Balázs Taróczy ( hu, Taróczy Balázs; born 9 May 1954) is a retired

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player from Hungary. The right-hander won 13 singles titles in his career, and achieved a career-high singles

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of world No. 12 in April 1982.

Tennis career

Taróczy was six times a Hungarian national champion. One of the game's premier doubles players, Balazs and partner

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won the 1985 Wimbledon doubles title. Though never especially proficient on the grass, the duo defeated Pat Cash/John Fitzgerald in four sets. He became the Hungarian No. 1 player in 1973 and was a member of the

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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

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Career finals

Singles: 20 (13 wins, 7 losses)

Doubles: 59 (26 wins, 33 losses)

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