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{{Infobox player
|image = PeterPolansky.png
|birthdate = June 15, 1988
|birthplace = North York, Ontario, Canada
|dateofdeath =
|placeofdeath =
|from = Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
|residence =
|height = 6’0” (1,83m)
|styleofplay = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|turnedpro = 2007
|retired = 2023
|bestatpsinglesranking = No. 110 (June 25, 2018)
|bestatpdoublesranking = No. 123 (December 10, 2018)
|bestitfjuniorranking =
|canadiantennishalloffame =
|cdntennisprofile = [http://www.cdntennis.ca/peterpolansky Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
}}
 
==Biography==
'''Peter Polansky''' (born June 15, 1988 in North York, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He is of Czech origin. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 110 on June 25, 2018 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 135123 on FebruaryDecember 310, 2014. In 2016, he advanced to the final of the junior US Open, becoming, at that time, only the second Canadian in history to reach a Grand Slam final in singles (after [[Philip Bester]] who reached the final of the junior French Open earlier that year). In 2010, he reached the second round of the US Open with a victory over the 30th seed Juan Mónaco in straight sets. He lost to James Blake in his next match. Polansky made it to the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 in [[Rogers Cup|Canada]] on five occasions, in 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2017. In 2013, he won his first ATP Challenger singles title at the event in Tiburon. In 2016 in [[Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau|Gatineau]], Polansky captured his second Challenger singles title. In 2018, he reached the second round of the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells but was defeated by the 20th seed Adrian Mannarino.
 
In 2006, Polansky advanced to the final of the junior US Open, becoming, at that time, only the second Canadian in history to reach a Grand Slam final in singles (after [[Philip Bester]] who reached the final of the junior French Open earlier that year). In 2010, he reached the second round of the US Open with a victory over the 30th seed Juan Mónaco in straight sets. He lost to James Blake in his next match. Polansky made it to the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 in [[Canadian Open|Canada]] on five occasions, in 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2017. In 2013, he won his first ATP Challenger singles title at the event in Tiburon. In 2016 in [[Challenger de Gatineau|Gatineau]], Polansky captured his second Challenger singles title. In 2018, he reached the second round of the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells but was defeated by the 20th seed Adrian Mannarino. He won his third ATP Challenger title at the 2018 [[Championnats de Granby|Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby]]. Also in 2018, he became the first player to enter all four Grand Slams as a lucky loser within the same calendar year. In 2019, Polansky captured the fourth ATP Challenger singles title of his career, winning at the event in Columbus. He retired in 2023 after the [[Canadian Open|National Bank Open]].
 
==ATP Challenger Tour finals==
===Singles: 912 (24 titles, 78 runners-up)===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:#ffc87a;"
|ATP Challenger 125 Series175 (0–0)
|- style="background:#ffdddde5d1cb;"
|ATP Challenger 110 Series125 (0–0)
|- style="background:#d3d3f3;"
|ATP Challenger 110 (0–0)
|- style="background:#cce6ff;"
|ATP Challenger 95 Series100 (0–0)
|- style="background:#e4fae4;"
|ATP Challenger 80 Series90 (0–0)
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|ATP Challenger 80 (1–0)
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|ATP Challenger 75 (0–0)
|- style="background:#f8f8ff;"
|ATP Challenger 70 Series50 (0–0)
|- style="background:moccasin;"
|ATP Challenger Tour prior to 2019 (2–73–8)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (4–7)
|-
|Clay (0–1)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|}
 
Line 69 ⟶ 112:
|<small>2–3</small>
|Aug 2016
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau|Gatineau]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$75,000
|Hard
Line 87 ⟶ 130:
|<small>2–5</small>
|Jul 2017
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Winnipeg National Bank Challenger|Winnipeg]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$75,000
|Hard
Line 96 ⟶ 139:
|<small>2–6</small>
|Jul 2017
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau|Gatineau]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$75,000
|Hard
Line 105 ⟶ 148:
|<small>2–7</small>
|Jul 2017
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque NationaleChampionnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$100,000
|Hard
|Blaž Kavčič (SLO)
|3–6, 6–2, 5–7
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>3–7</small>
|Jul 2018
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Championnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$100,000
|Hard
|Ugo Humbert (FRA)
|6–4, 1–6, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>3–8</small>
|Nov 2018
|style="background:moccasin;"|Charlottesville, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|$75,000
|Hard (i)
|Tommy Paul (USA)
|2–6, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>4–8</small>
|Sep 2019
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|Columbus, United States
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|80 Series
|Hard (i)
|Jeffrey John Wolf (USA)
|6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>
|}
 
