Tomasz Bednarek (; born 12 November 1981) is a professional

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player from

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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 Mateusz Kowalczyk (; born 3 May 1987) is a Polish tennis player who specialises in doubles. Career He reached his highest doubles ranking of world no. 77 on September 9, 2013. He has played with Tomasz Bednarek, Błażej Koniusz, Marcin Gawron, ...

, but Bednarek partnered among others with his compatriots Maciej Diłaj, Michał Przysiężny and

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and

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. Bednarek partnered with Benoit Paire at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, where they lost in the first round. When the former footballer

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and his coach Stefano Landonio made a professional tennis debut, Bednarek and partner

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recorded a victory over them in 42 minutes dropping two games during the match.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Challengers and futures titles (20)

Doubles performance timeline

Notes

References

External links

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Official site of Bednarek/Kowalczyk team
1981 births Living people Polish male tennis players People from Pabianice Sportspeople from Łódź Voivodeship 21st-century Polish people {{poland-tennis-bio-stub