# Peter Gojowczyk

Peter Gojowczyk (/ɡoʊˈjoʊvtʃɪk/ goh-YOHV-chik; born 15 July 1989) is a German former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 39 in June 2018. He won one ATP singles title and reached two more finals.

## Tennis career
### 2012: Grand Slam debut

He qualified for his first Grand Slam main draw at the 2012 Australian Open.

### 2014: Cracking the top 100

Gojowczyk began the year by reaching his first tour-level semifinal at Doha as a qualifier, defeating sixth seed and countryman Philipp Kohlschreiber en route, before losing to Rafael Nadal in three sets (taking the first).
After qualifying at the Australian Open, he broke into the top 100 for the first time in his career.
In April, he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets in a Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal tie.
In June, Gojowczyk reached the quarterfinals of Halle, defeating world No. 9 Milos Raonic in straight sets in the second round. In August at the US Open, he defeated Benjamin Becker in straight sets in the first round. He ended the year ranked as world No. 79.

### 2017: Maiden ATP 250 title

Gojowczyk qualified for and then reached the second round of Wimbledon for the first time in his career at the Wimbledon Championships, defeating Marius Copil in the first round. He then lost to 18th seed Roberto Bautista Agut. Carrying his good form into the following week, Gojowczyk reached the semifinals in Newport.
In September, he won his maiden ATP title at the Moselle Open in Metz as a qualifier, defeating Benoît Paire in straight sets in the final.

### 2018: Best season: Two ATP finals, top 40 career-high ranking

Gojowczyk was runner-up at the Delray Beach Open. As a result, he reached the top 50 on 5 March 2018. He was also a finalist at the Geneva Open and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 39 on 25 June 2018.

### 2019–2020: Struggles with form, out of Top 100

Gojowczyk's results during 2019 and 2020 did not match the highs of the 2018 season.
As a lucky loser he reached the semifinals of the 2019 Washington Open losing to third seed Daniil Medvedev.
At the 2020 Australian Open, he qualified and reached the second round for the second time at this Major defeating Christopher Eubanks. He lost to 27th seed Pablo Carreño Busta.

### 2021: Second best season: US Open fourth round, return to Top 100

Ranked world No. 141, Gojowczyk qualified for the main draw at the US Open to make his fifth appearance in the main draw. He reached beyond the second round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career defeating 23rd seed Ugo Humbert and Dušan Lajović both matches in five sets. He went on to reach the fourth round of a Major for the first time in his career defeating fellow qualifier Henri Laaksonen in four sets. He lost in the round of 16 to Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set match 7–5, 1–6, 7–5, 2–6, 0–6. As a result, he climbed 40 spots in the rankings to No. 101 on 13 September 2021.
At the 2021 Moselle Open in Metz, he made the quarterfinals and semifinals again as a qualifier, defeating seventh seed Karen Khachanov and Marcos Giron to reach his third tour-level quarterfinal and second semifinal of the season respectively after Montpellier and Newport. With this run he returned to the Top 100 at World No. 88 on 27 September 2021.

### 2022–2023: Second ATP 500-level quarterfinal, out of top 300, retirement

In 2022, as a lucky loser, Gojowcyk made the quarterfinals in Acapulco, defeating Brandon Nakashima in the first round and advancing after his second round opponent, defending champion Alexander Zverev was defaulted from the tournament due to unsportsmanlike conduct in his doubles match. In the quarterfinals he lost to Cam Norrie in straight sets.
He fell out of the top 300 on 27 February 2023 to No. 333.
Gojowcyk announced his retirement from professional tennis on 5 November 2023, after losing in the first qualifying round of the Moselle Open, the place where he won his only title on the ATP Tour.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | 1R | Q3 | 0 / 8 | 2–8 | 20% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q3 | Q3 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | NH | Q1 | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q3 | 2R | 2R | Q3 | Q1 | Q3 | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 4R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 22 | 8–22 | 27% |
| National representation ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | NH | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Shanghai Masters | not held | not held | not held | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | 3R | Q1 | not held | not held | not held | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–9 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 14 | 8–14 | 36% |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Career | Career | Career |
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 98 | 98 | 98 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Hard win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 6–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 9–6 | 17–17 | 8–14 | 1–3 | 10–7 | 2–10 | 0–0 | 1 / 67 | 56–68 | 45% |
| Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–7 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 17 | 7–17 | 29% |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 14 | 12–14 | 46% |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 8–9 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 14–9 | 23–25 | 10–21 | 1–3 | 13–10 | 3–14 | 0–0 | 1 / 98 | 75–99 | 43% |
| Win % | – | – | – | – | 0% | – | 0% | 50% | 47% | 25% | 33% | 61% | 48% | 32% | 25% | 57% | 18% | – | 43% | 43% | 43% |
| Year-end ranking | 765 | 436 | 346 | 386 | 494 | 250 | 181 | 162 | 79 | 194 | 189 | 60 | 59 | 118 | 145 | 86 | 235 | 377 | | | |

