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Hubert Hurkacz (; born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings as high as world No. 6 in singles by the ATP, making him the highest-ranked Polish man in singles history. He has won eight ATP Tour singles titles, including two Masters 1000 titles at the 2021 Miami Open and the 2023 Shanghai Masters, becoming the first Pole to win an ATP Masters 1000 title. Hurkacz also has a career-high ranking of world No. 30 in doubles, which he attained in June 2022.
As a junior, Hurkacz was ranked as high as No. 29 in the world. He and his partner Alex Molčan were the runners-up at the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles final. As a professional, he broke into the top 100 for the first time in 2018 after reaching the second rounds of the 2018 French Open and 2018 US Open. That year, he qualified for the Next Generation ATP Finals, where he won against Jaume Munar, but lost to Frances Tiafoe and Stefanos Tsitsipas. In 2019, he won his first ATP title at the 2019 Winston-Salem Open. The next year, he defeated three higher-ranked opponents at the 2020 ATP Cup and reached the semifinals of the 2020 ATP Auckland Open. In doing so, he entered the top 30 of the world rankings. In 2021, after winning his second and third singles titles, he went on to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and became the second Polish man to make a semifinals appearance at a Grand Slam after Jerzy Janowicz in 2013.
Hurkacz is an all-court player. At , he also possesses a serve reaching up to to set up effective one-two punches. In addition to being a defensive baseliner, he has often included netplay into his style and has been recognized for his penchant for playing serve-and-volley to close points.
Hurkacz began playing tennis at the age of five after his mother introduced him to the sport as she practiced. His mother and father were his first teachers but he later enrolled in classes and started playing more consistently. He later became interested in professional tennis after watching Roger Federer on television. He has stated that if tennis was not his future, he would have pursued either basketball or Motorsport, or he would continue his education. By 2014, Hurkacz had established himself as a member of the group of the most talented young Polish tennis players at the time, alongside Kamil Majchrzak and Jan Zieliński.
In August, Hurkacz made his US Open debut. He began as the sixth seed in the qualifying draw and reached his third consecutive Grand Slam main draw as a qualifier, beating John-Patrick Smith, Egor Gerasimov and Pedro Martínez Portero (all in straight sets) to enter into the first round. There, he faced Stefano Travaglia who, like many others, fell victim to the extreme heat and retired. In the second round, Hurkacz lost to 2014 US Open champion Čilić in their second meeting.
In November, Hurkacz played at the NextGen Finals in Milan where he defeated Jaume Munar but lost to Frances Tiafoe and Stefanos Tsitsipas. At the end of the season he received a nomination for the ATP Newcomer of the Year Award.
In March, Hurkacz played at the Indian Wells Open, where he made it to the quarterfinals of an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time in his career. On his way to the quarterfinals, he defeated Kei Nishikori in the third round and Denis Shapovalov in the fourth round. In the quarterfinals, he lost to Roger Federer. Following Indian Wells, Hurkacz achieved a new career high singles ranking of world No. 54. He continued at Miami, where he defeated Matteo Berrettini in first round. In the second round, Hurkacz took down the 2019 Indian Wells Open champion Dominic Thiem, in straight sets, before falling to Félix Auger-Aliassime in the third round.
At the Madrid Open, Hurkacz defeated Alex de Minaur and Lucas Pouille. He lost to Alexander Zverev in the third round after winning the first set. He continued at the French Open, where he lost to world No. 1, Novak Djokovic, in the first round.
Hurkacz later produced an upset in the first round of the Eastbourne International, with a victory over seventh seed Marco Cecchinato in just over an hour. He then defeated Steve Johnson in the second round. In the quarterfinals Hurkacz lost a tight match against the eventual champion Taylor Fritz.
