# Tomasz Bednarek

Tomasz Bednarek (Polish pronunciation:; 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 Slovakian Filip Polášek and Igor Zelenay. Bednarek partnered with Benoit 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)

* 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 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

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| 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 |