Peter Polansky

Polansky at the2018 French Open
Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Toronto, Canada Tampa, Florida,United States
Born	(1988-06-15)June 15, 1988 (age 37) North York,Ontario, Canada
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,729,767
Singles
Career record	19–45
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 110 (25 June 2018)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2009,2017,2018)
French Open	1R (2009,2014,2018)
Wimbledon	1R (2018)
US Open	2R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	3–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 123 (December 10, 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2017,2018)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	1R (2014)
Last updated on: 27 February 2023.

Peter Polansky (/pəˈlænski/pə-LAN-skee;^[2] born June 15, 1988) is a Canadian former professionaltennis player of Czech origin.^[3] He was Canada's top singles player from June 21, 2010, until January 17, 2011, in theATP rankings. He was also Canada's No. 2 from August 4, 2008, until June 21, 2010, with the exception of one week. In 2018, he became the first player in the Open Era to qualify for all fourGrand Slam tournaments as alucky loser within the same calendar year.^[4]

Polansky (Czech:Polanský) was born in North York, Ontario, Canada.

Polansky survived a major scare as an 18-year-old. While in Mexico for aDavis Cup tie as a team hitting partner, he woke upsleepwalking 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.^[5]

Polansky has been coached by Dean Coburn.

Polansky played Canada F3, F4, and F5Futures 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 2005GranbyChallenger 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 compatriotAdil 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, aMasters event at that, as he lost in the first round to compatriotFrank Dancevic at the2006 Rogers Cup. Polansky then, as an unseeded Special Entry, proceeded to reach the finals of theUS Open boys singles tournament. His run included three-set wins over top seedMartin Kližan in the second round and No. 4 seedDonald Young in the semis. He lost the final to No. 10 seedDušan Lojda. Polansky then in late September reached the semi-finals of USA 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.

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 firstDavis Cup tie, in February, winning a dead rubber against a Colombian opponent. He then went 9–3 in February–March in Futures, including winning USA F6. He lost his first Davis Cup live rubber in April, in 4 sets toFlávio Saretta in an away tie toBrazil.

From May through September Polansky played on the Challenger circuit, going a respectable 6–7. His most impressive wins came over World No. 106Danai Udomchoke, as the Thai retired from the match, and World No. 119Kevin Kim. A second straight appearance as a wild card at theRogers Cup ended with the same first round loss, this time toFabio Fognini. Polansky finished 2007 ranked World No. 343.

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 againstMexico, including his first over World No. 172Bruno Echagaray handily in straight sets.Canada won the tie 4–1. He then reached the quarter-finals of theSantiago Challenger in late February with wins over World No. ~230Rajeev Ram and World No. 198Adrián Menéndez Maceiras. In April, he accounted himself well in Canada's next Davis Cup tie, away toChile, losing to World No. 15Fernando González prior to winning a dead rubber. Polansky then reached the quarter-finals of theFlorianópolis Challenger, defeating World No. 206João Souza. He next reached the semi-finals of theRabatChallenger during the first week of May 2008, defeating World No. 179Laurent Recouderc in the second round. He also defeated World No. 120Teymuraz Gabashvili in mid-May at the Marrakech Challenger, where he reached the second round. All of these results from April on occurred on aclay surface.

In May 2008, he participated in his firstInternational Series-level event, as a qualifier, in theGrand Prix Hassan II event. He lost in the first round in three sets to former World No. 3Guillermo 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 andMoncton). Polansky then defeated both Colombian No. 1 and tournament No. 4 seedAlejandro Falla and defending champion and Canada No. 2Frédéric Niemeyer to reach the quarterfinals of the Vancouver challenger. In August, he reached the second round of the2008 US Open qualifying tournament for singles, defeatingRajeev Ram before falling to No. 24 seedSimon 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; atWaco, where he lost in three tight sets to top seedVince Spadea; and inLouisville, Kentucky, where he defeated World No. 133Amer Delić and World No. 295Michael Russell before falling to No. 2 seedJesse Levine in the quarters. He then reached the semifinals of theRimouski challenger, where he lost to eventual championRyan Sweeting.

