Wojciech Fibak

Wojciech Fibak
	Wojciech Fibak in 1982
ITF name	Wojtek Fibak
Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Poznań, Poland
Born	30 August 1952 (age 72); Poznań, Poland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,725,403
Singles
Career record	536–314
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
Highest ranking	No. 2 (5 February 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 (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx ˈfibak]; popularly Wojtek Fibak [ˈvɔjtɛk -]; born 30 August 1952) is a Polish former professional tennis player, entrepreneur, and art collector. Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker and Australian Kim Warwick, although he also reached the Top 10 in singles.

Throughout his career, he won 15 ATP career singles titles as well as 52 ATP doubles titles including one Grand Slam title, the 1978 Australian Open. He was also the runner-up at the 1976 ATP Finals.

Biography and personal life

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. 2, which he reached in February 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 1983 he was banned from his local Poznań tennis club and faced reduced involvement from the Polish Tennis Federation and Davis Cup national team for his opposition to the communist PZPR government.^[2]

In 1985, Fibak founded the Polish Tennis Club (Polish Tennis Association of Southern California); in the 1990s he was head of the Polish Tennis Federation and widely credited with popularising the sport in his native country. After the fall of communism in the early 1990s his company Fibak Press acquired the regional former PZPR mouthpiece Gazeta Poznańska, until it was acquired by rivals Głos Wielkopolski in 2006, and published several other newspapers and magazines as well as being involved in books related to tennis.

He is also a businessman and an avid art collector, and used his tennis fortune to open the art gallery Galeria Fibak in 2001.^[3]

Fibak divides his time between Warsaw and Monaco, where he was Poland's honorary consul.^[4] He is a self-declared local patriot and was close to fellow local billionaire Jan Kulczyk.^[5]

He has three daughters: Agnieszka, Paulina, and Nina.

Grand Slam finals

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

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1977	French Open	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	1978	Australian Open	Grass	Kim Warwick	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7–6, 7–5

Career finals

Singles: 34 (15 titles, 19 runners-up)

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

Doubles (52 titles, 33 runners-up)

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

Grand Slam doubles 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.

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	3–3	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

References

^ "Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Wojtek Fibak". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
^ "Poland's top tennis player Wojtek Fibak, banned from his..." United Press International. 27 May 1983.
^ "Galeria Kolekcji Fibak". Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^ Kronika Wydarzeń. Część druga (kwiecień – czerwiec 1989), w: Kronika Miasta Poznania, nr 1-2/1991, s.229, ISSN 0137-3552
^ "Wojciech Fibak: Poznań jest wciąż mój". 21 August 2015.

External links

Wojciech Fibak at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Wojciech Fibak at the International Tennis Federation
Wojciech Fibak at the Davis Cup

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

[1] "Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Wojtek Fibak". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 27 March 2012.

[2] "Poland's top tennis player Wojtek Fibak, banned from his..." United Press International. 27 May 1983.

[3] "Galeria Kolekcji Fibak". Retrieved 26 January 2023.

[4] Kronika Wydarzeń. Część druga (kwiecień – czerwiec 1989), w: Kronika Miasta Poznania, nr 1-2/1991, s.229, ISSN 0137-3552

[5] "Wojciech Fibak: Poznań jest wciąż mój". 21 August 2015.

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