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Balázs Taróczy

b. 1954

Hungarian tennis player

Tennis player Tennis coach
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Born 1954. Balázs Taróczy is a Hungarian tennis player and tennis coach.

Balázs Taróczy (; born 9 May 1954) is a retired tennis player from Hungary. The right-hander won 13 singles titles in his career, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in April 1982.

Tennis career Taróczy was six times a Hungarian national champion. He also won the Dutch Open on six occasions (1976, 1978–82), which made up nearly half of his total number of singles titles.

One of the game's premier doubles players, Balazs and partner Heinz Günthardt won the 1985 Wimbledon doubles title. Though never especially proficient on the grass, the duo defeated the Australian pair Pat Cash and John Fitzgerald in four sets.

He became the Hungarian No. 1 player in 1973 and was a member of the Hungary Davis Cup team from 1973 to 1985.

Despite playing part-time, still managed to finish top 50 in the doubles world rankings at No. 45 in 1989.

From September 1989 to the end of 1990, he was the coach of Goran Ivanišević.

Career finals Singles: 20 (13 wins, 7 losses) LegendGrand Slam (0) Grand Prix Masters (0)Grand Prix Super Series (0)Grand Prix Regular Series (13)Titles by surfaceHard (0)Clay (13)Grass (0)Carpet (0)

Doubles: 59 (26 wins, 33 losses)

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Honorary citizen of Budapest
Also known as
Balazs Taroczy

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Who is Balázs Taróczy?

Hungarian tennis player

When was Balázs Taróczy born?

Balázs Taróczy was born on 9 May 1954 in Budapest.

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Balázs Taróczy is a tennis player and tennis coach.

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Balázs Taróczy is Hungarian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Balázs Taróczy

· Wikidata: Q370019

· DBpedia: Balázs Taróczy

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