Peter Gojowczyk

Peter Gojowczyk (born 15 July 1989) is a German professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 39 in June 2018.

Peter Gojowczyk
Full namePeter Gojowczyk
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceEisenhofen, Germany
Born (1989-07-15) 15 July 1989
Dachau, West Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2006
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,687,987
Singles
Career record59–74 (44.4% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 39 (25 June 2018)
Current rankingNo. 125 (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2018, 2020)
French Open1R (2018, 2019)
Wimbledon2R (2017)
US Open2R (2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record4–11 (26.7% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 348 (1 April 2019)
Current rankingnot ranked (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2015, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon1R (2018)
US Open1R (2018)
Team competitions
Davis CupQF (2014)
Last updated on: 9 March 2020.

Tennis career

2014: Cracking the top 100

Gojowczyk began the year by reaching his first tour-level semifinal at Doha as a qualifier, defeating No. 6 seed and countryman Philipp Kohlschreiber en route, before losing to Rafael Nadal in three sets (taking the first).

After qualifying at the Australian Open he broke into the top 100 for the first time in his career.[1]

In April, he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets in a Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal tie.[2]

Gojowczyk reached the quarterfinals of Halle in June, defeating world No. 9 Milos Raonic in straight sets in the second round.

At the US Open, he defeated Benjamin Becker in straight sets in the first round.

He ended the year as world No. 79.

2017: First ATP title

Gojowczyk reached the semifinals in Newport in July.

In September, he won his maiden ATP title at the 2017 Moselle Open as a qualifier in Metz, defeating Benoît Paire in straight sets in the final.[3]

2018

Gojowczyk was runner-up at the Delray Beach Open and the Geneva Open.

2019

Gojowczyk reached the semifinals of the Washington Open as a lucky loser.[4]

Playing style

Gojowczyk possesses a fast, accurate first serve and great finishing power off both wings. He has a hard-hit, "clubbed" forehand with a long takeback, similar in some ways to Xavier Malisse. His backhand is particularly solid in terms of relative groundstroke quality, opting for frequent injections of pace, whilst not shying away from the down-the-line shot.

ATP Tour finals


Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2017 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i) Benoît Paire 7–5, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Feb 2018 Delray Beach Open, United States 250 Series Hard Frances Tiafoe 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 May 2018 Geneva Open, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Márton Fucsovics 2–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 21 (13–8)
ATP Challenger (5–4)
ITF Futures (8–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2007 Saarlouis, Germany Futures Clay Kornél Bardóczky 6–7(1–7), 6–2, 5–7
Win 1–1 Sep 2007 Monterrey, Mexico Futures Hard Luis-Manuel Flores 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Oct 2007 Los Cabos, Mexico Futures Hard Marcin Gawron 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3–1 Jan 2008 Bergheim, Austria Futures Carpet (i) Ludovic Walter 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win 4–1 Feb 2008 Bergheim, Austria Futures Carpet (i) Uros Vico 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–1 Sep 2008 Chennai, India Futures Hard Alexey Kedryuk 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Win 6–1 Sep 2008 New Delhi, India Futures Hard Aqeel Khan 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Win 7–1 Sep 2008 Nonthaburi, Thailand Futures Hard Lim Yong-kyu 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–2 Aug 2009 Überlingen, Germany Futures Clay Dennis Bloemke 2–6, 0–6
Win 8–2 Oct 2009 Hambach, Germany Futures Carpet (i) Benoît Paire 6–4, 6–4
Loss 8–3 Apr 2011 Antalya, Turkey Futures Hard Radu Albot 3–6, 2–6
Loss 8–4 Jun 2011 Trier, Germany Futures Clay Marc Sieber 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 0–1 Aug 2011 Manerbio, Italy Challenger Clay Adrian Ungur 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2012 Shanghai, China Challenger Hard Yen-Hsun Lu 5–7, 0–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2012 Ningbo, China Challenger Hard Jeong Suk-young 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1–3 Jul 2013 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Guillaume Rufin 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–3 Jan 2014 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Hard (i) Igor Sijsling 6–4, 7–5
Win 3–3 Nov 2014 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i) Farrukh Dustov 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win 4–3 Sep 2015 Nanchang, China Challenger Hard Amir Weintraub 6–2, 6–1
Win 5–3 Jan 2017 Happy Valley, Australia Challenger Hard Omar Jasika 6–3, 6–1
Loss 5–4 Feb 2017 Quimper, France Challenger Hard Adrian Mannarino 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 8 (1–7)
ATP Challenger (0–3)
ITF Futures (1–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2007 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Marc Sieber Filip Polášek
Igor Zelenay		 5–7, 5–7
Loss 0–1 Sep 2007 Monterrey, Mexico Futures Hard Marc Sieber Arnar Sigurdsson
Adam Thompson		 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2007 Los Cabos, Mexico Futures Hard Marc Sieber Adrian Contreras
Luis-Manuel Flores		 3–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Loss 0–3 Feb 2008 Bergheim, Austria Futures Carpet (i) Marc Sieber Antonio Šančić
Vilim Višak		 7–6(7–5), 1–6, [8–10]
Win 1–3 Sep 2008 Nonthaburi, Thailand Futures Hard Lee Hsin-han Patrick Eichenberger
Harshana Godamanna		 4–6, 7–6(7–1), [11–9]
Loss 1–4 Jun 2011 Trier, Germany Futures Clay Marc Sieber Carl Bergman
Juho Paukku		 4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2013 San Luis, Mexico Challenger Clay Marco Chiudinelli Marin Draganja
Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras		 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Jun 2015 Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Andreas Beck Flavio Cipolla
Máximo González		 4–6, 1–6

