Wojciech Fibak

Wojciech Fibak
Born	(1952-08-30) August 30, 1952 Poznań, Poland
Other names	Wojtek Fibak
Occupation(s)	Professional tennis player, businessman, art collector
Years active	1970s–1980s (tennis)
Known for	Winning 1978 Australian Open men's doubles; Top 10 singles ranking; business and art collection

Wojciech Fibak (; commonly known as Wojtek Fibak ; born 30 August 1952) is a retired Polish professional tennis player, businessman, and art collector. He gained recognition primarily for his doubles achievements alongside Dutch player Tom Okker and Australian Kim Warwick, as well as for breaking into the Top 10 in singles rankings.

Throughout his career, Fibak secured 15 ATP singles championships and 52 doubles titles, highlighted by winning the men's doubles at the 1978 Australian Open. He also finished as runner-up at the 1976 ATP Finals.

Biography and personal life

Originating from Poznań, Poland, Fibak claimed his inaugural tournament victory in 1976 and accumulated a total of 15 singles and 52 doubles trophies by 1982. His standout season was 1980 when he reached the quarterfinal stage at the French Open, US Open, and Wimbledon Championships. His overall singles match record was 520–310, with a career-best singles ranking of No. 10 achieved on 25 July 1977, and a doubles peak at No. 2 in February 1979. Over his professional tenure, he earned $2,725,403 in prize money.

A pinnacle moment in his career was capturing the men's doubles title at the 1978 Australian Open alongside Kim Warwick.

In 1983, Fibak encountered limitations imposed by his local tennis club in Poznań and experienced diminished involvement with both the Polish Tennis Federation and the Davis Cup team due to his opposition to the communist PZPR regime.

By 1985, he established the Polish Tennis Club (Polish Tennis Association of Southern California) and subsequently took leadership of the Polish Tennis Federation, playing a significant role in popularizing tennis within Poland. Following the collapse of communism, his enterprise Fibak Press acquired Gazeta Poznańska, formerly a PZPR publication, managing various newspapers and tennis-related publications until its sale in 2006.

In addition to his sports ventures, Fibak founded Galeria Fibak art gallery in 2001, channeling his tennis earnings into developing a business foothold in art collection.

He splits his residence between Warsaw and Monaco, where he has served as Poland's honorary consul. Known for his local patriotism, he maintained close connections with billionaire Jan Kulczyk.

Fibak is father to three daughters: Agnieszka, Paulina, and Nina.

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1977	French Open	Clay	Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jan Kodeš	Brian Gottfried Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Champion	1978	Australian Open	Grass	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kim Warwick	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Paul Kronk Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Cliff Letcher	7–6, 7–5

Singles: 34 (15 titles, 19 runners-up)

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Outcome	No.	Year	Event	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1975	Shreveport, US	Carpet	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Juan Gisbert Sr.	3–6, 7–5, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	1976	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Template:Country data ARGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 1–6, 4–6
Champion	1.	1976	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Template:Country data ROUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ilie Năstase	6–4, 7–6
Champion	2.	1976	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manuel Orantes	6–2, 7–9, 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	1976	Louisville Tennis Classic, US	Clay	Harold Solomon	2–6, 5–7

Doubles (52 titles, 33 finals lost)

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Outcome	No.	Year	Event	Court Type	Teammate	Opponents	Match Score
Victory	1.	1975	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jan Kodeš	Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Milan Holeček Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Karl Meiler	7–5, 6–3
Defeat	1.	1975	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jan Kodeš	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Juan Gisbert Sr. Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manuel Orantes	3–6, 6–7
Victory	2.	1975	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Country data ARGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Guillermo Vilas	Template:Country data YUGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Željko Franulović Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall John Lloyd	6–4, 6–3
Defeat	2.	1975	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Juan Gisbert Sr. Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manuel Orantes	5–7, 0–6
Victory	3.	1975	Louisville, US	Clay	Template:Country data ARGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Guillermo Vilas	Template:Country data INDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Vijay Amritraj Template:Country data INDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Anand Amritraj	NP
Victory	52.	1987	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Michiel Schapers	Kelly Jones Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Patrik Kühnen	6–2, 6–4

Grand Slam doubles results timeline

Tournament	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	Career SR
Australian Open	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Champion	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Not Held	Absent	1 / 1
French Open	1R exit	3R reached	3R reached	Finalist	Semifinalist	2R exit	Semifinalist	Absent	2R exit	1R exit	1R exit	1R exit	1R exit	1R exit	0 / 13
Wimbledon Championships	Absent	2R reached	Quarterfinals reached	Quarterfinals reached	style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"   Semifinalist   |   style= "text-align: center;background: #afeeee"  1R exit   |   style= "text-align: center;background: #afeeee"  2R reached   |   style= "text-align: center" Absent   |   style= "text-align: center" Absent   |   style= "text-align: center;background: #afeeee" 2R reached   |   style= "text-align: center;background: #afeeee" 1R exit   |                                                                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        | External links