Warsaw
His father's son
Asked about his role model as a student at Georgia, he named his father: "He's my biggest motivation in my life."
Source: University of Georgia AthleticsThe 21st century
Poland · born Warsaw, 1996 · right-handed · Wimbledon mixed doubles champion 2024 with Hsieh Su-wei
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2024
Wimbledon mixed doubles champion with Hsieh Su-wei
2
Mixed doubles majors with Hsieh in 2024: the Australian Open and Wimbledon
0
Break points faced by Hsieh and Zieliński in the Wimbledon final
No. 7
Career-high doubles ranking, June 2023
2014
Youth Olympic gold medal for Poland, Nanjing
Jan Zieliński was born in Warsaw on 16 November 1996. As a junior he won Polish national titles at under-14 and under-18 level, reached No. 24 in the ITF junior rankings and won gold for Poland at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. He then played four seasons at the University of Georgia, where he was an All-American in 2017 and reached the NCAA doubles final with Robert Loeb.
On the tour he concentrated on doubles. He won his first ATP title with Hubert Hurkacz at the Moselle Open in 2021, and with Hugo Nys he reached the 2023 Australian Open final, won the Masters event in Rome in 2023 and rose to No. 7 that June. He is coached by Mariusz Fyrstenberg.
In 2024 he partnered Hsieh Su-wei of Chinese Taipei in mixed doubles for the first time and they won the Australian Open. They lost in the Roland Garros semi-finals, then won Wimbledon as seventh seeds, beating Santiago González and Giuliana Olmos 6-4, 6-2 on Centre Court in the last final of the Championships. He was part of the Polish team that won the United Cup in 2026.
| Wimbledon mixed final, 2024 | With Hsieh Su-wei, seeded seven: beat Santiago González and Giuliana Olmos 6-4, 6-2 in 76 minutes on Centre Court. They needed four set points for the first set, which Zieliński closed with an ace; their opponents saved 12 of 15 break points, while Hsieh and Zieliński never faced one |
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| A shortened event | Because of the weather in 2024, a first-to-10-points tie-break replaced the third set in every round of the mixed doubles |
| Third time | It was his third Wimbledon. The same year he lost in the first round of the men's doubles with Hugo Nys |
| Wimbledon | ||
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| 2024 | Mixed doubles | with Hsieh Su-wei |
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"It's an unbelievable feeling playing a Wimbledon final in only my third attempt."
The person behind the player.
Warsaw
Asked about his role model as a student at Georgia, he named his father: "He's my biggest motivation in my life."
Source: University of Georgia AthleticsNanjing, 2014
Before he left for college he won a gold medal for Poland at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, the same year he became national under-18 champion.
Source: University of Georgia AthleticsAthens, Georgia
He majored in sport management and minored in literature. "I always want to be around the courts or any other sport, so I think sport management will help me with that," he said.
Source: University of Georgia AthleticsWimbledon, 2024
In the final he and Hsieh needed four set points to take the first set, and he sealed it with an ace that clipped both lines in the corner of the service box.
Source: WTAWimbledon, 2024
"[Hsieh's] experience helped us to get back on Centre Court after the second round, get through some tough matches," he said, and turned to her: "Thank you so much for playing together."
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