Jerzy Janowicz, Jr. (; born 13 November 1990) is a
Polish professional
tennis player and the current highest-ranked male Polish player. Runner-up in two Junior Grand Slam tournaments, Janowicz rose to fame on the pro circuit following his run to the final of the
2012 Paris Masters, during which he defeated five top-20 players, including
US Open champion Andy Murray and world no. 9
Janko Tipsarevic. The run made him the first man to reach the final of a
Masters tournament as a
qualifier since
Guillermo Cañas in
2007, and the first unseeded man to make the final at the
Paris Masters since
Andrei Pavel in
2003. He fell in the final to
David Ferrer in straight sets. However, the run to the
2012 Paris Masters final enabled Janowicz to become the Polish no. 1 and crack the top 30, later reaching a career-high of world no. 14 in August 2013. Janowicz then became the first Polish man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon 2013, losing in four sets to eventual champion
Andy Murray. In 2013, he was awarded the
Gold Cross of Merit by Polish President
Bronislaw Komorowski. His current coach is Finnish former tennis player
Kim Tiilikainen, and his strength and conditioning coach is Piotr Grabia.