Wojciech Fibak
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Wojciech Fibak or shorter Wojtek Fibak (born August 30, 1952, in Poznań) was a Polish tennis player best known for his doubles success with Tom Okker and Kim Warwick.
Born in Poznań, Poland, he won his first tournament in 1976, and between then and 1982 won 15 singles titles and 53 doubles titles. His best year was arguably 1980, where he reached the quarter-final in the French Open at Roland Garros, the US Open and Wimbledon. His career singles win-loss record was 514-306. Fibak's highest doubles ranking was # 1 and he was consisently ranked top 10 in singles, his highest singles ranking being # 7. Fibak's career prize money was $2,725,403.
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 1985 Fibak founded the Polish Tennis Club (Polish Tennis Association of Southern California). He is also a prominent businessman and an avid art collector. Fibak spends his time between Warsaw and Monaco. He has three daughters, Agnieszka, Paulina and Nina.
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[edit] Titles (67)
[edit] Singles (15)
- 1976 (3) Bournemouth, Stockholm WCT, Vienna
- 1977 (2) Dusseldorf, Monterrey WCT
- 1978 (1) Cologne
- 1979 (2) Denver, Stuttgart Indoor
- 1980 (3) Dayton, New Orleans, São Paulo
- 1981 (1) Gstaad
- 1982 (3) Amsterdam WCT, Chicago-2 WCT, Paris Indoor
[edit] Doubles (52)
- 1975 (5) Munich, London, Paris Indoor, Hilversum, Louisville
- 1976 (7) Dusseldorf, Monte Carlo WCT, World Doubles WCT, Bournemouth, Barcelona, Madrid, Tehran
- 1977 (10) Monterrey WCT, South Orange, Barcelona, Birmingham WCT, Mexico City WCT, Richmond WCT, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Toronto Indoor WCT, Buenos Aires
- 1978 (10) Madrid, Basel, Hamburg, Houston WCT, Canada (Montreal/Toronto), Stockholm, Woodlands Doubles, World Doubles WCT, Louisville, Australian Open
- 1979 (4) Memphis, Munich, Philadelphia, Stuttgart Indoor
- 1980 (3) Dayton, Birmingham, Stuttgart Indoor
- 1982 (2) Strasbourg WCT, Zell Am See WCT
- 1983 (1) Kitzbuhel
- 1984 (4) Munich, Rotterdam, Cologne, Vienna
- 1985 (1) Gstaad
- 1986 (3) Vienna, Metz, Toronto Indoor
- 1987 (2) Hilversum, Toulouse
