Jan Zieliński Explained

Jan Zieliński
Residence:Warsaw, Poland
Birth Date:1996 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Warsaw, Poland
Height:1.8m (05.9feet)
Coach:Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College:University of Georgia
Careerprizemoney:$1,011,752
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 769 (20 September 2021)
Doublestitles:5
Highestdoublesranking:No. 7 (19 June 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 17 (15 January 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:F (2023)
Frenchopendoublesresult:3R (2022, 2024)
Wimbledondoublesresult:3R (2023)
Usopendoublesresult:QF (2022, 2023)
Mixed:yes
Mixedtitles:2
Australianopenmixedresult:W (2024)
Frenchopenmixedresult:SF (2024)
Wimbledonmixedresult:W (2024)
Usopenmixedresult:1R (2023)
Team:yes
Daviscupresult:2–0
Updated:20 January 2024

Jan Zieliński (Polish: ; born 16 November 1996) is a Polish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has an ATP career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7, which he attained on 19 June 2023. His highest ranking in singles has been No. 769, achieved on 20 September 2021. His best results at Grand Slam events are winning the 2024 Australian Open and the 2024 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles with partner Hsieh Su-wei. He also reached the final of the 2023 Australian Open doubles with Hugo Nys.

Professional career

2021: First ATP doubles title and top 100 debut

Zieliński made his top 100 doubles debut at No. 99 on 1 November 2021 after winning his first ATP Tour doubles title at the 2021 Moselle Open with his compatriot Hubert Hurkacz.[1]

2022: First Major quarterfinal, second ATP title and top 35 debut

In January 2022, he made his debut participating as part of the Polish team at the 2022 ATP Cup, where he played doubles with Szymon Walków and won against Georgia and Argentina. After Hurkacz's win over Diego Schwartzman sealed the victory for Poland over Argentina, the Polish team advanced to the semifinals.[2] The pair won again against Spain in doubles, but the team did not advance to the finals.

He reached the top 50 in doubles at world No. 49 on 18 July 2022. In August, at his debut at a Masters 1000 level, he reached his first semifinal at the 2022 National Bank Open also with Hurkacz, defeating sixth seeds Puetz/Venus in the first round,[3] Bopanna/Middelkoop in the second and fourth seeds, and French Open champions Arévalo/Rogers in the quarterfinals.[4] [5]

At the US Open, he reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career with partner Hugo Nys, defeating 10th seeded pair Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares and Ariel Behar/Gonzalo Escobar. As a result, he made his top 40 debut in the rankings. The pair won their first title at the 2022 Moselle Open.[6]

2023: Major final and Masters doubles title, World No. 7

At the 2023 Australian Open, he achieved his career best Grand Slam result by advancing to the semifinals with partner Hugo Nys. The pair defeated Rafael Matos/David Vega Hernández, Max Purcell/Jordan Thompson, second seeds Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury and Benjamin Bonzi/Arthur Rinderknech in the quarterfinals. The pair beat the French duo of Jérémy Chardy/Fabrice Martin in the semifinals to advance to their first Grand Slam final, where they lost to Australians Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler.[7]

Following their first Masters 1000 title in Rome, Zielinski reached a career high ranking of No. 12 on 22 May 2023.[8] Following the 2023 French Open, he made his debut in the top 10 in the rankings at world No. 9 on 12 June 2023.

At the 2023 Moselle Open in Metz the Monegasque/Polish pair defended their crown but came short of qualifying for the year-end 2023 ATP Finals, finishing ninth in the ATP race.[9]

2024: First Polish mixed doubles champion in Australia and at Wimbledon

At the 2024 Australian Open he reached the quarterfinals with Nys but they lost to the unseeded pair Dominik Koepfer and Yannick Hanfmann and could not defend their runner-up points from the previous year. Despite the loss in the doubles event, seeded third, he reached the final in the mixed doubles partnering Hsieh Su-wei, and they won their first Major mixed doubles title, defeating second seeds Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski.[10] They saved a championship point en route to Zieliński's first Grand Slam title and Hsieh's seventh, and first on hardcourts. Zieliński became the first Polish finalist and champion at a mixed doubles event.[11] [12]

At the 2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco he won his first ATP 500 title with Nys defeating top pair of Santiago Gonzalez and Neal Skupski.[13]

He reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 2024 French Open with Hsieh Su-wei.At the next Grand Slam, the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, he reached another final in mixed doubles with the same partner, Hsieh Su-wei.[14] They won the title defeating Mexican duo Giuliana Olmos and Santiago González in the final.[15] [16]

College career

Zieliński attended and played collegiate tennis at the University of Georgia.[17]

