Peter Gojowczyk ( ;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 born 15 July 1989) is a German former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 39 in June 2018. He won one ATP singles title and reached two more finals.
Tennis career 2012: Grand Slam debut He qualified for his first Grand Slam main draw at the 2012 Australian Open.
2014: Cracking the top 100 Gojowczyk began the year by reaching his first tour-level semifinal at Doha as a qualifier, defeating sixth 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.
In April, he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets in a Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal tie.
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.
2015–2016: Struggles with form, out of Top 100
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.
2018: Best season: Two ATP finals, 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 2019 and 2020 did not match the highs of the 2018 season.
As a lucky loser he reached the semifinals of the 2019 Washington Open losing to third seed Daniil Medvedev.
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: Second best season: 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. 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. 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. With this run he returned to the Top 100 at World No. 88 on 27 September 2021.
2022–2023: Second ATP 500-level quarterfinal, retirement In 2022, 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. In the quarterfinals he lost to Cam Norrie in straight sets. He fell out of the top 300 on 27 February 2023 to No. 333.
Gojowcyk announced his retirement from professional tennis on 5 November 2023, after losing in the first qualifying round of the Moselle Open, the place where he won his only title on the ATP Tour.
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAA1RQ11R1R1RQ22R1R2RQ11RQ30 / 82–820%French OpenAAAAAAQ3Q1Q2Q1Q3Q31R1RQ11R1RA0 / 40–40%WimbledonAAAAAAQ1Q2Q1Q1Q12R1R1RNHQ11RA0 / 41–420%US OpenAAAAAAQ32R2RQ3Q1Q31RQ11R4R1RA0 / 65–645%Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–11–11–20–10–11–11–40–31–23–20–40–00 / 228–22National representationDavis CupAAAAAAAAQFAAAAAASFAA0 / 21–233%ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAAAQ1AAAA2R1R2RNHAAA0 / 32–340%Miami OpenAAAAAAAAQ1AAQ11R1RNHAQ2A0 / 20–20%Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAAAAAAAA1RQ1NHAAA0 / 10–10%Madrid OpenAAAAAAAAAAAA1RANHAAA0 / 10–10%Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAA3RQ1AAAA0 / 12–167%Canadian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAA1R1RNHAAA0 / 20–20%Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAAAAAAA2RAAAAA0 / 11–150%Shanghai Mastersnot heldAAAAAQ2AAQ13RQ1not heldA0 / 12–167%Paris MastersAAAAAAAAAAA2R1RAAQ1AA0 / 21–233%Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–02–25–91–30–00–00–00–00 / 148–14Career statistics200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023CareerTournaments000010118321025213914098Titles0000000000010000001Finals0000000000012000003Hard win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–11–16–51–21–29–617–178–141–310–72–100–01 / 6756–68Clay win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–30–00–00–06–71–30–00–10–20–00 / 177–17Grass win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–02–10–10–05–30–11–40–03–21–20–00 / 1412–14Overall win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–00–11–18–91–31–214–923–2510–211–313–103–140–01 / 9875–9943%Win %––––0%–0%50%47%25%33%61%48%32%25%57%–Year-end ranking76543634638649425018116279194189605911814586235377
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–2)Indoor (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Moselle Open, France250 SeriesHard (i) Benoît Paire7–5, 6–2Loss1–1Delray Beach Open, United States250 SeriesHard Frances Tiafoe1–6, 4–6Loss1–2Geneva Open, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Márton Fucsovics2–6, 2–6
ATP Challenger finals
