Peter Polansky
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Peter Polansky is a Canadian professional tennis
player. He is now Canada's seventh-ranked singles performer, according to the ATP; he was however the country's top singles player from June 21, 2010 until January 17, 2011. Previously he was also Canada's No. 2 from August 4, 2008 until June 21, 2010 (with the exception of one week).
Challenger event, losing handily in the first round. He then played Canada F1, F2, and F3, in the late autumn, this time earning a 3-3 record and an ATP singles ranking of No. 1432. He also reached the final of the doubles for Canada F3, partnering compatriot Adil Shamasdin
.
Polansky went 4-3 for Canada F1, F2, and F3 in 2006, this time played in March, and saw his ranking crack the top 1000. Losing again in the first round at Granby, he also received a wild-card for his first full-fledge ATP tourney, a Masters event
at that, as he lost in the first round 6-7(3), 3-6 to compatriot Frank Dancevic
at the 2006 Rogers Cup. Polansky then, as an unseeded Special Entry, proceeded to reach the finals of the U.S. Open boys singles tournament. His run included three-set wins over top seed Martin Kližan
in the second round and No. 4 seed Donald Young in the semis. He lost the final 3-6, 6-7(4) to No. 10 seed Dušan Lojda
. Polansky then in late September reached the semi-finals of U.S.A. F25. He lost again however in the first round of a Canadian challenger, this time Rimouski in October. He finished the year ranked World No. 821.
tie, in February, winning a dead rubber against a Colombian opponent. He then went 9-3 in February–March in Futures, including winning U.S.A. F6. He lost his first Davis Cup live rubber in April, in 4 sets to Flávio Saretta
in an away tie to Brazil
.
From May through September Polansky played on the Challenger circuit, going a respectable 6-7. His most impressive wins came over World No. 106 Danai Udomchoke
, as the Thai retired from the match, and World No. 119 Kevin Kim
, 7-6(2), 7-6(5). A second straight appearance as a Wild Card at the Rogers Cup ended with the same first round loss, this time to Fabio Fognini
, 3-6, 6-7(7). Polansky finished 2007 ranked World No. 343.
, including his first over World No. 172 Bruno Echagaray
handily in straight sets. Canada
won the tie 4-1. He then reached the quarter-finals of the Santiago
Challenger in late February with wins over World No. ~230 Rajeev Ram
and World No. 198 Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras
. In April, he accounted himself well in Canada's next Davis Cup tie, away to Chile
, losing to World No. 15 Fernando González
6-7, 6-7, 7-5, 2-6 prior to winning a dead rubber. Polansky then reached the quarter-finals of the Florianópolis
Challenger, defeating World No. 206 João Souza
. He next reached the semi-finals of the Rabat
Challenger
during the first week of May, 2008, defeating World No. 179 Laurent Recouderc
in the second round. He also defeated World No. 120 Teymuraz Gabashvili in mid-May at the Marrakech Challenger, where he reached the second round. All of these results from April on occurred on a clay surface.
In May 2008, he participated in his first International Series
-level event, as a qualifier, in the Grand Prix Hassan II
event. He lost in the first round in three sets to former World No. 3 Guillermo Coria
. He then participated in a qualifying tournament for a grand slam event for the first time, Wimbledon, losing in the first round. Polanksy then lost in successive challengers in the first round before reaching the second round at back-to-back challengers, played in Canada (Granby
and Moncton). Polansky then defeated both Colombian No. 1 and tournament No. 4 seed Alejandro Falla
and defending champion and Canada No. 2 Frédéric Niemeyer
to reach the quarterfinals of the Vancouver challenger. In August, he reached the second round of the 2008 U.S. Open
qualifying tournament for singles, defeating Rajeev Ram
before falling to No. 24 seed Simon Stadler
.
Polansky went 9 wins, 7 losses on the autumn American challenger circuit - his best results were reaching the semifinals of one tourney and the quarters of two others; at Waco
, where he lost in three tight sets to top seed Vince Spadea
6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (6); and in Louisville, Kentucky
, where he defeated World No. 133 Amer Delic
and World No. 295 Michael Russell
before falling to No. 2 seed Jesse Levine
in the quarters. He then reached the semifinals of the Rimouski challenger, where he lost to eventual champion Ryan Sweeting
.
. Coming through three rounds of qualifying, he lost to the 18th seed Igor Andreev
from Russia in the first round of the Australian Open
, despite being up on his opponent two sets to love. It was Polansky's first ever appearance in the main draw of a grand slam
event. He followed this result by reaching the second round of the Carson, California
and Dallas, Texas
challengers. He next in February failed to qualify for the main draw of the 2009 SAP Open
as well as 2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
.
Polansky had to withdraw from the Canadian Davis Cup team for their tie against Ecuador
in early March due to a small tear detected in a right rotator cuff tendon as well as one in his labrum http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/opencourt/archive/2009/03/05/davis-cup-ecuador-vs-canada.aspx. He took a month off from the tour, coming back to lose in the first round of the Sanremo Tennis Cup. The following week he lost in the final round of qualifying for the Zagreb Open
. Polansky next found the form he had before getting injured in qualifying for the 2009 French Open, winning his three matches all in straight sets, conceding no more than 4 games in any one set. In his first round match in the main draw, versus Philipp Petzschner
, he fought back to level the match at 2 sets apiece before falling 3-6 in the fifth.
Following the French, Polansky lost convincingly to Simone Vagnozzi
in the first round of Zenith Tennis Cup
on red clay in Milan. He followed upon this by reaching the quarterfinals of the Lines Trophy
, defeating Nicolás Massú
in the second round before falling to veteran Jean-René Lisnard
in straight sets. Polanksy rather surprisingly either chose not to enter Wimbledon qualifying or was not eligible. Instead he entered qualifying for the Sporting Challenger
, also in Italy, and lost in the final qualifying round. After taking the following week off Polansky won the opening rubber of the Davis Cup tie away to Peru
, defeating Iván Miranda
in straight sets. Polansky became ill however and did not play in the 4th rubber. Despite losing their top clay court player, the Canadians won the tie 3-2.
The week after, Polansky lost in the opening round of the Seguros Bolivar Open Bogotá
to Alejandro Falla
. After a week off, the unseeded Polansky reached the semi-finals of the Granby Challenger
, defeating José de Armas
, Tobias Kamke
, and Lester Cook
before falling to No. 4 seed Kevin Anderson
in the semis 6-7, 7-6, 3-6. In doubles Polansky and partner Bruno Agostinelli lost in the first round as a wild card entry. He lost to an in-form Xavier Malisse
in the first round of the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
5-7, 2-6.
Polansky played at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. He defeated fellow Ontarian and wild card entrant Agostinelli before falling to No. 4 seed Novak Djokovic
in the second, 4-6, 6-7(6). With no points for the following week to protect, this result saw Polansky climb 22 ranking spots to sit at World No. 203, just two places off his career high. Despite not playing in any tournament main draws the week after, Polansky rose three ranking spots to sit at World No. 200, a new career high.
