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Mateusz Jakub Terczynski, (born March 2, 1996), is a Polish professional tennis player. His nickname is ‘Matt’, and although born in Wroclaw, Poland, has lived in London, England, since 2009. He started playing at the age of six, and turned professional in 2014.

Country        Poland Residence     London, England Born             March 2, 1996 Wroclaw, Poland Height          1.90m (6 ft 3 in) Turned pro   Year 2014 Plays             Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

Personal life Mateusz is the younger son of Arkadiusz Terczynski (Arek), a former engineer, with a Masters in Engineering. Arek is now a PTR tennis coach who set up the Terczynski Tennis Academy in Worcester Park, Surrey. Mateusz’s older brother is a former tennis player who is graduated in Sport Management from the Metropolitan University of London. His mother, Eva, is a Manager in an insurance company. At the age of six Mateusz started playing tennis seriously, training with his father in Wroclaw. His father had become an experienced tennis coach, having coached his older brother, Bartosz. When he was 13 Arek decided they should move to Wimbledon, London, in order to improve his training. He finished primary school and then they moved to London, where Bartosz was studying at the Metropolitan University and playing for the University tennis team. Mateusz continued his education at Cheam High School.

Jeremy Bates, the Director of the Sutton Tennis Academy, invited him to join the Sutton Tennis Academy and train there. Jeremy Bates is a former British Number One and a top 50 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) player. At the Sutton Tennis Academy Mateusz met then tennis coach Neil McAffer, a former New Zealand Number One tennis player, who coached him for a year. In April 2011 Arek opened his own Tennis Academy, the Terczynski Tennis Academy (TTA), in Worcester Park, Surrey. Mateusz and his brother still play and train there.

From September 2011 Mateusz started at the Inter High School, an online education college. This meant he could continue his study while practising tennis full-time. It also enabled him to compete in Tennis Europe tournaments and ITF abroad. In 2012 Mateusz took and passed his GCSEs, and began studying A levels in Business and Economics with the Inter High School. In September 2013 he decided, with his father, that he should turn professional and play tennis full-time.

Tennis career In February 2013, Mateusz was runner-up in the ITF, Nairobi, Kenya. In October 2013, he reached the Quarter Final of the Grade A World Super Junior Tennis Championship in Osaka, Japan. He beat the Danish player, Simon Friis Soendergaard, in the second round, and the British player, Lewis Roskilly, in the third round. He lost in the Quarter Final to Yamasaki Jumpei from Japan. By the end of 2013, Mateusz had reached a ranking in the top 3 of the under-18s in Poland and 125 position in ITF junior ranking. He also achieved two ITF doubles titles in 2013 with his partner, the Swedish player, Oscar Janglin. In 2014, Mateusz is playing in the Australian Open Junior, which will be the  last year of his  junior career and start of his professional tennis career.