Polansky opened 2009 losing in the first round of qualifying for theBrisbane International. Coming through three rounds of qualifying, he lost to the 18th seedIgor Andreev from Russia in the first round of theAustralian Open, despite being up on his opponent two sets to love. It was Polansky's first ever appearance in the main draw of aGrand Slam event. He followed this result by reaching the second round of theCarson, California andDallas, Texas challengers. He next in February failed to qualify for the main draw of the2009 SAP Open as well as2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.

Polansky had to withdraw from theCanadian Davis Cup team for their tie againstEcuador in early March due to a small tear detected in a right rotator cuff tendon as well as one in his labrum[1]. He took a month off from the tour, coming back to lose in the first round of theSanremo Tennis Cup. The following week he lost in the final round of qualifying for theZagreb Open. Polansky next found the form he had before getting injured in qualifying for the2009 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, versusPhilipp 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 toSimone Vagnozzi in the first round ofZenith Tennis Cup on red clay in Milan. He followed upon this by reaching the quarterfinals of theLines Trophy, defeatingNicolás Massú in the second round before falling to veteranJean-René Lisnard in straight sets. Polanksy rather surprisingly either chose not to enterWimbledon qualifying or was not eligible. Instead he entered qualifying for theSporting 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 toPeru, defeatingIván 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 theSeguros Bolívar Open Bogotá toAlejandro Falla. After a week off, the unseeded Polansky reached the semi-finals of theGranby Challenger, defeatingJosé de Armas,Tobias Kamke, andLester Cook before falling to No. 4 seedKevin Anderson in the semis. In doubles Polansky and partnerBruno Agostinelli lost in the first round as a wild card entry. He lost to an in-formXavier Malisse in the first round of theOdlum Brown Vancouver Open.

Polansky played at theRogers Cup in Montreal. He defeated fellow Ontarian and wild card entrant Agostinelli before falling to No. 4 seedNovak Djokovic in the second. 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 forUS Open singles tournament by beatingAlex Kuznetsov, No. 9 seedMichael Russell, and No. 28 seedLukáš Lacko. In his first round main draw match, he came back from 2 sets down to even his match againstGuillermo García López before falling in the fifth, 16. His singles ranking has climbed once again, to World No. 184. Following the Open, Polansky lost in the second round ofSeguros Bolívar Open challenger, to top seedHoracio Zeballos. In doubles, he and partnerNicolás Todero lost in the second round. The following week at theCopa Petrobras Colombia, Polansky lost in the first round, toRicardo Mello. In doubles, he and partnerAlex 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 theChallenger ATP Club Premium Open, he reached he quarter-finals, while in doubles he and partnerSebastián Decoud lost in the first round. The following week Polansky lost to No.1 seedPablo Cuevas in the first round of the Uruguayan's home tournament, theCopa Petrobras. 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 ofCopa Petrobras Asunción in singles, to No. 4 seedSantiago Ventura. In doubles, again partnering Bogomolov, he has lost as well in the second round.

In late October Polansky reached the quarter-finals of theCopa Petrobras Santiago, beating No. 7 seedSergio Roitman in the first round before falling to top seedJuan 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.

Polansky began the year by reaching the second qualifying round of the2010 Aircel Chennai Open, losing as the no. 6 seed to unseededPrakash Amritraj 11–9 in a third set tie-break. Amritraj went on to qualify for the main draw. Polansky failed to qualify for theAustralian Open in singles.

Unseeded Polansky defeated Korean no.1Im Kyu-tae in the first round of theHonolulu Challenger in three sets before losing in the second round to eighth seedRyan Sweeting. He was then ranked outside the top 200 for the first time since August. At theBrasil Open, he defeated eighth seedJúlio Silva in the first qualifying round, but lost in the second round to fellow unseeded playerCaio Zampieri.

