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Polish tennis coach

Dawid Celt
Agnieszka Radwańska and Celt in 2015
Country (sports) Poland
Born (1985-11-29) 29 November 1985 (age 39)
Częstochowa, Poland
Turned pro2003
Retired2011
Prize money$10,968
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 852 (29 September 2011)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 1151 (15 October 2007)
Coaching career
Agnieszka Radwańska (2011–2018; hitting partner)
Magda Linette (2021)

Dawid Celt (Polish pronunciation: [ˈda.vit t͡sɛlt]; born 29 November 1985) is a Polish tennis coach, commentator and former player. He is the husband and former hitting partner of onetime Women's Tennis Association (WTA) No. 2 Agnieszka Radwańska. Since 2018, Celt has captained Poland's Billie Jean King Cup team.

Career

Celt was born in 1985 in Częstochowa, in southern Poland. His childhood dream was football, but he took up tennis at the encouragement of his father, Józef, who was a tennis coach. In his youth, Celt played both football and tennis at Victoria Częstochowa sports club, the latter under his father's tutelage, and eventually committed to just tennis.

In his late teens, Celt moved to Warsaw to develop his tennis career further, and in 2003 won a Grade 4 junior ITF event in doubles and began to play on the ITF Futures Circuit. However, his professional playing career ended early, in 2011, due to a serious thigh injury picked up in 2009; his peak Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking was No. 852, achieved in 2011. Celt began appearing as a tennis commentator on Eurosport Polska [pl] and TVP Sport the next year.

In 2011, while still active on the ATP Tour, Celt joined the coaching team of longtime female Polish No. 1 Agnieska Radwańska, becoming her permanent hitting partner. He was also a hitting partner and assistant coach for the Polish Fed Cup team, led by captain Tomasz Wiktorowski, from 2011 to 2014. While working with Celt and Wiktorowski (Radwańska's primary coach), Radwańska reached a peak WTA ranking of No. 2, and won the WTA Fan Favorite Award six consecutive times, before her retirement from tennis in 2018.

Celt was named captain of the Polish contingent of the Fed Cup (later named Billie Jean King Cup) at the start of 2018. Celt helped take Poland to its first Billie Jean King Cup Finals in 2022. Celt and Radwańska were co-captains of Poland at the inaugural 2023 United Cup, where the country reached the semifinals.

Top 50 player Magda Linette, part of Celt's Billie Jean King Cup team, hired him to be her individual coach in 2021.

Personal life

Celt and Radwańska, who first met in 2008, became close when he joined her coaching team, and started officially dating in 2013. Engaged in 2016, they got married in July 2017 in Kraków, but live primarily in Warsaw. Radwańska gave birth to their first child, Jakub, in July 2020.

A native of Częstochowa, Celt is a fan of hometown football club Raków and speedway team Włókniarz.

References

  1. ^ "Dawid Celt". Association of Tennis Professionals. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Dawid Celt - od zawodnika do trenera i prywatnie męża Agnieszki Radwańskiej" [Dawid Celt - from player to coach and privately husband of Agnieszka Radwańska]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska. 21 April 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. ^ Chłystek, Piotr (23 April 2021). "Dawid Celt: O Igę jestem spokojny [wywiad]" [Dawid Celt: I am calm about Iga (interview)]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Dawid Celt" (in Polish). City Hall of Częstochowa. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. "Dawid Celt Tennis Player Profile". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  6. ^ Two different versions of the same article:
  7. Zdankiewicz, Hubert (24 November 2018). "Trener Radwańskiej Tomasz Wiktorowski o swojej współpracy z najlepszą polską tenisistką: Agnieszka mówiła o mnie "trener Budda"" [Radwańska's coach Tomasz Wiktorowski on his cooperation with the best Polish tennis player ...]. GS24.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  8. ^ Garber, Greg (3 November 2021). "How Radwanska transitioned from a tennis player to successful hotel owner". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  9. "Fed Cup 2018 – Polki zagrają w Tallinn" [Fed Cup 2018 – Polish women will play in Tallinn]. Polski-tenis.pl (in Polish). 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  10. "Puchar Billie Jean King: Dawid Celt wierzy w potencjał Biało-Czerwonych. 'Apetyt rośnie w miarę jedzenia'" [Billie Jean King Cup: Dawid Celt believes in the potential of the White and Reds ...] (in Polish). Polskie Radio 24. 22 April 2022. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  11. "Will Polish Powers Hurkacz & Swiatek Lead Poland To United Cup Glory?". Association of Tennis Professionals. 28 December 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  12. "Team USA completes victory over Poland; into United Cup final". Women's Tennis Association. 6 January 2023. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  13. Gębicz, Bartosz (24 September 2021). "Dawid Celt: Czas przełomu dla świata i dla Polski [wywiad]" [Dawid Celt: Time of breakthrough for the world and for Poland (interview)]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  14. Kielak, Piotr (21 May 2021). "Dawid Celt trenuje Magdę Linette. Początek nowej współpracy?" [Dawid Celt trains Magda Linette. The beginning of a new collaboration?] (in Polish). TVP Sport. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  15. Bernard, Aleksander (22 October 2021). "Magda Linette opublikowała wzruszające oświadczenie. 'Byłam zagubiona na korcie i poza nim'" [Magda Linette published a touching statement. 'I was lost on and off the court']. Sport.pl (in Polish). Agora. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  16. "Agnieszka Radwańska i Dawid Celt wzięli ślub. Galeria" [Agnieszka Radwańska and Dawid Celt got married: Gallery]. Interia.pl (in Polish). 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  17. "'Dzień przed ślubem w prasie było wszystko. Byłam wściekła'. O ich weselu mówiło się sporo" ['The day before the wedding, everything was in the press. I was furious' ...]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska. 5 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  18. "'Mój pierwszy dom'. Agnieszka Radwańska pokazała nowe zdjęcie z placu budowy" ['My first home'. Agnieszka Radwańska showed a new photo from the construction site]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska. 10 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  19. "Dawid Celt zdradził, jak Agnieszka Radwańska radzi sobie w roli mamy. 'Jest bardzo cierpliwa'" [Dawid Celt revealed how Agnieszka Radwańska is doing as a mother ...]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Polska. 20 August 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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