Peter Gojowczyk

Peter Gojowczyk (/ɡoʊˈjoʊvtʃɪk/ goh-YOHV-chik;[1] 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
Gojowczyk at the 2021 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
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$3,425,283
Singles
Career record73–92 (44.2% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 39 (25 June 2018)
Current rankingNo. 94 (7 March 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2018, 2020)
French Open1R (2018, 2019, 2021)
Wimbledon2R (2017)
US Open4R (2021)
Doubles
Career record6–16 (27.3% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 348 (1 April 2019)
Current rankingNo. 410 (7 March 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2015, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon1R (2018)
US Open1R (2018)
Team competitions
Davis CupSF (2021)
Last updated on: 12 March 2022.

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.[2]

In April, he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets in a Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal tie.[3]

In June, Gojowczyk reached the quarterfinals of Halle, defeating world No. 9 Milos Raonic in straight sets in the second round. In August at the US Open, he defeated Benjamin Becker in straight sets in the first round. He ended the year ranked as world No. 79.

2017: Maiden ATP 250 title

Gojowczyk qualified for and then reached the second round of Wimbledon for the first time in his career at the Wimbledon Championships, defeating Marius Copil in the first round. He then lost to 18th seed Roberto Bautista Agut. Carrying his good form into the following week, Gojowczyk reached the semifinals in Newport.

In September, he won his maiden ATP title at the Moselle Open in Metz as a qualifier, defeating Benoît Paire in straight sets in the final.[4]

2018: Two ATP 250 finals and top 40 career-high ranking

Gojowczyk was runner-up at the Delray Beach Open. As a result he reached the top 50 on 5 March 2018. He was also a finalist at the Geneva Open and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 39 on 25 June 2018.

2019–2020: Struggles with form, out of Top 100

Gojowczyk's results during the 2019 and 2020 did not match the highs of the 2018 season. He reached the semifinals of the 2019 Washington Open as a lucky loser.[5]

At the 2020 Australian Open, he qualified and reached the second round for the second time at this Major defeating Christopher Eubanks. He lost to 27th seed Pablo Carreño Busta.

2021: US Open fourth round, return to Top 100

Ranked world No. 141, Gojowczyk qualified for the main draw at the US Open to make his fifth appearance in the main draw.[6] He reached beyond the second round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career defeating 23rd seed Ugo Humbert and Dušan Lajović both matches in five sets.[7] He went on to reach the fourth round of a Major for the first time in his career defeating fellow qualifier Henri Laaksonen in four sets. He lost in the round of 16 to Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set match 7–5, 1–6, 7–5, 2–6, 0–6. As a result he climbed 40 spots in the rankings to No. 101 on 13 September 2021.

At the 2021 Moselle Open in Metz, he made the quarterfinals and semifinals again as a qualifier, defeating seventh seed Karen Khachanov and Marcos Giron to reach his third tour-level quarterfinal and second semifinal of the season respectively after Montpellier and Newport.[8] With this run he returned to the Top 100 at World No. 88 on 27 September 2021.

2022: Second ATP 500-level quarterfinal

As a lucky loser, Gojowcyk made the quarterfinals in Acapulco, defeating Brandon Nakashima in the first round and advancing after his second round opponent, defending champion Alexander Zverev was defaulted from the tournament due to unsportsmanlike conduct in his doubles match.[9]

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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 2022 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships.

Tournament20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 1R Q1 1R 1R 1R Q2 2R 1R 2R Q1 1R 0 / 8 2–8 20%
French Open A A A A A A Q3 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q3 Q3 1R 1R Q1 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon A A A A A A Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 2R 1R 1R NH Q1 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open A A A A A A Q3 2R 2R Q3 Q1 Q3 1R Q1 1R 4R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
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 1–2 3–2 0–1 0 / 19 8–19 30%
National representation
Davis Cup A A A A A A A A QF A A A A A A SF 0 / 2 1–2 33%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A Q1 A A A A 2R 1R 2R NH A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A Q1 A A Q1 1R 1R NH A Q2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R Q1 NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 3R Q1 A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R NH A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Shanghai Masters Not held A A A A A Q2 A A Q1 3R Q1 NH 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A A Q1 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 0–0 0–0 0 / 14 8–14 36%
Career statistics
20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022Career
Tournaments 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 3 2 10 25 21 3 9 7 91
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 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 1–3 10–7 1–6 1 / 63 55–64 46%
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 0–1 0–1 0 / 16 7–16 30%
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 3–2 0–0 0 / 12 11–12 48%
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 1–3 13–10 1–7 1 / 91 73–92 44%
Win % – – – – 0% – 0% 50% 47% 25% 33% 61% 48% 32% 25% 57% 13% 44%
Year-end ranking 765 436 346 386 494 250 181 162 79 194 189 60 59 118 145 86

