Maks Kaśnikowski (born 6 July 2003) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 168, achieved on 21 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 688, reached on 8 May 2023. He is currently the No. 3 Polish player in men's singles.
Kaśnikowski represents Poland at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 4–2.
Career
2023: First Challenger final In October, he reached his first Challenger final in Ortisei, Italy and moved into a new career high in the top 290 in the rankings, that he first reached on 3 July 2023.
2024: Maiden Challenger title, Grand Slam debut At the 2024 Oeiras Indoors, he reached his second Challenger final, saving six match points in the opening round against Adrian Andreev, and then defeating two Portuguese players, wildcard João Domingues, second seed João Sousa and Valentin Royer. He won his first Challenger title with a win over another Portuguese Gastão Elias, becoming the second-youngest Polish champion in history to win a title. Only a 19-year-old Jerzy Janowicz was younger when he won his title in St. Remy, France in 2010.
In June, he won his second Challenger title at home, at the 2024 Poznań Open. He became the third Polish champion in the history of the tournament, joining Jerzy Janowicz (2012) and Hubert Hurkacz (2018).
Ranked No. 193, he made his Grand Slam debut, after qualifying for the main draw at the US Open but lost to Pedro Martínez.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Sparkasse Challenger, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Lukáš Klein7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(6–8)Win1–1Oeiras Indoors, PortugalChallengerHard (i) Gastão Elias7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–3Win2–1Poznań Open, PolandChallengerClay Camilo Ugo Carabelli3–6, 6–4, 6–3
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (7–4)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (5–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M15 Wrocław, PolandWTTClay Petr Nouza6–4, 3–6, 6–4Loss1–1M15 Łódź, PolandWTTClay Paweł Ciaś4–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss1–2M15 Pärnu, EstoniaWTTClay Fermín Tenti5–7, 6–3, 5–7Loss1–3M15 Sozopol, BulgariaWTTHard Sebastian Gima5–7, 2–6Loss1–4M15 Sozopol, BulgariaWTTHard Alexandar Lazarov2–6, 4–6Win2–4M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Lucas Catarina6–4, 6–0Win3–4M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaWTTClay Duje Ajduković6–4, 7–6(7–3)Win4–4M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and HerzegovinaWTTClay Jay Clarke6–2, 6–2Win5–4M25 Koszalin, PolandWTTClay Tomasz Berkieta6–1, 4–6, 6–4Win6–4M25 Montreal, CanadaWTTHard (i) Taha Baadi7–6(7–3), 6–1Win7–4M25 Bol, CroatiaWTTClay Noa Vukadin6–1, 6–3
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Jérôme Kym Bruno Kuzuhara Victor LilovwalkoverWin1–1M15 Sozopol, BulgariaWTTHard Olaf Pieczkowski Yanaki Milev Petr Nesterov6–3, 7–5Loss1–2M25 Split, CroatiaWTTClay Jérôme Kym Piotr Matuszewski Oleg Prihodko2–6, 6–7(6–8)
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