Szymon Walków

Szymon Walków (Polish pronunciation: [ˈʂɨmɔn ˈvalkuf]; born 22 September 1995) is a Polish tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 818 achieved on 3 December 2018. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 86 achieved on 13 June 2022. He has reached one ATP doubles final. Additionally, he has reached 40 career doubles finals with a record of 23 wins and 17 losses, which includes a 11–7 record in ATP Challenger Tour doubles finals. He reached one singles final, winning the title at the Poland F4 futures tournament in Koszalin in 2018.

Szymon Walków

Walków at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Wrocław, Poland
Born	(1995-09-22) 22 September 1995 Wrocław, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Rafal Paluch
Prize money	$272,557
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 818 (3 December 2018)
Doubles
Career record	11–15
Career titles	0 11 Challenger, 12 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 86 (13 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 188 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2021, 2022)
Wimbledon	2R (2022)
US Open	2R (2021)
Last updated on: 19 January 2024.

Career

Walków reached his maiden ATP doubles final at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad partnering Jan Zieliński.

In January 2022, he made his debut participating as part of the Polish team at the 2022 ATP Cup, where he played doubles with Zieliński and won against Georgia and Argentina. After Hurkacz's win over Diego Schwartzman sealed the victory for Poland over Argentina the Polish team advanced to the semifinals. The pair won again against Spain in doubles but the team did not advance to the finals.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2021	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Jan Zieliński	Marc-Andrea Hüsler Dominic Stricker	1–6, 6–7(7–9)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2018	Poland F6, Koszalin	Futures	Clay	Maciej Rajski	4–6, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 41 (23–18)

Legend ATP Challenger (11–8) ITF Futures (12–10)

Finals by surface Hard (7–5) Clay (15–10) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2015	Czech Republic F1, Prague	Futures	Clay	Kamil Gajewski	František Čermák Robin Stanek	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2015	Poland F4, Bytom	Futures	Clay	Hubert Hurkacz	Jan Kuncik Petr Michnev	7–5, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss	0–3	May 2016	Czech Republic F3, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Clay	Hubert Hurkacz	Jan Choinski Tom Schonenberg	2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win	1–3	Jun 2016	Poland F2, Koszalin	Futures	Clay	Kamil Gajewski	Adam Majchrowicz Grzegorz Panfil	6–2, 6–1
Loss	1–4	Aug 2016	Poland F6, Poznań	Futures	Clay	Adam Majchrowicz	Marcin Gawron Andriej Kapaś	4–6, 5–7
Win	2–4	Oct 2016	Egypt F28, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Kamil Gajewski	Antonio Massara Andrea Vavassori	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss	2–5	Nov 2016	Egypt F34, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Kamil Gajewski	P Matuszewski Kacper Żuk	6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	2–6	Jul 2017	Poland F5, Mragowo	Futures	Clay	Kamil Gajewski	M Pena Lopez Ewan Moore	2–6, 5–7
Win	3–6	Sep 2017	Poland F11, Koszalin	Futures	Clay	Iván Endara	Michal Dembek Marcin Gawron	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	3–7	Oct 2017	Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Carpet	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Niels Lootsma David Poljak	6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	3–8	Nov 2017	Czech Republic F8, Opava	Futures	Carpet	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Maciej Smola Karol Drzewiecki	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Win	4–8	Nov 2017	Czech Republic F9, Milovice	Futures	Hard	Marek Gengel	Michal Konecny Filip Duda	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
Win	5–8	Nov 2017	Czech Republic F10, Říčany	Futures	Hard	Karol Drzewiecki	Matej Vocel Michael Vrbenský	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	5–9	Dec 2017	Egypt F36, Cairo	Futures	Clay	Karol Drzewiecki	Jordan Correia Mario Vilella Martínez	6–7(11–13), 6–7(4–7)
Win	6–9	Apr 2018	Italy F9, Santa Margherita Di Pula	Futures	Clay	Sekou Bangoura	Vasile Antonescu Patrick Grigoriu	6–4, 6–4
Win	7–9	May 2018	Poland F3, Ustroń	Futures	Clay	Sekou Bangoura	Vít Kopřiva David Poljak	0–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Win	8–9	Jun 2018	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Attila Balázs Andrea Vavassori	7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–8]
Win	9–9	Aug 2018	Sopot, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Ruben Gonzales Nathaniel Lammons	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win	10–9	Aug 2018	Poland F8, Poznań	Futures	Clay	Tomasz Bednarek	Mateusz Kowalczyk Karol Drzewiecki	6–4, 6–3
Loss	10–10	Nov 2018	Czech Republic F8, Opava	Futures	Carpet	Karol Drzewiecki	Jaroslav Pospíšil Vít Kopřiva	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	11–10	Nov 2018	Czech Republic F10, Milovice	Futures	Hard	Karol Drzewiecki	D Langmajer Daniel Lustig	5–7, 7–6(9–7), [15–13]
Win	12–10	Nov 2018	Andria, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Karol Drzewiecki	Marc-Andrea Hüsler David Pel	7–6(12–10), 2–6, [11–9]
Win	13–10	Jan 2019	M25 Nussloch, Germany	World Tennis Tour	Carpet	Karol Drzewiecki	Marek Gengel Danylo Kalenichenko	7–5, 6–3
Loss	13–11	Jul 2019	Perugia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Rogério Dutra Silva	Ante Pavić Tomislav Brkić	4–6, 3–6
Loss	13–12	Sep 2019	Mallorca, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Karol Drzewiecki	Sander Arends David Pel	5–7, 4–6
Loss	13–13	Oct 2019	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Karol Drzewiecki	Illya Marchenko Harri Heliövaara	4–6, 4–6
Win	14–13	Feb 2020	M25 Glasgow, United Kingdom	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jan Zieliński	Evan Hoyt Simon Freund	6–1, 6–1
Win	15–13	Mar 2020	M25 Sunderland, United Kingdom	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jan Zieliński	Jesper De Jong Bart Stevens	6–4, 6–4
Loss	15–14	Sep 2020	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Karol Drzewiecki	Igor Zelenay Artem Sitak	5–7, 4–6
Win	16–14	Oct 2020	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Harri Heliövaara	Lloyd Glasspool Alex Lawson	7–5, 6-3
Win	17–14	Oct 2020	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	Harri Heliövaara Alex Lawson	6–1, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss	17–15	Feb 2021	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Jan Zieliński	Luis David Martinez David Vega Hernández	4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	17–16	Apr 2021	Split, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Jan Zieliński	Andrey Golubev Aleksandr Nedovyesov	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]
Win	18–16	Apr 2021	Split II, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Jan Zieliński	Grégoire Barrère Albano Olivetti	6-2, 7-5
Win	19–16	Jul 2021	Sparkassen Open, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jan Zieliński	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Win	20–16	Aug 2021	Meerbusch, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jan Zieliński	Dustin Brown Robin Haase	6-3, 6-1
Loss	20–17	Apr 2022	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Ben McLachlan	Evgeny Karlovskiy Evgenii Tiurnev	3-6, 4-6
Win	21–17	Apr 2022	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Tristan Lamasine Lucas Pouille	6–2, 7–6(14–12)
Win	22–17	May 2022	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Hunter Reese	Marek Gengel Adam Pavlásek	1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	23–17	Aug 2022	Meerbusch, Germany	Challenger	Clay	David Pel	Neil Oberleitner Philipp Oswald	7–5, 6–1
Loss	23–18	Nov 2022	Roanne, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Dustin Brown	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	6–7(5–7), 4–6

External links

• Szymon Walków at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Szymon Walków at the International Tennis Federation