Polansky qualified for U.S. Open
singles tournament by beating Alex Kuznetsov
, No. 9 seed Michael Russell
, and No. 28 seed Lukáš Lacko
. In his first round main draw match, he came back from 2 sets down to even his match against Guillermo García López
before falling in the fifth, 1-6. His singles ranking has climbed once again, to World No. 184. Following the Open, Polansky lost in the second round of Seguros Bolivar Open
challenger, to top seed Horacio Zeballos 3-6, 3-6. In doubles, he and partner Nicolas Todero lost in the second round. The following week at the Copa Petrobras Colombia
, Polansky lost in the first round, to Ricardo Mello
, 6-7, 4-6. In doubles, he and partner Alex Bogomolov, Jr.
, unseeded, reached the semi-final round.
In early October Polansky became the World No. 181 ranked singles player, another career high. As the No.3 seed at the Challenger ATP Club Premium Open
, he reached he quarter-finals, while in doubles he and partner Sebastián Decoud
lost in the first round. The following week Polansky lost to No.1 seed Pablo Cuevas
in the first round of the Uruguayan's home tournament, the Copa Petrobras, 1-6, 3-6. In doubles and partner Bogomolov lost in the second round. Polansky climbed to yet another new career high, World No. 170. The week after, he lost in the second round of Copa Petrobras Asunción in singles, to No. 4 seed Santiago Ventura
7-6(5), 6-7(8), 2-6. In doubles, again partnering Bogomolov, he has lost as well in the second round.
In late October Polansky reached the quarter-finals of the Copa Petrobras Santiago
, beating No. 7 seed Sergio Roitman
in the first round before falling to top seed Juan Ignacio Chela
3 and 3. In doubles, he and Bogomolov again lost in the second round (quarters). Polansky was off from competition for the remainder of the year. He finished 2009 ranked World No. 185 in singles and No. 554 in doubles.
, losing as the No. 6 seed to unseeded Prakash Amritraj
11 points to 9 in a third set tie-break. Amritraj went on to qualify for the main draw. Polansky did not participate in the doubles. Polansky failed to qualify for the Australian Open
in singles, failing at the first hurdle in qualifying 1-6, 2-6 to No. 24 seed Marsel Ilhan
.
Unseeded Polansky defeated Korean No.1 Im Kyu-tae in the first round of the Honolulu Challenger
in three sets before losing in the second round to No.8 seed Ryan Sweeting
, 4-6, 2-6. His poor form of late has seen him not be able to defend the rankings points he earned at last year's Australian Open and he now ranked outside the top 200 for the first time since August. After being off two weeks, Polanksy attempted to qualify for the Brasil Open
. He defeated Júlio Silva
the No. 8 seed in the first round, 6-5 def., but lost in the second round to fellow unseeded player Caio Zampieri
, 6-7, 3-6.
Polansky failed to qualify for the Copa Telmex, losing to No. 8 seed Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
in the first round, in a close third-set tiebreaker. The following week Polanksy lost in the first round of qualifying for the Delray Beach ATP 250
tournament, to No. 5 seed Paul Capdeville
, in straight sets. The next week, Polansky played number one singles in Davis Cup
in Canada's tie away to Colombia
. He did not fair well losing the opening singles rubber to World No. 183 Carlos Salamanca
4-6, 3-6, 2-6. Coach Martin Laurendeau
opted to play Steven Diez
in the reverse singles as Canada lost the tie 1-4.
In April Polansky failed by just one rankings place to be seeded in singles for the Challenger Banque Nationale
. He defeated No. 5 seed Brendan Evans
in the first round in straight sets before falling to an in form Tim Smyczek
also in straight sets. In doubles
, he and fellow Canuck Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
lost in the first round. Two weeks later Polansky lost in the second round of qualifying for the U.S. Clay Court Championships
. The following week, he lost in the first round of the 2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic
to unseeded Joseph Sirianni
3-6, 3-6, while in doubles he and partner Michael Yani
lost in the second round. The week after, Polansky lost in the second round at the 2010 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
to eventual champion Brian Dabul
. In doubles, he and partner Donald Young lost in the first round.
In May Polansky lost in qualifying at the 2010 Serbia Open
as the top seed but entered the main draw as a lucky loser, where he lost Horacio Zeballos, 6-7 in the third set. He did not play doubles. The following week Polansky lost in the second round of the Zagreb Open
to top seeded Marcos Daniel
, while in doubles he and partner Michael Yani
lost in the first round. Polansky next was the sole Canadian in the draw for qualifying for the French Open
, lost in the first round, 7-9 in the third, to No. 28 seed Ramón Delgado
. A week later, as the No. 8 seed at the 2010 LA Tennis Open USTA Men's Challenger, he reached the semi-finals where he lost No. 5 seed Robert Kendrick
. In doubles he and partner Milos Raonic
lost in the first round.
In June Polansky reached the second round of the 2010 Weil Tennis Academy Challenger
, defeating fellow Canadian Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
7-5, 6-0 before falling to Marinko Matosevic
5-7, 4-6. He did likewise the following week at the 2010 Košice Open
, beating Yannick Mertens
handily 6-2, 6-2 before falling to Ivo Minář
4-6, 3-6. The following week Polansky failed to qualify for Wimbledon, for the second time and again in the first round, going down to Marinko Matosevic
, 7-6, 2-6, 3-6. Two weeks ago, with the new ATP rankings released for the week starting June 21, Polansky found himself the new Canada No. 1 singles player. Then that week, unseeded at the 2010 Camparini Gioielli Cup
, he beat Laurent Recouderc
6-4, 6-0 before losing to No. 5 and eventual runner-up Pablo Andújar
4-6, 3-6.
After a couple of weeks off, Polansky reached the second round of the 2010 Comerica Bank Challenger
, defeating No. 6 seed Kevin Kim
6-1, 6-1 before falling to qualifier Brydan Klein
3-6, 4-6. He also lost in the second round in doubles, partnering compatriot Milos Raonic
. Last week Polansky was the No. 7 seed at the 2010 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
where he has defeated Chris Guccione
in the first round handily, 6-4, 6-2, and Raven Klaasen
in the second, 6-1, 6-3, before falling to No. 1 seed and eventual champion Carsten Ball
. Again playing doubles with Raonic, the pair withdrew from their second round match due to a Raonic injury.
In July Polansky, as the No. 8 in singles at the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby
, lost to World No. 221 Greg Jones
6-7, 4-6. (The singles field for this event features the top eight ranked (active) Canadian tour players.) In doubles, Polansky and partner Erik Chvojka reached the quarter-finals (second round). The following week Polansky lost to No. 1 seed Taylor Dent
in the first round of the 2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
, in three sets. The very next week, he appeared in the singles main draw of the 2010 Rogers Cup
, having been granted a wild card, where he faced and beat No. 13 Jürgen Melzer
in the first round. Peter lost in the second round however to Victor Hănescu
in the second round in straight sets. He did not play doubles.
