Pavel Huťka (born 28 February 1949) is a Czech former professional
tennis
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player and current tennis trainer.
Career
Hutka held a match point against Italy's
Adriano Panatta
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in the opening round of the
1976 French Open
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, but lost 10–12 in the fifth set.
['']The Age
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"Champion scrapes through"
4 June 1976, pg. 13 The Italian went on to win the tournament.
He made the third round of the
1977 French Open
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(beating
Jan Šimbera and
Brian Teacher
Brian David Teacher (born December 23, 1954) is a former American professional male tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking World No. 7 in 1981.
Teacher is best remembered for his singles championship at the Australian Open in 1980. Hi ...
) and appeared in a further three French Opens, without matching that effort.
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Hutka was a doubles finalist at Kitzbuhel in 1979.[ He and partner ]Pavel Složil
Pavel Složil (born 29 December 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia.
Složil enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won 32 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additiona ...
lost the final to Mike Fishbach
Michael Fishbach (born December 1, 1954) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography
Fishbach, who grew up in Great Neck, New York, was a right-handed player, who famously used the controversial "spaghetti racquet" at ...
and Chris Lewis.[
On the ]Grand Prix
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Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
Arts and entertainment ...
singles circuit he made three quarter-finals at Munich
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in 1975, Nice
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in 1978 Nice and Stuttgart
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in 1979.[
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Grand Prix career finals
Doubles: 2 (0–2)
Challenger titles
Doubles: (2)
References
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1949 births
Living people
Czech male tennis players
Czechoslovak male tennis players
Sportspeople from Šumperk