Wojciech Fibak

Wojciech Fibak

Wojciech Fibak in 2010
Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Poznań, Poland
Born	(1952-08-30) 30 August 1952 Poznań, Poland
Height
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,725,403
Singles
Career record	520–310
Career titles	15
Highest ranking	No. 10 (25 July 1977)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (1978)
French Open	QF (1977, 1980)
Wimbledon	QF (1980)
US Open	QF (1980)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	F (1976)
WCT Finals	QF (1977, 1981, 1982)
Doubles
Career record	527–248
Career titles	52 (ATP)
Highest ranking	No. 3 (9 April 1979)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1978)
French Open	F (1977)
Wimbledon	SF (1978)
US Open	SF (1978)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1976, 1978)

Wojciech Fibak (or Wojtek Fibak; born 30 August 1952, in Poznań) is a Polish former tennis player best known for his doubles success with Tom Okker and Kim Warwick, but also for having reached the Top 10 in singles.

Born in Poznań, Poland, he won his first tournament in 1976, and between then and 1982 won 15 singles titles and 52 doubles titles. His best year was arguably 1980, when he reached the quarter-finals at the French Open, the US Open and Wimbledon. Fibak's career singles win-loss record was 520–310, and he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 on 25 July 1977. His highest doubles ranking was World No. 3, which he reached in April 1979. He was consistently ranked in the top 20 in singles, and earned $2,725,403 in career prize money.

The highlight of his career was winning the Australian Open Men's Doubles in 1978 with Kim Warwick. They beat Paul Kronk and Cliff Letcher 7–6, 7–5 to take the title.

In 1985, Fibak founded the Polish Tennis Club (Polish Tennis Association of Southern California). He is also a businessman and an avid art collector. Fibak divides his time between Warsaw and Monaco. He has three daughters: Agnieszka, Paulina, and Nina.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1977	French Open	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1978	Australian Open	Grass	Kim Warwick	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7–6, 7–5

Career finals

Doubles (52 titles, 33 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1975	Munich, Germany	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Milan Holecek Karl Meiler	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	1975	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	3–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	1975	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	Željko Franulović John Lloyd	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	1975	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	5–7, 0–6
Winner	3.	1975	Louisville, US	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	Vijay Amritraj Anand Amritraj	NP
Runner-up	3.	1975	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Karl Meiler	Björn Borg Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	1975	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Karl Meiler	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	6–4, 7–6
Winner	5.	1975	London, England	Carpet	Karl Meiler	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	1976	Atlanta WCT, US	Carpet	Karl Meiler	John Alexander Phil Dent	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1976	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Karl Meiler	Robert Lutz Ramsey Smith	3–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jacek Niedźwiedzki	Colin Dowdeswell Paul Kronk	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	1976	Nice, France	Clay	Karl Meiler	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	7.	1976	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Karl Meiler	Björn Borg Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–1
Winner	8.	1976	World Doubles WCT, US	Carpet	Karl Meiler	Robert Lutz Ramsey Smith	6–3, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	9.	1976	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Fred McNair	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Winner	10.	1976	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Karl Meiler	Bob Carmichael Raymond Moore	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	1976	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	1976	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	4–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	1976	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	7–5, 6–1
Winner	12.	1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	1976	Wembley, England	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Stan Smith Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 3–6
Winner	13.	1977	Birmingham WCT, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Billy Martin Bill Scanlon	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	1977	Philadelphia WCT, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Winner	14.	1977	Richmond WCT, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Ross Case Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4
Winner	15.	1977	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Tom Okker	Ilie Năstase Adriano Panatta	6–2, 6–3
Winner	16.	1977	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Tom Okker	Ross Case Tony Roche	6–4, 6–1
Winner	17.	1977	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Ross Case	Billy Martin Bill Scanlon	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	18.	1977	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Tom Okker	Vijay Amritraj Dick Stockton	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	1977	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Tom Okker	François Jauffret Jan Kodeš	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	19.	1977	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Lito Alvarez Guillermo Vilas	7–5, 0–6, 7–6
Runner-up	12.	1977	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	20.	1977	South Orange, US	Hard	Colin Dibley	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–5
Winner	21.	1977	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	1977	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Jan Kodeš	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 3–6
Winner	22.	1977	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	1978	St. Louis WCT, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	15.	1978	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	José Higueras Victor Pecci	7–5, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	23.	1978	Houston WCT, US	Clay	Tom Okker	Tom Leonard Mike Machette	7–5, 7–5
Winner	24.	1978	World Doubles WCT, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–3
Winner	25.	1978	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Tom Okker	Antonio Muñoz Victor Pecci	6–2, 6–4
Winner	26.	1978	Louisville, US	Clay	Victor Pecci	Victor Amaya John James	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Winner	27.	1978	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Tom Okker	Colin Dowdeswell Heinz Günthardt	6–3, 7–6
Winner	28.	1978	Woodlands Doubles, US	Hard	Tom Okker	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	29.	1978	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	30.	1978	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	John McEnroe	Bruce Manson Andrew Pattison	7–6, 7–5
Winner	31.	1978	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2
Winner	32.	1978	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7–6, 7–5
Winner	33.	1979	Philadelphia, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	16.	1979	Denver, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–7, 3–6
Winner	34.	1979	Memphis, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	Frew McMillan Dick Stockton	6–4, 6–4
Winner	35.	1979	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Winner	36.	1979	Munich, Germany	Clay	Tom Okker	Jürgen Fassbender Jean-Louis Haillet	7–6, 7–5
Runner-up	17.	1979	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Pavel Složil	Colin Dowdeswell Frew McMillan	4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	18.	1979	Los Angeles, US	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	19.	1979	San Francisco, US	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	20.	1979	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	21.	1980	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Tom Okker	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	37.	1980	Birmingham, US	Carpet	Tom Okker	José Luis Clerc Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	22.	1980	Denver, US	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	5–7, 2–6
Winner	38.	1980	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	Tim Mayotte Larry Stefanki	6–4, 7–6
Winner	39.	1980	Dayton, US	Carpet	Geoff Masters	Fritz Buehning Fred McNair	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	23.	1980	Las Vegas, US	Clay	Gene Mayer	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	24.	1980	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Ivan Lendl	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	25.	1980	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Ivan Lendl	Bruce Manson Brian Teacher	7–6, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	40.	1982	Strasbourg WCT, France	Carpet	John Fitzgerald	Sandy Mayer Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	26.	1982	Zürich WCT, Switzerland	Carpet	John Fitzgerald	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Tom Gullikson	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	27.	1982	Rome, Italy	Clay	John Fitzgerald	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	41.	1982	Zell Am See WCT, Austria	Clay	Bruce Manson	Tony Giammalva Sammy Giammalva Jr.	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	28.	1983	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	42.	1983	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Pavel Složil	Colin Dowdeswell Zoltan Kuharszky	7–5, 6–2
Winner	43.	1984	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Kevin Curren	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–4
Winner	44.	1984	Munich, Germany	Clay	Boris Becker	Eric Fromm Florin Segărceanu	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up	29.	1984	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Henri Leconte Pascal Portes	6–2, 6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	30.	1984	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	45.	1984	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Sandy Mayer	Jan Gunnarsson Joakim Nyström	6–1, 6–3
Winner	46.	1984	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Sandy Mayer	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	31.	1985	Philadelphia, US	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	32.	1985	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Kevin Curren	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	3–6, 6–7
Winner	47.	1985	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Brad Drewett Mark Edmondson	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	48.	1986	Toronto Indoor, Canada	Carpet	Joakim Nyström	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 7–6
Winner	49.	1986	Metz, France	Carpet	Guy Forget	Francisco González Michiel Schapers	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	33.	1986	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Matt Mitchell	Stefan Edberg Slobodan Živojinović	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	50.	1986	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Ricardo Acioly	Brad Gilbert Slobodan Živojinović	W/O
Winner	51.	1987	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	Tom Nijssen Johan Vekemans	7–6, 5–7, 6–2
Winner	52.	1987	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Michiel Schapers	Kelly Jones Patrik Kühnen	6–2, 6–4

Grand Slam doubles tournament timeline

Tournament	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	1 / 1
French Open	1R	3R	3R	F	SF	2R	SF	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 13
Wimbledon	A	2R	QF	QF	SF	1R	2R	A	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	2R	0 / 11
US Open	A	2R	2R	2R	SF	2R	3R	1R	3R	A	3R	2R	1R	2R	0 / 12
Annual Win-Loss	0–1	3–2	5–3	9–3	17–3	2–3	7–3	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–3	1–3	2–3	2–3	N/A

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

Singles (15 titles, 19 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1975	Shreveport, US	Carpet	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	3–6, 7–5, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	1976	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1976	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 7–6
Winner	2.	1976	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–2, 7–9, 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	1976	Louisville, US	Clay	Harold Solomon	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	1976	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1976	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 6–7, 2–6
Winner	3.	1976	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	1976	Masters, Houston	Carpet	Manuel Orantes	7–5, 2–6, 6–0, 6–7, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	1977	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 2–6, 6–7
Winner	4.	1977	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	1977	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 3–6, 0–6
Winner	5.	1977	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Raymond Moore	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	1977	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	1977	Cologne, Germany	Carpet	Björn Borg	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	1978	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	1978	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Vijay Amritraj	6–2, 0–1, RET.
Winner	7.	1979	Denver, US	Carpet	Victor Amaya	6–4, 6–1
Winner	8.	1979	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	12.	1979	Munich, Germany	Clay	Manuel Orantes	3–6, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	1979	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	4–6, 0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	14.	1979	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Gene Mayer	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner	9.	1980	Dayton, US	Carpet	Bruce Manson	7–6, 6–3
Winner	10.	1980	New Orleans, US	Carpet	Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 7–5
Winner	11.	1980	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet	Vincent Van Patten	6–0, 7–6
Runner-up	15.	1980	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	2–6, 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	16.	1981	Philadelphia, US	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	2–6, 6–7, 5–7
Winner	12.	1981	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	17.	1982	Naples Finals WCT, Italy	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	4–6, 2–6, 1–6
Winner	13.	1982	Amsterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Kevin Curren	7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	14.	1982	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Bill Scanlon	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	18.	1982	Dortmund WCT, Germany	Carpet	Brian Teacher	7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner	15.	1982	Chicago-2 WCT, US	Carpet	Bill Scanlon	6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	19.	1983	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–4, 1–6, 5–7, 5–5, RET.

External links

• Wojciech Fibak at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Wojciech Fibak at the Davis Cup

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Vitas Gerulaitis	ATP Most Improved Player 1976	Succeeded by Brian Gottfried