After a week off, Polansky qualified for singles play at the U.S. Open
, having defeated Santiago González, 6-1, 6-3, Franko Škugor
, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, and John Millman
, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. Polansky has advanced to the second round of the main draw, after defeating No. 30 seed Juan Mónaco
6-2, 7-6(5), 6-3. He is the first Canadian to do so since Daniel Nestor
in 2000. Peter lost however in the next round to wild card entrant and former World No. 4 James Blake
, 7-6(1), 3-6, 2-6, 4-6. This result saw his singles ranking return to near his career high - he is now World No. 176.
After the Open Polansky, versus the Dominican Republic
, won both of his singles Davis Cup
rubbers as Canada
won the tie, a playoff to stay in the Americas Zone Group 1, 5-0. The following week he reached the second round of the 2010 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open 2
in singles, defeating a Thai wild card entrant before falling to Sebastian Rieschick
, 6-7(7), 1-6. A week later Peter lost to unseeded Frederik Nielsen
in the qualifying round of the PTT Thailand Open
. Then the following week he lost to No. 8 Rajeev Ram
, 6-1, 2-2 retired, in the first round of qualifying for the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championship. He did not play for the remainder of the year. Due to the surge of teenager Milos Raonic
, Polansky once again became Canada No. 2 in singles, for the first time since June of the previous year.
tie as a team hitting partner, he woke up sleepwalking
and jumped or fell from a three-story room suffering serious injuries. Later he said that he saw a dark figure approaching his bed wielding a knife and only thought about escaping through the window. He recovered miraculously to be playing tennis just four months later.
Polansky has been and may still be coached by Dean Coburn.
Tennis
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player. He is now Canada's seventh-ranked singles performer, according to the ATP; he was however the country's top singles player from June 21, 2010 until January 17, 2011. Previously he was also Canada's No. 2 from August 4, 2008 until June 21, 2010 (with the exception of one week).
2004–2006
Polansky played Canada F3, F4, and F5 Futures events in June 2004, compiling a win-lose record of 1-4. He next competed in a tour event as a wild-card in the 2005 GranbyGranby, Quebec
Granby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 47,637. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. It is the fifth most populated city in Montérégie after Longueuil, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard and...
Challenger event, losing handily in the first round. He then played Canada F1, F2, and F3, in the late autumn, this time earning a 3-3 record and an ATP singles ranking of No. 1432. He also reached the final of the doubles for Canada F3, partnering compatriot Adil Shamasdin
Adil Shamasdin
Adil Shamasdin is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles tennis.-Career:Adil's junior career saw him finish ranked #5 in singles and #1 in doubles in Canada. He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 67 on 14 February 2011...
.
Polansky went 4-3 for Canada F1, F2, and F3 in 2006, this time played in March, and saw his ranking crack the top 1000. Losing again in the first round at Granby, he also received a wild-card for his first full-fledge ATP tourney, a Masters event
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
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at that, as he lost in the first round 6-7(3), 3-6 to compatriot Frank Dancevic
Frank Dancevic
Frank Russell Dancevic is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010. He is the Canada No...
at the 2006 Rogers Cup. Polansky then, as an unseeded Special Entry, proceeded to reach the finals of the U.S. Open boys singles tournament. His run included three-set wins over top seed Martin Kližan
Martin Kližan
Martin Kližan is a Slovak tennis player. In 2005 he won European Junior Championship in the Under 16 category, in both, singles and doubles...
in the second round and No. 4 seed Donald Young in the semis. He lost the final 3-6, 6-7(4) to No. 10 seed Dušan Lojda
Dušan Lojda
Dušan Lojda was the 2006 juniors US Open champion for tennis.However, he has not made his breakthrough on the adult tour yet. He broke into the top 300 in May 2007 but fell out after a week....
. Polansky then in late September reached the semi-finals of U.S.A. F25. He lost again however in the first round of a Canadian challenger, this time Rimouski in October. He finished the year ranked World No. 821.
2007
Peter began 2007 with a bang as he won three of four Futures in Central America in January: El Salvador F1, Guatemala F1, and Costa Rica F1. He singles ATP ranking consequently rose to No. 580 and he played in his first Davis CupDavis Cup
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tie, in February, winning a dead rubber against a Colombian opponent. He then went 9-3 in February–March in Futures, including winning U.S.A. F6. He lost his first Davis Cup live rubber in April, in 4 sets to Flávio Saretta
Flávio Saretta
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in an away tie to Brazil
Brazil Davis Cup team
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.
From May through September Polansky played on the Challenger circuit, going a respectable 6-7. His most impressive wins came over World No. 106 Danai Udomchoke
Danai Udomchoke
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, as the Thai retired from the match, and World No. 119 Kevin Kim
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, 7-6(2), 7-6(5). A second straight appearance as a Wild Card at the Rogers Cup ended with the same first round loss, this time to Fabio Fognini
Fabio Fognini
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, 3-6, 6-7(7). Polansky finished 2007 ranked World No. 343.
2008
Polansky went 11-3 in the winter Futures tournaments in South America, winning Guatemala F1. He won both his matches in the Davis Cup tie against MexicoMexico Davis Cup team
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, including his first over World No. 172 Bruno Echagaray
Bruno Echagaray
Bruno Echagaray is a Mexican tennis player. He weighs 85 kg, and is 1.82 m tall. He was the most known Mexican tennis player in 2006. He has reached as high as 165 in the world for singles, and 314 for doubles. Most of his wins have been on carpet, mostly because of his speed...
handily in straight sets. Canada
Canada Davis Cup team
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won the tie 4-1. He then reached the quarter-finals of the Santiago
Santiago, Chile
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Challenger in late February with wins over World No. ~230 Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...
and World No. 198 Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras
Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras
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. In April, he accounted himself well in Canada's next Davis Cup tie, away to Chile
Chile Davis Cup team
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, losing to World No. 15 Fernando González
Fernando González
----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
6-7, 6-7, 7-5, 2-6 prior to winning a dead rubber. Polansky then reached the quarter-finals of the Florianópolis
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Challenger, defeating World No. 206 João Souza
João Souza
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. He next reached the semi-finals of the Rabat
Rabat
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Challenger
ATP Challenger Series
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during the first week of May, 2008, defeating World No. 179 Laurent Recouderc
Laurent Recouderc
Laurent Recouderc born July 10, 1984 in Toulouse, France, is a French professional tennis player.-Career:Recouderc spent the first years of his career on the Junior Circuit, beating players like Tomáš Berdych, Robin Söderling, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga...
in the second round. He also defeated World No. 120 Teymuraz Gabashvili in mid-May at the Marrakech Challenger, where he reached the second round. All of these results from April on occurred on a clay surface.