For the first time in his career, Hurkacz reached the third round of a Grand Slam. At Wimbledon, he defeated Dušan Lajović and Leonardo Mayer to set up a third-round match with world No. 1 Djokovic. For two sets, Hurkacz gave Djokovic all he could handle before eventually succumbing to the top seed in four sets. At the Rogers Cup, Hurkacz defeated Taylor Fritz and Stefanos Tsitsipas before losing his third-round match to Gaël Monfils. Two weeks later, Hurkacz defeated Benoît Paire to win his first ATP title in Winston-Salem. In October, Hurkacz prevailed over Monfils in straight sets in the second round of the Shanghai Masters. In the third round he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Playing at the Rotterdam Open Hurkacz lost a three set 1st round match to Tsitsipas. He continued in doubles with Auger-Aliassime. To reach the quarterfinal, they defeated third seeds Nikola Mektić and Wesley Koolhof. At Dubai, Hurkacz lost to Alexander Bublik in the first round.
After tennis stopped in March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic, Hurkacz resumed training with his coach Craig Boynton at the Saddlebrook Academies in Florida.
In May, Hurkacz played at the UTR Pro Match Series presented by Tennis Channel, a two-day round-robin tournament in West Palm Beach, Florida. Four top 60 ATP players including Hurkacz, Miomir Kecmanović, Reilly Opelka and Tommy Paul competed in the inaugural edition from 8–9 May 2020.
In August, Hurkacz traveled to New York City for the Cincinnati Open. In the first round he lost to John Isner. He continued at the US Open, where he defeated Peter Gojowczyk in the first round. In the second round he lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Seeded fifth at the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Hurkacz defeated João Sousa in the first round. At the Italian Open, he defeated 2020 US Open quarterfinalist Andrey Rublev before falling to eighth seed Diego Schwartzman in the third round.
Hurkacz continued at the French Open where he was seeded at No. 29. In the first round he lost to Tennys Sandgren in five sets.
Hurkacz and Auger-Aliassime ended the six-match winning streak of Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo to reach their maiden doubles team final at the Paris Masters. They defeated US Open champions Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares in the final.
At the Rotterdam Open, Hurkacz struck 17 aces to knock out Adrian Mannarino in straight sets. In the second round, he lost to second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets. He continued at the Dubai Championships, where he defeated Richard Gasquet before falling to third-seeded Denis Shapovalov in the third round.
In March, Hurkacz participated at the Miami Open. He defeated Denis Shapovalov, Milos Raonic, Tsitsipas, Rublev, and Jannik Sinner en route to his first Masters 1000 title and third ATP title overall. By lifting the title in Miami, he entered the top 20 for the first time and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16 on 5 April 2021.
At the Halle Open he reached his second doubles final partnering again with Auger-Aliassime, but lost to third-seeded German Kevin Krawietz and Romanian Horia Tecău.
As the 14th seed at Wimbledon, Hurkacz defeated Lorenzo Musetti, Marcos Giron and Alexander Bublik all in straight sets to reach the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. In the fourth round Hurkacz defeated second seed Daniil Medvedev, his third top-10 win of the year. He was the fifth Polish man to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Hurkacz then defeated eight-time Wimbledon champion and sixth seed Roger Federer in the quarterfinals in three sets, in what would transpire to be the Swiss player's final professional singles match. With this victory, he became the first man since Mario Ančić in 2002 to defeat Federer in straight sets at Wimbledon. Hurkacz became only the second Polish man in history to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam (after Jerzy Janowicz at Wimbledon in 2013). Hurkacz then lost to 7th-seed Matteo Berrettini in the semifinals. With this successful run he entered the top 15 in the rankings at World No. 11 on 12 July 2021.
