Pavel Hutka

Pavel Huťka (born 28 February 1949) is a Czech former professional tennis player and current tennis trainer.

Career Hutka held a match point against Italy's Adriano Panatta in the opening round of the 1976 French Open, but lost 10–12 in the fifth set. The Italian went on to win the tournament.

He made the third round of the 1977 French Open (beating Jan Šimbera and Brian Teacher) and appeared in a further three French Opens, without matching that effort.

Hutka was a doubles finalist at Kitzbuhel in 1979. He and partner Pavel Složil lost the final to Mike Fishbach and Chris Lewis.

On the Grand Prix singles circuit he made three quarter-finals at Munich in 1975, Nice in 1978 Nice and Stuttgart in 1979.

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2) ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Jun 1977 Berlin, West Germany Clay Vladimír Zedník Hans Gildemeister Belus Prajoux not played, sharedLoss 0–2 Jul 1978 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Pavel Složil Mike Fishbach Chris Lewis 7–6, 4–6, 3–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)