Marcin Matkowski

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**Marcin Matkowski**

Country	Poland
Residence	Szczecin, Poland
Date of birth	January 15, 1981 (1981-01-15) (age 27)
Place of birth	Barlinek, Poland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Roght-handed;
Career prize money	US$ 673,801
Singles
Career record:	3–2
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 647 (September 11, 2000)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon
US Open
Doubles
Career record:	137 - 113
Career titles:	6
Highest ranking:	No. 16 (October 9, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: May 5, 2008.

Marcin Matkowski (born 15 January 1981 in Barlinek) is a right-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Mariusz Fyrstenberg; they have been playing together since 2003.

Matkowski and Fyrstenberg qualified as the eighth and final contenders in the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup. This was mainly because of the best Grand Slam result in their history, in which they reached the semi finals at the Australian Open.

In the singles ATP rankings Matkowski can be found at 1422th position and his highest ranking ever was 647th. However, on 9 October 2006 he reached the 16th spot in the doubles rankings. He can currently be found at the 17th position. So far he has won a total of six tournament titles.

[edit] ATP Tours Titles

[edit] Doubles (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Patrner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	September 15, 2003	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch	6–1, 7–5
2.	February 23, 2004	Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Tomas Behrend Leoš Friedl	6–2, 6–2
3.	August 1, 2005	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Lucas Arnold Ker Sebastian Garcia	7–6, 6–4
4.	September 11, 2006	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Martín García Luis Horna	6–7, 7–6, 10-8 (MTB)
5.	August 1, 2007	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	6–1, 6–1
6.	October 14, 2007	Vienna, Austria	Hard (indoor)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Christopher Kas Tomas Behrend	6–4, 6–2