Following his Wimbledon run, Hurkacz attended the 2020 Summer Olympics and entered as the seventh seed. He defeated Luke Saville in the first round before falling in a stunning defeat to Liam Broady in a second round three-setter. For the year's US Open Series, Hurkacz embarked on his first tournament of the North American summer swing at the Canadian Open in Toronto, where the seventh seed defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili to reach the quarterfinals before he lost to top seed Daniil Medvedev in a tight three-set match involving two tiebreaks. The following week, ninth-seeded Hurkacz took on the Cincinnati Masters and defeated former world No. 1 Andy Murray in straight sets before losing to Pablo Carreño Busta in the third round in another hard-fought match with two tiebreak sets. The loss ended Hurkacz's 12-match win streak in the United States following his success at Delray Beach and Miami earlier in the year. In New York, Hurkacz embarked on the US Open as the 10th seed. He defeated Egor Gerasimov in the first round in straight sets before he was ousted by Andreas Seppi in a five-set second round match with a final set tiebreak.
After his loss in New York, Hurkacz headed to the 2021 Moselle Open to play in both the singles and doubles tournaments. In the singles, he was drawn as the top seed. After he defeated Lucas Pouille, Murray, and Peter Gojowczyk without dropping a set, he beat Carreño Busta in another straight-set win in the final and earned himself his fourth ATP title. In the doubles, after making the finals without dropping a set, Hurkacz and his partner, Jan Zieliński, defeated Hugo Nys and Arthur Rinderknech in straight sets to win the tournament. Hurkacz's win gave him his second career doubles title and made him the first player to sweep both titles in the tournament's history. The win earned him a top 50 debut in doubles and his then-career-high doubles ranking of world No. 47 on 27 September 2021.
Seeded eighth at the Indian Wells Masters, he reached the quarterfinals without dropping a set after beating Alexei Popyrin, Frances Tiafoe, and Aslan Karatsev. There, he lost to Grigor Dimitrov in a three-set match that ended in a deciding tiebreak. After the tournament, Hurkacz made his debut in the top 10 at No. 10 on 18 October and became just the second male Polish tennis player to be ranked inside the top 10 in singles after Wojciech Fibak achieved the feat in 1977.
At the Paris Masters, Hurkacz defeated qualifier Tommy Paul and lucky loser Dominik Koepfer to reach the quarterfinals. There, he beat Australian James Duckworth, to take the 8th and final spot at the ATP Finals. He is the second Polish player to earn a spot at the event in tournament history (after 1976 runner-up Wojciech Fibak). Hurkacz lost to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals in three sets. Due to his result at the tournament, his ranking shot up to World No. 9 thus surpassing Wojciech Fibak for the highest ranked Polish man in ATP singles ranking history.
At Dubai, Hurkacz reached his first ATP 500 semifinal when he defeated Jannik Sinner. Seeded fifth, he lost to second seed Andrey Rublev in the semifinal.
In March, Hurkacz, seeded eighth, entered into the Miami Open where he was the defending champion. After wins over Arthur Rinderknech, Aslan Karatsev and Lloyd Harris, he reached the quarterfinals where he defeated top seeded Daniil Medvedev. In the semifinals, he lost in a close match to Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets, which included two tiebreaks. Hurkacz also entered the doubles tournament with John Isner as wildcards, where they won the title defeating Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski in the final.
At the Monte Carlo Masters, Hurkacz recorded his 100th career victory by defeating Pedro Martínez in the second round. He then defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas to reach his first Masters 1000 quarterfinal on a clay court. At the quarterfinals he fell short to Grigor Dimitrov again in a three set thriller.
In May, Hurkacz participated at the Madrid Open achieving victories over Hugo Dellien, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Dušan Lajović. In the quarterfinal, he lost to world No. 1, Novak Djokovic, in straight sets. At the Italaian Open, Hurkacz lost in the first round to David Goffin in two tiebreak sets.
He reached the fourth round at the French Open for the first time beating Goffin in the third. He lost in the fourth round to Casper Ruud in four sets. With that match Hurkacz concluded his clay season as one of the best in his career so far with a win-loss record of 9–3.
In June, he won the Halle Open, his first title of 2022, on grass, as well as his first ATP 500 title, winning against the new world No. 1, Daniil Medvedev, in the final. On the way to the final he defeated Maxime Cressy, Ugo Humbert, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Nick Kyrgios. This also became his fifth singles final in a row that he won and became the seventh player in the Open Era to win the first five ATP tour finals. He lost his first-round match at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in a tight hours five set match with a super tiebreak in the fifth, after saving three match points.
