Krzysztof Kwinta

Krzysztof Kwinta
Kwinta with Cal in 2026
Full nameKrzysztof Filip Kwinta
Country (sports) Poland
Born (1980-02-28) 28 February 1980
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$15,994
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 804 (23 Jul 2001)
Doubles
Career record1–2 (ATP Tour & Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 466 (19 Mar 2001)

Krzysztof Filip Kwinta (born 28 February 1980) is a Polish tennis coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the California Golden Bears men's tennis team.[1]

A two-time Polish national champion in doubles, Kwinta is a native of Poznań and was a member of the Poland Davis Cup team in 2000. He featured in the doubles rubber of a tie against Slovenia in Szczecin, where he and partner Marcin Matkowski defeated Andrej Kračman and Marko Tkalec. On the ATP Tour, he made two main draw appearances in doubles at the local Idea Prokom Open.

Kwinta, who is also known by the given name "Kris", played one season of college tennis for the Tennesse Volunteers and two seasons for the UCLA Bruins, where he was a doubles All-American in 2004.[2] He won the deciding match for the Bruins of the 2005 NCAA Division I Championship final over Baylor's Lars Pörschke.[3]

Kwinta became an assistant coach for the UCLA Bruins under head coach Billy Martin in 2008.[2] After four years, he moved to the USC Trojans in the same role under Peter Smith in 2012.[4] He was promoted associate head coach for the Trojans in 2014.[4] He was briefly the interim head coach following Smith's retirement before USC hired Brett Masi in 2019.[2] After nine years at USC, he became the head coach for the California Golden Bears in 2021.[2]

ITF Futures titles

Doubles: (3)

No.    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. Jul 2000 Poland F3, Katowice Clay Marcin Matkowski Maciej Domka
Yuri Schukin
6–3, 7–5
2. Aug 2001 Poland F1, Poznań Clay Filip Aniola Ralph Grambow
Florian Kunth
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
3. Sep 2004 Poland F6, Wrocław Clay Marcin Golab Piotr Olechowski
Dawid Olejniczak
7–6(4), 7–6(2)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Został Kwinta - Archiwum Rzeczpospolitej". archiwum.rp.pl (in Polish). 2 August 2000.
  2. ^ a b c d "Kris Kwinta". California Golden Bears. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  3. ^ "UCLA Earns First NCAA Tennis Title in 21 Years". Los Angeles Times. 25 May 2005.
  4. ^ a b "Kris Kwinta". USC Trojans. Retrieved 2 March 2026.