Polansky failed to qualify for theCopa Telmex, losing to eighth seedRubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the first round, in a close third-set tiebreaker. The following week, Polanksy lost in the first round of qualifying for theDelray Beach ATP 250 tournament, to fifth seedPaul Capdeville, in straight sets. The next week, Polansky played singles in Canada'sDavis Cup tie againstColombia. He did not fare well, losing the opening singles rubber to world no. 183Carlos Salamanca. CoachMartin Laurendeau opted to playSteven Diez in the reverse singles, as Canada lost the tie 1–4.

In April, Polansky failed by just one ranking place to be seeded in singles for theChallenger Banque Nationale. He defeated fifth seedBrendan Evans in the first round in straight sets, before falling to an in formTim Smyczek, also in straight sets. Indoubles, he and fellow CanuckPierre-Ludovic Duclos lost in the first round. Two weeks later, Polansky lost in the second round of qualifying for theU.S. Clay Court Championships. The following week, he lost in the first round of the2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic to unseededJoseph Sirianni, while in doubles he and partnerMichael Yani lost in the second round. The next week, Polansky lost in the second round at the2010 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger to eventual championBrian Dabul. In doubles, he and partnerDonald Young lost in the first round.

In May, Polansky lost in qualifying at the2010 Serbia Open as the top seed, but entered the main draw as a lucky loser, where he lost toHoracio Zeballos. The following week, Polansky lost in the second round of theZagreb Open to top seedMarcos Daniel, while in doubles he and partnerMichael Yani lost in the first round. Polansky next was the sole Canadian in the draw for qualifying for theFrench Open. He lost in the first round, 7–9 in the third, to 28th seedRamón Delgado. A week later, as the eighth seed at the2010 LA Tennis Open USTA Men's Challenger, he reached the semifinals, where he lost fifth seedRobert Kendrick. In doubles, he and partnerMilos Raonic lost in the first round.

In June, Polansky reached the second round of the2010 Weil Tennis Academy Challenger, defeating fellow CanadianPierre-Ludovic Duclos, before falling toMarinko Matosevic. He did likewise the following week at the2010 Košice Open, beatingYannick Mertens handily, before falling toIvo Minář. The following week, Polansky failed to qualify forWimbledon for the second time again in the first round, going down toMarinko Matosevic. On June 21, Polansky found himself the new Canada no. 1 singles player. Then that week, unseeded at the2010 Camparini Gioielli Cup, he beatLaurent Recouderc before losing to fifth seed and eventual runner-upPablo Andújar.

After a couple of weeks off, Polansky reached the second round of the2010 Comerica Bank Challenger, defeating sixth seedKevin Kim, before falling to qualifierBrydan Klein. He also lost in the second round in doubles, partnering compatriotMilos Raonic. Polansky was the seventh seed at the2010 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships, where he has defeatedChris Guccione in the first round handily, andRaven Klaasen in the second, before falling to top seed and eventual championCarsten Ball. Again playing doubles with Raonic, the pair withdrew from their second-round match due to a Raonic injury.

In July, Polansky, as the eighth seed in singles at the2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby, lost to world no. 221Greg Jones. (The singles field for this event featured the top eight ranked Canadian tour players.) In doubles, Polansky and partnerÉrik Chvojka reached the quarterfinals. The following week Polansky lost to top seedTaylor Dent in the first round of the2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open in three sets. The next week, he appeared in the singles main draw of the2010 Rogers Cup, having been granted a wild card, where he faced and beat no. 13Jürgen Melzer in the first round. Peter lost in the second round, however, toVictor Hănescu in straight sets.

After a week off, Polansky qualified for singles play at theUS Open, having defeatedSantiago González,Franko Škugor, andJohn Millman in qualifying. Polansky advanced to the second round of the main draw, after defeating 30th seedJuan Mónaco. He was the first Canadian to advance to the second round sinceDaniel Nestor in 2000. He lost, however, in the next round to wild card entrant and former world no. 4James Blake. This result saw his singles ranking return to near a career-high of world no. 176.

