Katarzyna Kawa (Polish pronunciation: [kataˈʐɨna ˈkava]; born 17 November 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 112 in singles, achieved November 2020, and world No. 70 in doubles, set on 26 September 2022. She has won one WTA Challenger doubles title, and also seven singles and 18 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Katarzyna Kawa

Kawa at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Poznań, Poland
Born	(1992-11-17) 17 November 1992 (age 29) Krynica-Zdrój, Poland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 696,667
Singles
Career record	338–262 (56.3%)
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 112 (9 November 2020)
Current ranking	No. 163 (26 September 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2020, 2021, 2022)
French Open	Q1 (2019, 2021, 2022)
Wimbledon	2R (2022)
US Open	1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record	171–119 (59.0%)
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 18 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 64 (3 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 72 (17 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2022)
Last updated on: 30 September 2022.

Personal

Katarzyna Kawa was born in Krynica-Zdrój, but moved in 2013 to Poznań, Poland, where she currently resides. She started playing tennis at age seven and is coached by Grzegorz Garczyński.[1] Parents are Anna and Jacek, two sisters are Monika and Weronika, and brother is Radomir. Hobbies include reading and traveling. Idolizes Justine Henin and Novak Djokovic. Favorite shot is her backhand and her favorite surfaces to compete on are both clay and grass.[2]

Career

2019: First WTA final and breakthrough

In July, Kawa made it through the qualifying rounds at the Baltic Open to book her spot in the final with a straight-sets victory over Bernarda Pera.[3] Kawa reached the semifinal after beating Anna Danilina, Naiktha Bains, Ysaline Bonaventure, Jana Fett, Chloe Paquet. In the final, she lost to the top seed Anastasija Sevastova, in three sets.[4]

2020-21: Major debut & WTA Tour quarterfinal

In 2020, she made her major debut at the US Open as a direct entry.

At the 2021 National Tennis Championships in Bytom, Kawa ended runner-up in singles and won the title in doubles alongside Weronika Falkowska.[5] She continued at the Poland Open in Gdynia where she upset third seed Irina-Camelia Begu in the second round[6][7] before she lost her quarterfinal match against Kateryna Kozlova.

2022: Wimbledon debut and first win

She qualified for the first time for the Wimbledon Championships, and recorded her first main-draw match win at this major over Rebecca Marino. At the Poland Open held in Warsaw, Kawa reached her first WTA doubles final, partnering with Alicja Rosolska, where they finished as runner-ups.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