Singles: 9 (5–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Manerbio, ItalyClay Adrian Ungur6–4, 6–7(4–7), 2–6 Loss0–2Shanghai, ChinaHard Yen-Hsun Lu5–7, 0–6Win1–2Ningbo, ChinaHard Jeong Suk-young 6–3, 6–1Loss1–3Oberstaufen, GermanyClay Guillaume Rufin3–6, 4–6Win2–3Heilbronn, GermanyHard (i) Igor Sijsling6–4, 7–5Win3–3Bratislava, SlovakiaHard (i) Farrukh Dustov7–6(7–2), 6–3Win4–3Nanchang, ChinaHard Amir Weintraub6–2, 6–1Win5–3Happy Valley, AustraliaHard Omar Jasika6–3, 6–1Loss5–4Quimper, FranceHard Adrian Mannarino4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 3 (0–3) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Oberstaufen, GermanyClay Marc Sieber Filip Polášek Igor Zelenay5–7, 5–7Loss0–2San Luis, MexicoClay Marco Chiudinelli Marin Draganja4–6, 3–6Loss0–3Todi, ItalyClay Andreas Beck Flavio Cipolla Máximo González4–6, 1–6
ITF Futures finals
Singles: 12 (8–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Germany F6, MarburgClay Kornél Bardóczky6–7(1–7), 6–2, 5–7Win1–1Mexico F6, MonterreyHard Luis-Manuel Flores6–3, 6–4Win2–1Mexico F8, Los CabosHard Marcin Gawron6–4, 7–6(7–3)Win3–1Austria F2, BergheimCarpet (i) Ludovic Walter4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–0Win4–1Austria F3, BergheimCarpet (i) Uros Vico6–4, 6–4Win5–1India F6, ChennaiHard Alexey Kedryuk7–6(8–6), 6–1Win6–1India F7, New DelhiHard Aqeel Khan6–1, 7–6(7–1)Win7–1Thailand F6, NonthaburiHard Lim Yong-kyu6–4, 6–2Loss7–2 Germany F16, ÜberlingenClay Dennis Bloemke2–6, 0–6Win8–2Germany F18, HambachCarpet (i) Benoît Paire6–4, 6–4Loss8–3Turkey F13, AntalyaHard Radu Albot3–6, 2–6Loss8–4Germany F6, TrierClay Marc Sieber2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Doubles: 5 (1–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Monterrey, MexicoHard Marc Sieber Arnar Sigurdsson Adam Thompson2–6, 1–6Loss0–2Los Cabos, MexicoHard Marc Sieber Adrian Contreras Luis-Manuel Flores3–6, 6–1, [7–10]Loss0–3Bergheim, AustriaCarpet (i) Marc Sieber Antonio Šančić Vilim Višak7–6(7–5), 1–6, [8–10]Win1–3Nonthaburi, ThailandHard Lee Hsin-han Patrick Eichenberger Harshana Godamanna4–6, 7–6(7–1), [11–9]Loss1–4Trier, GermanyClay Marc Sieber Carl Bergman Juho Paukku4–6, 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 .
PlayerYearsMatchesRecordWin %HardClayGrassNumber 1 ranked players Carlos Alcaraz202110–10%0–1 – – Daniil Medvedev201910–10%0–1 – – Rafael Nadal201420–20%0–2 – – Roger Federer2018–1930–30%0–3 – –Number 2 ranked players Alexander Zverev201820–20%0–2 – –Number 3 ranked players Milos Raonic2014–1932–167%1–1 –1–0 David Ferrer2016–1821–150%0–11–0 – Dominic Thiem2014–1731–233%1–2 – – Juan Martín del Potro201810–10% – –0–1 Stefanos Tsitsipas201810–10%0–1 – –Number 4 ranked players Kei Nishikori201810–10%0–1 – – Holger Rune202210–10–1 – –Number 5 ranked players Andrey Rublev201911–0100%1–0 – – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga2014–1932–167%2–00–1 –Number 6 ranked players Matteo Berrettini201811–0100%1–0 – – Gilles Simon2017–1931–233%1–1 –0–1 Gaël Monfils2014–1820–20%0–2 – –Number 7 ranked players David Goffin201710–10%0–1 – – Richard Gasquet201910–10% – –0–1 Fernando Verdasco201810–10%0–1 – –Number 8 ranked players Jack Sock201822–0100%2–0 – – John Isner2018–2221–150%1–0 –0–1 Karen Khachanov2019–2121–150%1–1 – – Janko Tipsarević201910–10% –0–1 – Marcos Baghdatis2010–1720–20%0–10–1 – Cameron Norrie2018–2230–3 0–20–1 –Number 9 ranked players Nicolás Almagro201611–0100%1–0 – – Fabio Fognini2018–1931–233%0–11–1 – Hubert Hurkacz2020–2120–20%0–2 – – Roberto Bautista Agut2015–2150–50%0–20–10–2Number 10 ranked players Alex de Minaur201611–0100%1–0 – – Frances Tiafoe201810–10%0–1 – – Pablo Carreño Busta2017–2030–30%0–3 – –Total2010–226216–4613–342–61–6
Top 10 wins Gojowczyk has a record against players who were ranked in the top 10 at the time the match was played.
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScorePG Rank20141. Milos Raonic9Halle Open, GermanyGrass2R6–4, 6–412020182. Jack Sock8Auckland Open, New ZealandHard2R6–3, 6–365
National participation
Davis Cup (1–2) Group membershipWorld Group / Finals (1–2)WG Play-off (0–0)Matches by typeSingles (1–2)Doubles (0–0)Matches by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (0–0)Matches by venueGermany (0–0)Away (1–1)Neutral (0–1)
DateVenueSurfaceRdOpponent nationScoreMatchOpponent playerW/LRubber score2014NancyHard (i)QF2–3 Singles 2 Jo-Wilfried TsongaWin 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 7–6(10–8), 8–6 Singles 5 (decider) Gaël MonfilsLoss 1–6, 6–7(0–7), 2–62020–21 Innsbruck Hard (i)QF 2–1 Singles 1 Dan EvansLoss 2–6, 1–6
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