Zsombor Piros (born 13 October 1999) is a Hungarian

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player. Piros has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 138, achieved on 10 October 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 991, achieved on 8 August 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Hungarian player.

Junior career

On the junior tour Piros had a career-high ranking of 3 achieved on 4 September 2017. Piros won the 2017 Australian Open boys' singles championships, defeating Israeli Yshai Oliel in the final. He made headlines at Wimbledon 2017 when he and doubles partner Yibing Wu fell foul of Wimbledon's pants police, and were required to change their underpants from black to white to comply with regulations. Even without their lucky pants they won the subsequent match 6–4 6–1. Piros won the Hungarian Tennis Championships on 1 October 2017.

Professional career

2018: First Challenger win, first Top 100 win

Piros began his year at the Nouméa Challenger, where he came through qualifying to reach the 2nd round, losing to eventual champion Noah Rubin. In the 1st round, he defeated the top seed,

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, in three sets, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, to record his first Challenger win as well as his first win against a Top 100 player. Next, he entered the Australian Open singles qualifying, falling to Bjorn Fratangelo of the

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in the 2nd round.

2021: First Challenger final and top 300 debut

He reached his maiden Challenger final at the 2021 Slovak Open II as a qualifier and moved 58 positions up in the rankings to a new career-high ranking of No. 282 on 15 November 2021.

2022: Maiden Challenger title, Top 150 debut

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Challenger defeating

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. As a result he reached a new career-high singles ranking of No. 138 on 10 October 2022.

National representation

Piros has represented

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at Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 5–5, including a five-set victory over top 100 player Jiri Vesely.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 12 (7-5)

Record against other players

Piros's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 100, with those who are active in boldface.
ATP Tour, Challenger and Future tournaments' main draw and qualifying matches are considered.

Davis Cup

Participations: (5–5)

* 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.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Piros, Zsombor 1999 births Living people Hungarian male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions French Open junior champions Tennis players from Budapest Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles 20th-century Hungarian people 21st-century Hungarian people