In May 2008, he participated in his first International Series
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-level event, as a qualifier, in the Grand Prix Hassan II
Grand Prix Hassan II
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event. He lost in the first round in three sets to former World No. 3 Guillermo Coria
Guillermo Coria
Guillermo Sebastián Coria , nicknames include El Mago , is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina who was runner-up in the 2004 French Open...
. He then participated in a qualifying tournament for a grand slam event for the first time, Wimbledon, losing in the first round. Polanksy then lost in successive challengers in the first round before reaching the second round at back-to-back challengers, played in Canada (Granby
Granby, Quebec
Granby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 47,637. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. It is the fifth most populated city in Montérégie after Longueuil, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard and...
and Moncton). Polansky then defeated both Colombian No. 1 and tournament No. 4 seed Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla Ramirez is a professional male tennis player from Colombia. He turned pro in 2000, plays left-handed, weighs 169 lb and measures 6'1" . At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in...
and defending champion and Canada No. 2 Frédéric Niemeyer
Frederic Niemeyer
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to reach the quarterfinals of the Vancouver challenger. In August, he reached the second round of the 2008 U.S. Open
2008 U.S. Open (tennis)
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qualifying tournament for singles, defeating Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram
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before falling to No. 24 seed Simon Stadler
Simon Stadler
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.
Polansky went 9 wins, 7 losses on the autumn American challenger circuit - his best results were reaching the semifinals of one tourney and the quarters of two others; at Waco
Waco, Texas
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, where he lost in three tight sets to top seed Vince Spadea
Vince Spadea
Vincent Spadea [SPAY-dee-ya] is an ATP Tour professional tennis player from the United States. He is one of only four players in history to defeat Roger Federer 6–0 in set, at a major event....
6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (6); and in Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
, where he defeated World No. 133 Amer Delic
Amer Delic
Amer Delić is a Bosnian tennis player. Representing the United States as a tour player until 2009, he now represents the country of his birth, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is a member of its Davis Cup team....
and World No. 295 Michael Russell
Michael Russell (tennis)
Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...
before falling to No. 2 seed Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....
in the quarters. He then reached the semifinals of the Rimouski challenger, where he lost to eventual champion Ryan Sweeting
Ryan Sweeting
Ryan Sweeting is a Bahamian-born American professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas, and has lived and trained in Ft. Lauderdale since the age of 12...
.
2009
Polansky opened 2009 losing in the first round of qualifying for the Brisbane InternationalBrisbane International
The Brisbane International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association Tour...
. Coming through three rounds of qualifying, he lost to the 18th seed Igor Andreev
Igor Andreev
Igor Valerievich Andreev is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow.-2003:Andreev made his ATP debut in September 2003 at Bucharest, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seed Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–7, 6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round to José Acasuso.At the...
from Russia in the first round of the Australian Open
2009 Australian Open - Men's Singles
The 2009 men's tournament is considered to be one of the best Grand Slam tournaments in open era history. It is remembered for containing many of the best matches of the 2009 year, including the Nadal v Verdasco semi final and the Nadal v Federer final...
, despite being up on his opponent two sets to love. It was Polansky's first ever appearance in the main draw of a grand slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
event. He followed this result by reaching the second round of the Carson, California
Countrywide Classic USTA Challenger
The USTA LA Tennis Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's circuit. It is held annually at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California, USA, since...
and Dallas, Texas
Challenger of Dallas
The Challenger of Dallas is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the T Bar M Racquet Club in Dallas, Texas, USA, since 1998....
challengers. He next in February failed to qualify for the main draw of the 2009 SAP Open
2009 SAP Open
The 2009 SAP Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 120th edition of the SAP Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2009 ATP Tour. It took place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, United States, from February 9 through February 15, 2009.The...
as well as 2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
The 2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2009 ATP Tour...
.
Polansky had to withdraw from the Canadian Davis Cup team for their tie against Ecuador
Ecuador Davis Cup team
The Ecuador Davis Cup team represents Ecuador in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Ecuador Tennis Federation.Ecuador currently compete in the Americas Zone of Group II...
in early March due to a small tear detected in a right rotator cuff tendon as well as one in his labrum http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/opencourt/archive/2009/03/05/davis-cup-ecuador-vs-canada.aspx. He took a month off from the tour, coming back to lose in the first round of the Sanremo Tennis Cup. The following week he lost in the final round of qualifying for the Zagreb Open
Zagreb Open
The Zagreb Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Športski Park Mladost in Zagreb, Croatia, since 1996....
. Polansky next found the form he had before getting injured in qualifying for the 2009 French Open, winning his three matches all in straight sets, conceding no more than 4 games in any one set. In his first round match in the main draw, versus Philipp Petzschner
Philipp Petzschner
Philipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting and incredible bursts of speed around the court, and now for controversy in the US Open Men's Doubles Final which he won partnered with Jurgen Melzer against the Polish team of Fystenberg/Matkowski...
, he fought back to level the match at 2 sets apiece before falling 3-6 in the fifth.
Following the French, Polansky lost convincingly to Simone Vagnozzi
Simone Vagnozzi
Simone Vagnozzi is an Italian professional tennis player.-Runner-Up :-External links:...
in the first round of Zenith Tennis Cup
Zenith Tennis Cup
The Aspria Tennis Cup Trofeo City Life is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Harbour Club Milano in Milan, Italy, since 2006.-Singles:-Doubles:-External...
on red clay in Milan. He followed upon this by reaching the quarterfinals of the Lines Trophy
Lines Trophy
-Women's singles:-Women's doubles:-External links:**...
, defeating Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...
in the second round before falling to veteran Jean-René Lisnard
Jean-René Lisnard
Jean-René Lisnard is a professional tennis player who represents Monaco, and formerly France. He has been a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team since 2007...
in straight sets. Polanksy rather surprisingly either chose not to enter Wimbledon qualifying or was not eligible. Instead he entered qualifying for the Sporting Challenger
Sporting Challenger
The Sporting Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Circolo della Stampa in Turin, Italy, since 2002....
, also in Italy, and lost in the final qualifying round. After taking the following week off Polansky won the opening rubber of the Davis Cup tie away to Peru
Peru Davis Cup team
The Peru Davis Cup Team is the Davis Cup team that represents the nation of Peru. The team is governed by the Federación de Tenis de Peru. They currently compete in the Americas Zone Group I, and their best result was reaching the World Group in 2008....
, defeating Iván Miranda
Ivan Miranda
Iván Miranda Chang , is a professional tennis player from Peru. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 104 in 2003....
in straight sets. Polansky became ill however and did not play in the 4th rubber. Despite losing their top clay court player, the Canadians won the tie 3-2.
Seguros Bolivar Open Bogotá
The Open Seguros Bolívar is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Bogotá, Colombia, since 2005.-Singles:-Doubles:...
to Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla Ramirez is a professional male tennis player from Colombia. He turned pro in 2000, plays left-handed, weighs 169 lb and measures 6'1" . At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in...
