Background
Spychała was born in Posen, German Empire (modern Poznań, Poland).
Spychała was born in Posen, German Empire (modern Poznań, Poland).
In 1938 Poland played against Italy in the second round of the European zone. He played the doubles match with his teammate Ignacy Tłoczyński against Ferruccio Quintavalle and Valentino Taroni and lost in five sets. His first participation in a Grand Slam event was the 1938 French Championships.
He made it to the third round of the singles event in which he was defeated in straight sets by Robert Abdesselam.
That year he was ranked Number.3 in Poland. In 1939 at the start of World World War II Spychała was taken prisoner by the Soviet Army after they invaded Poland but escaped captivity and went underground.
In 1944 during the Warsaw uprising he was shot through the hand and retaken prisoner which he remained until the end of the war. In 1946 he was the runner-up at the All England Plate, a tennis competition held at the Wimbledon Championships which consisted of players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition.
He lost the final in straight sets to Robert Abdesselam.
Until 1954 he played a further eight times in the singles event at Wimbledon but did not make it past the second round. He reached the third round in both the doubles (1946) and mixed doubles events (1957).
The titles at the Cranleigh and New Malden tournaments were successfully defended the following year.
He took the identity of "Marian Tworowski" and as a member of the "Ruczaj" battalion of the Polish resistance was involved in raids on the German forces.