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 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 Germany F6, Marburg Futures Clay Kornél Bardóczky 6–7(1–7), 6–2, 5–7
Win 1–1 Sep 2007 Mexico F6, Monterrey Futures Hard Luis-Manuel Flores 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Oct 2007 Mexico F8, Los Cabos Futures Hard Marcin Gawron 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3–1 Jan 2008 Austria F2, Bergheim Futures Carpet (i) Ludovic Walter 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win 4–1 Feb 2008 Austria F3, Bergheim Futures Carpet (i) Uros Vico 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–1 Sep 2008 India F6, Chennai Futures Hard Alexey Kedryuk 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Win 6–1 Sep 2008 India F7, New Delhi Futures Hard Aqeel Khan 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Win 7–1 Sep 2008 Thailand F6, Nonthaburi Futures Hard Lim Yong-kyu 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–2 Aug 2009 Germany F16, Überlingen Futures Clay Dennis Bloemke 2–6, 0–6
Win 8–2 Oct 2009 Germany F18, Hambach Futures Carpet (i) Benoît Paire 6–4, 6–4
Loss 8–3 Apr 2011 Turkey F13, Antalya Futures Hard Radu Albot 3–6, 2–6
Loss 8–4 Jun 2011 Germany F6, Trier 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

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.

Record against top-10 players

Gojowczyk's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher, with those who are active in boldface.
Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered.

  • Statistics correct as of 25 April 2022.
Player Years Matches Record Win % Hard Clay Grass
Number 1 ranked players
Daniil Medvedev 2019 1 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Rafael Nadal 2014 2 0–2 0% 0–2 – –
Roger Federer 2018–19 3 0–3 0% 0–3 – –
Number 3 ranked players
Milos Raonic 2014–19 3 2–1 67% 1–1 – 1–0
David Ferrer 2016–18 2 1–1 50% 0–1 1–0 –
Dominic Thiem 2014–17 3 1–2 33% 1–2 – –
Juan Martín del Potro 2018 1 0–1 0% – – 0–1
Stefanos Tsitsipas 2018 1 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Alexander Zverev 2018 2 0–2 0% 0–2 – –
Number 4 ranked players
Kei Nishikori 2018 1 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Number 5 ranked players
Andrey Rublev 2019 1 1–0 100% 1–0 – –
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2014–19 3 2–1 67% 2–0 0–1 –
Number 6 ranked players
Matteo Berrettini 2018 1 1–0 100% 1–0 – –
Gilles Simon 2017–19 3 1–2 33% 1–1 – 0–1
Gaël Monfils 2014–18 2 0–2 0% 0–2 – –
Number 7 ranked players
David Goffin 2017 1 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Richard Gasquet 2019 1 0–1 0% – – 0–1
Fernando Verdasco 2018 1 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Number 8 ranked players
Jack Sock 2018 2 2–0 100% 2–0 – –
John Isner 2018 1 1–0 100% 1–0 – –
Karen Khachanov 2019–21 2 1–1 50% 1–1 – –
Janko Tipsarević 2019 1 0–1 0% – 0–1 –
Marcos Baghdatis 2010–17 2 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 –
Number 9 ranked players
Nicolas Almagro 2016 1 1–0 100% 1–0 – –
Fabio Fognini 2018–19 3 1–2 33% 0–1 1–1 –
Carlos Alcaraz 2021 1 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Hubert Hurkacz 2020–21 2 0–2 0% 0–2 – –
Roberto Bautista Agut 2015–21 5 0–5 0% 0–2 0–1 0–2
Number 10 ranked players
Pablo Carreño Busta 2017–20 3 0–3 0% 0–3 – –
Cameron Norrie 2018–22 3 0–3 0% 0–2 0–1 –
Total 2010–22 58 15–43 26% 12–32 2–6 1–5

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.
Season2013201420152016201720182019202020212022Total
Wins01000100002
# 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 (1–2)
Group membership
World Group / Finals (1–2)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (1–2)
Doubles (0–0)
Matches by venue
Germany (0–0)
Away (1–1)
Neutral (0–1)
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
2020–21
Finals QF Nov 2021  Great Britain 2–1 Innsbruck Hard (i) Singles 1 Dan Evans Loss 2–6, 1–6

References
  1. Wallace, Ava. "Peter Gojowczyk, the Citi Open’s luckiest loser, is through to the semifinals," The Washington Post, Friday, August 2, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2021
  2. "Peter Gojowczyk - Bio". ATP World.
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  4. "Peter Gojowczyk wins first career ATP title at Moselle Open". Tennis.com. 24 September 2017.
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