Wojciech Fibak
Tennis Tournament Champion
1952 –
Who is Wojciech Fibak?
Wojciech Fibak or shorter Wojtek Fibak is a former Polish tennis player best known for his doubles success with Tom Okker and Kim Warwick, but also having reached the Top 10 in singles.
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, where he reached the quarter-finals at the French Open, the US Open and Wimbledon. Fibak's career singles win-loss record was 520–310 and he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 on July 25, 1977. His highest doubles ranking was World No. 3, which he reached in April 1979. He was consistently ranked top 20 in singles, earning $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 1985 Fibak founded the Polish Tennis Club. He is also a prominent businessman and an avid art collector. Fibak spends his time between Warsaw and Monaco. He has three daughters, Agnieszka, Paulina and Nina.
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- Born
- Aug 30, 1952
Poznań - Nationality
- Poland
- Profession
- Lived in
- Greater Poland
- Poznań
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on July 23, 2013
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