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Michał Przysiężny

Michał Przysiężny
Michal Przysiezny at the 2010 US Open 01.jpg
Country (sports)  Poland
Residence Wrocław, Poland
Born (1984-02-16) February 16, 1984 (age 33)
Głogów, Poland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 2001
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Aleksander Charpantidis
Prize money $1,256,778
Singles
Career record 29–68 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws and Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 57 (27 January 2014)
Current ranking No. 149 (2 March 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2014)
French Open 2R (2013)
Wimbledon 2R (2010, 2013)
US Open 1R (2007, 2010, 2013)
Doubles
Career record 9–17 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 137 (2 March 2015)
Current ranking No. 137 (2 March 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2014)
Last updated on: 17 January 2015.

Michał Przysiężny (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw pʂɨˈɕɛ̃ʐnɨ]) (born 16 February 1984) is a Polish professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of St. Petersburg in 2013, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57 in January 2014. His current coach is Aleksander Charpantidis.

He started his career in the KKT Wrocław. In 2002 Przysiężny reached the semifinals of the boys' doubles at the French Open (partnered with Attila Balázs from Hungary). In the same year, he won his first Futures tournament in Montego Bay, Jamaica, defeating Jean-Julien Rojer in the final. He has reached ten finals of these tournaments, winning seven.

He qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament (2007 US Open) by beating his compatriot Łukasz Kubot. He lost in four sets to Michael Berrer in the first round.

Przysiężny made a return from a knee injury qualifying as a lucky loser in the 2008 Swedish Open; however, he lost to Jonas Björkman in the first round and winning Davis Cup matches.

At the end of 2009, his career gained momentum. He won three Futures tournaments in a row (Germany F19, Belarus F1, and Belarus F2) and rose 235 places to no. 427 in the ATP Rankings. In November, he won the IPP Open, defeating Stéphane Bohli in the final from a set down. He finished the year as no. 183. Three months later, he won another Challenger tournament, where he eliminated Andrey Kuznetsov, Evgeny Kirillov, Goran Tošić, Tobias Kamke, and Julian Reister in the final). The week of March 29, he won matches against Caio Zampieri, Laurynas Grigelis, Charles-Antoine Brézac, Teymuraz Gabashvili, and Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the final of the Saint–Brieuc Challenger. Two weeks later, he lost to Santiago González in the final of the León Challenger. After this event, he was in the top 100 of the ATP rankings.


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