At the Canadian Open Hurkacz battled past Emil Ruusuvuori, Albert Ramos Viñolas, Nick Kyrgios and fourth seed Casper Ruud to reach the final. In the final he lost to Pablo Carreño Busta in three sets. The defeat ended Hurkacz's 5-ATP Tour finals win streak. At the same tournament, he reached the semifinals in doubles with compatriot Zieliński defeating en route sixth seeds Puetz/Venus in the first round, Bopanna/Middelkoop in the second and fourth seeds, French Open champions Arévalo/Rogers in the quarterfinals.
In September, Hurkacz participated at the Moselle Open as the defending champion and reached the semifinal, after defeating Dominic Thiem and Arthur Rinderknech. In the semifinal he lost to Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets.
In October, he entered the Astana Open and defeated Francisco Cerúndolo and Alexander Bublik in the first and second rounds respectively. He advanced to the quarterfinal where he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets. At the 2022 European Open in Antwerp, he also reached the quarterfinals but lost to Dominic Thiem. At the Vienna Open, he advanced to his third consecutive quarterfinal where he faced Borna Ćorić, losing a tight three-set match featuring two tie-breaks. At the Paris Masters, he beat Adrian Mannarino in the first round, before losing to the eventual champion Holger Rune in the second round.
At the 2023 Australian Open Hurkacz, the No. 10 seed, defeated Pedro Martínez in the first round. In the second round he faced Lorenzo Sonego and won the match in five sets. He defeated Denis Shapovalov in the next round in five sets and advanced to the fourth round, his best result at Australian Open so far. He played against Sebastian Korda and lost a tight five-set match, which ended in a super tiebreak.
In February, he reached the final in Marseille defeating Leandro Riedi, Mikael Ymer and Alexander Bublik en route. In the final, he beat Benjamin Bonzi in straight sets to claim his sixth career singles title.
In March, at the 2023 Miami Open he reached the third round with a win over lucky loser Thanasi Kokkinakis after saving five match points, playing in the longest three sets match of the season thus far, lasting 3 hours and 31 minutes with three tiebreaks.
At the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters he recorded his 50th Masters win, more than any other Polish male player, defeating Laslo Djere in another also close to three and half hours battle with three tiebreaks saving a match point. In the second round he defeated Jack Draper before losing to Jannik Sinner in three sets in the third round.
In May, Hurkacz entered the 2023 French Open as the 13th seed. In the first round, he defeated David Goffin in five sets. In the second round, he played against Tallon Griekspoor and again won the match in five sets. He was subsequently upset in the third round by unseeded Juan Pablo Varillas in five sets.
At Wimbledon, Hurkacz entered the tournament as the 17th seed. He reached the fourth round after eliminating Albert Ramos Viñolas, Jan Choinski and Lorenzo Musetti all in straight sets. In the fourth round, despite having served 33 aces, he lost to second seed Novak Djokovic in four sets featuring two tie-breaks. At the Canadian Open, Hurkacz, the last year's runner-up at the event, reached third round after beating Alexander Bublik and Miomir Kecmanović. In the third round, he lost to the reigning world No. 1, Carlos Alcaraz, in three sets. At the Western & Southern Open, Hurkacz defeated Thanasi Kokkinakis, Borna Ćorić, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexei Popyrin. In the semifinal, he again lost to Carlos Alcaraz in three sets. In September, he made his debut appearance at the Laver Cup representing Team Europe.
In October he reached his third Masters career final at Shanghai defeating Fábián Marozsán and Sebastian Korda. In the final, he defeated Andrey Rublev in three sets to claim his second Masters title and his seventh overall. As a result, he returned to world No. 11 in the singles rankings on 16 October 2023. Hurkacz reached another final at the ATP 500 2023 Swiss Indoors defeating Ugo Humbert. In the final he lost to the defending champion Félix Auger-Aliassime. At the 2023 Paris Masters, he reached the quarterfinal stage of the tournament where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov in three sets. He entered the 2023 ATP Finals as an alternate, replacing Stefanos Tsitsipas, and played one match against Novak Djokovic losing in three sets.