After the US Open, Polansky won both of his singlesDavis Cup rubbers againstthe Dominican Republic, asCanada won the tie, a playoff to stay in the Americas Zone Group 1, 5–0. The following week, he reached the second round of the2010 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open 2 in singles, defeating a Thai wild card entrant before falling toSebastian Rieschick. A week later, Peter lost to unseededFrederik Nielsen in the qualifying round of thePTT Thailand Open. Then, the following week, he lost to eighth seedRajeev Ram in the first round of qualifying for the2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championship. He did not play for the remainder of the year. Due to the surge of teenagerMilos Raonic, Polansky once again became Canadian No. 2 in singles for the first time since June of the previous year.

Polansky began his 2017 season playing a challenger event inHappy Valley, Australia by reaching the quarterfinals before losing toOmar Jasika, who lost in the final. Polansky was seeded 22nd in qualifying draw in his 8th appearance at theAustralian Open. The top seed in his section was 4th seedYūichi Sugita. Polansky beat bothTristan Lamasine andMirza Bašić in straight sets before losing to Young Gun finalistAndrey Rublev in 3 sets. Polansky was able to enter the main draw as alucky loser replacing AussieThanasi Kokkinakis. He drew the 30th seed,Pablo Carreño Busta in the first round and got out to a two sets to one lead but eventually he had to retire from the match with an illness in the 5th set.

From the start of February to the end of June, Polansky struggled to get positive results going 2–9 in challenger matches, 5–8 in qualifying matches and 0–1 in ATP matches. Polansky did qualify for Memphis, but lost in three sets toMatthew Ebden. At his seventh appearance at theFrench Open, he lost in the second round of qualifying toAlexander Bublik and at his seventh appearance atWimbledon he lost toStefano Travaglia in five sets after leading two sets to one.

Polansky returned to Canada to play the Canadian summer circuit including challengers inWinnipeg,Gatineau andGranby in July and he was defending a lot of points from 2016. Polansky lost in the final of all three challengers, losing toBlaž Kavčič twice andDenis Shapovalov. In the three tournament run, he beatMalek Jaziri,Brayden Schnur,Frank Dancevic andDenis Shapovalov and reached a career high ranking of 115. He followed up with a direct entry main draw performance inLos Cabos, where he beatYasutaka Uchiyama for the third time in the month. Polansky got a wildcard into theRogers Cup inMontreal where he beatVasek Pospisil in straight sets before losing to world number 3,Roger Federer. Polansky ended his summer at the US Open, where he lost in third round of qualifying toTim Smyczek in straight sets.

Polansky spent the end of the season playing in Asia in seven challenger events and two ATP events. He had some success playing challengers, reaching the semifinals inGwangju,South Korea and the quarterfinals inNingbo, China and inHo Chi Minh City. He finished the year with a record of 2 wins and 4 losses on the ATP tour, but he had 36 wins combining ATP and challenger tours.

Polansky began the year in Australia in Brisbane with qualifying wins overFilip Peliwo andYannick Hanfmann. He lost a first match against a wildcard entryJohn Millman 6–7, 0–6. Polansky entered theAustralian Open qualifying draw for the 9th time of his career. Seeded 26th in the qualifying draw, he beatJoão Domingues in the first round 7–6, 6–4. He followed up the win with a 6–2, 7–5 win overChristian Harrison before losing 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 to 15th seed,Yuki Bhambri. For the second consecutive year, Polansky got into the main draw as a lucky loser.Karen Khachanov served 21 aces as he beat Polansky 7–6, 7–6, 6–4.

In March, Polansky qualified for the2018 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells by winning two matches. In the first round of the main draw, he beatMarius Copil 7–6⁽³⁾, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 7–6⁽¹²⁾ on his eighth match point after saving two match points. The match took 3 hours and 11 minutes and there were five rallies over 35 shots in the deciding tiebreak. Polansky lost to the 20th seedAdrian Mannarino in straight sets in the second round. Polansky failed to qualify for the2018 Miami Open falling in the second round toRogério Dutra Silva in three close sets.