Doubles performance timeline

Men's doubles

Tournament 2021202220232024SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenA1Rbgcolor=thistleFQF0 / 38–3
French OpenA3R2R0 / 23–2
WimbledonA2R3R0 / 23–2
US OpenAQFQF0 / 26–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–06–411–43–10 / 1020–9
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells MastersAA1R1R0 / 20–2
Miami OpenAA1R2R0 / 21–2
Monte-Carlo MastersAA1R1R0 / 20–2
Madrid OpenAA2RQF0 / 23–2
Italian OpenAAbgcolor=limeW2R1 / 26–1
Canadian OpenAbgcolor=yellowSF1R0 / 23–2
Cincinnati OpenAA1R0 / 10–1
Shanghai OpenNHA1R0 / 10–1
Paris MastersA1R1R0 / 20–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–03–26–84–51 / 1613–15
Career Statistics
Titles11215
Finals234211
Year-end ranking963420$1,242,371

Mixed doubles

Tournament20232024SRW–L
Australian Open1Rbgcolor=limeW1 / 25–1
French Open1Rbgcolor=yellowSF0 / 23–2
Wimbledon1Rbgcolor=limeW1 / 25–1
US Open1R0 / 10–1

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Mixed Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win2024Australian OpenHard Desirae Krawczyk
Neal Skupski
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [11–9]
Win2024WimbledonGrass Hsieh Su-wei Giuliana Olmos
Santiago González
6–4, 6–2

