Wojciech Fibak, popularly Wojtek, born in Poznań on 30 August 1952, is a Polish former professional tennis player, entrepreneur and art collector. He won 15 ATP singles titles and 52 doubles titles, including the 1978 Australian Open men's doubles with Kim Warwick, reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10 in July 1977 and a doubles ranking of No. 2 in February 1979, and was runner-up in singles at the 1976 ATP Finals. In 1980 he reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, the US Open and Wimbledon. Banned from his local Poznań club in 1983 for opposing the communist government, he founded the Polish Tennis Club in Southern California in 1985 and later headed the Polish Tennis Federation, where he is credited with popularising the sport in Poland.
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is a Polish former professional tennis player, entrepreneur, and art collector.
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Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker
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is a Polish former professional tennis player, entrepreneur, and art collector.
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he reached the quarter-finals at the French Open, the US Open and Wimbledon Championships
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