Tomasz Bednarek

Tomasz Bednarek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʐ bɛˈdnarɛk];[lower-alpha 1] born 12 November 1981) is a professional tennis player from Poland.

Tomasz Bednarek
Tomasz Bednarek playing at Roland Garros 2013
Country (sports) Poland
ResidenceWrocław, Poland
Born (1981-11-12) 12 November 1981
Pabianice, Poland
Turned pro2000
PlaysRight-Handed
Prize moneyUS$442,317
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 724 (8 September 2003)
Doubles
Career record33-64
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 44 (14 April 2014)
Current ranking-
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2013)
French OpenQF (2013)
Wimbledon2R (2013)
US Open1R (2013, 2014, 2015)
Last updated on: 11 May 2020.

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 Dilaj, Michał Przysiężny and Slovakian Filip Polášek and Igor Zelenay. Bednarek partnered with Benoit Paire at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, where they lost in the first round.[1]

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.[2][3]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–3)
Indoor (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2010 Serbia Open, Serbia 250 Series Clay Mateusz Kowalczyk Santiago González
Travis Rettenmaier		 6–7(6–8), 1–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2013 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Clay Mateusz Kowalczyk Facundo Bagnis
Thomaz Bellucci		 6–2, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss 0–3 Sep 2013 Thailand Open, Thailand 250 Series Hard (i) Johan Brunström Jamie Murray
John Peers		 3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 0–4 Apr 2014 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco 250 Series Clay Lukáš Dlouhý Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău		 2–6, 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 Dilaj
Dawid Olejniczak		 6–2, 6–4
6. 20 February 2006 Poland F1 Hard Maciej Dilaj 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
Tournament2010201320142015SRW–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2
French Open 1R QF 1R 0 / 3 3–3
Wimbledon 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3
US Open 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3

Notes
  1. In isolation, Tomasz is pronounced [ˈtɔmaʂ].
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gollark: It handles transitive bridges too.
gollark: I quite like the graphviz thing, see.
gollark: Yes.

References
  1. Walton, Gregory (25 June 2014). "I hate Wimbledon, says racquet smasher Benoit Paire". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. Sport, Telegraph (27 June 2017). "Paolo Maldini beaten in 42 minutes on professional tennis debut". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. "Paolo Maldini: Former Italy defender beaten on pro tennis debut". BBC Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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