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Tomasz Bednarek

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Tomasz Bednarek
Tomasz Bednarek playing at Roland Garros 2013
Country (sports) Poland
ResidenceWrocław, Poland
Born (1981-11-12) 12 November 1981 (age 42)
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.

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

Career

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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 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

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Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

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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 Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Mexico Santiago González
United States Travis Rettenmaier
6–7(6–8), 1–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2013 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Argentina Facundo Bagnis
Brazil Thomaz Bellucci
6–2, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss 0–3 Sep 2013 Thailand Open, Thailand 250 Series Hard (i) Sweden Johan Brunström United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 0–4 Apr 2014 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco 250 Series Clay Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
2–6, 2–6

Challengers and futures titles (20)

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Legend
Challengers (13)
Futures (7)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. 12 August 2002 Lithuania F1 Clay Poland Michał Gawłowski Germany Dmitriy Koch
Monaco Thomas Oger
6–3, 7–6(5)
2. 10 November 2003 Czech F6 Clay Czech Republic Petr Dezort Czech Republic Jan Říha
Czech Republic Pavel Říha
4–6, 7–5, 6–3
3. 9 August 2004 Lithuania F1 Clay Spain Javier García-Sintes Estonia Mait Künnap
Finland Janne Ojala
6–1, 6–4
4. 30 August 2004 Poland F5 Clay Spain Javier García-Sintes Poland Filip Anioła
Poland Filip Urban
6–4, 6–2
5. 15 August 2005 Poland F5 Clay Chile Felipe Parada Poland Maciej Diłaj
Poland Dawid Olejniczak
6–2, 6–4
6. 20 February 2006 Poland F1 Hard Poland Maciej Diłaj Austria Martin Fischer
Austria Philipp Oswald
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
7. 10 July 2006 Poznań Clay Poland Michał Przysiężny Greece Vasilis Mazarakis
Czech Republic Jan Mertl
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
8. 7 August 2006 Lithuania F1 Clay Latvia Deniss Pavlovs Belarus Egor Puntus
Belarus Sergei Tarasevitch
6–0, 6–1
9. 1 October 2007 Mons Hard Slovakia Filip Polášek Germany Philipp Petzschner
Austria Alexander Peya
6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
10. 9 June 2008 Košice Clay Slovakia Igor Zelenay Spain Miguel Ángel López Jaén
Spain Carles Poch-Gradin
6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
11. 14 September 2009 Szczecin Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Ukraine Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr.
Ukraine Artem Smirnov
6–3, 6–4
12. 5 October 2009 Tarragona Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Italy Flavio Cipolla
Italy Alessandro Motti
6–1, 6–1
13. 19 October 2009 Florianópolis Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Spain Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Spain Pere Riba
6–1, 6–4
14. 12 April 2010 Rome Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk South Africa Jeff Coetzee
United States Jesse Witten
6–4, 7–6(4)
15. 8 October 2011 Palermo Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Belarus Alexander Bury
Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
6–2, 6–4
16. 24 March 2012 Rimouski Hard France Olivier Charroin Germany Jaan-Frederik Brunken
Germany Stefan Seifert
6–3, 6–2
17. 17 June 2012 Košice Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik
Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
2–6, 7–5, [14–12]
18. 7 July 2012 Braunschweig Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Finland Harri Heliövaara
Ukraine Denys Molchanov
7–5, 6–7(1–7), [10–8]
19. 7 October 2012 Mons Hard Poland Jerzy Janowicz France Michaël Llodra
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
7–5, 4–6, [10–2]
20. 6 July 2013 Braunschweig Clay Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk Sweden Andreas Siljeström
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–2, 7–6(4)

Doubles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2010 2013 2014 2015 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
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

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  1. ^ In isolation, Tomasz is pronounced [ˈtɔmaʂ].

References

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  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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