. After a week off, the unseeded Polansky reached the semi-finals of the Granby Challenger
Granby Challenger
The Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Granby, Quebec, Canada, since 1993....
, defeating José de Armas
José de Armas
José de Armas is a Venezuelan professional tennis player.-Runner-Up :-External links:*...
, Tobias Kamke
Tobias Kamke
Tobias Kamke is a German tennis player. He reached his career high ranking in singles at No. 64 on 31 January 2011 and in doubles at No. 419 on 17 October 2011.-2008:...
, and Lester Cook
Lester Cook
Lester Cook is an American professional tennis player.-External links:...
before falling to No. 4 seed Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...
in the semis 6-7, 7-6, 3-6. In doubles Polansky and partner Bruno Agostinelli lost in the first round as a wild card entry. He lost to an in-form Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
in the first round of the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
The Odlum Brown Vancouver Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour, and of the International Tennis Federation Women's Circuit...
5-7, 2-6.
Polansky played at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. He defeated fellow Ontarian and wild card entrant Agostinelli before falling to No. 4 seed Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
in the second, 4-6, 6-7(6). With no points for the following week to protect, this result saw Polansky climb 22 ranking spots to sit at World No. 203, just two places off his career high. Despite not playing in any tournament main draws the week after, Polansky rose three ranking spots to sit at World No. 200, a new career high.
Polansky qualified for U.S. Open
2009 US Open - Men's Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but was defeated by Juan Martín del Potro in the final, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 2–6.-Seeds:# Roger Federer # Andy Murray # Rafael Nadal # Novak Djokovic ...
singles tournament by beating Alex Kuznetsov
Alex Kuznetsov
----Alex Kuznetsov is an American tennis player, accomplished in junior tennis. He moved from Ukraine to the US when he was 3 years old...
, No. 9 seed Michael Russell
Michael Russell (tennis)
Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...
, and No. 28 seed Lukáš Lacko
Lukáš Lacko
Lukáš Lacko is a professional Slovak tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was 60, which he reached on February 22, 2010. His career high doubles ranking was 213 on November 30, 2009.- Tennis career :...
. In his first round main draw match, he came back from 2 sets down to even his match against Guillermo García López
Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Guillermo García López is a professional male tennis player from Spain.He is good friends with fellow Spanish tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero, and both train at the JC Ferrero Equelite Tennis Academy in Villena, Spain.- Professional career :On November 23, 2009, García-López achieved his...
before falling in the fifth, 1-6. His singles ranking has climbed once again, to World No. 184. Following the Open, Polansky lost in the second round of Seguros Bolivar Open
Seguros Bolivar Open
Seguros Bolivar Open may refer to the following professional tennis tournaments on the ATP Challenger Tour:*Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla, held in Barranquilla, Colombia since 2011. The event is played on hard courts...
challenger, to top seed Horacio Zeballos 3-6, 3-6. In doubles, he and partner Nicolas Todero lost in the second round. The following week at the Copa Petrobras Colombia
Copa Petrobras Colombia
The Copa Petrobras Colombia is a tennis tournament held in Bogotá, Colombia since 2004. The event is part of the challenger series and is played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**...
, Polansky lost in the first round, to Ricardo Mello
Ricardo Mello
Ricardo Mello is a Brazilian tennis player. His preference is for clay courts. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was no. 50 in 2005...
, 6-7, 4-6. In doubles, he and partner Alex Bogomolov, Jr.
Alex Bogomolov, Jr.
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bogomolov, most known as Alex Bogomolov Jr. , nicknamed Bogie, is a Russian professional tennis player.-Tennis career:...
, unseeded, reached the semi-final round.
In early October Polansky became the World No. 181 ranked singles player, another career high. As the No.3 seed at the Challenger ATP Club Premium Open
Challenger ATP Club Premium Open
The Cerveza Club Premium Open is a tennis tournament held in Quito, Ecuador since 1995. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**...
, he reached he quarter-finals, while in doubles he and partner Sebastián Decoud
Sebastian Decoud
Sebastián Decoud is a professional Argentine tennis player. He is a late-blooming pro who is on the verge of cracking into the top-200 in singles in 2008, and did crack the top-200 in doubles in March, 2008....
lost in the first round. The following week Polansky lost to No.1 seed Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open Men's Doubles title with Luis Horna....
in the first round of the Uruguayan's home tournament, the Copa Petrobras, 1-6, 3-6. In doubles and partner Bogomolov lost in the second round. Polansky climbed to yet another new career high, World No. 170. The week after, he lost in the second round of Copa Petrobras Asunción in singles, to No. 4 seed Santiago Ventura
Santiago Ventura Bertomeu
Santiago Ventura is a retired tennis player from Spain. He was born in Castellón, Spain and lives in Burriana, Spain. He is a clay court specialist and is known for the considerable use of drop-shots during his matches.-Singles :...
7-6(5), 6-7(8), 2-6. In doubles, again partnering Bogomolov, he has lost as well in the second round.
In late October Polansky reached the quarter-finals of the Copa Petrobras Santiago
Copa Petrobras Santiago
The Copa Petrobras Santiago is a tennis tournament held in Santiago, Chile since 2004. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**...
, beating No. 7 seed Sergio Roitman
Sergio Roitman
Sergio Andres Roitman in Buenos Aires, Argentina, nicknamed Escopeta is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina....
in the first round before falling to top seed Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface...
3 and 3. In doubles, he and Bogomolov again lost in the second round (quarters). Polansky was off from competition for the remainder of the year. He finished 2009 ranked World No. 185 in singles and No. 554 in doubles.
2010
Polansky began the year by reaching the second round in qualifying for the 2010 Aircel Chennai Open2010 Aircel Chennai Open
The 2010 Aircel Chennai Open is a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the 15th edition of the Chennai Open, and part of the 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
, losing as the No. 6 seed to unseeded Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj is a now inactive tour professional tennis player.-Background:Amritaj is the son of Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years. He is also the cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand was also a...
11 points to 9 in a third set tie-break. Amritraj went on to qualify for the main draw. Polansky did not participate in the doubles. Polansky failed to qualify for the Australian Open
2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
in singles, failing at the first hurdle in qualifying 1-6, 2-6 to No. 24 seed Marsel Ilhan
Marsel Ilhan
Marsel İlhan is a Turkish tennis player, ranked No. 1 in Turkey and No. 109, as of October 10th, 2011, in the world...
.
Unseeded Polansky defeated Korean No.1 Im Kyu-tae in the first round of the Honolulu Challenger
2010 Honolulu Challenger – Singles
Michael Russell won in the final 6–0, 6–3 against Grega Žemlja.-Seeds:# Michael Russell # Kevin Kim # Jesse Levine # Robert Kendrick Kevin Anderson ...
in three sets before losing in the second round to No.8 seed Ryan Sweeting
Ryan Sweeting
Ryan Sweeting is a Bahamian-born American professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas, and has lived and trained in Ft. Lauderdale since the age of 12...
