 2022 's-Hertogenbosch 2R
Number 9 ranked players
Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 2022 1 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2022 Miami 2R
Number 10 ranked players
Canada Denis Shapovalov 2021 1 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2021 Rome 1R
Total 2019–22 14 0–14 0% 0–6
(0%)
0–5
(0%)
0–3
(0%)
* Statistics correct as of 29 September 2022[update].

Notes

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