Błażej Koniusz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈbwaʐɛj ˈkɔɲuʂ]) (born 22 February 1988[1] in Świętochłowice) is a tennis player from Poland.[2]

Błażej Koniusz
Country (sports) Poland
Born (1988-02-22) 22 February 1988 (age 36)
Świętochłowice, Polish People's Republic
Turned pro2006
PlaysRight-handed (Double-handed backhand)
Prize money$63,829
Singles
Career record0–2 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger. 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 445 (7 July 2008)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger. 18 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 150 (16 February 2015)
Last updated on: 13 June 2021.

Koniusz has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 445, achieved on 7 July 2008. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 150, achieved on 16 February 2015.

Koniusz began playing at the age of four, and joined his first club at the age of seven. As a junior, he and compatriot Grzegorz Panfil won the 2006 Australian Open boys' doubles championship, defeating Americans Kellen Damico and Nathaniel Schnugg 7–6(7–5), 6–3 in the final. He began his senior career in 2006.[3]

Koniusz represented Team Poland during Davis Cup play in 2008.[4]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1–0)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2006 Australian Open Hard   Grzegorz Panfil   Kellen Damico
  Nathaniel Schnugg
7–6(7–5), 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 5 (1–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2007 Latvia F3, Jūrmala Futures Clay   Carles Poch Gradin 4-6, 1-6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2008 Austria F1, Bergheim Futures Carpet   Massimo Dell'Acqua 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 0–3 May 2009 Poland F2, Kraków Futures Clay   Denys Molchanov 3-6, 2-6
Loss 0–4 May 2010 Poland F1, Katowice Futures Clay   Alexander Flock 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–4 Jul 2013 Slovakia F1, Poprad Futures Clay   Martin Fafl 6-3, 7-5