, 4-6, 2-6. His poor form of late has seen him not be able to defend the rankings points he earned at last year's Australian Open and he now ranked outside the top 200 for the first time since August. After being off two weeks, Polanksy attempted to qualify for the Brasil Open
2010 Brasil Open
The 2010 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 10th edition of the event known as the Brasil Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
. He defeated Júlio Silva
Júlio Silva
Júlio Silva is a professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1999.He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on November 16, 2009, when he became the number 144 of the world.- Singles :...
the No. 8 seed in the first round, 6-5 def., but lost in the second round to fellow unseeded player Caio Zampieri
Caio Zampieri
Caio Zampieri is a Brazilian professional tennis player.-Titles :-External links:...
, 6-7, 3-6.
Polansky failed to qualify for the Copa Telmex, losing to No. 8 seed Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo is a professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #50 , and his current ranking is #84 . He turned pro in 1998...
in the first round, in a close third-set tiebreaker. The following week Polanksy lost in the first round of qualifying for the Delray Beach ATP 250
2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
The 2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
tournament, to No. 5 seed Paul Capdeville
Paul Capdeville
Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro is a Chilean tennis player.Capdeville was born in Santiago, Chile. On May 18, 2009, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of 76....
, in straight sets. The next week, Polansky played number one singles in Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
in Canada's tie away to Colombia
Colombia Davis Cup team
The Colombia Davis Cup team represents Colombia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Colombiana de Tenis.Colombia currently competes in the Americas Zone of Group I and have never competed in the World Group...
. He did not fair well losing the opening singles rubber to World No. 183 Carlos Salamanca
Carlos Salamanca
Carlos Salamanca Caicedo is a Colombian professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-External links:*...
4-6, 3-6, 2-6. Coach Martin Laurendeau
Martin Laurendeau
Martin Laurendeau is a former touring professional tennis player, and present coach and captain of the Canadian Davis Cup team....
opted to play Steven Diez
Steven Diez
Steven Diez is a Canadian and former Spanish professional tennis player. Raised primarily in and competing for Spain early in his career, he has since gone on to represent the country of his birth, Canada, in the Davis Cup.-2007:...
in the reverse singles as Canada lost the tie 1-4.
In April Polansky failed by just one rankings place to be seeded in singles for the Challenger Banque Nationale
2010 Challenger Banque Nationale – Singles
Rik de Voest won in the final 6–0, 7–5, against Tim Smyczek.-Seeds:# Michał Przysiężny # Dieter Kindlmann # Alex Kuznetsov # Michael Lammer Brendan Evans ...
. He defeated No. 5 seed Brendan Evans
Brendan Evans
Brendan Evans is an American professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Evans reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 2 in 2004, when he won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open doubles titles alongside Scott Oudesma. Evans competes today on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP...
in the first round in straight sets before falling to an in form Tim Smyczek
Tim Smyczek
Tim Smyczek is an American professional tennis player. Tim Smyczek Qualified into his first ATP main draw tournament in SAP Open – San Jose by winning eight qualifying matches before losing to Mardy Fish in the first round...Stayed in Fish's house for a year...Plays the violin...Wants to be a...
also in straight sets. In doubles
2010 Challenger Banque Nationale – Doubles
Kaden Hensel and Adam Hubble won in the final 7–6, 3–6, [11–9], against Scott Lipsky and David Martin.-Seeds:# Rik de Voest / Rogier Wassen # Scott Lipsky / David Martin Kaden Hensel / Adam Hubble ...
, he and fellow Canuck Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos-Lasnier, commonly referred to as Pierre-Ludovic Duclos, is a Canadian professional tennis player...
lost in the first round. Two weeks later Polansky lost in the second round of qualifying for the U.S. Clay Court Championships
2010 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles
Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion, but he lost to Juan Ignacio Chela in the quarterfinals.Chela won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 against Sam Querrey.-Seeds:The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Fernando González ...
. The following week, he lost in the first round of the 2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic
2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic
The 2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
to unseeded Joseph Sirianni
Joseph Sirianni
Joseph Sirianni is an Australian tennis player from Melbourne, Victoria. Sirianni was born to father Joseph and mother Ida. Sirianni turned professional in 1996 and he plays right-handed. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of World Number 138 on 20 October 2008...
3-6, 3-6, while in doubles he and partner Michael Yani
Michael Yani
Michael Yani is a Singaporean-American tennis player. He turned professional in 2003.Yani is 6 ft 1 in and 75 kg . He resides in Durham, North Carolina. His high singles ranking to date is World No. 143, which he reached March 1, 2010.Yani qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and 2009...
lost in the second round. The week after, Polansky lost in the second round at the 2010 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
2010 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
The 2010 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
to eventual champion Brian Dabul
Brian Dabul
Brian Dabul is a professional tennis player.-Juniors career:Dabul was an outstanding player in juniors tennis, reaching #1 in the world in January, 2002.-2003 to 2007:...
. In doubles, he and partner Donald Young lost in the first round.
In May Polansky lost in qualifying at the 2010 Serbia Open
2010 Serbia Open
The 2010 Serbia Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 2nd edition of the event. It was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
as the top seed but entered the main draw as a lucky loser, where he lost Horacio Zeballos, 6-7 in the third set. He did not play doubles. The following week Polansky lost in the second round of the Zagreb Open
2010 Zagreb Open – Singles
Marcos Daniel was the defending champion, but he lost against Yuri Schukin in the semifinals.Schukin won in the final 6–3, 7–5, against Santiago Ventura.-Seeds:# Marcos Daniel # Nicolás Massú # Blaž Kavčič ...
to top seeded Marcos Daniel
Marcos Daniel
Marcos Diniz Daniel is a professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 14, 2009, when he became World No. 56...
, while in doubles he and partner Michael Yani
Michael Yani
Michael Yani is a Singaporean-American tennis player. He turned professional in 2003.Yani is 6 ft 1 in and 75 kg . He resides in Durham, North Carolina. His high singles ranking to date is World No. 143, which he reached March 1, 2010.Yani qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and 2009...
lost in the first round. Polansky next was the sole Canadian in the draw for qualifying for the French Open
2010 French Open
The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 109th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
, lost in the first round, 7-9 in the third, to No. 28 seed Ramón Delgado
Ramon Delgado
Ramón Delgado is a tennis player from Paraguay, who turned professional in 1995. At the 1998 French Open, he defeated Pete Sampras in the second round. He has not won a single title during his career so far...
. A week later, as the No. 8 seed at the 2010 LA Tennis Open USTA Men's Challenger, he reached the semi-finals where he lost No. 5 seed Robert Kendrick
Robert Kendrick
Robert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport...
. In doubles he and partner Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
lost in the first round.
