# Maks Kaśnikowski

Maks Kaśnikowski (born 6 July 2003) is a Polish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 168 achieved on 21 October 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 688 achieved on 8 May 2023. He is currently the No. 3 Polish player.
Kaśnikowski represents Poland at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 2–1.

## Career
### 2023: First Challenger final

In October, he reached his first Challenger final in Ortisei, Italy and moved into a new career high in the top 290 in the rankings, that he first reached on 3 July 2023.

### 2024: Maiden Challenger title, Grand Slam debut

At the 2024 Oeiras Indoors, he reached his second Challenger final, saving six match points in the opening round against Adrian Andreev, and then defeating two Portuguese players, wildcard João Domingues, second seed João Sousa and Valentin Royer. He won his first Challenger title with a win over another Portuguese Gastão Elias, becoming the second-youngest Polish champion in history to win a title. Only a 19-year-old Jerzy Janowicz was younger when he won his title in St. Remy, France in 2010.
In June, he won his second Challenger title at home, at the 2024 Poznań Open. He became the third Polish champion in the history of the tournament, joining Jerzy Janowicz (2012) and Hubert Hurkacz (2018).
Ranked No. 193, he made his Grand Slam debut, after qualifying for the main draw at the US Open but lost to Pedro Martínez.

## ATP Challenger Tour finals
### Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2023 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Lukáš Klein | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Win | 1–1 | Jan 2024 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Hard (i) | Gastão Elias | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 2024 | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Camilo Ugo Carabelli | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |

## ITF World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ITF WTT (4–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–2)
* Clay (3–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2022 | M15 Wrocław, Poland | WTT | Clay | Petr Nouza | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2022 | M15 Łódź, Poland | WTT | Clay | Paweł Ciaś | 4–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 1–2 | Aug 2022 | M15 Pärnu, Estonia | WTT | Clay | Fermín Tenti | 5–7, 6–3, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2022 | M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria | WTT | Hard | Sebastian Gima | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Oct 2022 | M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria | WTT | Hard | Alexandar Lazarov | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–4 | Feb 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Lucas Catarina | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 3–4 | Apr 2023 | M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia | WTT | Clay | Duje Ajduković | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 4–4 | May 2024 | M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina | WTT | Clay | Jay Clarke | 6–2, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 3 (1 titles, 2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ITF WTT (1–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2022 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Jérôme Kym | Bruno Kuzuhara Victor Lilov | walkover |
| Win | 1–1 | Oct 2022 | M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria | WTT | Hard | Olaf Pieczkowski | Yanaki Milev Petr Nesterov | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2023 | M25 Split, Croatia | WTT | Clay | Jérôme Kym | Piotr Matuszewski Oleg Prihodko | 2–6, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |