Mariusz Fyrstenberg

Mariusz Fyrstenberg

Country	Poland
Residence	Warsaw, Poland
Born	(1980-07-08) July 8, 1980 (age 31) Warsaw, Poland
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$1,142,659
Singles
Career record	5–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 317 (August 12, 2002)
Doubles
Career record	250–197
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 8 (April 30, 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2006)
French Open	QF (2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2004, 2005, 2007, 2010)
US Open	F (2011)
Other Doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (2011)
Olympic Games	QF (2008)
Last updated on: September 7, 2010.

Mariusz Fyrstenberg (born 8 July 1980 in Warsaw) is a left-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Marcin Matkowski; they have been playing together since 2003.

Matkowski and Fyrstenberg qualified as the eighth and final contenders in the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup. This was mainly because of the best Grand Slam result in their history, in which they reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open until 2011 when they reached the US Open Men's Doubles Final, losing a controversial decision to Philipp Petzschner and his partner Jurgen Melzer. A ball clearly struck Mr. Petzschner on the left shin during a net exchange and rebounded over the net onto the sideline. When confronted about this, Mr. Petzschner denied this, though instant replay clearly shows the ball ricocheting off his leg.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2011	US Open	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	2–6, 2–6

ATP World Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2011	London	Hard (i)	Marcin Matkowski	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6

Masters Series finals

Doubles: 5 (1–3)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2007	Madrid	Hard (i)	Marcin Matkowski	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	2008	Madrid	Hard (i)	Marcin Matkowski	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2009	Shanghai	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Julien Benneteau Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2010	Shanghai	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Jürgen Melzer Leander Paes	5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Winner	2012	Madrid	Clay (blue)	Marcin Matkowski	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6-3, 6-4

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 34 (13–21)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	28 July 2003	Sopot, Poland(1)	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3
Winner	2.	23 February 2004	Costa do Sauipe, Brazil	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Tomas Behrend Leoš Friedl	6–2, 6–2
Winner	3.	1 August 2005	Sopot, Poland(2)	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Lucas Arnold Ker Sebastián Prieto	7–6(9–7), 6–4
Runner-up	1.	26 September 2005	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Martín García Mariano Hood	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	20 February 2006	Costa do Sauipe, Brazil	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	1–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Runner-up	3.	24 April 2006	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	2–6, 7–6(7–4), [5–10]
Runner-up	4.	21 August 2006	New Haven, United States	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	3–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	11 September 2006	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Martín García Luis Horna	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Runner-up	5.	25 September 2006	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Martín García Luis Horna	6–7(1–7), 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up	6.	24 October 2006	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Marcin Matkowski	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	5.	30 July 2007	Sopot, Poland(3)	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	19 August 2007	New Haven, United States	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Mahesh Bhupathi Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	1 October 2007	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Marcin Matkowski	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	1–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	7 October 2007	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Marcin Matkowski	Christopher Kas Tomas Behrend	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	15 October 2007	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Marcin Matkowski	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	10.	28 April 2008	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	9 June 2008	Warsaw, Poland(4)	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Nikolay Davydenko Yuri Schukin	6–0, 3–6, [10–4]
Runner-up	11.	8 September 2008	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Nicolas Devilder Paul-Henri Mathieu	6–7(4–7), 7–6(11–9), [20–22]
Runner-up	12.	29 September 2008	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Marcin Matkowski	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner	8.	12 October 2008	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Marcin Matkowski	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	6–4, 6–2
Winner	9.	19 June 2009	Eastbourne, United Kingdom(1)	Grass	Marcin Matkowski	Travis Parrott Filip Polášek	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	9 August 2009	Washington, United States	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	10.	28 September 2009	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Igor Kunitsyn Jaroslav Levinský	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	14.	12 October 2009	Shanghai, China	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Julien Benneteau Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	18 June 2010	Eastbourne, United Kingdom(2)	Grass	Marcin Matkowski	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Runner-up	15.	3 October 2010	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	16.	10 October 2010	Beijing, China	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	17.	17 October 2010	Shanghai, China	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Jürgen Melzer Leander Paes	5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up	18.	31 October 2010	Vienna, Austria	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	5–7, 6–3, [5–10]
Runner-up	19.	10 September 2011	New York, United States	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	20.	27 November 2011	London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Marcin Matkowski	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	21.	3 March 2012	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Marcin Matkowski	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Winner	12.	29 April 2012	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Marcin Matkowski	Marcel Granollers Marc López	2–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–8]
Winner	13.	14 May 2012	Madrid, Spain	Clay (blue)	Marcin Matkowski	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–3, 6–4

Performance timeline

Doubles

Key

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, played in Round Robin or lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series).

External links

• Mariusz Fyrstenberg at the Association of Tennis Professionals

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