Seeded ninth at the 2024 Australian Open, Hurkacz defeated qualifiers Omar Jasika and Jakub Menšík, 21st seed Ugo Humbert and another Frenchman, wildcard Arthur Cazaux to reach the quarterfinals for the first time at this Major. He lost to Daniil Medvedev in a four hour five setter match. As a result he moved to World No. 8 in the rankings.
In February, Hurkacz entered the Open 13 Provence tournament as the defending champion. He reached the semifinals, after having defeated Alexander Shevchenko and Tomáš Macháč. In the semifinal he lost to Ugo Humbert in two sets.
In March in Miami, he lost on the round of 16 to 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov.
In April, seeded second, he made his first clay semifinal in his career at the 2024 Estoril Open with wins over qualifiers
In May, Hurkacz participated at the Italian Open where he reached the quarterfinal after defeating Rafael Nadal, T.M. Etcheverry and Sebastián Báez. In the quarterfinal, he eventually lost to Tommy Paul in three sets. By achieving this, he became the sixth player born in the 1990s (after Dominic Thiem, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov, and Daniil Medvedev) to reach at least the quarterfinals at all nine Masters events, and the eleventh active player overall to accomplish the feat.
At the French Open, Hurkacz equalled his best result at the tournament by reaching the fourth round after eliminating Shintaro Mochizuki, Brandon Nakashima and Denis Shapovalov. In the fourth round he lost to Grigor Dimitrov in three sets.
Following reaching the final for the second time at the 2024 Halle Open with a win over Alexander Zverev, he climbed two positions up to a new career-high ranking of world No. 7 on 24 June 2024. In the final, he lost to the world No. 1, Jannik Sinner, in two sets both of which ended in a tie-break.
At Wimbledon, Hurkacz reached the second round and was forced to retire in the fourth set after sustaining a knee injury in a match against Arthur Fils. As a result, he withdrew from the 2024 Summer Olympics where he was supposed to play in the singles, doubles and mixed doubles events. Despite his retirement, he moved up to a new career best ranking of world No. 6, on 5 August 2024.
In August, he reached two consecutive quarterfinals, first at the Canadian Open losing to the eventual champion Alexei Popyrin and then at the Cincinnati Open retiring in the match against Frances Tiafoe.
Despite all tennis players being taught to keep their eye on the ball, Hurkacz does quite the opposite. In a 2019 interview with L'Équipe, he admitted, "I confess, it's true, I close my eyes when I hit the ball. In fact, I've probably always played like that, and it's been a while since I've been noticed."
Hurkacz has turned his childhood love of sports cars into a partnership with U.K. based McLaren that has him driving McLaren vehicles while at tournaments. It started in New York City when Hurkacz toured around in the McLaren GT. At the 2021 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells he was spinning in the McLaren 720S, the same car he drives when in Poland.
He is popularly known by many as 'Hubi'.
| Australian Open | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 4R | QF | 2R | 0 / 7 | 10–7 | |
| French Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 0 / 8 | 9–8 | |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 3R | NH | SF | 1R | 4R | 2R | A | 0 / 6 | 11–6 | |
| US Open | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | ||
| Win–loss | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 6–4 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 9–4 | 1–2 | 0 / 28 | 36–28 |
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
| French Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | |
| Wimbledon | A | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| US Open | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | ||
| Win–loss | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 7 | 2–7 |
| 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
| 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
| 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(10–8) |
| Win | 2020 | Hard (i) | Félix Auger-Aliassime | Mate Pavić Bruno Soares | 6–7(3–7), 7–6(9–7), 10–2 |
| Win | 2022 | Hard | John Isner | Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
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