The 21st century

Łukasz Kubot

Poland · born Bolesławiec, 1982 · Wimbledon doubles champion 2017 with Marcelo Melo · Wimbledon singles quarter-finalist 2013

Łukasz Kubot
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13-11

Fifth set of the 2017 Wimbledon final, won in 4 hours 41 minutes

3

Grass titles in a row in 2017: 's-Hertogenbosch, Halle and Wimbledon

130

His ranking when he reached the 2013 Wimbledon singles quarter-finals

1

Doubles ranking from January 2018, the first Pole to reach No. 1

5

Grass titles in the roll, 2015 to 2018

Playing career

Łukasz Kubot was born in Bolesławiec on 16 May 1982, the son of a footballer and coach; he speaks five languages. He reached two tour singles finals, in Belgrade in 2009 and São Paulo in 2010, and a career-high No. 41 in April 2010.

His singles peak came on grass. Ranked 130th, he reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals in 2013, where he lost to his friend and Davis Cup team-mate Jerzy Janowicz in the first all-Polish match in a Grand Slam men's draw. In doubles he won the 2014 Australian Open with Robert Lindstedt.

From 2017 he and the Brazilian Marcelo Melo were the leading team of the tour. They won 's-Hertogenbosch, Halle and Wimbledon in successive tournaments in June and July 2017, finished the year as the No. 1 team, and Kubot became No. 1 in January 2018. He won 27 tour doubles titles, four of them at Masters 1000 level, and played for Poland at the first United Cup in 2023.

On grass

Wimbledon 2017 finalSeeded fourth with Marcelo Melo; beat Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 13-11 on Centre Court in 281 minutes. The fifth set alone lasted 1 hour 43 minutes; after two missed match points at 6-5, they won eight of nine points after a delay to close the roof at 11-11
Halle 2017With Melo beat Alexander and Mischa Zverev 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 in the final, the week after their 's-Hertogenbosch title
Wimbledon singles 2013Beat Adrian Mannarino 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the fourth round; lost to Jerzy Janowicz 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter-final
Other grass titles's-Hertogenbosch 2015 with Ivo Karlović; Halle 2018 with Melo

Every grass title: 5

Show every title, tournament by tournament
Wimbledon
2017 Men's doubles with Marcelo Melo
's-Hertogenbosch (Rosmalen)
2015 Men's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships with Ivo Karlović
2017 Men's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships with Marcelo Melo
Halle
2017 Men's doubles with Marcelo Melo
2018 Men's doubles with Marcelo Melo

Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions

"Let's go. Let's exchange. Let's make our tennis more famous, more popular."

Kubot, on swapping shirts with Jerzy Janowicz at the net after their 2013 Wimbledon quarter-final, quoted by Tennis.com

Anecdotes

The person behind the player.

Wimbledon, 2013

The Kubot

After beating Adrian Mannarino in five sets to reach the quarter-finals he celebrated with a can-can dance routine that became known as "the Kubot".

Source: Taipei Times, 3 July 2013

Wimbledon, 2013

Swapping shirts

After Janowicz beat him in the quarter-final the two hugged at the net and swapped shirts, as footballers do. "Jerzy definitely deserved to win this match," Kubot said.

Source: Tennis.com

Centre Court, 2017

High kicks

After the Wimbledon final he danced his can-can again for the crowd, with high kicks, then climbed through the stands with Melo to the players' box.

Source: Irish Examiner, 16 July 2017

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