In June Polansky reached the second round of the 2010 Weil Tennis Academy Challenger
2010 Weil Tennis Academy Challenger
The 2010 Weil Tennis Academy Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, defeating fellow Canadian Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos-Lasnier, commonly referred to as Pierre-Ludovic Duclos, is a Canadian professional tennis player...
7-5, 6-0 before falling to Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic is a professional Croatian-Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 144, which he reached on October 25, 2010. His career high ranking in doubles was No. 541, set on September 28, 2009.-Tennis career and background:Matosevic was born in Jajce, SR Bosnia...
5-7, 4-6. He did likewise the following week at the 2010 Košice Open
2010 Košice Open
The 2010 Košice Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Košice, Slovakia between 7 and 13 June 2010.-Seeds:* Rankings are as of May 24, 2010....
, beating Yannick Mertens
Yannick Mertens
Yannick Mertens is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was born in Anderlecht, Belgium and currently resides in Lennik, Belgium.-Career:...
handily 6-2, 6-2 before falling to Ivo Minář
Ivo Minár
Ivo Minář is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. On July 20, 2009, Minář reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 62...
4-6, 3-6. The following week Polansky failed to qualify for Wimbledon, for the second time and again in the first round, going down to Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic is a professional Croatian-Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 144, which he reached on October 25, 2010. His career high ranking in doubles was No. 541, set on September 28, 2009.-Tennis career and background:Matosevic was born in Jajce, SR Bosnia...
, 7-6, 2-6, 3-6. Two weeks ago, with the new ATP rankings released for the week starting June 21, Polansky found himself the new Canada No. 1 singles player. Then that week, unseeded at the 2010 Camparini Gioielli Cup
2010 Camparini Gioielli Cup
The 2010 Camparini Gioielli Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, he beat Laurent Recouderc
Laurent Recouderc
Laurent Recouderc born July 10, 1984 in Toulouse, France, is a French professional tennis player.-Career:Recouderc spent the first years of his career on the Junior Circuit, beating players like Tomáš Berdych, Robin Söderling, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga...
6-4, 6-0 before losing to No. 5 and eventual runner-up Pablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar has played since he was 6 years old and has won 4 Challengers and several futures. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao. He has been in the 2010 Australian Open, but he lost to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–1,...
4-6, 3-6.
After a couple of weeks off, Polansky reached the second round of the 2010 Comerica Bank Challenger
2010 Comerica Bank Challenger
The 2010 Comerica Bank Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard court. This was the twenty-third edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, defeating No. 6 seed Kevin Kim
Kevin Kim
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6-1, 6-1 before falling to qualifier Brydan Klein
Brydan Klein
Brydan Klein is an Australian professional tennis player. He prefers to play on a fast surface, such as grass or hard.Klein has yet to become an active competitor on the main ATP Tour. However, he did receive a wildcard from Tennis Australia for the 2008 Australian Open, but lost to Paul Capdeville...
3-6, 4-6. He also lost in the second round in doubles, partnering compatriot Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
. Last week Polansky was the No. 7 seed at the 2010 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
2010 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
The 2010 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard court. It was a sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
where he has defeated Chris Guccione
Chris Guccione
Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian....
in the first round handily, 6-4, 6-2, and Raven Klaasen
Raven Klaasen
Raven Klaasen born October 16, 1982 in King William's Town, South Africa is a professional South African player on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Klaasen's career-high ranking was World Number 208, which he achieved on October 24, 2011...
in the second, 6-1, 6-3, before falling to No. 1 seed and eventual champion Carsten Ball
Carsten Ball
Carsten Thomas Ball is a professional Australian tennis player. Although born and based in the U.S., Carsten has continued to compete as an Australian player.-Tennis career:...
. Again playing doubles with Raonic, the pair withdrew from their second round match due to a Raonic injury.
In July Polansky, as the No. 8 in singles at the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby
2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby
The 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
, lost to World No. 221 Greg Jones
Greg Jones (tennis)
Greg Jones is an Australian professional tennis player.-Early life:Born in Sydney, Jones is an only child. He is the son of Russell Jones, a quantity surveyor, and Donna Jones, a teacher...
6-7, 4-6. (The singles field for this event features the top eight ranked (active) Canadian tour players.) In doubles, Polansky and partner Erik Chvojka reached the quarter-finals (second round). The following week Polansky lost to No. 1 seed Taylor Dent
Taylor Dent
Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour...
in the first round of the 2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
The 2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2010 ITF Women's Circuit...
, in three sets. The very next week, he appeared in the singles main draw of the 2010 Rogers Cup
2010 Rogers Cup
The 2010 Canada Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Canada. It was the 121st edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2010 WTA Tour...
, having been granted a wild card, where he faced and beat No. 13 Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...
in the first round. Peter lost in the second round however to Victor Hănescu
Victor Hanescu
Victor Hănescu is a Romanian tennis player. He achieved his career high rank of no. 26 on July 6, 2009.- Professional career :...
in the second round in straight sets. He did not play doubles.
After a week off, Polansky qualified for singles play at the U.S. Open
2010 US Open (tennis)
The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States....
, having defeated Santiago González, 6-1, 6-3, Franko Škugor
Franko Škugor
Franko Škugor is a Croatian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. Although perspective young player, injuries have been backwarding his career until 2010 SkiStar Swedish Open where he reached quarterfinals....
, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, and John Millman
John Millman
John Millman is an Australian professional tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of 179 in October 2010.- 2008 :...
, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. Polansky has advanced to the second round of the main draw, after defeating No. 30 seed Juan Mónaco
Juan Mónaco
Juan Mónaco , nicknamed "Pico", is a male tennis player from Argentina. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 14 on February 4, 2008. He is sponsored by Adidas and Yonex.-Biography:...
6-2, 7-6(5), 6-3. He is the first Canadian to do so since Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
in 2000. Peter lost however in the next round to wild card entrant and former World No. 4 James Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
, 7-6(1), 3-6, 2-6, 4-6. This result saw his singles ranking return to near his career high - he is now World No. 176.
After the Open Polansky, versus the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic Davis Cup team
The Dominican Republic Davis Cup team represents the Dominican Republic in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Dominicana de Tenis....
, won both of his singles Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
rubbers as Canada
Canada Davis Cup team
The Canada Davis Cup team represents Canada in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by Tennis Canada.Canada currently competes in the Americas Zone of Group I. The team's best result came in its first appearance in 1913 when it reached the World Group final, losing to the United States 0–3...
won the tie, a playoff to stay in the Americas Zone Group 1, 5-0. The following week he reached the second round of the 2010 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open 2
2010 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open 2
The 2010 Chang-Sat Bangkok 2 Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
in singles, defeating a Thai wild card entrant before falling to Sebastian Rieschick
Sebastian Rieschick
Sebastian Rieschick is a German tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 199 . His coach is Peter Pfannkoch.-Singles Titles :-Doubles Titles :-External links:*...