## ATP Tour finals
### Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP Tour 250 Series (1–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (0–2)
* Indoor (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2017 | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Benoît Paire | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Feb 2018 | Delray Beach Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Frances Tiafoe | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | May 2018 | Geneva Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Márton Fucsovics | 2–6, 2–6 |

## ATP Challenger finals
### Singles: 9 (5–4)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2011 | Manerbio, Italy | Clay | Adrian Ungur | 6–4, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2012 | Shanghai, China | Hard | Yen-Hsun Lu | 5–7, 0–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Sep 2012 | Ningbo, China | Hard | Jeong Suk-young | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jul 2013 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Clay | Guillaume Rufin | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Jan 2014 | Heilbronn, Germany | Hard (i) | Igor Sijsling | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–3 | Nov 2014 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | Farrukh Dustov | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–3 | Sep 2015 | Nanchang, China | Hard | Amir Weintraub | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–3 | Jan 2017 | Happy Valley, Australia | Hard | Omar Jasika | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Feb 2017 | Quimper, France | Hard | Adrian Mannarino | 4–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 3 (0–3)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2007 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Clay | Marc Sieber | Filip Polášek Igor Zelenay | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2013 | San Luis, Mexico | Clay | Marco Chiudinelli | Marin Draganja Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jun 2015 | Todi, Italy | Clay | Andreas Beck | Flavio Cipolla Máximo González | 4–6, 1–6 |

## ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 12 (8–4)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2007 | Germany F6, Marburg | Clay | Kornél Bardóczky | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 6–2, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2007 | Mexico F6, Monterrey | Hard | Luis-Manuel Flores | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Oct 2007 | Mexico F8, Los Cabos | Hard | Marcin Gawron | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 3–1 | Jan 2008 | Austria F2, Bergheim | Carpet (i) | Ludovic Walter | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–0 |
| Win | 4–1 | Feb 2008 | Austria F3, Bergheim | Carpet (i) | Uros Vico | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–1 | Sep 2008 | India F6, Chennai | Hard | Alexey Kedryuk | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–1 | Sep 2008 | India F7, New Delhi | Hard | Aqeel Khan | 6–1, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Win | 7–1 | Sep 2008 | Thailand F6, Nonthaburi | Hard | Lim Yong-kyu | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7–2 | Aug 2009 | Germany F16, Überlingen | Clay | Dennis Bloemke | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 8–2 | Oct 2009 | Germany F18, Hambach | Carpet (i) | Benoît Paire | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8–3 | Apr 2011 | Turkey F13, Antalya | Hard | Radu Albot | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 8–4 | Jun 2011 | Germany F6, Trier | Clay | Marc Sieber | 2–6, 6–4, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 5 (1–4)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2007 | Monterrey, Mexico | Hard | Marc Sieber | Arnar Sigurdsson Adam Thompson | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2007 | Los Cabos, Mexico | Hard | Marc Sieber | Adrian Contreras Luis-Manuel Flores | 3–6, 6–1, [7–10] |
| Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2008 | Bergheim, Austria | Carpet (i) | Marc Sieber | Antonio Šančić Vilim Višak | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 1–6, [8–10] |
| Win | 1–3 | Sep 2008 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Hard | Lee Hsin-han | Patrick Eichenberger Harshana Godamanna | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, [11–9] |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jun 2011 | Trier, Germany | Clay | Marc Sieber | Carl Bergman Juho Paukku | 4–6, 1–6 |

## Playing style

Gojowczyk possesses a fast, accurate first serve and great finishing power off both wings. He has a hard-hit, "clubbed" forehand with a long takeback, similar in some ways to Xavier Malisse. His backhand is particularly solid in terms of relative groundstroke quality, opting for frequent injections of pace, whilst not shying away from the down-the-line shot.