In May, Polansky entered the French Open qualifying draw for the 8th time in his career. Seeded 14th in the qualifying draw, he beatNorbert Gombos 2–6, 7–6⁽³⁾, 6–2 in the first round. He followed up the win with a 6–4, 6–2 win overPeđa Krstin before losing 7–6⁽¹⁾, 7–6⁽³⁾ toJozef Kovalík. For the second consecutive grand slam tournament, Polansky got into the main draw as a lucky loser.Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Polansky in 4 sets, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2.

In June, Polansky entered theWimbledon qualifying draw for the 8th time in his career. Seeded 8th in the qualifying draw, he beatYang Tsung-hua 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 in the first round. He followed up the win with a 7–5, 6–2 win overAlejandro Davidovich Fokina before losing 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3, 6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–4 to Jason Kubler in the third round of qualifying. It was the second consecutive year that Polansky lost in QR3. For the third consecutive grand slam tournament, Polansky got into the main draw as a lucky loser.Dennis Novak beat Polansky in 3 sets, 6–2, 6–3, 7–6⁽⁷⁾.

In August, Polansky received a wild card to play in the2018 Rogers Cup for the 10th time in his career. He reached the second round for the 6th time after beatingMatthew Ebden. He playedNovak Djokovic losing 6–3, 6–4. Polansky has lost twice against Novak Djokovic and twice against Roger Federer at the Roger's Cup. Polansky entered theUS Open qualifying draw for the 10th time in his career. Seeded 12th in the qualifying draw, he beatSergio Gutiérrez Ferrol 6–4, 6–4 in the first round. He followed up that win with a 7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–4 win overSantiago Giraldo before losing 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 to Donald Young despite winning more points in the match. For the fourth consecutive grand slam tournament, Polansky got into the main draw as a lucky loser. The achievement was dubbed the "lucky loser" slam.^[6] He lost toAlexander Zverev 6–2, 6–1, 6–2.

