Jan Choinski
Choinski at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)United Kingdom Great Britain (2019–)
 Germany (2011–18)
ResidenceMünstermaifeld, Germany
Born (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 27)
Koblenz, Germany
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAndrzej Choinski, Pawel Strauss
Prize money$460,150
Singles
Career record1–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 126 (21 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 162 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French OpenQ2 (2018, 2023)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 622 (7 January 2019)
Current rankingNo. 777 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 20 January 2024.

Jan Choinski (Polish: Choiński; born 10 June 1996 in Germany) is a Polish-German-British tennis player. Choinski has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 126, achieved on 21 August 2023. He represented Germany from the beginning of his career until the end of 2018 and then switched to Great Britain.

Juniors

Choinski reached the semifinals of the 2014 US Open – Boys' singles. He peaked at No. 17 combined world ranking, compiling a 78–30 match record in singles.

Professional career

2016: ATP debut

Choinski made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 MercedesCup, where he was given a wildcard into the singles event.

2022: Maiden Challenger title

Ranked No. 457, he reached his second Challenger final at the 2022 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas being the first qualifier in the history of the tournament to do so.[1] He won his maiden Challenger title defeating Juan Pablo Varillas, moving more than a 150 positions back up close to the top 300 at No. 301 on 10 October 2022.[2] He reached the top 250 on 19 December 2022.

2023: Major and Top 150 debuts

He reached the top 200 at No. 194 on 3 April 2023 following a semifinal showing at the Challenger 125 2023 Mexico City Open. Next he reached back-to-back semifinals at the 2023 San Luis Open Challenger and moved another 15 positions up into the top 180 at No. 179 on 10 April 2023.

Ranked No. 170, he received a wildcard for the 2023 Queen's Club Championships. He entered the main draw of the 2023 Eastbourne International as a lucky loser.

He was awarded a wildcard for his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships where he won his first Major match against Dusan Lajovic. As a result he reached the top 150 in the rankings.

Personal life

Choinski was born in Koblenz, Germany. He stated, "My mum's side of [the] family is fully British [and] my dad is from Poland."[3] Both ballet dancers, his parents met while under contract in Germany, where they would later open a ballet school.[4] His mother is originally from Southampton.[5][4]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2023 Hamburg European Open.

 Germany  United Kingdom
Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A Q2 A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 NH A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
US Open A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 1 1–1
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Madrid Open A A A A A NH A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A A A A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–5
Year-end ranking 444 606 296 292 264 347 602 248

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 23 (13–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (11–9)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2014 Germany F12, Karlsruhe Futures Clay Germany Yannick Hanfmann 5–7, 1–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2014 Belgium F12, Huy Futures Clay Belgium Julien Cagnina 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 1–2 Jul 2015 Germany F8, Trier Futures Clay Austria Maximilian Neuchrist 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Aug 2015 Germany F10, Wetzlar Futures Clay Bolivia Hugo Dellien 3–6, 3–6
Win 2–3 Oct 2015 France F20, Forbach Futures Carpet (i) France Ugo Humbert 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2–4 Oct 2015 Germany F15, Leimen Futures Hard (i) Germany Mats Moraing 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Feb 2016 Switzerland F1, Oberentfelden Futures Carpet (i) Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik 4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–6 Sep 2016 USA F29, Irvine Futures Hard United States Mackenzie McDonald 0–6, 3–6
Win 3–6 May 2017 Sweden F1, Karlskrona Futures Clay Bolivia Hugo Dellien 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 3–7 Jul 2017 Germany F8, Kassel Futures Clay Estonia Jürgen Zopp 3–6, 2–6
Win 4–7 Aug 2017 Germany F9, Essen Futures Clay Brazil Daniel Dutra da Silva 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 5–7 Aug 2017 Germany F10, Wetzlar Futures Clay Germany Elmar Ejupovic 7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Win 6–7 Aug 2017 Germany F11, Karlsruhe Futures Clay Hungary Máté Valkusz 6–2, 6–4
Loss 6–8 Mar 2018 USA F7, Bakersfield Futures Hard France Mathias Bourgue 2–6, 3–6
Win 7–8 Aug 2018 Germany F11, Trier Futures Clay Germany Benjamin Hassan 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 7–9 Aug 2018 Meerbusch, Germany Challenger Clay Slovakia Filip Horanský 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 3–6
Win 8–9 Aug 2018 Belgium F9, Huy Futures Clay Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair 3–6, 7–6(7–0), 6–3
Win 9–9 Oct 2019 M15 Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany World Tour Clay Germany Stefan Seifert 6–3, 6–1
Loss 9–10 Dec 2019 M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. World Tour Hard Germany Daniel Altmaier 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 10–10 Dec 2019 M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. World Tour Hard Argentina Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6–0, 6–0
Win 11–10 Aug 2022 M15 Frankfurt am Main, Germany World Tour Clay Spain Imanol López Morillo 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 12–10 Oct 2022 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay Peru Juan Pablo Varillas 6–4, 6–4
Win 13–10 Aug 2023 Meerbusch, Germany Challenger Clay Argentina Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6–4, 6–0

Doubles: 8 (3–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (3–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2015 Turkey F4,
Antalya 		Futures Hard Germany Kevin Krawietz China Li Zhe
South Africa Ruan Roelofse 		3–6, 6–4, [2–10]
Win 1–1 May 2016 Czech Republic F3,
Jablonec 		Futures Clay Germany Tom Schönenberg Poland Hubert Hurkacz
Poland Szymon Walków 		6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Win 2–1 Jun 2017 Czech Republic F3,
Jablonec 		Futures Clay Poland Kamil Majchrzak Czech Republic Petr Michnev
Czech Republic Matěj Vocel 		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 2–2 Oct 2019 M15 Bad Salzdetfurth,
Germany 		World Tour Carpet Germany Daniel Altmaier Germany Lasse Muscheites
Germany Stefan Seifert 		6–2, 3–6, [9–11]
Win 3–2 Nov 2019 M15 Sarreguemines,
France 		World Tour Carpet Germany Luca Gelhardt France Arthur Bouquier
France Louis Dussin 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Dec 2019 M15 Santo Domingo,
Dominican Rep. 		World Tour Hard France Maxime Mora Peru Arklon Huertas Del Pino
Argentina Camilo Ugo Carabelli 		6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss 3–4 May 2022 M15 Nottingham,
United Kingdom 		World Tour Hard United Kingdom Charles Broom United Kingdom Julian Cash
United Kingdom Henry Patten 		6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 3–5 Jan 2023 Nonthaburi,
Thailand 		Challenger Hard United Kingdom Stuart Parker South Korea Nam Ji-sung
South Korea Song Min-kyu 		4–6, 4–6

References

  1. ^ "Qualifier Choinski Reaches Campinas Challenger Final". 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ "#NextGenATP Svajda, Skatov Win Maiden Challenger Tour Titles | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ Andrews, Connor (5 July 2023). "Ripped Wimbledon wildcard is son of ballerina who eats as much as World's Strongest Man and eyeing Novak Djokovic match". talksport.com.
  4. ^ a b "Jan Choinski". lta.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023.
  5. ^ Fraser, Stuart (5 May 2023). "I haven't earned anything this year, says British No 9 Jan Choinski". The Times. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

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