Peter Luczak
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia
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| Residence | Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||
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31 August 1979 Warsaw, Poland |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||
| Turned pro | 2000 | |||||||||
| Retired | 2016 | |||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||
| Prize money | US$ 1,348,036 | |||||||||
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| Career record | 41–89 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup) | |||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 64 (12 October 2009) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | 3R (2003, 2006) | |||||||||
| French Open | 1R (2005, 2007, 2008, 2010) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (2010) | |||||||||
| US Open | 1R (2005, 2007, 2009) | |||||||||
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| Career record | 23–42 | |||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 98 (1 March 2010) | |||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 803 (8 August 2016) | |||||||||
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Peter Luczak (Polish: Łuczak,pronounced [ˈwuʈ͡ʂak]; born 31 August 1979) is a retired professional tennis player for Australia. His career-high ATP singles ranking was World No. 64, achieved in October 2009.
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Luczak won the Gold in the doubles.
Luczak came to Australia at 9 months of age, when his parents, Eva and Kris, left Warsaw in 1980, where they settled in Melbourne. Luczak started playing tennis at the age of 5, he was introduced to the game by his Polish born father Kris. He did not have major success at junior level and was not able to receive funding from Tennis Australia or have a major sponsor. Luczak was able to gain a tennis scholarship at Fresno State University, which helped his tennis development and in the process getting a degree in finance without the financial burden.
During his time at Fresno, Luczak holds the record for most career singles wins. He went 27–0 in senior season at Fresno State before being upset in first round of NCAA Tournament.
Luczak turned professional in 2000 and spent the year playing on the ATP Futures and ATP Challenger Series circuit during his break from university. In 2000 he made the Futures final in Clearwater losing to Dmitry Tursunov. Luczak won 4 Futures titles in 2001 and finished the year ranked at #280.
In 2002 Luczak played exclusively ATP Challenger Series circuit where he won his first title in Granby and lost to countryman Scott Draper at Binghamton in the final. He made his Grand Slam debut in 2003 at the Australian Open where he reached the 3rd round defeating Attila Sávolt and Renzo Furlan before losing to Mario Ančić.
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