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Jacek Niedźwiedzki
Polish tennis player

Jacek Niedźwiedzki

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Polish tennis player
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Jacek Niedźwiedzki (born 7 June 1951) is a former professional tennis player from Poland.

Career

A five-time doubles gold medalist in the Polish Championships, Niedźwiedzki featured in nine ties for the Poland Davis Cup team during the 1970s, for a record of 6 wins from 15 matches. His only main draw appearance in a Grand Slam tournament was at the 1975 French Open when he faced 11th seed Jaime Fillol in the first round. In a best of three set match, he pushed Fillol to a third but was unable to cause the upset. He won a Grand Prix doubles title at Barcelona in 1976. With partner Wojtek Fibak, he defeated Colin Dowdeswell and Paul Kronk in the final. In 1977 he was a losing singles finalist in the Zurich Grand Prix tournament, to Sweden's Jan Norbäck.

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

OutcomeNo.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.1977Zurich, SwitzerlandHardSweden Jan Norbäck5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

OutcomeNo.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.1976Barcelona, SpainClayPoland Wojtek FibakRhodesia Colin Dowdeswell
Australia Paul Kronk
6–2, 6–3

Coaching

Niedźwiedzki now runs a tennis academy in Sopot. As a coach he has worked with Johan Kriek and Sylvia Hanika. He has also been involved with the Austria Fed Cup team and coached Bahrain in the Davis Cup.

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