Jacek Niedźwiedzki | |
Fullname: | Jacek Niedźwiedzki |
Birth Date: | 7 June 1951 |
Singlesrecord: | 8–9 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 172 (2 July 1977) |
Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1975) |
Doublesrecord: | 9–9 |
Doublestitles: | 1 |
Jacek Niedźwiedzki (7 June 1951 – 27 October 2021[1]) was a professional tennis player from Poland.
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.[2] 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.[3] In a best of three set match, he pushed Fillol to a third but was unable to cause the upset.[3] He won a Grand Prix doubles title at Barcelona in 1976.[4] With his partner, Wojciech Fibak, he defeated Colin Dowdeswell and Paul Kronk in the final.[4] In 1977 he was a losing singles finalist in the Zurich Grand Prix tournament, to Sweden's Jan Norbäck.[2]
After his playing career, Niedźwiedzki ran a tennis academy in Sopot.[2] As a coach he has worked with Johan Kriek and Sylvia Hanika.[2] He has also been involved with the Austria Fed Cup team and coached Bahrain in the Davis Cup.[2]