===Doubles: 2432 (1318 titles, 1114 runners-up)===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:#ffc87a;"
|ATP Challenger 125 Series175 (0–0)
|- style="background:#ffdddde5d1cb;"
|ATP Challenger 110 Series125 (0–0)
|- style="background:#d3d3f3;"
|ATP Challenger 110 (0–0)
|- style="background:#cce6ff;"
|ATP Challenger 95 Series100 (0–01–0)
|- style="background:#e4fae4;"
|ATP Challenger 80 Series90 (0–0)
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|ATP Challenger 80 (3–3)
|- style="background:#eeeeee;"
|ATP Challenger 75 (0–0)
|- style="background:#f8f8ff;"
|ATP Challenger 70 Series50 (0–0)
|- style="background:moccasin;"
|ATP Challenger Tour prior to 2019 (13–1114–11)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (16–9)
|-
|Clay (2–5)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|}
 
Line 143 ⟶ 235:
|<small>1–0</small>
|Jul 2008
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque NationaleChampionnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
Line 183 ⟶ 275:
|<small>3–2</small>
|Jul 2013
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque NationaleChampionnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada <small>(2)</small>
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
Line 263 ⟶ 355:
|<small>8–5</small>
|Jul 2015
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque NationaleChampionnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada <small>(3)</small>
|style="background:moccasin;"|$100,000
|Hard
Line 373 ⟶ 465:
|<small>13–11</small>
|Jul 2018
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau|Gatineau]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$75,000
|Hard
Line 379 ⟶ 471:
|Robert Galloway (USA) <br /> Bradley Klahn (USA)
|6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–4, [8–10]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>14–11</small>
|Sep 2018
|style="background:moccasin;"|Columbus, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|$75,000
|Hard (i)
|Tommy Paul (USA)
|Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) <br /> Roberto Quiroz (ECU)
|6–3, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>15–11</small>
|Jul 2019
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|[[Winnipeg Challenger|Winnipeg]], Canada
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|80 Series
|Hard
|Darian King (BAR)
|Hunter Reese (USA) <br /> [[Adil Shamasdin]] (CAN)
|7–6<sup>(10–8)</sup>, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>16–11</small>
|Oct 2019
|style="background:#cce6ff;"|Fairfield, United States
|style="background:#cce6ff;"|100 Series
|Hard
|Darian King (BAR)
|André Göransson (SWE) <br /> Sem Verbeek (NED)
|6–4, 3–6, [12–10]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>16–12</small>
|Feb 2021
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|Potchefstroom, South Africa
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|80 Series
|Hard
|[[Brayden Schnur]] (CAN)
|Marc-Andrea Hüsler (SUI) <br /> Zdeněk Kolář (CZE)
|4–6, 6–2, [4–10]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>17–12</small>
|Jun 2021
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|Orlando, United States
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|80 Series
|Hard
|Christian Harrison (USA)
|JC Aragone (USA) <br /> Nicolás Barrientos (COL)
|6–2, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>17–13</small>
|Jul 2021
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|80 Series
|Hard
|Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
|Hsu Yu-hsiou (TPE) <br /> Benjamin Lock (ZIM)
|6–2, 1–6, [7–10]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>17–14</small>
|Sep 2021
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|Cary, United States
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|80 Series
|Hard
|Stefan Kozlov (USA)
|William Blumberg (USA) <br /> Max Schnur (USA)
|4–6, 6–1, [4–10]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>18–14</small>
|Sep 2021
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|Columbus, United States <small>(2)</small>
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|80 Series
|Hard (i)
|Stefan Kozlov (USA)
|Andrew Lutschaunig (USA) <br /> James Trotter (JPN)
|7–5, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>
|}
 
==ITF Circuit finals==
===Singles: 20 (15 titles, 5 runners-up)===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:lightblue;"
|ITF $25,000 tournaments / ITF M25 (2–1)
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
|ITF $15,000 tournaments / ITF M15 (8–4)
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|ITF $10,000 / $15,000 tournaments (13–45–0)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (11–4)
|-
|Clay (4–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–1)
|}
|}
 