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2020 Maharashtra Open.

Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 1R Q1 1R 1R 1R Q2 2R 1R 2R 0 / 7 2–7 22%
French Open A A A A A A Q3 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q3 Q3 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon A A A A A A Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 2R 1R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open A A A A A A Q3 2R 2R Q3 Q1 Q3 1R Q1 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 0–3 1–1 0 / 15 5–15 25%
National representation
Davis Cup A A A A A A A A QF A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A Q1 A A A A 2R 1R 2R NH 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A Q1 A A Q1 1R 1R NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R Q1 NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 3R Q1 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Shanghai Masters Not Held A A A A A Q2 A A Q1 3R Q1 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 5–9 1–3 0–0 0 / 14 8–14 36%
Career statistics
200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020Career
Tournaments 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 3 2 10 25 21 2 74
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3
Hard Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 6–5 1–2 1–2 9–6 17–17 8–14 1–2 1 / 50 44–50 47%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–7 1–3 0–0 0 / 14 7–14 33%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 5–3 0–1 1–4 0–0 0 / 10 8–10 44%
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 8–9 1–3 1–2 14–9 23–25 10–21 1–2 1 / 74 59–74 44%
Win % – – – – 0% – 0% 50% 47% 25% 33% 61% 48% 32% 33% 44.36%
Year-end ranking 765 436 346 386 494 250 181 162 79 194 189 60 59 118

Record against top 10 players

Gojowczyk's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered.

* As of 23 January 2020.

Top 10 wins
  • Gojowczyk has a 2–14 (12.5%) record against players who were ranked in the top 10 at the time the match was played.
Season2006–20132014201520162017201820192020Total
Wins010001002
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score PG Rank
2014
1. Milos Raonic 9 Halle Open, Germany Grass 2R 6–4, 6–4 120
2018
2. Jack Sock 8 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard 2R 6–3, 6–3 65

National participation

Davis Cup (1–1)
Group membership
World Group (1–1)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (1–1)
Doubles (0–0)
Matches by venue
Germany (0–0)
Away (1–1)
Group Rd Date Opponent nation Score Venue Surface Match Opponent player W/L Rubber score
2014
WG QF Apr 2014  France 2–3 Nancy Hard (i) Singles 2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Win 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 7–6(10–8), 8–6
Singles 5 (decider) Gaël Monfils Loss 1–6, 6–7(0–7), 2–6

References
  1. "Peter Gojowczyk - Bio". ATP World.
  2. "Davis Cup – France v Germany 2014". Daviscup.com.
  3. "Peter Gojowczyk wins first career ATP title at Moselle Open". Tennis.com. 24 September 2017.
  4. "Peter Gojowczyk, the Citi Open's luckiest loser, is through to the semifinals". The Washington Post. 2 August 2019.
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