Attila Balázs (; born September 27, 1988) is a Hungarian professional
tennis
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player.
He has a career-high singles ATP ranking of No. 76 achieved on 2 March 2020. He is a seven time
Hungarian National Tennis Champion; after
Béla von Kehrling,
József Asbóth and
István Gulyás. He is the fourth Hungarian player who was able to win at least 6 consecutive National Championships.
Career
As a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of the
2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy in
Bucharest
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and was defeated by
Fabio Fognini
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.
His next best result was the quarterfinals seven years later as a wildcard at the
2019 Hungarian Open with victories over
Hubert Hurkacz
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and sixth seed
John Millman.
Next he reached his first ATP final at the
2019 Croatia Open Umag where he lost against
Dušan Lajović
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as a qualifier.
In 2020, he reached the semifinals of the ATP 500
2020 Rio Open
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tournament as a lucky loser where he was defeated by
Gianluca Mager.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner up)
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 47 (31–16)
Doubles: 20 (16–4)
Davis Cup
Participations: (19–13)
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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.
Record against other players
Balazs's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 50, with those who are active in boldface.
ATP Tour, Challenger and Future tournaments' main draw and qualifying matches are considered.
References
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Hungarian male tennis players
1988 births
Tennis players from Budapest
Living people