, 6-7(7), 1-6. A week later Peter lost to unseeded Frederik Nielsen
Frederik Nielsen
Frederik Løchte Nielsen is a professional male tennis player. Nielsen competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, in both singles and doubles....
in the qualifying round of the PTT Thailand Open
2010 PTT Thailand Open – Singles
Gilles Simon was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.Giant-killer Guillermo García-López, who especially eliminated World No.1 Rafael Nadal in the semifinal, won in the final against Jarkko Nieminen, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 to become the first Spanish winner of this event.-Seeds:# Rafael...
. Then the following week he lost to No. 8 Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...
, 6-1, 2-2 retired, in the first round of qualifying for the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championship. He did not play for the remainder of the year. Due to the surge of teenager Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
, Polansky once again became Canada No. 2 in singles, for the first time since June of the previous year.
Personal
Polansky survived a major scare as an 18 year old. While in Mexico to for a Davis CupDavis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
tie as a team hitting partner, he woke up sleepwalking
Sleepwalking
Sleepwalking, also known as somnambulism, is a sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family. Sleepwalkers arise from the slow wave sleep stage in a state of low consciousness and perform activities that are usually performed during a state of full consciousness...
and jumped or fell from a three-story room suffering serious injuries. Later he said that he saw a dark figure approaching his bed wielding a knife and only thought about escaping through the window. He recovered miraculously to be playing tennis just four months later.
Polansky has been and may still be coached by Dean Coburn.
Titles (8)
| Legend (Singles) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| ATP Challengers (0) |
| ITF Futures (8) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | January 8, 2007 |  El Salvador F1, Santa TeclaSanta Tecla, El Salvador Santa Tecla is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador. It is the capital of the department of La Libertad.The city was named after Saint Thecla who was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul of Tarsus in the 1st century AD... |
Clay (Outdoor) |  Jan Stancik |
5–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 2. | January 15, 2007 |  Guatemala F1, Guatemala CityGuatemala City Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America... |
Hard (Outdoor) |  John Paul FrutteroJohn Paul Fruttero John Paul Fruttero is a American professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 183 on 21 November 2005, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 135, on 26 September... |
7–6(5), 6–3 |
| 3. | January 29, 2007 |  Costa Rica F1, San JoséSan José, Costa Rica San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San... |
Hard (Outdoor) | Lester Cook Lester Cook Lester Cook is an American professional tennis player.-External links:... |
2–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 4. | March 5, 2007 | U.S.A. F6, McAllen, Texas McAllen, Texas McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It is located at the southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley and is part of the . Its southern boundary is located about five miles from the U.S.–Mexico border and the Mexican city of Reynosa, the Rio... |
Hard (Outdoor) |  Wesley WhitehouseWesley Whitehouse Wesley Whitehouse is a tennis player, born 13 March 1979 in Durban, South Africa.- Biography :Whitehouse resides or has resided in between Pretoria, South Africa and Phoenix, Arizona.- Career :... |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 5. | January 14, 2008 | Guatemala F1, Guatemala City Guatemala City Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America... |
Hard (Outdoor) |  Marcel FelderMarcel Felder Marcel Felder is a Uruguayan professional tennis player.-Runner-Up :-External links:*... |
7–6(5), 6–3 |
| 6. | September 25, 2011 |  Canada F7, MarkhamMarkham -Biology:* Markham's storm-petrel , a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia* Markham's grass mouse , a rodent subspecies found on Wellington Island and the nearby Southern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile* Ulmus americana 'Markham', an American elm cultivar-Companies:* Markham & Co., an... |
Hard (Outdoor) | Jesse Levine Jesse Levine Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008.... |
6–4, 3–6, 7–5 |
| 7. | October 9, 2011 |  Venezuela F8, CaracasCaracas Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range... |
Hard (Outdoor) |  Eduardo Struvay |
6-1, 6-3 |
| 8. | October 16, 2011 | U.S.A. F26, Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in... |
Hard |  John-Patrick Smith |
4–6, 7–6(5), 6-4 |
Runners-up (0)
| Legend (Singles) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| ATP Challengers (0) |
| ITF Futures (0) |
Titles (3)
| Legend (Singles) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| ATP Challengers (2) |
| ITF Futures (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| 1. | July 7, 2008 | Granby Challenger Granby Challenger The Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Granby, Quebec, Canada, since 1993.... |
Hard (Outdoor) | Philip Bester Philip Bester Philip Bester is a Canadian professional tennis player from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bester was a finalist at the 2006 junior French Open. In doing so he became the first Canadian to reach a grand slam final in singles, and is only the second ever to do so.-As a junior:Bester... |
Alberto Francis Nicholas Monroe |
2–6, 6–1, [10–5] |
| 2. | January 31, 2011 | McDonald's Burnie International |
Hard (Outdoor) | Philip Bester Philip Bester Philip Bester is a Canadian professional tennis player from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bester was a finalist at the 2006 junior French Open. In doing so he became the first Canadian to reach a grand slam final in singles, and is only the second ever to do so.-As a junior:Bester... |
Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic is a professional Croatian-Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 144, which he reached on October 25, 2010. His career high ranking in doubles was No. 541, set on September 28, 2009.-Tennis career and background:Matosevic was born in Jajce, SR Bosnia...  Jose Rubin StathamJose Rubin Statham Rubin Jose Statham is a professional Tennis player from New Zealand.-Career:In June 2005, Statham's second year on the professional tour, he made his first final at the Japan F8 tournament. He lost in the final to Go Soeda of Japan 4-6, 3-6... |
6–4, 3–6, [14–12] |
| 3. | September, 24 2011 | Canada F7, Markham Markham -Biology:* Markham's storm-petrel , a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia* Markham's grass mouse , a rodent subspecies found on Wellington Island and the nearby Southern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile* Ulmus americana 'Markham', an American elm cultivar-Companies:* Markham & Co., an... |
Hard (Outdoor) | Milan Pokrajac |
Tennys Sandgren Rhyne Williams |
4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
Runner-up (2)
| Legend (Doubles) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| ATP Challengers (0) |
| ITF Futures (2) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| 1. | 14 November 2005 | Canada F3, Rock Forest, Quebec |
Hard (Indoor) | Adil Shamasdin Adil Shamasdin Adil Shamasdin is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles tennis.-Career:Adil's junior career saw him finish ranked #5 in singles and #1 in doubles in Canada. He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 67 on 14 February 2011... |
Clay Donato Jesse Levine Jesse Levine Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008.... |
2–6, 7–6(5), 3–6 |
| 2. | 11 March 2007 | U.S.A. F6, McAllen, Texas McAllen, Texas McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It is located at the southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley and is part of the . Its southern boundary is located about five miles from the U.S.–Mexico border and the Mexican city of Reynosa, the Rio... |
Hard (Outdoor) | Donald Young |
Patrick Briaud Lesley Joseph |
6–4, 6–7(5), 5–7 |