Katarzyna Kawa

Katarzyna Kawa
Kawa at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Poland
ResidencePoznań, Poland
Born (1992-11-17) 17 November 1992
Krynica-Zdrój, Poland
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,107,318
Singles
Career record415–326
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 112 (9 November 2020)
Current rankingNo. 223 (31 March 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
French OpenQ2 (2024, 2025)
Wimbledon2R (2022)
US Open1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record225–147
Career titles5 WTA Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 64 (10 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 127 (31 March 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open2R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2022, 2024)
US Open1R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup5–7
Last updated on: 6 April 2025.

Katarzyna Kawa (Polish pronunciation: [kataˈʐɨna ˈkava]; born 17 November 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are No. 64 in doubles, set on 10 October 2022, and No. 112 in singles, achieved on 9 November 2020. She has won five WTA Challenger doubles titles, and also seven singles and 19 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Personal

Katarzyna Kawa was born in Krynica-Zdrój to parents Anna and Jacek, 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] She has two sisters, Monika and Weronika, and a brother called Radomir. Her hobbies include reading and traveling. She idolizes Justine Henin and Novak Djokovic. Her favourite shot is her backhand and her favourite surfaces to compete on are both clay and grass.[2]

Career

2019: Baltic Open singles final

In July, Kawa made it through the qualifying rounds at the Baltic Open in Jūrmala, Latvia to book her spot in the final with a straight-sets victory over Bernarda Pera.[3] Kawa reached the semifinals, 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: Poland Open singles quarterfinal

In 2020, she made her Grand Slam singles debut at the US Open as a direct entry.[5]

At the 2021 National Tennis Championships in Bytom, Kawa ended runner-up in singles and won the title in doubles alongside Weronika Falkowska.[6] She continued at the Poland Open in Gdynia where she upset third seed Irina-Camelia Begu in the second round,[7][8] but lost in the quarterfinal against Kateryna Kozlova.

2022: Wimbledon singles debut, Warsaw doubles final

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 Tour doubles final partnering with Alicja Rosolska, finishing runners-up.[9]

2023: Three WTA 125 doubles titles

Alongside Weronika Falkowska, Kawa took the doubles title at the 2023 WTA 125 Copa Oster, overcoming Kyōka Okamura and You Xiaodi in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.[10]

Playing with Elixane Lechemia, she was doubles champion at the WTA 125 Polish Open, thanks to a win over Naiktha Bains and Maia Lumsden in the final.[11]

Partnering with Anna Sisková, Kawa won the doubles title at the WTA 125 Open delle Puglie in Bari, defeating Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Elixane Lechemia in the final.[12]

2024: ATX Open doubles final, BJK Cup semifinal

Partnering Aliona Bolsova, Kawa was again runner-up in the doubles at the Țiriac Foundation Trophy, losing to Carole Monnet and Darja Semeņistaja in the final.[13]

She reached the semifinals of the BJK Cup partnering compatriot and world No. 2, Iga Świątek.[14]

At the WTA 125 Argentina Open in November, Kawa was the runner-up in the singles, losing to fourth seed Mayar Sherif in the final, and won the doubles title alongside Maja Chwalińska with a win over Sherif and Laura Pigossi in the championship match.[15]

2025: Bogota final

At the 2025 Copa Colsanitas, Kawa qualified for the main draw [16] and reached her third WTA Tour quarterfinal and first since 2021 with a win over Laura Pigossi, after saving a match point.[17][18] Next, she upset top seed Marie Bouzková to reach her second semifinal and first since 2019 Jūrmala.[19][20] Kawa reached the final defeating fellow qualifier Julieta Pareja[21] but lost to top seed and defending champion, Camila Osorio. As a result, she returned close to the top 150 in the rankings, at world No. 156 on 7 April 2025.[22][23]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 W–L
Australian Open A Q1 Q1 Q1 A Q2 0–0
French Open Q1 A Q1 Q1 Q1 Q2 0–0
Wimbledon Q3 NH Q2 2R A Q1 1–1
US Open Q1 1R Q1 Q1 A Q1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2
Year-end ranking 127 113 154 261 207 258

Doubles

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 W–L
Australian Open A A 3R 2-1
French Open 2R A 3R 3-2
Wimbledon 2R A 2R 2-2
US Open 2R A A 1-1
Win–loss 3–3 0–0 5–3 8–6
Year-end ranking 75 118 93

