Wiktorowski was born in 1981 in
Warsaw.[2] As a junior tennis player, he trained at a local tennis club in Warsaw and played briefly on the
ITF Junior Circuit in 1998 and 1999.[3][4] He graduated from the automotive department of the
Warsaw University of Technology in 2005.[5]
Coaching career
Wiktorowski has become known as one of Poland's foremost tennis minds.[6][7] He began serving as captain of the
Polish Fed Cup team in 2009 and coached Poland's Olympic tennis contingent in
2012 and
2016.[1][8] He has also worked as a tennis commentator for
Eurosport Polska and
TVP Sport.[7][3][9]
In mid-2011, Wiktorowski joined the team of longtime Polish No. 1 Agnieszka Radwańska, eventually replacing her father Robert as her primary coach.[10][11][12][13] Radwańska had the best major results of her career with Wiktorowski, reaching the final of the
2012 Wimbledon Championships and making four other major semifinals. Despite never winning a major title, Radwańska got to a career-high WTA ranking of No. 2 and remained in the top 15 into 2017.[10] Wiktorowski has said, referring to her crafty style of play, "There will never be a 'new Radwańska'".[10][14]
Wiktorowski led Poland into the
Fed Cup World Group in 2015, the country's highest showing in years, but they did not advance past the quarterfinals. Wiktorowski stepped down from the captain position later that year, having served in the role for seven years.[15][16][17]
After Radwańska's retirement from tennis in 2018, Wiktorowski helped found the JW Tennis Support Foundation, which grants scholarships to young Polish players.[9][10][18] In 2020, he began coaching Serbian top 200 player
Olga Danilović, until the season was disrupted by the
COVID-19 pandemic.[18][19]
Though Świątek briefly lost the world No. 1 ranking the next year, she reclaimed it after winning the
2023 WTA Finals.[29] She was again named WTA Player of the Year, and Wiktorowski was named WTA Coach of the Year for the first time.[29]
Personal life
Wiktorowski married his wife, Joanna, in 2016.[30]
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ab"Trenuj w UKS Okęcie Sport" [Training at UKS Okęcie Sport]. Polski-Tenis.pl (in Polish). 23 March 2011.
Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^Gębicz, Bartosz (27 April 2015).
"Sztab Radwańskiej poszukuje ikry" [Radwańska's team is looking for a spark]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska.
Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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abGębicz, Bartosz (7 January 2023).
"Trener Roku: Tomasz Wiktorowski" [Coach of the Year: Tomasz Wiktorowski]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska.
Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"Radwańska z Celtem na ślubie jej trenera" [Radwańska with Celt at her coach's wedding]. Fakt (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2023.