Tomasz Bednarek (; born 12 November 1981) is a professional tennis player from Poland.
Career He is a doubles' specialist. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of No. 44 on 14 April 2014. His current partner is Mateusz Kowalczyk, but Bednarek partnered among others with his compatriots Maciej Diłaj, Michał Przysiężny and Slovak Filip Polášek and Igor Zelenay. Bednarek partnered with Benoît Paire at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, where they lost in the first round.
When the former footballer Paolo Maldini and his coach Stefano Landonio made a professional tennis debut, Bednarek and partner David Pel recorded a victory over them in 42 minutes dropping two games during the match.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–4)Titles by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–3)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–3)Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Serbia Open, Serbia250 SeriesClay Mateusz Kowalczyk Santiago González Travis Rettenmaier6–7(6–8), 1–6Loss0–2Stuttgart Open, Germany250 SeriesClay Mateusz Kowalczyk Facundo Bagnis Thomaz Bellucci6–2, 4–6, [9–11]Loss0–3Thailand Open, Thailand250 SeriesHard (i) Johan Brunström Jamie Murray John Peers3–6, 6–3, [6–10]Loss0–4Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco250 SeriesClay Lukáš Dlouhý Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău2–6, 2–6
Challengers and futures titles (20) Legend Challengers (13) Futures (7)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score 1. 12 August 2002 Lithuania F1 Clay Michał Gawłowski Dmitriy Koch Thomas Oger 6–3, 7–6(5) 2. 10 November 2003 Czech F6 Clay Petr Dezort Jan Říha Pavel Říha 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 3. 9 August 2004 Lithuania F1 Clay Javier García-Sintes Mait Künnap Janne Ojala 6–1, 6–4 4. 30 August 2004 Poland F5 Clay Javier García-Sintes Filip Anioła Filip Urban 6–4, 6–2 5. 15 August 2005 Poland F5 Clay Felipe Parada Maciej Diłaj Dawid Olejniczak 6–2, 6–4 6. 20 February 2006 Poland F1 Hard Maciej Diłaj Martin Fischer Philipp Oswald 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 7. 10 July 2006 Poznań Clay Michał Przysiężny Vasilis Mazarakis Jan Mertl 6–3, 3–6, [10–8] 8. 7 August 2006 Lithuania F1 Clay Deniss Pavlovs Egor Puntus Sergei Tarasevitch 6–0, 6–1 9. 1 October 2007 Mons Hard Filip Polášek Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya 6–2, 5–7, [10–8] 10. 9 June 2008 Košice Clay Igor Zelenay Miguel Ángel López Jaén Carles Poch-Gradin 6–1, 4–6, [13–11] 11. 14 September 2009 Szczecin Clay Mateusz Kowalczyk Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. Artem Smirnov 6–3, 6–4 12. 5 October 2009 Tarragona Clay Mateusz Kowalczyk Flavio Cipolla Alessandro Motti 6–1, 6–1 13. 19 October 2009 Florianópolis Clay Mateusz Kowalczyk Daniel Gimeno-Traver Pere Riba 6–1, 6–4 14. 12 April 2010 Rome Clay Mateusz Kowalczyk Jeff Coetzee Jesse Witten 6–4, 7–6(4) 15. 8 October 2011 Palermo Clay Mateusz Kowalczyk Alexander Bury Andrei Vasilevski 6–2, 6–4 16. 24 March 2012 Rimouski Hard Olivier Charroin Jaan-Frederik Brunken Stefan Seifert 6–3, 6–2 17. 17 June 2012 Košice Clay Mateusz Kowalczyk Uladzimir Ignatik Andrei Vasilevski 2–6, 7–5, [14–12] 18. 7 July 2012 Braunschweig Clay Mateusz Kowalczyk Harri Heliövaara Denys Molchanov 7–5, 6–7(1–7), [10–8] 19. 7 October 2012 Mons Hard Jerzy Janowicz Michaël Llodra Édouard Roger-Vasselin 7–5, 4–6, [10–2] 20. 6 July 2013 Braunschweig Clay Mateusz Kowalczyk Andreas Siljeström Igor Zelenay 6–2, 7–6(4)
Doubles performance timeline
Tournament2010201320142015Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open2R1R0 / 21–2French Open1RQF1R0 / 33–3Wimbledon1R2R1R0 / 31–3US Open1R1R1R0 / 30–3
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References
External links
Official site of Bednarek/Kowalczyk team