Wojciech Fibak (; popularly Wojtek Fibak ; born 30 August 1952) is a Polish former professional tennis player, entrepreneur, and art collector. Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker and Australian Kim Warwick, although he also reached the Top 10 in singles.
Throughout his career, he won 15 ATP career singles titles as well as 52 ATP doubles titles including one Grand Slam title, the 1978 Australian Open. He was also the runner-up at the 1976 ATP Finals in singles.
Biography and personal life Born in Poznań, Poland, he won his first tournament in 1976, and between then and 1982 won 15 singles titles and 52 doubles titles. His best year was arguably 1980, when he reached the quarter-finals at the French Open, the US Open and Wimbledon Championships. Fibak's career singles win–loss record was 520–310, and he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 on 25 July 1977. His highest doubles ranking was World No. 2, which he reached in February 1979. He was consistently ranked in the top 20 in singles, and earned $2,725,403 in career prize money.
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 1983 he was banned from his local Poznań tennis club and faced reduced involvement from the Polish Tennis Federation and Davis Cup national team for his opposition to the communist PZPR government.
In 1985, Fibak founded the Polish Tennis Club (Polish Tennis Association of Southern California); in the 1990s he was head of the Polish Tennis Federation and widely credited with popularising the sport in his native country. After the fall of communism in the early 1990s his company Fibak Press acquired the regional former PZPR mouthpiece Gazeta Poznańska, until it was acquired by rivals Głos Wielkopolski in 2006, and published several other newspapers and magazines as well as being involved in books related to tennis.
He is also a businessman and an avid art collector, and used his tennis fortune to open the art gallery Galeria Fibak in 2001.
Fibak divides his time between Warsaw and Monaco, where he was Poland's honorary consul.Kronika Wydarzeń. Część druga (kwiecień – czerwiec 1989), w: Kronika Miasta Poznania, nr 1-2/1991, s.229, ISSN 0137-3552 He is a self-declared local patriot and was close to fellow local billionaire Jan Kulczyk.
He has three daughters: Agnieszka, Paulina, and Nina.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1977French OpenClay Jan Kodeš Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win1978Australian OpenGrass Kim Warwick Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher7–6, 7–5
Career finals Singles: 34 (15 titles, 19 runners-up) ResultNo.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 1975 Shreveport, US Carpet Juan Gisbert Sr. 3–6, 7–5, 1–6Loss 2. 1976 Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco Clay Guillermo Vilas 1–6, 1–6, 4–6Win 1. 1976 Stockholm WCT, Sweden Carpet Ilie Năstase 6–4, 7–6Win 2. 1976 Bournemouth, England Clay Manuel Orantes 6–2, 7–9, 6–2, 6–2Loss 3. 1976 Louisville, US Clay Harold Solomon 2–6, 5–7Loss 4. 1976 Indianapolis, US Clay Jimmy Connors 2–6, 4–6Loss 5. 1976 Montreal, Canada Hard Guillermo Vilas 4–6, 6–7, 2–6Win 3. 1976 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Raúl Ramírez 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1Loss 6. 1976 Masters, Houston Carpet Manuel Orantes 7–5, 2–6, 6–0, 6–7, 1–6Loss 7. 1977 Mexico City WCT, Mexico Hard Ilie Năstase 6–4, 2–6, 6–7Win 4. 1977 Monterrey WCT, Mexico Carpet Vitas Gerulaitis 6–4, 6–3Loss 8. 1977 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Guillermo Vilas 4–6, 3–6, 0–6Win 5. 1977 Düsseldorf, West Germany Clay Raymond Moore 6–1, 5–7, 6–2Loss 9. 1977 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Brian Gottfried 1–6, 1–6Loss 10. 1977 Cologne, West Germany Carpet Björn Borg 6–2, 5–7, 3–6Loss 11. 1978 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 4–6, 2–6Win 6. 1978 Cologne, West Germany Hard (i) Vijay Amritraj 6–2, 0–1, RET.Win 7. 1979 Denver, US Carpet Victor Amaya 6–4, 6–1Win 8. 1979 Stuttgart Indoor, West Germany Hard (i) Guillermo Vilas 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2Loss 12. 1979 Munich, West Germany Clay Manuel Orantes 3–6, 2–6, 4–6Loss 13. 1979 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Stan Smith 4–6, 0–6, 2–6Loss 14. 1979 Cologne, West Germany Hard (i) Gene Mayer 3–6, 6–3, 1–6Win 9. 1980 Dayton, US Carpet Bruce Manson 7–6, 6–3Win 10. 1980 New Orleans, US Carpet Eliot Teltscher 6–4, 7–5Win 11. 1980 São Paulo, Brazil Carpet Vincent Van Patten 6–0, 7–6Loss 15. 1980 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay Vitas Gerulaitis 2–6, 5–7, 2–6Loss 16. 1981 Philadelphia, US Carpet Roscoe Tanner 2–6, 6–7, 5–7Win 12. 1981 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Yannick Noah 6–1, 7–6Loss 17. 1982 Naples Finals WCT, Italy Carpet Ivan Lendl 4–6, 2–6, 1–6Win 13. 1982 Amsterdam WCT, Netherlands Carpet Kevin Curren 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3Win 14. 1982 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) Bill Scanlon 6–2, 6–2, 6–2Loss 18. 1982 Dortmund, West Germany Carpet Brian Teacher 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6Win 15. 1982 Chicago-2 WCT, US Carpet Bill Scanlon 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 19. 1983 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Vitas Gerulaitis 6–4, 1–6, 5–7, 5–5, RET.
Doubles: 85 (51 titles, 34 runners-up)