## Record against top-10 players

Gojowczyk's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered.
* Statistics correct as of 8 January 2024.
| Player | Years | Matches | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass |
| Number 1 ranked players | | | | | | | |
| Carlos Alcaraz | 2021 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – |
| Daniil Medvedev | 2019 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – |
| Rafael Nadal | 2014 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% | 0–2 | – | – |
| Roger Federer | 2018–19 | 3 | 0–3 | 0% | 0–3 | – | – |
| Number 2 ranked players | | | | | | | |
| Alexander Zverev | 2018 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% | 0–2 | – | – |
| Number 3 ranked players | | | | | | | |
| Milos Raonic | 2014–19 | 3 | 2–1 | 67% | 1–1 | – | 1–0 |
| David Ferrer | 2016–18 | 2 | 1–1 | 50% | 0–1 | 1–0 | – |
| Dominic Thiem | 2014–17 | 3 | 1–2 | 33% | 1–2 | – | – |
| Juan Martín del Potro | 2018 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% | – | – | 0–1 |
| Stefanos Tsitsipas | 2018 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – |
| Number 4 ranked players | | | | | | | |
| Kei Nishikori | 2018 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – |
| Holger Rune | 2022 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – |
| Number 5 ranked players | | | | | | | |
| Andrey Rublev | 2019 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 2014–19 | 3 | 2–1 | 67% | 2–0 | 0–1 | – |
| Number 6 ranked players | | | | | | | |
| Matteo Berrettini | 2018 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – |
| Gilles Simon | 2017–19 | 3 | 1–2 | 33% | 1–1 | – | 0–1 |
| Gaël Monfils | 2014–18 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% | 0–2 | – | – |
| Number 7 ranked players | | | | | | | |
| David Goffin | 2017 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – |
| Richard Gasquet | 2019 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% | – | – | 0–1 |
| Fernando Verdasco | 2018 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – |
| Number 8 ranked players | | | | | | | |
| Jack Sock | 2018 | 2 | 2–0 | 100% | 2–0 | – | – |
| John Isner | 2018–22 | 2 | 1–1 | 50% | 1–0 | – | 0–1 |
| Karen Khachanov | 2019–21 | 2 | 1–1 | 50% | 1–1 | – | – |
| Janko Tipsarević | 2019 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – |
| Marcos Baghdatis | 2010–17 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% | 0–1 | 0–1 | – |
| Cameron Norrie | 2018–22 | 3 | 0–3 | 0% | 0–2 | 0–1 | – |
| Number 9 ranked players | | | | | | | |
| Nicolás Almagro | 2016 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – |
| Fabio Fognini | 2018–19 | 3 | 1–2 | 33% | 0–1 | 1–1 | – |
| Hubert Hurkacz | 2020–21 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% | 0–2 | – | – |
| Roberto Bautista Agut | 2015–21 | 5 | 0–5 | 0% | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Number 10 ranked players | | | | | | | |
| Alex de Minaur | 2016 | 1 | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – |
| Frances Tiafoe | 2018 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – |
| Pablo Carreño Busta | 2017–20 | 3 | 0–3 | 0% | 0–3 | – | – |
| Total | 2010–22 | 62 | 16–46 | 26% | 13–34 | 2–6 | 1–6 |

## Top 10 wins

* Gojowczyk has a 2–14 record against players who were ranked in the top 10 at the time the match was played.
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | PG Rank |
| 2014 ||||||||
| 1. | Milos Raonic | 9 | Halle Open, Germany | Grass | 2R | 6–4, 6–4 | 120 |
| 2018 ||||||||
| 2. | Jack Sock | 8 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | Hard | 2R | 6–3, 6–3 | 65 |

## National participation
### Davis Cup (1–2)

* Group membership
* World Group / Finals (1–2)
* WG Play-off (0–0)
* Matches by type
* Singles (1–2)
* Doubles (0–0)
* Matches by surface
* Hard (1–2)
* Clay (0–0)
* Matches by venue
* Germany (0–0)
* Away (1–1)
* Neutral (0–1)
| Date | Venue | Surface | Rd | Opponent nation | Score | Match | Opponent player | W/L | Rubber score |
| 2014 ||||||||||
| Apr 2014 | Nancy | Hard (i) | QF | France | 2–3 | Singles 2 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Win | 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 3–6, 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 8–6 |
| Apr 2014 | Nancy | Hard (i) | QF | France | 2–3 | Singles 5 (decider) | Gaël Monfils | Loss | 1–6, 6–7$^{(0–7)}$, 2–6 |
| 2020–21 ||||||||||
| Nov 2021 | Innsbruck | Hard (i) | QF | Great Britain | 2–1 | Singles 1 | Dan Evans | Loss | 2–6, 1–6 |