Michał Przysiężny (; born 16 February 1984) is a former Polish professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of St. Petersburg in 2013, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57 in January 2014.

Career

He started his career in the KKT Wrocław. In 2002 Przysiężny reached the semifinals of the boys' doubles at the French Open (partnered with Attila Balázs from Hungary). In the same year, he won his first Futures tournament in Montego Bay, Jamaica, defeating Jean-Julien Rojer in the final. He has reached ten finals of these tournaments, winning seven.

He qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament (2007 US Open) by beating his compatriot Łukasz Kubot. He lost in four sets to Michael Berrer in the first round.

Przysiężny made a return from a knee injury qualifying as a lucky loser in the 2008 Swedish Open; however, he lost to Jonas Björkman in the first round and winning Davis Cup matches.

At the end of 2009, his career gained momentum. He won three Futures tournaments in a row (Germany F19, Belarus F1, and Belarus F2) and rose 235 places to no. 427 in the ATP rankings. In November, he won the IPP Open, defeating Stéphane Bohli in the final from a set down. He finished the year as no. 183. Three months later, he won another Challenger tournament, where he eliminated Andrey Kuznetsov, Evgeny Kirillov, Goran Tošić, Tobias Kamke, and Julian Reister in the final. The week of March 29, he won matches against Caio Zampieri, Laurynas Grigelis, Charles-Antoine Brézac, Teymuraz Gabashvili, and Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the final of the Saint–Brieuc Challenger. Two weeks later, he lost to Santiago González in the final of the León Challenger. After this event, he was in the top 100 of the ATP rankings.

He got direct entry into a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career at the 2010 French Open. Przysiężny lost in straights sets in the first round to eventual quarterfinalist Mikhail Youzhny. He then entered the Wimbledon main draw for the first time, where he was met 17th seed Ivan Ljubičić. Przysiężny scored the biggest win of his career, defeating the Croatian in straight sets, subsequently losing in the second round to eventual quarterfinalist Yen-Hsun Lu. At the US Open, he faced 21st seed Albert Montañés, losing in five sets. Michał served for the match at 6–5 in the fourth set, squandering two match points.

At the 2013 St. Petersburg Open he defeated Albert Ramos, Fabio Fognini and Lukáš Rosol to reach semifinals, where he lost to Ernests Gulbis. At Tokyo he defeated Marcel Granollers in first round but lost in second round to Jarkko Nieminen. At the Paris Masters he defeated Jarkko Nieminen.

At the 2014 ATP 500 Tokyo singles tournament, he won over world number 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but lost in second round to Denis Istomin. In doubles he partnered with Pierre-Hugues Herbert, defeating the Bryan brothers, Jamie Murray / John Peers, Eric Butorac / Raven Klaasen and Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo to claim the title.

ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) Winner – LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)Titles by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Japan Open, Japan500 SeriesHard Pierre-Hugues Herbert Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 28 (18–10) LegendATP Challenger (8–5)ITF Futures (10–5)Finals by surfaceHard (10–6)Clay (6–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Aruba F1, OranjestadFuturesHard Jean-Julien Rojer2–6, 2–6Win1–1Jamaica F21, Montego BayFuturesHard Jean-Julien Rojer7–6(9–7), 6–4Loss1–2Poland F1, PoznańFuturesClay Kim Tiilikainen6–4, 1–6, 3–6Win2–2Iran F3, Kish IslandFuturesClay Johannes Ager6–0, 6–4Win3–2Poland F2, KoszalinFuturesClay Sadik Kadir6–3, 6–3Win4–2Georgia F1, TbilisiFuturesClqy Kirill Ivanov-Smolenskii7–5, 6–3Loss4–3Iran F5, Kish IslandFuturesClay Adam Vejmelka6–1, 2–6, 2–6Win5–3Wrexham, United KingdomChallengerHard Richard Bloomfield6–2, 6–3Win6–3Germany F19, LeimenFuturesHard Henri Kontinen3–6, 6–2, 7–5Win7–3Belarus F1, MinskFuturesCarpet Sergey Betov6–2, 6–3Win8–3Belarus F2, MinskFuturesHard Nikolai Fidirko6–3, 6–2Win9–3Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Stéphane Bohli4–6, 6–4, 6–1Win10–3Kazan, RussiaChallengerHard Julian Reister7–6(7–5), 6–4Win11–3Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallengerClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo4–6, 6–2, 6–3Loss11–4León, MexicoChallengerHard Santiago Gonzále6–3, 1–6, 5–7Win12–4Ortisei, ItalyChallengerClay Lukáš Lacko6–3, 7–5Loss12–5Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Ričardas Berankis1–6, 0–2 ret.Win13–5Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard Mirza Bašić6–1, 7–6(9–7)Win14–5Korea F2, ChangwonFuturesHard Sam Groth3–6, 7–5, 6–3Loss14–6Italy F19, FanoFuturesClay José Checa Calvo4–6, 2–6Loss14–7Poland F4, BydgoszczFuturesClay Dušan Lojda2–6, 6–3, 5–7Win15–7Poland F6, LegnicaFuturesClay Adam Chadaj6–0, 6–2Win16–7Toyota, JapanChallengerCarpet Hiroki Moriya6–2, 6–3Win17–7Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard Jan-Lennard Struff4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)Loss17–8Johannesburg, South AfricaChallengerHard Vasek Pospisil7–6(9–7), 0–6, 1–4 ret.Loss17–9Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerHard Marcos Baghdatis1–6, 6–4, 3–6Win18–9Kyoto, JapanChallengerHard John Millman6–3, 3–6, 6–3Loss18–10Wrocław, PolandChallengerHard Jürgen Melzer4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 13 (3–10) LegendATP Challenger (1–4)ITF Futures (2–6)Finals by surfaceHard (0–4)Clay (3–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Poland F5, GdyniaFuturesClay Bartlomiej Dabrowski Marcin Golab Kamil Lewandowicz6–0, 6–1Loss1–1USA F5, HarlingenFuturesHard Daniel Lustig Scott Lipsky David Martin3–6, 2–6Win2–1Germany F6, Neheim-HustenFuturesClay Filip Urban Christopher Koderisch Ulrich Tippenhauer6–1, 6–2Loss2–2Poland F2, WrocławFuturesHard Tomasz Bednarek Vadim Davletshin Mikhail Filima3–6, 5–7Loss2–3Japan F4, MunakataFuturesHard Mischa Zverev Troy Hahn Michael Yani5–7, 5–7Win3–3Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Tomasz Bednarek Vasilis Mazarakis Jan Mertl6–3, 3–6, [10–8]Loss3–4Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Federico Torresi Gabriel Moraru Adrian Ungur3–6, 3–6Loss3–5Iran F5, Kish IslandFuturesClay Viktor Bruthans Fabio Colangelo Marco Crugnola3–6, 1–6Loss3–6Bytom, PolandChallengerClay Tomasz Bednarek Hugo Armando Brian Dabul4–6, 6–1, [5–10]Loss3–7Orléans, FranceChallengerHard Tomasz Bednarek James Cerretani Frank Moser1–6, 6–7(2–7)Loss3–8Belarus F1, MinskFuturesCarpet Dawid Olejniczak Sergey Betov Nikolai Fidirko6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7)Loss3–9Ortisei, ItalyChallengerClay Tomasz Bednarek Mikhail Elgin Alexander Kudryavtsev6–3, 3–6, [3–10]Loss3–10Poland F4, BydgoszczFuturesClay Grzegorz Panfil Artem Smirnov Andrei Vasilevski6–7(6–8), 0–6

Performance timeline

Singles Tournament200720082009201020112012201320142015SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ1AQ1Q31RAQ12RQ30 / 21–2French OpenQ1AA1RAA2R1RQ20 / 31–3WimbledonQ2Q3A2RAA2R1RQ20 / 32–3US Open1RQ2A1RAA1RQ3Q20 / 30–3Win–loss0–10–00–01–30–10–02–31–30–00 / 114–11ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAAAAQ1AA1RA0 / 10–1Monte CarloAAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0CanadaAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0ShanghaiNHAAQ1A1RAQ20 / 10–1ParisAAAAAA2RAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–01–20–10–00 / 31–3

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