Doubles: 38 (18–20)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–5)
ITF Futures (18–15)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (15–15)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0-1 May 2006 Poland F5, Bytom Futures Clay   Grzegorz Panfil   Gero Kretschmer
  Clinton Thomson
6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2007 Poland F5, Olsztyn Futures Clay   Mateusz Kowalczyk   Dawid Celt
  Marcin Gawron
6-4, 6-2
Win 2–1 Sep 2007 Poland F8, Opole Futures Clay   Mateusz Kowalczyk   Benjamin Balleret
  Clément Morel
6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–2 Sep 2007 Poland F9, Gdynia Futures Clay   Mateusz Kowalczyk   Andrzej Grusiecki
  Lukasz Wodnicki
3-6, 5-7
Win 3–2 Jan 2008 Austria F1, Bergheim Futures Carpet   Marcin Gawron   Massimo Dell'Acqua
  Luca Vanni
6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Loss 3–3 Mar 2008 Switzerland F1, Leuggern Futures Hard   Grzegorz Panfil   Dustin Brown
  Armin Sandbichler
3-6, 2-6
Loss 3–4 May 2008 Poland F1, Katowice Futures Clay   Mateusz Kowalczyk   Grzegorz Panfil
  Marcin Gawron
2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 3–5 Jun 2008 Bytom, Poland Challenger Clay   Raphael Durek   Mateusz Kowalczyk
  Marcin Gawron
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 4–5 Aug 2009 Poland F4, Olsztyn Futures Clay   Grzegorz Panfil   Mateusz Szmigiel
  Rafal Gozdur
6-1, 6-3
Loss 4–6 Aug 2009 Poland F5, Poznań Futures Clay   Andriej Kapaś   Piotr Gadomski
  David Savić
1–6, 4–6
Loss 4–7 May 2010 Poland F2, Kraków Futures Clay   Grzegorz Panfil   Marcin Gawron
  Andriej Kapaś
6–3, 0–6, [7–10]
Win 5–7 Jun 2010 Poland F3, Koszalin Futures Clay   Grzegorz Panfil   Sergey Betov
  Robert Varga
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 6–7 Jun 2010 Poland F4, Gliwice Futures Clay   Grzegorz Panfil   Andrei Vasilevski
  Nikolai Fidirko
6-3, 6-1
Loss 6–8 Aug 2010 Slovakia F1, Piešťany Futures Clay   Filip Rams   Michal Pazicky
  Adrian Sikora
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 6–9 Jun 2011 Poland F3, Koszalin Futures Clay   Andriej Kapaś   Aliaksandr Bury
  Nikolai Fidirko
6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 7–9 Jun 2011 Poland F4, Bytom Futures Clay   Andriej Kapaś   Érik Chvojka
  Roman Jebavý
7–5, 6–4
Win 8–9 Aug 2011 Poland F6, Olsztyn Futures Clay   Grzegorz Panfil   Arkadiusz Kocyla
  Mikolaj Szmyrgala
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
Win 9–9 Jul 2013 Slovakia F1, Poprad Futures Clay   Pirmin Haenle   Lukas Marsoun
  Dominik Suc
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss 9–10 Sep 2013 Georgia F1, Telavi Futures Clay   Arkadiusz Kocyla   Romain Arneodo
  Benjamin Balleret
6–7(5–7), 0–6
Loss 9–11 Sep 2013 Georgia F2, Telavi Futures Clay   Arkadiusz Kocyla   Romain Arneodo
  Benjamin Balleret
5-7, 2-6
Win 10–11 Oct 2013 Hungary F1, Budapest Futures Clay   Piotr Gadomski   Niels Desein
  Peter Torebko
6-3, 6-3
Loss 10–12 Oct 2013 Hungary F2, Budapest Futures Clay   Piotr Gadomski   Marek Michalička
  Moritz Baumann
5-7, 3-6
Win 11–12 Nov 2013 Czech Republic F6, Jablonec Futures Carpet   Maciej Smola   Andis Juška
  Robin Stanek
4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–5]
Win 12–12 Dec 2013 Czech Republic F7, Opava Futures Carpet   Maciej Smola   Jan Blecha
  Roman Jebavý
6-3, 6-0
Loss 12–13 Jan 2014 Germany F1, Schwieberdingen Futures Carpet   Mateusz Kowalczyk   Jacob Adaktusson
  Dimitar Kutrovsky
3–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win 13–13 Jan 2014 France F1, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne Futures Clay   Mateusz Kowalczyk   Dorian Descloix
  Gleb Sakharov
6-2, 6-3
Loss 13–14 Mar 2014 Italy F3, Trento Futures Hard   Matteo Volante   Kevin Krawietz
  Fabrice Martin
3-6, 1-6
Win 14–14 Apr 2014 Egypt F12, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay   Andriej Kapaś   Steven Moneke
  Mark Vervoort
6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win 15–14 Apr 2014 Egypt F13, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay   Andriej Kapaś   Francesco Garzelli
  Libor Salaba
6–4, 7–5
Win 16–14 Apr 2014 France F8, Angers Futures Clay   Andriej Kapaś   Olivier Charroin
  Julien Obry
6–3, 6–4
Loss 16–15 Jun 2014 Vicenza, Italy Challenger Clay   Mateusz Kowalczyk   Andrej Martin
  Igor Zelenay
1-6, 5-7
Loss 16–16 Jun 2014 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay   Andriej Kapaś   Facundo Argüello
  Ariel Behar
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 17–16 Jul 2014 Germany F7, Kassel Futures Clay   Andriej Kapaś   Nicolas Jarry
  Simon Navarro
6–4, 6–2
Loss 17–17 Aug 2014 Poland F5, Poznań Futures Clay   Andriej Kapaś   Roman Jebavý
  Adrian Sikora
6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss 17–18 Aug 2014 Poland F6, Bytom Futures Clay   Andriej Kapaś   Mateusz Kowalczyk
  Piotr Gadomski
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 18–18 Sep 2014 Poland F7, Piekary Śląskie Futures Clay   Marcin Gawron   Maciej Smola
  Piotr Gadomski
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–3]
Loss 18–19 Nov 2014 Brescia, Italy Challenger Hard   Roman Jebavý   Denys Molchanov
  Illya Marchenko
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 18–20 Feb 2015 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard   Mateusz Kowalczyk   Martin Emmrich
  Andreas Siljeström
4–6, 5–7

References

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  1. ^ (Polish) Polish Tennis Association website player listing - Błażej Koniusz Archived December 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Błażej Koniusz Halowym Mistrzem Polski w tenisie – Onet Sport". Sport.onet.pl. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  3. ^ sport24.pl Błażej Koniusz Archived December 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine "Błażej Koniusz przygodę z tenisem rozpoczął w wieku czterech lat, do swojego pierwszego klubu trafił jako siedmiolatek w rodzinnych Świętochłowicach. Największym juniorskim osiągnięciem jest zwycięstwo w turnieju deblowym Australian Open. W 2006 roku rozpoczął karierę seniorską i niemal z marszu dostał się do pół i ćwierćfinałów turniejów ITF. Koniusz jest aktualnym halowym Mistrzem Polski."
  4. ^ "ATP Notability". Retrieved 2012-02-27.
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