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (1–0)
ATP 500 (1–2)
ATP 250 (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–5)
Indoor (3–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Swiss Open Gstaad, SwitzerlandATP 250Clay Szymon Walków Marc-Andrea Hüsler
Dominic Stricker
1–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win1–1Moselle Open, FranceATP 250Hard (i) Hubert Hurkacz Hugo Nys
Arthur Rinderknech
7–5, 6–3
Loss1–2Grand Prix Hassan II, MoroccoATP 250Clay Andrea Vavassori Rafael Matos
David Vega Hernández
1–6, 5–7
Loss1–3Winston-Salem Open, United StatesATP 250Hard Hugo Nys Matthew Ebden
Jamie Murray
4–6, 2–6
Win2–3Moselle Open, France (2)ATP 250Hard (i) Hugo Nys Lloyd Glasspool
Harri Heliövaara
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss2–4Jan 2023Australian Open, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Hugo Nys Rinky Hijikata
Jason Kubler
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win3–4Rome Masters, ItalyMasters 1000Clay Hugo Nys Robin Haase
Botic van de Zandschulp
7–5, 6–1
Loss3–5Swiss Indoors, SwitzerlandATP 500Hard (i) Hugo Nys Santiago González
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
7–6(10–8), 6–7(3–7), [1–10]
Win4–5Moselle Open, France (3)ATP 250Hard (i) Hugo Nys Constantin Frantzen
Hendrik Jebens
6–4, 6–4
Win5–5Mar 2024Mexican Open,
Mexico
ATP 500Hard Hugo Nys Santiago González
Neal Skupski
6–3, 6–2
Loss5–6Barcelona Open,
Spain
ATP 500Clay Hugo Nys Máximo González
Andrés Molteni
6–4, 4–6, [9–11]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 31 (19–12)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–6)
ITF Futures Tour (14–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (7–6)
Clay (11–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Egypt F29, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Libor Salaba Matwe Middelkoop
Mohamed Safwat
6–7(1–7), 3–6
Loss0–2Georgia F5, PantianiFuturesClay Karol Drzewiecki Marco Bortolotti
Francesco Moncagatto
3–6, 2–6
Win1–2Poland F3, PoznańFuturesClay Adam Majchrowicz Markus Eriksson
Daniel Windahl
6–0, 5–7, [10–2]
Loss1–3Lithuania F1, VilniusFuturesClay Michał Dembek Laurynas Grigelis
Lukas Mugevicius
5–7, 4–6
Win2–3Estonia F1, ParnuFuturesClay Michał Dembek Vladimir Polyakov
Evgenii Tiurnev
7–5, 7–5
Win3–3Poland F3, KoszalinFuturesClay Kacper Żuk Paweł Ciaś
Michał Dembek
6–2, 6–2
Win4–3M15 Wrocław, PolandWorld Tennis TourClay Kacper Żuk Jan Galka
Piotr Galus
6–4, 6–3
Win5–3M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Kacper Żuk Adil Kalyanpur
Kelsey Stevenson
3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss5–4M25 Stockholm, SwedenWorld Tennis TourHard Kacper Żuk Filip Bergevi
Florian Lakat
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win6–4M25 Falun, SwedenWorld Tennis TourHard Florian Lakat Janis Podzus
Martins Podzus
7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win7–4M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Julian Cash Piotr Matuszewski
Daniel Michalski
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)
Win8–4M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Kacper Żuk Pablo Vivero Gonzalez
Ching-Mou Yu
6–3, 6–1
Win9–4M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Luke Johnson Adrian Bodmer
Jonas Trinker
1–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss9–5M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Luke Johnson Alexander Erler
Neil Oberleitner
4–6, 0–6
Win10–5M25 Nussloch, GermanyWorld Tennis TourCarpet Kacper Żuk Johannes Haerteis
Peter Heller
6–3, 6–4
Win11–5M25 Barnstaple, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard Kacper Żuk Evan Hoyt
Luke Johnson
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win12–5M25 Glasgow, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard Szymon Walków Simon Freund
Evan Hoyt
6–1, 6–1
Win13–5M25 Sunderland, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard Szymon Walków Jesper De Jong
Bart Stevens
6–4, 6–4
Win14–5M25 Poznań, PolandWorld Tennis TourClay Kacper Żuk Mikolaj Lorens
Wojciech Marek
7–5, 6–2
Loss14–6M25 Prague, Czech RepublicWorld Tennis TourClay Lucas Miedler Sebastián Báez
Pedro Cachin
6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win15–6Sibiu, RomaniaChallengerClay Hunter Reese Robert Galloway
Hans Hach
6–4, 6–2
Loss15–7Biella, ItalyChallengerHard Szymon Walków Luis David Martínez
David Vega Hernández
3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss15–8Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Szymon Walków Andrey Golubev
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
5–7, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]
Win16–8Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Szymon Walków Grégoire Barrère
Albano Olivetti
6–2, 7–5
Win17–8Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Szymon Walków Ivan Sabanov
Matej Sabanov
6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Win18–8Meerbusch, GermanyChallengerClay Szymon Walków Dustin Brown
Robin Haase
6–3, 6–1
Loss18–9Mallorca, SpainChallengerHard Fernando Romboli Karol Drzewiecki
Sergio Martos Gornés
4–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Win19–9Roseto degli Abruzzi, ItalyChallengerClay Hugo Nys Roman Jebavý
Philipp Oswald
7–6(7–2), 4–6, [10–3]
Loss19–10Marbella, SpainChallengerClay Hugo Nys Roman Jebavý
Philipp Oswald
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [3–10]
Loss19–11Bordeaux, FranceChallengerClay Hugo Nys Rafael Matos
David Vega Hernández
4-6, 0-6
Loss19–12Phoenix, USAChallengerHard Hugo Nys Nathaniel Lammons
Jackson Withrow
7–6(7–1), 4–6, [8–10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 26 September 2021 . Hurkacz Captures Metz Double . 26 September 2021 . Association of Tennis Professionals.
  2. Web site: Hubert Hurkacz reacts to Poland reaching ATP Cup semifinal. 6 January 2022 .
  3. Web site: Daniel Evans & John Peers Battle Back for Montreal Doubles Win | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  4. Web site: Wesley Koolhof & Neal Skupski Boost Race Lead, Reach Montreal SFS | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  5. Web site: Wesley Koolhof & Neal Skupski Reach Montreal Doubles Final | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  6. Web site: Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski Take Maiden Title in Metz | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  7. Web site: Kubler and Hijikata crowned Australian Open 2023 doubles champions . 2023-01-30 . Tennis Australia . en-AU.
  8. Web site: Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski Clinch Rome Crown | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  9. Web site: Escobar/Nedovyesov Win Sofia Doubles Title; Nys/Zielinski Retain Metz Crown.
  10. Web site: Hsieh reaches Australian Open mixed doubles final . 24 January 2024 .
  11. Web site: Hsieh/Zielinski save MP to deny Krawczyk mixed doubles career Grand Slam ATP Tour Tennis . 26 January 2024 . ATP Tour . en.
  12. Web site: 'Curse-breaker' Hsieh Su-wei helps Jan Zielinski make Polish history in Australian Open mixed doubles.
  13. Web site: Griekspoor/Struff, Nys/Zielinski Claim 500s.
  14. News: Taiwan's Hsieh, partner reach mixed doubles finals at Wimbledon - Focus Taiwan . 13 July 2024 . Focus Taiwan . 13 July 2024.
  15. Web site: Hsieh and Zielinski win mixed doubles title at Wimbledon. 14 July 2024.
  16. Web site: Hsieh and Zielinski win second Grand Slam title of the year at Wimbledon. 23 July 2024.
  17. Web site: Cercone . Michael . Jan Zielinski sharpens singles play during senior season . The Red & Black . June 15, 2021 . February 11, 2019.