Maks Kaśnikowski

Maks Kaśnikowski (born 6 July 2003) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 168, achieved on 21 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 688, reached on 8 May 2023. He is currently the No. 3 Polish player in men's singles.

Kaśnikowski represents Poland at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 4–2.

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) LegendATP Challenger Tour (2–1)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (7–4)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (5–2)

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (1–2)