Kacper Żuk (born 21 January 1999) is a Polish professional tennis player.

Kacper Żuk
Żuk at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Poland
ResidenceNowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland
Born (1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 25)
Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJerzy Janowicz
Prize moneyUS $359,298
Singles
Career record3–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 162 (13 September 2021)
Current rankingNo. 301 (2 October 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2022)
French OpenQ1 (2021, 2022)
WimbledonQ2 (2021)
US OpenQ2 (2021)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 278 (9 May 2022)
Current rankingNo. 421 (24 April 2023)
Last updated on: 30 September 2023.

Żuk has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 162 achieved on 13 September 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 278, achieved on 9 May 2022.

Żuk has reached ten career singles finals with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, which includes a 1–2 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he has reached 21 career doubles finals, with a record of 12 wins and 9 losses all but one occurring at the ITF Futures level.

Tennis career

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2020–21: First Challenger title and top 200

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Żuk made his ATP debut at the 2020 ATP Cup, where he represented Poland in a singles match, losing to Marin Čilić of team Croatia.[1]

He ended the 2020 season with back-to-back ITF World Tennis Tour titles at Hamburg and Vale do Lobo.[2]

He reached his first Challenger final in March 2021 and in April won his first Challenger title at the 2021 Split Open II in Croatia. As a result, he reached the top 200 on 19 April 2021 and a career-high of No. 162 on 13 September 2021.

2022–23: United Cup debut

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He played his first match at the 2023 United Cup as the Polish No. 3 male player in the semifinals against Frances Tiafoe and lost in straight sets.

Grand Slam performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Current through the 2023 US Open qualifying

Singles

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Tournament 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

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Singles: 15 (12 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF World Tennis Tour (11–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–3)
Clay (3–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Pablo Vivero Gonzalez 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win 2–0 May 2019 M15 Troisdorf, Germany World Tennis Tour Clay   Jeroen Vanneste 7–5, 6–1
Win 3–0 Sep 2019 M25 Stockholm, Sweden World Tennis Tour Hard (i)   Botic van de Zandschulp 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–1 Oct 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Pablo Vivero Gonzalez 4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win 4–1 Feb 2020 M25 Barnstaple, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard (i)   Christopher Heyman 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 5–1 Aug 2020 M25 Poznań, Poland World Tennis Tour Clay   Dimitar Kuzmanov 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Win 6–1 Oct 2020 M25 Hamburg, Germany World Tennis Tour Hard (i)   Tseng Chun-hsin 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 7–1 Oct 2020 M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Nuno Borges 6–4, 6–3
Loss 7–2 Mar 2021 Saint Petersburg, Russia Challenger Hard (i)   Evgenii Tiurnev 4–6, 2–6
Win 8–2 Apr 2021 Split, Croatia Challenger Clay   Mathias Bourgue 6–4, 6–2
Loss 8–3 Mar 2022 Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Challenger Hard (i)   Jurij Rodionov 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win 9–3 Aug 2022 M25 Tbilisi, Georgia World Tennis Tour Hard   Aleksandre Metreveli 6–2, 6–4
Win 10–3 Sep 2022 M25 Falun, Sweden World Tennis Tour Hard (i)   Karl Friberg 6–3, 6–3
Win 11–3 Nov 2022 M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Alastair Gray 6–4, 6–4
Win 12–3 Mar 2023 M25 Trimbach, Switzerland World Tennis Tour Carpet (i)   Beibit Zhukayev 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 21 (12 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF World Tennis Tour (12–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–9)
Clay (6–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2016 Poland F3, Sopot Futures Clay   Piotr Matuszewski   Andriej Kapaś
  Adam Majchrowicz
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 2016 Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard   Piotr Matuszewski   Antonio Massara
  Andrea Vavassori
6–3, 6–2
Win 3–0 Nov 2016 Egypt F34, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard   Piotr Matuszewski   Szymon Walków
  Kamil Gajewski
3–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss 3–1 Apr 2017 Egypt F11, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard   Piotr Matuszewski   Gijs Brouwer
  Jelle Sels
5–7, 1–6
Win 4–1 Oct 2017 Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard   Piotr Matuszewski   Tomas Papik
  Marek Gengel
6–2, 6–2
Win 5–1 Aug 2018 Poland F6, Koszalin Futures Clay   Jan Zieliński   Pawel Cias
  Michal Dembek
6–2, 6–2
Win 6–1 Sep 2018 Netherlands F6, Haren Futures Clay   Yann Wojcik   Stephan Gerritsen
  Maikel Borg
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss 6–2 Oct 2018 Egypt F21, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard   Adam Moundir   Marco Brugnerotto
  David Pérez Sanz
6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss 6–3 Nov 2018 Egypt F28, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard   Adham Gaber   Jordi Muñoz Abreu
  David Pérez Sanz
3–6, 2–6
Loss 6–4 Jan 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   David Poljak   Hsu Yu Hsiou
  Shintaro Imai
2–6, 0–6
Loss 6–5 Mar 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Daniel Michalski   Marat Deviatiarov
  Jakub Paul
3–6, 4–6
Loss 6–6 Jun 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay   Daniel Michalski   Barnaby Smith
  Toby Martin
7–5, 1–6, [8–10]
Win 7–6 Jul 2019 M15 Wrocław, Poland World Tennis Tour Clay   Jan Zieliński   Piotr Galus
  Jan Galka
6–4, 6–3
Win 8–6 Sep 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Jan Zieliński   Adil Kalyanpur
  Kelsey Stevenson
3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss 8–7 Sep 2019 M25 Stockholm, Sweden World Tennis Tour Hard   Jan Zieliński   Filip Bergevi
  Florian Lakat
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 9–7 Nov 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Jan Zieliński   P Vivero Gonzalez
  Yu Cheng-Yu
6–3, 6–1
Loss 9–8 Nov 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Piotr Matuszewski   Sagadat Ayap
  Kai Lemstra
1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 10–8 Jan 2020 M25 Nussloch, Germany World Tennis Tour Carpet   Jan Zieliński   Johannes Härteis
  Peter Heller
6–3, 6–4
Win 11–8 Feb 2020 M25 Barnstaple, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard   Jan Zieliński   Evan Hoyt
  Luke Johnson
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 12–8 Aug 2020 M25 Poznań, Poland World Tennis Tour Clay   Jan Zieliński   Mikolaj Lorens
  Wojciech Marek
7–5, 6–2
Loss 12–9 Feb 2022 Pau, France Challenger Hard (i)   Karol Drzewiecki   Albano Olivetti
  David Vega Hernández
w/o
Loss 12–10 Feb 2023 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i)   Karol Drzewiecki   Ivan Liutarevich
  Vladyslav Manafov
6–7(10–12), 6–7(7–9)

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Doubles To Decide Poland-Croatia Tie". www.atptour.com.
  2. ^ "Kacper Zuk | Bio".
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