Filip Peliwo

Canadian tennis player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCanadian tennis player
PlacesCanada Poland
isAthlete Tennis player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth30 January 1994, Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Age30 years
Star signAquarius
ResidenceVancouver
Stats
Height:180
Weight:70
The details

Biography

Filip Peliwo (born January 30, 1994) is a Canadian professional tennis player. Peliwo became the first Canadian male and second Canadian ever to win a Grand Slam in singles at any level with his 2012 Wimbledon boys' title win. This was Canada's second Grand Slam title in two days, one day after Eugenie Bouchard's. With the victory, Peliwo reached the No. 1 combined junior world ranking in July 2012, the first time a Canadian has been top ranked. He won his second straight junior Grand Slam title at the 2012 US Open. Peliwo was also runner-up in the boys singles events at the 2012 Australian Open and French Open.

Early life

Peliwo was born in Vancouver to Polish parents Mark and Monika. He played his early tennis through his teens at the North Shore Winter Club in North Vancouver BC and was part of the National Training Centre in Montreal from 2009 to 2012. He is the only one of three siblings not born in Poland.

Tennis career

Juniors

Peliwo reached the semifinals of the Orange Bowl in December 2011. At the beginning of 2012, he won the Grade 1 tournament in Traralgon, Australia after beating junior world No. 1 Luke Saville. He then reached the final of the junior Australian Open, where he lost to Saville. He reached his second straight Grand Slam final at the French Open, but lost this time to Kimmer Coppejans. After reaching his third Grand Slam final in a row in 2012 at Wimbledon, Peliwo won his first Grand Slam junior title there with a win over defending champion Luke Saville. He became the second Canadian to win a junior Grand Slam singles title, following Eugenie Bouchard who the day before won the Wimbledon girls' title. Peliwo reached his fourth straight junior Grand Slam final at the US Open, where he defeated Liam Broady to win his second Grand Slam title.

As a junior, he compiled a singles win/loss record of 92–44.

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:

Australian Open: F (2012)
French Open: F (2012)
Wimbledon: W (2012)
US Open: W (2012)

Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles:

Australian Open: QF (2012)
French Open: 1R (2011, 2012)
Wimbledon: QF (2012)
US Open: 2R (2012)

2012

Filip Peliwo in action during the 2012 junior US Open

In March, Peliwo reached his first professional semifinal at the ATP Challenger in Rimouski, where he lost to compatriot Vasek Pospisil. In late August, Peliwo also reached the semifinals of the ITF Futures in Winnipeg, and the doubles final as well. He turned full-time professional in September, following his victory at the junior US Open. In November, Peliwo reached his first professional singles final at the ITF Futures in Mérida, but lost to fellow 18-year-old Lucas Pouille.

2013

In May, Peliwo reached his second doubles final but lost again, this time at the Futures in Heraklion to Joshua Milton and Andrew Whittington. He made it to his second singles final a week later at the Marathon Futures, but was defeated in three sets by Michal Konečný. As the 2012 junior champion, Peliwo was awarded a wildcard for the qualifying draw at Wimbledon. He defeated world No. 178 Bradley Klahn in the first round, but was eliminated by the sixth seed Denis Kudla in the next round. Peliwo reached the quarterfinals of the Challenger de Granby in July. The following week in Lexington, he made it to the second ATP Challenger semifinal of his career, where he was defeated by James Ward.

At the Masters 1000 Rogers Cup at the beginning of August, Peliwo was granted a wildcard into the main draw, his first appearance at an ATP Tour tournament. He scored an upset with a three-set win over world No. 39 Jarkko Nieminen in the first round when Nieminen retired at 1–3 in the third set. He was defeated in the next round by world No. 66 Denis Istomin in three sets. He made it to the doubles final for the second straight year at the Futures in Winnipeg, but lost once again. In late September, Peliwo won his first pro title at the Futures in Markham when compatriot Philip Bester gave him a walkover in the final.

2014

In March, Peliwo reached the fourth professional doubles final of his career at the Futures in Gatineau. He was defeated, with compatriot Kamil Pajkowski, by Edward Corrie and Daniel Smethurst. At the Grand Prix Hassan II in April, Peliwo successfully made it through three rounds of qualifying for the first time to get a spot in an ATP tournament main draw without the use of a wildcard. He defeated world No. 80 Filippo Volandri in his opening match, but was stopped in three sets by world No. 43 Federico Delbonis in the next round. In May, he reached the semifinals in doubles of the Samarkand Challenger. At the end of June, Peliwo reached his first singles final of the season at the Futures in Richmond where he was defeated by Dennis Novikov in three sets. At the Futures in Kelowna a week later, Peliwo made it to a second straight singles final but was this time defeated by Benjamin Mitchell. In July, he was awarded a wildcard in the main draw of the Citi Open but lost to Lukáš Lacko in the opening round. In September, Peliwo reached the doubles final of the Futures in Markham where he was defeated by Matt Seeberger and Rudolf Siwy.