Polansky won 46 matches in 2018. He played in 11 ATP events, a career high, with three wins. He played in ATP qualifying (non Grand Slam) seven times, successfully qualifying three times. He won 27 matches on the challenger tour. The highlights of the challenger season were a tournament win inGranby, a final inCharlottesville and four quarter-final results. He reached a career high of 110 in the world on June 25, 2018, and finished the year with an ATP ranking of 121. Due to the change in ranking system, his ranking to begin 2019 at 119 in the world. It was his best year end ranking and the seventh time he finished the year in the top 200. He also finished with a career best ranking of 125 in doubles.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2007	El Salvador F1,Santa Tecla	Futures	Clay	Jan Stancik	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jan 2007	Guatemala F1,Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	John Paul Fruttero	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	3–0	Feb 2007	Costa Rica F1,San José	Futures	Hard	Lester Cook	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	4–0	Mar 2007	USA F6,McAllen	Futures	Hard	Wesley Whitehouse	6–3, 6–2
Win	5–0	Jan 2008	Guatemala F1,Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	Marcel Felder	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	6–0	Sep 2011	Canada F7,Markham	Futures	Hard (i)	Jesse Levine	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win	7–0	Oct 2011	Venezuela F8,Caracas	Futures	Hard	Eduardo Struvay	6–1, 6–3
Win	8–0	Oct 2011	USA F26,Austin	Futures	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	9–0	Feb 2012	USA F5,Brownsville	Futures	Hard	Daniel Cox	6–1, 6–3
Loss	9–1	Mar 2012	USA F6,Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Thomas Fabbiano	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	9–2	Mar 2012	Canada F2,Sherbrooke	Futures	Carpet (i)	Stefan Seifert	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	9–3	Jul 2012	Panama City, Panama	Challenger	Clay	Rogério Dutra da Silva	3–6, 0–6
Loss	9–4	Aug 2012	Canada F5,Mississauga	Futures	Hard	Danai Udomchoke	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win	10–4	Sep 2012	Canada F7,Toronto	Futures	Clay	Chase Buchanan	6–4, 6–4
Loss	10–5	Sep 2012	Canada F9,Markham	Futures	Hard (i)	Tennys Sandgren	4–6, 3–6
Win	11–5	Sep 2013	Canada F7,Toronto	Futures	Clay	Jason Jung	6–1, 6–1
Win	12–5	Sep 2013	Canada F8,Toronto	Futures	Hard	Sanam Singh	6–2, 6–2
Win	13–5	Oct 2013	Tiburon, United States	Challenger	Hard	Matthew Ebden	7–5, 6–3
Loss	13–6	Nov 2013	Charlottesville, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	Michael Russell	5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	13–7	Nov 2013	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tim Smyczek	4–6, 2–6
Win	14–7	May 2016	USA F16,Tampa	Futures	Clay	Roberto Quiroz	7–5, 6–3
Win	15–7	Jun 2016	Canada F3,Richmond	Futures	Hard	Jason Jung	6–1, 6–4
Win	16–7	Jul 2016	Canada F4,Kelowna	Futures	Hard	Raymond Sarmiento	6–2, 6–4
Loss	16–8	Jul 2016	Canada F5,Saskatoon	Futures	Hard	Philip Bester	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	17–8	Aug 2016	Gatineau, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Vincent Millot	3–6, 6–4, ret.
Loss	17–9	Nov 2016	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	Michael Mmoh	5–7, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	17–10	Jul 2017	Winnipeg, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Blaž Kavčič	5–7, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	17–11	Jul 2017	Gatineau, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Denis Shapovalov	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	17–12	Jul 2017	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Blaž Kavčič	3–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win	18–12	Jul 2018	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Ugo Humbert	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	18–13	Nov 2018	Charlottesville, USA	Challenger	Hard	Tommy Paul	2–6, 2–6
Win	19–13	Sep 2019	Columbus, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	J. J. Wolf	6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2005	Canada F3,Montreal	Futures	Hard	Adil Shamasdin	Clay Donato Jesse Levine	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2007	USA F6,McAllen	Futures	Hard	Donald Young	Patrick Briaud Lesley Joseph	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2008	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Philip Bester	Alberto Francis Nicholas Monroe	2–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win	2–2	Feb 2011	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Philip Bester	Marinko Matosevic Jose Rubin Statham	6–4, 3–6, [14–12]
Win	3–2	Sep 2011	Canada F7,Markham	Futures	Hard	Milan Pokrajac	Tennys Sandgren Rhyne Williams	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	3–3	Mar 2012	Canada F2,Sherbrooke	Futures	Carpet	Milan Pokrajac	Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea	6–7(6–8), 6–3, [1–10]
Loss	3–4	Jul 2012	Panama City, Panama	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Kosakowski	Julio César Campozano Alejandro González	4–6, 5–7