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WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2019	Baltic Open, Latvia	International[lower-alpha 1]	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova	6–3, 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2022	Poland Open	WTA 250	Clay	Alicja Rosolska	Anna Danilina Anna-Lena Friedsam	4–6, 7–5, [5–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2021	Bol Open, Croatia	Clay	Aliona Bolsova	Ekaterine Gorgodze Tereza Mihalíková	6–1, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	1–1	Apr 2022	Marbella Open, Spain	Clay	Vivian Heisen	Irina Bara Ekaterine Gorgodze	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2009	ITF Warsaw, Poland	10,000	Clay	Iveta Gerlová	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Feb 2010	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Garbiñe Muguruza	6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2010	ITF Iława, Poland	10,000	Clay	Zuzana Zlochová	6–7(2–7), 7–5, 2–6
Loss	0–4	May 2012	ITF Warsaw, Poland	10,000	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–4	Aug 2012	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–5	April 2013	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Alison Van Uytvanck	6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win	2–5	Mar 2015	ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Nadia Podoroska	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	3–5	Apr 2015	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Amanda Carreras	7–5, 6–1
Win	4–5	Oct 2015	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Grass	Riko Sawayanagi	6–7(6–8), 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Win	5–5	Jan 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Zhang Kailin	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win	6–5	Jun 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Clay	Dejana Radanović	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Oct 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Tereza Martincová	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	7–6	Apr 2019	ITF Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	Ann Li	6–3, 6–2
Loss	7–7	Nov 2020	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	100,000	Clay	Mayar Sherif	2–6, 3–6
Loss	7–8	May 2022	ITF Bonita Springs, United States	100,000	Clay	Gabriela Lee	1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 33 (19 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2009	ITF Warsaw, Poland	10,000	Clay	Katarzyna Kaleta	Iveta Gerlová Karolina Kosińska	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2009	Palić Open, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Simona Parajová	Dunja Antunovic Ani Mijacika	4–6, 0–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2009	ITF Iława, Poland	10,000	Clay	Aleksandra Rosolska	Veronika Domagała Anna Niemiec	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Aug 2010	ITF Iława, Poland	10,000	Clay	Veronika Domagała	Martina Borecká Martina Kubičíková	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–3	Aug 2010	ITF Gliwice, Poland	10,000	Clay	Justyna Jegiołka	Olga Brózda Veronika Domagała	6–2, 7–6(4)
Win	3–3	Oct 2010	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Natalia Kołat	Anja Prislan Eva Wacanno	5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	3–4	Mar 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Darija Jurak	Liang Chen Tian Ran	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Win	4–4	Jul 2011	ITF Horb, Germany	10,000	Clay	Paula Kania	Vaszilisza Bulgakova Christina Shakovets	1–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Win	5–4	Jan 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Natalia Kołat	Aleksandrina Naydenova Ekaterina Yashina	6–1, 6–4
Win	6–4	Aug 2013	ITF Craiova, Romania	50,000[lower-alpha 2]	Clay	Alice Balducci	Diana Buzean Christina Shakovets	3–6, 7–6(3), [10–8]
Loss	6–5	Jan 2016	ITF Bertioga, Brazil	25,000	Hard	Sandra Zaniewska	Cristina Dinu Indy de Vroome	3–6, 3–6
Loss	6–6	Apr 2016	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Olga Brózda	Antonia Lottner Anne Schäfer	1–6, 1–6
Loss	6–7	Jun 2016	ITF Puszczykowo, Poland	10,000	Hard	Olga Brózda	Weronika Foryś Valeria Savinykh	6–7(4), 4–6
Win	7–7	Aug 2016	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Cornelia Lister	Ema Burgić Bucko Georgina García Pérez	6–1, 7–6(6)
Win	8–7	Sep 2016	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Laura Pigossi	Kamonwan Buayam Lee Pei-chi	7–5, 6–7(4), [10–6]
Loss	8–8	Oct 2016	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Sandra Zaniewska	Alison Bai Lizette Cabrera	5–7, 7–5, [10–12]
Win	9–8	May 2017	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Dea Herdželaš Tereza Mrdeža	7–5, 6–4
Loss	9–9	Jun 2017	ITF Warsaw, Poland	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Priscilla Hon Vera Lapko	6–7(3), 4–6
Win	10–9	Feb 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Laura-Ioana Andrei Hélène Scholsen	6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	11–9	Mar 2018	ITF Solarino, Italy	15,000	Carpet	Shalimar Talbi	Laura Ashley Quinn Gleason	6–3, 6–4
Win	12–9	Jun 2018	Bella Cup Toruñ, Poland	25,000	Clay	Maja Chwalińska	Albina Khabibulina Hélène Scholsen	6–1, 6–4
Win	13–9	Apr 2019	ITF Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Hanna Chang Caitlin Whoriskey	7–5, 6–1
Loss	13–10	Apr 2019	ITF Charlottesville, U.S.	80,000	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend	6–4, 5–7, [3–10]
Win	14–10	Oct 2020	Macon Classic, United States	80,000	Hard	Magdalena Fręch	Francesca Di Lorenzo Jamie Loeb	7–5, 6–1
Win	15–10	Nov 2020	ITF Charleston Pro, U.S.	100,000	Clay	Magdalena Fręch	Astra Sharma Mayar Sherif	4–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Win	16–10	Apr 2021	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	60,000	Clay	Barbara Haas	Andreea Prisăcariu Nika Radišić	7–6(1), 5–7, [10–6]
Win	17–10	Oct 2021	Rancho Santa Fe Open, U.S.	60,000	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	Liang En-shuo Rebecca Marino	6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	17–11	Oct 2021	Tyler Pro Challenge, U.S.	80,000	Hard	Misaki Doi	Giuliana Olmos Marcela Zacarías	5–7, 6–1, [5–10]
Win	18–11	May 2022	ITF Charleston Pro, U.S. (2)	100,000	Clay	Aldila Sutjiadi	Sophie Chang Angela Kulikov	6–1, 6–4
Loss	18–12	May 2022	ITF Bonita Springs, U.S.	100,000	Clay	Olga Govortsova	Timea Babos Nao Hibino	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	18–13	Aug 2022	Kozerki Open, Poland	100,000	Hard	Vivian Heisen	Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls	1–6, 6–7(3)
Loss	18–14	Oct 2022	Templeton, United States	60,000	Hard	Sophie Chang	Nao Hibino Sabrina Santamaria	4–6, 6–7(4)
Win	19–14	Oct 2022	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	80,000	Hard	Elvina Kalieva	Marcela Zacarías Giuliana Olmos	6–1, 3–6, [10–2]

Notes

References

External links

• Katarzyna Kawa at the Women's Tennis Association
• Katarzyna Kawa at the International Tennis Federation

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