2015–16

In February 2015, Peliwo captured his second pro singles title at the Futures in Feucherolles with a straight sets victory over Antal van der Duim. Two weeks later, he won his first professional doubles title after defeating Hiroyasu Ehara and Takashi Saito with partner Pietro Licciardi in the final. In August 2015, Peliwo was awarded a wildcard for the Rogers Cup singles main draw where he was defeated by world No. 60 Sergiy Stakhovsky in the opening round in three sets. In October 2015, he won the doubles title at the ITF Futures in Rodez with Fabien Reboul.

Peliwo won his fourth singles title at the ITF Futures in Toronto in September 2016, defeating Rhyne Williams in straight sets. The next week, he won the doubles title at the Futures in Niagara Falls with compatriot Brayden Schnur.

2017

In April, Peliwo captured both the singles and doubles titles at the ITF Futures in Sharm El Sheikh. Two weeks later, he won his sixth ITF title with a victory over Issam Haitham Taweel again in Sharm El Sheikh. At the end of April, Peliwo won his third ITF singles title in four weeks with a straight sets victory over Moez Echargui at the Egypt F15 in Sharm El Sheikh. He also reached the doubles final. In May, Peliwo won his fourth ITF singles title in his last six tournaments after defeating Edan Leshem in the final in Herzliya. The next week, he captured his fifth ITF singles title of the season with a straight sets victory over Dekel Bar in Netanya. He made it to the doubles final as well.

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (9–4)
ResultNo.DateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner–up1.November 18, 2012FuturesMexico F14, MéridaHard Lucas Pouille3–6, 3–6
Runner–up2.May 12, 2013FuturesGreece F6, MarathonHard Michal Konečný7–5, 5–7, 5–7
Winner1.September 22, 2013FuturesCanada F9, MarkhamHard (i) Philip BesterWalkover
Runner–up3.June 29, 2014FuturesCanada F3, RichmondHard Dennis Novikov6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Runner–up4.July 6, 2014FuturesCanada F4, KelownaHard Benjamin Mitchell3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner2.February 1, 2015FuturesFrance F3, FeucherollesHard (i) Antal van der Duim6–2, 6–4
Winner3.November 14, 2015FuturesGreat Britain F11, BathHard (i) Mats Moraing2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner4.September 17, 2016FuturesCanada F8, TorontoHard Rhyne Williams6–3, 6–4
Winner5.April 9, 2017FuturesEgypt F12, Sharm El SheikhHard Aldin Šetkić2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner6.April 23, 2017FuturesEgypt F14, Sharm El SheikhHard Issam Haitham Taweel6–3, 6–3
Winner7.April 30, 2017FuturesEgypt F15, Sharm El SheikhHard Moez Echargui6–3, 6–4
Winner8.May 20, 2017FuturesIsrael F7, HerzliyaHard Edan Leshem4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Winner9.May 27, 2017FuturesIsrael F8, NetanyaHard Dekel Bar6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (4–8)
ResultNo.DateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner–up1.August 26, 2012FuturesCanada F6, WinnipegHard Milan Pokrajac Yuichi Ito
Ante Pavić
6–3, 3–6, [18–20]
Runner–up2.May 4, 2013FuturesGreece F5, HeraklionHard Hugo Di Feo Joshua Milton
Andrew Whittington
6–2, 3–6, [7–10]
Runner–up3.August 23, 2013FuturesCanada F6, WinnipegHard David Sofaer Ante Pavić
Milan Pokrajac
0–6, 6–4, [11–13]
Runner–up4.March 8, 2014FuturesCanada F1, GatineauHard (i) Kamil Pajkowski Edward Corrie
Daniel Smethurst
6–7(4–7), 1–6
Runner–up5.September 19, 2014FuturesCanada F11, MarkhamHard (i) Daniel Skripnik Matt Seeberger
Rudolf Siwy
2–6, 3–6
Winner1.February 15, 2015FuturesTunisia F5, Port El KantaouiHard Pietro Licciardi Hiroyasu Ehara
Takashi Saito
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Winner2.October 23, 2015FuturesFrance F23, RodezHard (i) Fabien Reboul Jonathan Eysseric
Tom Jomby
6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–4]
Runner–up6.November 13, 2015FuturesGreat Britain F11, BathHard (i) Sam Barry Lloyd Glasspool
Joshua Ward-Hibbert
4–6, 6–3, [2–10]
Winner3.September 23, 2016FuturesCanada F9, Niagara FallsHard (i) Brayden Schnur Iván Endara
Nicolás Jarry
6–3, 6–3
Winner4.April 8, 2017FuturesEgypt F12, Sharm El SheikhHard Aldin Šetkić Vladyslav Manafov
Daniil Zarichanskiy
4–6, 6–3, [14–12]
Runner–up7.April 29, 2017FuturesEgypt F15, Sharm El SheikhHard Vladyslav Orlov David Jorda Sanchis
Jaime Pulgar-García
4–6, 6–3, [1–10]
Runner–up8.May 26, 2017FuturesIsrael F8, NetanyaHard Yanais Laurent Antoine Bellier
Albano Olivetti
6–7(6–8), 5–7

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner–up2012Australian OpenHard Luke Saville3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner–up2012French OpenClay Kimmer Coppejans1–6, 4–6
Winner2012WimbledonGrass Luke Saville7–5, 6–4
Winner2012US OpenHard Liam Broady6–2, 2–6, 7–5

Awards

  • 2012 – ITF Junior World Champion
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