Line 431 ⟶ 621:
|<small>4–0</small>
|Mar 2007
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|USA F6, McAllen
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Wesley Whitehouse (RSA)
Line 449 ⟶ 639:
|<small>6–0</small>
|Sep 2011
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F7, Markham
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard (i)
|[[Jesse Levine]] (USA)
Line 458 ⟶ 648:
|<small>7–0</small>
|Oct 2011
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Venezuela F8, Caracas
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Eduardo Struvay (COL)
Line 467 ⟶ 657:
|<small>8–0</small>
|Oct 2011
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|USA F26, Austin
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
Line 476 ⟶ 666:
|<small>9–0</small>
|Feb 2012
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|USA F5, Brownsville
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Daniel Cox (GBR)
Line 485 ⟶ 675:
|<small>9–1</small>
|Mar 2012
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|USA F6, Harlingen
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)
Line 494 ⟶ 684:
|<small>9–2</small>
|Mar 2012
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F2, Sherbrooke
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Carpet (i)
|Stefan Seifert (GER)
Line 503 ⟶ 693:
|<small>9–3</small>
|Aug 2012
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F5, Mississauga
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Danai Udomchoke (THA)
Line 512 ⟶ 702:
|<small>10–3</small>
|Sep 2012
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F7, Toronto
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Chase Buchanan (USA)
Line 521 ⟶ 711:
|<small>10–4</small>
|Sep 2012
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F9, Markham
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard (i)
|Tennys Sandgren (USA)
Line 530 ⟶ 720:
|<small>11–4</small>
|Sep 2013
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F7, Toronto <small>(2)</small>
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Jason Jung (USA)
Line 539 ⟶ 729:
|<small>12–4</small>
|Sep 2013
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F8, Toronto
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Sanam Singh (IND)
Line 582 ⟶ 772:
|}
 
===Doubles: 1112 (45 titles, 7 runners-up)===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:lightblue;"
|ITF $25,000 tournaments / ITF M25 (2–03–0)
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
|ITF $15,000 tournaments / ITF M15 (2–6)
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|ITF $10,000 / $15,000 tournaments (2–70–1)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (4–5)
|-
|Clay (1–1)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–1)
|}
|}
 
Line 615 ⟶ 823:
|<small>0–2</small>
|Mar 2007
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|USA F6, McAllen
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Donald Young (USA)
Line 625 ⟶ 833:
|<small>1–2</small>
|Sep 2011
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F7, Markham
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard (i)
|Milan Pokrajac (CAN)
Line 635 ⟶ 843:
|<small>1–3</small>
|Mar 2012
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F2, Sherbrooke
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Carpet (i)
|Milan Pokrajac (CAN)
Line 645 ⟶ 853:
|<small>2–3</small>
|Sep 2012
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F7, Toronto
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Carsten Ball (AUS)
Line 655 ⟶ 863:
|<small>2–4</small>
|Sep 2012
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F9, Markham
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard (i)
|Carsten Ball (AUS)
Line 665 ⟶ 873:
|<small>2–5</small>
|Mar 2013
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F1, Gatineau
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard (i)
|Adam El Mihdawy (USA)
Line 675 ⟶ 883:
|<small>2–6</small>
|Sep 2013
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F7, Toronto
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Milan Pokrajac (CAN)
Line 685 ⟶ 893:
|<small>2–7</small>
|Sep 2013
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F8, Toronto
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Milan Pokrajac (CAN)
Line 711 ⟶ 919:
|Christian Lakoseljac (CAN) <br /> David Volfson (CAN)
|6–3, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>5–7</small>
|Feb 2022
|style="background:lightblue;"|Cancún, Mexico
|style="background:lightblue;"|M25
|Hard
|JC Aragone (USA)
|Boris Arias (BOL) <br /> Federico Zeballos (BOL)
|6–2, 6–4
|}
 
Line 727 ⟶ 945:
 
==Singles performance timeline==
''This table is current through the 2018 Wimbledon Championships.''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tournament!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017!!2018!!2019!!2020!!2021!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=1518 style="text-align:left;"|'''Grand Slam Tournamentstournaments'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Australian Open
Line 745 ⟶ 962:
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q3
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q2
|0 / 3
|0–3
Line 761 ⟶ 981:
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q2
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q2
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|0 / 3
|0–3
Line 777 ⟶ 1,000:
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q3
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="color:#cccccc;"|NH
|A
|0 / 1
|0–1
Line 792 ⟶ 1,018:
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q3
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q2
|0 / 2
|A
|1–2
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|33%
|0 / 3
|1–3
|25%
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Win–Loss
Line 808 ⟶ 1,037:
|0–0
|0–1
|0–4
|0–3
|0–0
|0 / 9
|0–0
|1–9
|0–0
|10%
|0 / 10
|1–10
|9%
|}
 
'''Notes'''
*<sup>NB</sup> The French Open was played in September and after the US Open due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
 
==Doubles performance timeline==
''This table is current through the 2018 Wimbledon Championships.''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Tournament!!2017!!2018!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=6 style="text-align:left;"|'''Grand Slam Tournamentstournaments'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Australian Open
Line 845 ⟶ 1,079:
|style="text-align:left;"|US Open
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
Line 857 ⟶ 1,091:
|–
|}
 
==External links==
*[http://www.cdntennis.ca/peterpolansky Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
 
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