Tomasz Berkieta (; born 21 July 2006) is a Polish tennis player. He has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 7, achieved on 1 January 2024.

Early life and background

Berkieta was born in Warsaw to Kamil Berkieta and Magdalena Sawicka. His mother is a tennis coach who played the sport until the age of 16, when she had to retire due to injury. While volunteering as a ball boy at the

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, Berkieta was hit in the stomach by a serve from

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and had to exit the court. He is currently coached by Piotr Sierzputowski, the former coach of Iga Świątek, and trains at the Legia Tennis Centre in Warsaw.

Junior career

In January 2022, Berkieta reached the semifinal of the J4

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event. The following month, he won his maiden

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title at the J5 DeSki Warsaw Cup. He also won the doubles title with Piotr Czaczkowski. In March, he won back-to-back titles at the J4 Ādaži Open and the J4 Aphrodite Cup in

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. He later reached the final of the J3 Croatia Open in Čakovec and the J3 Charlie Berszakiewicz Memorial tournament in Kraków. He won his final title of the year in September, at the J2 Al-Solaimaneyah Junior Tournament in Cairo. He made his junior Grand Slam debut at the

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, where he reached the semifinal in

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. He lost in the first round of the

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, but reached the quarterfinal at

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. In October 2023, he won the J200 event in Vigo and reached the final of the J300 event in Sanxenxo. At the

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, he recorded a serve, the fastest serve of the tournament. Unseeded at the

, he reached his first junior Grand Slam final with wins over Izan Almazán Valiente, sixth seed

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, qualifier

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, wildcard Moïse Kouamé, and Lorenzo Carboni. He lost in the final to fifth seed

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Professional career

In August 2022, Berkieta made his

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main draw debut as a wildcard at the M25 Poznań. In August 2023, he made his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut as a wildcard at the Kozerki Open. He represented Poland in the 2023 Davis Cup World Group II, where he recorded a win over

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of Barbados.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berkieta, Tomasz 2006 births Living people Polish male tennis players Tennis players from Warsaw