András Lányi (born 26 November 1969) is a retired Hungarian tennis player. Lányi has a career high

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singles ranking of 374 achieved on 19 June 1989. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 194, achieved on 6 February 1995. Lányi has won 3 ITF

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doubles title. Lányi has represented

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, where he has a win–loss record of 12–13. He was studied at

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, between 1989-1993. He won the NCAA Men's Team Championship in

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with Trojans. His teammates was Wayne Black, David Ekerot,

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, Brian MacPhie and Kent Seton, and they earned

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selection that year. He competed at the

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. In

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he won bronze medal with

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Satellite and Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles 8 (3–5)

Davis Cup

Participations: (12–13)

* indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

After retirement

He founded a financial services company in Hungary in 2004 and is still managing director. In July 2007 Lányi elected from vice-president to the

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. In 2009 he elected for the president of Hungarian Triathlon Association and held the position until 2012.

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* * * 1969 births Living people Hungarian male tennis players USC Trojans men's tennis players Hungarian expatriate tennis players in the United States Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade 20th-century Hungarian people 21st-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-tennis-bio-stub