Win	4–4	Sep 2012	Canada F7,Toronto	Futures	Clay	Carsten Ball	Sekou Bangoura Bjorn Fratangelo	6–7(2–7), 6–4, [11–9]
Loss	4–5	Sep 2012	Canada F9,Markham	Futures	Hard	Carsten Ball	Chase Buchanan Tennys Sandgren	2–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	4–6	Mar 2013	Canada F1,Gatineau	Futures	Hard	Adam El Mihdawy	Moritz Baumann Tim Pütz	6–7(0–7), 1–6
Loss	4–7	May 2013	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Clay	Greg Jones	Austin Krajicek Tennys Sandgren	6–1, 2–6, [8–10]
Win	5–7	Jul 2013	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Érik Chvojka	Adam El Mihdawy Ante Pavić	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–7	Jul 2013	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Frank Dancevic	Bradley Klahn Michael Venus	7–5, 6–3
Loss	6–8	Sep 2013	Canada F7,Toronto	Futures	Clay	Milan Pokrajac	Jean-Yves Aubone Sekou Bangoura	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6–9	Sep 2013	Canada F8,Toronto	Futures	Hard	Milan Pokrajac	Jason Jung Evan King	5–7, 2–6
Loss	6–10	Nov 2013	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Carsten Ball	Sam Groth John-Patrick Smith	7–6(8–6), 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	6–11	Jun 2014	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Adil Shamasdin	Andre Begemann Lukáš Rosol	1–6, 2–6
Win	7–11	Jul 2014	Manta, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Chase Buchanan	Luis David Martinez Eduardo Struvay	6–4, 6–4
Win	8–11	Jul 2014	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Adil Shamasdin	Chase Buchanan James McGee	6–4, 6–2
Win	9–11	Sep 2014	Napa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Adil Shamasdin	Bradley Klahn Tim Smyczek	7–6(7–0), 6–1
Loss	9–12	Oct 2014	Sacramento, United States	Challenger	Hard	Adil Shamasdin	Adam Hubble John-Patrick Smith	3–6, 2–6
Win	10–12	Jul 2015	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Philip Bester	Enzo Couacaud Luke Saville	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), [10–7]
Loss	10–13	Nov 2015	Charlottesville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Adil Shamasdin	Chase Buchanan Tennys Sandgren	6–3, 4–6, [5–10]
Win	11–13	Feb 2016	Cuernavaca, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Philip Bester	Marcelo Arévalo Sergio Galdós	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	12–13	Jun 2016	Canada F3,Richmond	Futures	Hard	Philip Bester	Farris Fathi Gosea Tim Kopinski	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win	13–13	Jul 2016	Canada F5,Saskatoon	Futures	Hard	Philip Bester	Christian Lakoseljac David Volfson	6–3, 6–2
Win	14–13	Sep 2016	Cary, United States	Challenger	Hard	Philip Bester	Stefan Kozlov Austin Krajicek	6–2, 6–2
Loss	14–14	Sep 2016	Columbus, United States	Challenger	Hard	Philip Bester	Miķelis Lībietis Dennis Novikov	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win	15–14	Nov 2016	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	Adil Shamasdin	Ruben Bemelmans Joris De Loore	6–1, 6–3
Loss	15–15	Apr 2017	Sarasota, United States	Challenger	Clay	Stefan Kozlov	Scott Lipsky Jürgen Melzer	2–6, 4–6
Win	16–15	May 2017	Savannah, United States	Challenger	Clay	Neal Skupski	Luke Bambridge Mitchell Krueger	4–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Loss	16–16	Sep 2017	Shanghai, China	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Klahn	Toshihide Matsui Chu-Huan Yi	6–7(1–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	16–17	Apr 2018	Sarasota, United States	Challenger	Clay	Christian Harrison	Evan King Hunter Reese	1–6, 2–6
Win	17–17	May 2018	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Bradley Klahn	Guillermo Durán Máximo González	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	17–18	Jul 2018	Gatineau, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Darian King	Robert Galloway Bradley Klahn	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [8–10]
Win	18–18	Sep 2018	Columbus, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tommy Paul	Gonzalo Escobar Roberto Quiroz	6–3, 6–3
Win	19–18	Jul 2019	Winnipeg, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Darian King	Hunter Reese Adil Shamasdin	7–6(10–8), 6–3
Win	20–18	Oct 2019	Fairfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Darian King	Sem Verbeek André Göransson	6–4, 3–6, [12–10]
Loss	20–19	Feb 2021	Potchefstroom, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Brayden Schnur	Marc-Andrea Hüsler Zdeněk Kolář	4–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Win	21–19	June 2021	Orlando, United States	Challenger	Hard	Christian Harrison	JC Aragone Nicolás Barrientos	6-2, 6-3
Loss	21–20	Jul 2021	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Sergiy Stakhovsky	Hsu Yu-hsiou Benjamin Lock	6–2, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss	21–21	Sep 2021	Cary, USA	Challenger	Hard	Stefan Kozlov	William Blumberg Max Schnur	4–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win	22–21	Sep 2021	Columbus, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	Stefan Kozlov	Andrew Lutschaunig James Trotter	7–5, 7–6(7–5)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2006	US Open	Hard	Dušan Lojda	6–7(4–7), 3–6

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