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2019 Baltic Open, Latvia International[a] Clay Anastasija Sevastova 6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2025 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia WTA 250 Clay Camila Osorio 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250 (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2022 Poland Open,
Poland 		WTA 250 Clay Alicja Rosolska Anna Danilina
Anna-Lena Friedsam 		4–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Loss 0–2 Mar 2024 ATX Open,
United States 		WTA 250 Hard Bibiane Schoofs Olivia Gadecki
Olivia Nicholls 		2–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2024 Argentine Open, Argentina Clay Mayar Sherif 3–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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]
Win 2–1 Feb 2023 Copa Cali,
Colombia 		Clay Weronika Falkowska Kyōka Okamura
You Xiaodi 		6–1, 5–7, [10–6]
Win 3–1 Aug 2023 Kozerki Open,
Poland 		Hard Elixane Lechemia Naiktha Bains
Maia Lumsden 		6–3, 6–4
Win 4–1 Sep 2023 Bari Open, Italy Clay Anna Sisková Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Elixane Lechemia 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Sep 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, Romania Clay Aliona Bolsova Carole Monnet
Darja Semeņistaja 		6–1, 2–6, [7–10]
Win 5–2 Nov 2024 Argentine Open, Argentina Clay Maja Chwalińska Laura Pigossi
Mayar Sherif 		6–4, 3–6, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–2)
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (4–3)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (5–8)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)
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), 7–5, 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 Chiasso Open, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Alison Van Uytvanck 6–7(2), 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), 6–2, 7–6(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), 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 W100 Clay Mayar Sherif 2–6, 3–6
Loss 7–8 May 2022 ITF Bonita Springs, United States W100 Clay Gabriela Lee 1–6, 3–6
Loss 7–9 Jul 2023 ITF Tarvisio, Italy W25 Clay Petra Marčinko 1–6, 6–4, 2–6

Doubles: 35 (21 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (3–2)
$80,000 tournaments (2–2)
$50/60,000 tournaments (4–1)
$25,000 tournaments (5–4)
$10/15,000 tournaments (7–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–6)
Clay (13–8)
Carpet (1–0)
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 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 Chiasso Open, 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 Open, 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 Torun, 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 Charlottesville Open, United States W80 Clay Lucie Hradecká Asia Muhammad
Taylor Townsend 		6–4, 5–7, [3–10]
Win 14–10 Oct 2020 Macon Tennis Classic, United States W80 Hard Magdalena Fręch Francesca Di Lorenzo
Jamie Loeb 		7–5, 6–1
Win 15–10 Nov 2020 ITF Charleston Pro, United States W100 Clay Magdalena Fręch Astra Sharma
Mayar Sherif 		4–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Win 16–10 Apr 2021 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia W60 Clay Barbara Haas Andreea Prisăcariu
Nika Radišić 		7–6(1), 5–7, [10–6]
Win 17–10 Oct 2021 Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States W60 Hard Tereza Mihalíková Liang En-shuo
Rebecca Marino 		6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss 17–11 Oct 2021 Tyler Pro Challenge, United States W80 Hard Misaki Doi Giuliana Olmos
Marcela Zacarías 		5–7, 6–1, [5–10]
Win 18–11 May 2022 ITF Charleston Pro, United States (2) W100 Clay Aldila Sutjiadi Sophie Chang
Angela Kulikov 		6–1, 6–4
Loss 18–12 May 2022 ITF Bonita Springs, United States W100 Clay Olga Govortsova Tímea Babos
Nao Hibino 		4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 18–13 Aug 2022 Kozerki Open, Poland W100 Hard Vivian Heisen Alicia Barnett
Olivia Nicholls 		1–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 18–14 Oct 2022 ITF Templeton Pro, United States W60 Hard Sophie Chang Nao Hibino
Sabrina Santamaria 		4–6, 6–7(4)
Win 19–14 Oct 2022 Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States W80 Hard Elvina Kalieva Giuliana Olmos
Marcela Zacarías 		6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Win 20–14 Jun 2023 Open de Biarritz, France W60 Clay Weronika Falkowska Conny Perrin
Anna Sisková 		7–6(2), 7–5
Win 21–14 Oct 2024 Mercer Tennis Classic, United States W100 Hard Sophie Chang Ingrid Martins
Quinn Gleason 		7–5, 6–4

Notes

  1. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

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  16. ^ @CopaColsanitas_ (30 March 2025). "4 hours 13 minutes! 😱 🇵🇱 In her sixth match point, Katarzyna Kawa defeated Patricia Maria Tig 7-5, 6-7(2), 7-6(6) and will play the main draw in Bogotá #CopaColsanitasZurich #presentadoporVisa" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  20. ^ "On WTA debut, 16-year-old Pareja becomes youngest semifinalist since Gauff". WTATennis. 5 April 2025.
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