Tomasz Berkieta

Tomasz Berkieta ( Polish : ; born 21 July 2006) is a Polish tennis player. He has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 7, achieved on 1 January 2024.

Early life and background
Berkieta was born in Warsaw to Kamil Berkieta and Magdalena Sawicka. His mother is a tennis coach who played the sport until the age of 16, when she had to retire due to injury.

While volunteering as a ball boy at the 2013 Davis Cup World Group play-offs, Berkieta was hit in the stomach by a 230 km/h serve from Nick Kyrgios and had to exit the court.

He is currently coached by Piotr Sierzputowski, the former coach of Iga Świątek, and trains at the Legia Tennis Centre in Warsaw.

Junior career
In January 2022, Berkieta reached the semifinal of the J4 Eintracht Frankfurt event. The following month, he won his maiden ITF Junior title at the J5 DeSki Warsaw Cup. He also won the doubles title with Piotr Czaczkowski. In March, he won back-to-back titles at the J4 Ādaži Open and the J4 Aphrodite Cup in Nicosia. He later reached the final of the J3 Croatia Open in Čakovec and the J3 Charlie Berszakiewicz Memorial tournament in Kraków. He won his final title of the year in September, at the J2 Al-Solaimaneyah Junior Tournament in Cairo.

He made his junior Grand Slam debut at the 2023 Australian Open, where he reached the semifinal in singles. He lost in the first round of the French Open, but reached the quarterfinal at Wimbledon. In October 2023, he won the J200 event in Vigo and reached the final of the J300 event in Sanxenxo.

At the 2024 Australian Open, he recorded a 233 km/h serve, the fastest serve of the tournament. Unseeded at the French Open, he reached his first junior Grand Slam final with wins over Izan Almazán Valiente, sixth seed Hayden Jones, qualifier Charlie Robertson, wildcard Moïse Kouamé, and Lorenzo Carboni. He lost in the final to fifth seed Kaylan Bigun.

Professional career
In August 2022, Berkieta made his ITF Men's World Tennis Tour main draw debut as a wildcard at the M25 Poznań. In August 2023, he made his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut as a wildcard at the Kozerki Open.

He represented Poland in the 2023 Davis Cup World Group II, where he recorded a win over Xavier Lawrence of Barbados.