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'''Jerzy Janowicz''' born 13. November 1990 is a [[Poland|Polish]] professional [[tennis player]].  As of October 2012 Janowicz is the Polish No. 1 in front of [[Łukasz Kubot]]. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 64, which he attained in October 2012.

He reached the Boys' Singles final at the [[2007 US Open - Boys' Singles|2007 US Open]] and [[2008 French Open - Boys' Singles|2008 French Open]], losing in straight sets to [[Ričardas Berankis]] and [[Yang Tsung-Hua]], respectively.<ref name="ITFJuniorsProfile">[http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100105737 ITF Juniors Profile]</ref>

Janowicz played a major role in Poland's 3–2 Davis Cup win over Great Britain at [[Liverpool]]'s [[Echo Arena]]. Janowicz defeated Daniel Evans (6–3, 6–3, 7–6) but lost to World No. 4 [[Andy Murray]], 3–6, 4–6, 3–6. Janowicz reached the third round of the [[2012 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles|2012 Wimbledon Championships]], falling to 31st seed [[Florian Mayer]] in five sets.

Janowicz gained worldwide recognition for his run at the [[2012 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles|2012 Paris Masters]] when he reached the final by defeating five Top 20 players. He defeated World No. 19 [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] and World No. 15 [[Marin Cilic]] in straight sets. He then scored the biggest win of his career, avenging his Davis Cup defeat to US Open champion [[Andy Murray]] by saving match point and winning 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals. Janowicz advanced to the semi-finals when World No. 9 [[Janko Tipsarevic]] retired while trailing 3-6, 6-1, 4-1. Janowicz reached the final by defeating his fifth Top 20 player of the week, World No. 20 [[Gilles Simon]], in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. 

His current coach is a former Finnish tennis player [[Kim Tiilikainen]].

==Career==
===Juniors===

As a junior Janowicz posted a 59–23 win/loss record and reached a combined ranking of No. 5 in the world in 2008.<ref name="ITFJuniorsProfile"/>

<u>Junior Slam results:</u>

Australian Open: QF ([[2008 Australian Open - Boys' Singles|2008]])<br />
French Open: F ([[2008 French Open - Boys' Singles|2008]])<br />
Wimbledon: 2R ([[2008 Wimbledon Championships - Boys' Singles|2008]])<br />
US Open: F ([[2007 US Open - Boys' Singles|2007]])

===2012===
He ended 2011 ranked 221 in the world. Jerzy started off 2012 not playing in the [[2012 Australian Open]]. He was the runner up of a Challenger tournament in Wolfsburg, Germany in February. In 2012, he would go on to make it to the finals of three other Challenger tournament finals and win them all. At the [[2012 French Open]], he made it to the third round of qualifying, but failed to make it into the actual tournament. At the [[2012 Wimbledon Championships]], Jerzy made it through the three round of qualifying for the first time to be in the main draw of a grand slam tournament. He defeated a qualifier, [[Simone Bolelli]], in the first round. In the second round he beat [[Ernests Gulbis]] 9-7 in the fifth in a marathon match. He lost to the number 31 seed [[Florian Mayer]] in the third in a tough five setter. At the [[2012 US Open (tennis)|2012 US Open]], he made it directly into a grand slam without having to compete in the qualifying rounds. Unfortunately, he lost to a young American wildcard [[Dennis Novikov]] in four sets. In November of 2012, Jerzy had his most incredible run to date. He made it through two rounds of qualifying to make it into the main draw of the [[2012 BNP Paribas Masters]], an [[ATP 1000]] tournament. In the first two rounds, he defeated the world number 19, [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]], and the world number 14, [[Marin Čilić]], in straight sets. In the third round he faced the current Olympic gold medalist and US Open Champion, [[Andy Murray]]. He pulled off his most remarkable win of his career, defeating Murray in three sets. In the quarterfinals he defeated world number 9, [[Janko Tipsarević]], to go on to play in the semifinals where he beat French countryman [[Gilles Simon]] in straight sets. Defeating five top 20 players in a row, Jerzy will play in his first ATP tournament final of his career.

==ATP career finals==
===Singles: 1 (0–0)===
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|-bgcolor=#dfe2e9
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|November 4, 2012
|[[BNP Paribas Masters|Paris]], France
|Hard (i)
|{{Flagicon|ESP}} [[David Ferrer]]
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==Singles performance timeline==

{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Tournament!![[2009 ATP World Tour|2009]]!![[2010 ATP World Tour|2010]]!![[2011 ATP World Tour|2011]]!![[2012 ATP World Tour|2012]]!!W–L
|-
|colspan=10 align=left|'''[[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam Tournaments]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australian Open]]
|A
|A
|[[2011 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q2]]
|A
|0–0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[French Open]]
|A
|A
|[[2011 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q2]]
|[[2012 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q3]]
|0–0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|UK}} [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|A
|A
|[[2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q3]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|3R]]
|2–1
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|[[2009 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q3]]
|[[2010 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q2]]
|[[2011 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q2]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 US Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
|0–1
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–Loss
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!2–2
!2–2
|-
|-
|colspan=15 align=left|'''[[ATP World Tour Masters 1000]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Indian Wells Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0–0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Miami Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0–0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|MON}} [[Monte Carlo Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0–0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rome Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0–0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Madrid Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0–0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0–0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Cincinnati Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|Q2
|0–0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shanghai Masters (tennis)|Shanghai Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0–0
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=D8BFD8|[[2012 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles|''F]]
|5–0
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–Loss
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!5–0
!5–0
|-
|colspan=15 align=left|'''Career Statistics
|-
!style=text-align:left|Overall Win–Loss
!2–4
!1–3
!2–3
!14–3
!19–15
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win %
!33%
!25%
!40%
|-bgcolor=efefef
|align=left|Year-End Ranking
|319
|161
|221
|
!
|}

==Junior grand slam finals==

===Singles (2)===
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|-
|width=75|'''Outcome'''
|width=50|'''No.'''
|width=150|'''Date'''
|width=250|'''Tournament'''
|width=75|'''Surface'''
|width=200|'''Opponent in the final'''
|width=200|'''Score in the final'''
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 9 September 2007
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[2007 US Open – Boys' Singles|US Open]]
| Hard
| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Ričardas Berankis]]
| 6–3, 6–4
|- bgcolor="#EBC2AF"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 2.
| 8 June 2008
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[2008 French Open – Boys' Singles|French Open]]
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Tsung-hua Yang]]
| 6–3, 7–6<sup>5</sup>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Polish tennis player
| DATE OF BIRTH     = 1990-13-11
| PLACE OF BIRTH    =  [[Łódź]], [[Poland]]
| DATE OF DEATH     =
| PLACE OF DEATH    =
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