Filip Peliwo ( , ; born January 30, 1994) is a Canadian-born Polish professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 161 on 21 May 2018. In 2022, he began competing for Poland.
Peliwo became the first Canadian male and second Canadian ever to win a major 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.CBC News, "The National", airdate 2012 July 7 He won his second straight junior major 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
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-on-the-Lake 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. In July in Kelowna, he advanced to his sixth ITF Futures final of the season but was defeated by Alexander Sarkissian. He won the doubles title with Ronnie Schneider. The next week, Peliwo captured his sixth ITF singles title of the year with a victory over Marcos Giron in Saskatoon and reached the doubles final again with Schneider. In September at the Futures in Calgary, he reached his eight singles final of the season where he was defeated by Ulises Blanch. In November, he won his first ATP Challenger title, defeating Denis Kudla at the 75K in Knoxville.
2018 In March, Peliwo advanced to his first ATP Challenger doubles final in Drummondville, losing to Joris De Loore and Frederik Nielsen with partner Luis David Martínez.
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 32 (13 titles, 19 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–1)ITF Futures/WTT (12–18)Finals by surfaceHard (13–17)Clay (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Mexico F14, MéridaFuturesHard Lucas Pouille3–6, 3–6Loss0–2Greece F6, MarathonFuturesHard Michal Konečný7–5, 5–7, 5–7Win1–2Canada F9, MarkhamFuturesHard (i) Philip BesterwalkoverLoss1–3Canada F3, RichmondFuturesHard Dennis Novikov6–1, 4–6, 4–6Loss1–4Canada F4, KelownaFuturesHard Benjamin Mitchell3–6, 6–2, 4–6Win2–4France F3, FeucherollesFuturesHard (i) Antal van der Duim6–2, 6–4Win3–4Great Britain F11, BathFuturesHard (i) Mats Moraing2–6, 6–1, 6–2Win4–4Canada F8, TorontoFuturesHard Rhyne Williams6–3, 6–4Win5–4Egypt F12, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Aldin Šetkić2–6, 6–3, 6–3Win6–4Egypt F14, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Issam Haitham Taweel6–3, 6–3Win7–4Egypt F15, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Moez Echargui6–3, 6–4Win8–4Israel F7, HerzliaFuturesHard Edan Leshem4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)Win9–4Israel F8, NetanyaFuturesHard Dekel Bar6–3, 7–5Loss9–5Canada F3, KelownaFuturesHard Alexander Sarkissian2–6, 4–6Win10–5Canada F4, SaskatoonFuturesHard Marcos Giron7–6(9–7), 6–7(5–7), 6–1Loss10–6Canada F5, CalgaryFuturesHard Ulises Blanch4–6 ret.Win1–0Knoxville, USAChallengerHard (i) Denis Kudla6–4, 6–2Loss1–1Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Danilo Petrović6–7(3–7), 7–6(10–8), 1–6Loss10–7M15 Gdynia, PolandWTTClay Román Andrés Burruchaga7–6(7–2), 7–6(3–7), 1–6Loss10–8M15 Pretoria, South AfricaWTTHard Rio Noguchi3–6, 5–7Win11–8M25 Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanWTTHard Andrey Kuznetsov6–3, 7–5Loss11–9M15 Helsinki, FinlandWTTHard Charles Broom6–4, 4–6, 1–6Win12–9M25 Aldershot, United KingdomWTTHard Leandro Riedi6–4, 7–6(7–5)Loss12–10M25 Glasgow, United KingdomWTTHard (i) Aidan McHugh6–7(4–7), 4–6Loss12–11M25 Afula, IsraelWTTHard Daniel Cukierman6–7(4–7), 3–6Loss12–12M25 Jerusalem, IsraelWTTHard Vladyslav Orlov6–1, 1–6, 5–7Loss12–13M25 Netanya, IsraelWTTHard Martyn Pawelski1–6, 5–7Loss12–14M25 Netanya, IsraelWTTHard Yshai Oliel6–1, 6–7(5–7), 2–6Loss12–15M25 Pozzuoli, ItalyWTTHard Alessandro Pecci2–6, 4–6Loss12–16M15 Luan, ChinaWTTHard Pawit Sornlaksup1–6, 3–6Loss12–17M15 Hillcrest, South AfricaWTTHard Philip Henning6–4, 4–6, 2–6Loss12–18M25 Anning, ChinaWTTClay Colin Sinclair3–6, 0–6
Doubles: 18 (5 titles, 13 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–2)ITF Futures/WTT (5–11)Finals by surfaceHard (5–13)Clay (–)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Canada F6, WinnipegFuturesHard Milan Pokrajac Yuichi Ito Ante Pavić6–3, 3–6, [18–20]Loss0–2Greece F5, HeraklionFuturesHard Hugo Di Feo Joshua Milton Andrew Whittington6–2, 3–6, [7–10]Loss0–3Canada F6, WinnipegFuturesHard David Sofaer Ante Pavić Milan Pokrajac0–6, 6–4, [11–13]Loss0–4Canada F1, GatineauFuturesHard (i) Kamil Pajkowski Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst6–7(4–7), 1–6Loss0–5Canada F11, MarkhamFuturesHard (i) Daniel Skripnik Matt Seeberger Rudolf Siwy2–6, 3–6Win1–5Tunisia F5, El KantaouiFuturesHard Pietro Licciardi Hiroyasu Ehara Takashi Saito7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)Win2–5France F23, RodezFuturesHard (i) Fabien Reboul Jonathan Eysseric Tom Jomby6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–4]Loss2–6Great Britain F11, BathFuturesHard (i) Sam Barry Lloyd Glasspool Joshua Ward-Hibbert4–6, 6–3, [2–10]Win3–6Canada F9, NiagaraFuturesHard (i) Brayden Schnur Iván Endara Nicolás Jarry6–3, 6–3Win4–6Egypt F12, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Aldin Šetkić Vladyslav Manafov Daniil Zarichanskyy4–6, 6–3, [14–12]Loss4–7Egypt F15, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Vladyslav Orlov David Jordà Sanchis Jaime Pulgar-García4–6, 6–3, [1–10]Loss4–8Israel F8, NetanyaFuturesHard Yanais Laurent Antoine Bellier Albano Olivetti6–7(6–8), 5–7Win5–8Canada F3, KelownaFuturesHard Ronnie Schneider Jody Maginley Mark Whitehouse7–5, 6–4Loss5–9Canada F4, SaskatoonFuturesHard Ronnie Schneider Alexios Halebian Alexander Sarkissian3–6, 6–7(0–7)Loss0–1Drummondville, CanadaChallengerHard (i) Luis David Martínez Joris De Loore Frederik Nielsen4–6, 3–6Loss0–2Calgary, CanadaChallengerHard (i) Harry Bourchier Nathan Pasha Max Schnur6–7(4–7), 3–6Loss5–10M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Matías Franco Descotte Hong Seong-chan Nam Ji-sung3–6, 1–6Loss5–11M25 Jerusalem, IsraelWTTHard Mattias Southcombe Daniel Cukierman Joshua Paris3–6, 4–6
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)