Attila Sávolt (born 5 February 1976) is a

tennis player Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

from Hungary, who represented his native country at the

2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

where he lost to

Paradorn Srichaphan Paradorn Srichaphan (; ; ; born 14 June 1979) is a Thai former professional tennis player. Srichaphan was the first player from Asia to be ranked in the world's top 10 of men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), reaching ...

in his first match. Starting his professional career in 1995, he peaked the ATP-ranking on May 20, 2002, reaching 68 on the world rankings. Surprisingly he has a 1-0 head to head against

Tim Henman Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) during the early 2000s. Henman won 15 career ATP Tour titl ...

after beating the 4th seed 11th ranked in the 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships. He also defeated

Jiří Novák Jiří Novák (; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Career Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...

in their only ATP Tour match-up at the 2002

Orange Warsaw Open The Orange Warsaw Open (former Orange Prokom Open) was an annual men's tennis tournament played in Poland as part of the ATP Tour. The tournament was played on clay courts. The men's tournament began in 2001, when the San Marino Open moved to So ...

, when the Czech was ranked 5th in the world. He participated in the

2004 Hopman Cup The 2004 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th Hopman Cup tennis tournament held at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth from 3 through 10 January 2004. Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchová and Ka ...

alongside

Petra Mandula Petra Mandula (; born 17 January 1978) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; in singles, she was eliminated in the first round by fourth seed Conchita Martíne ...

. He won the Hungarian Championships two times. He was coaching

Márton Fucsovics Márton Fucsovics (, ; born 8 February 1992) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 31 on 4 March 2019. He is currently the No. 2 Hungarian player. Early life Fucsovics started playing t ...

and is currently a sports commentary on Sport 1.

Titles

Singles (6)

Doubles (6)

Lifetime overall against notable players

(Including Challengers )

References

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* * * 1976 births Living people Hopman Cup competitors Hungarian male tennis players Hungarian tennis coaches Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Hungary Tennis players from Budapest {{Hungary-tennis-bio-stub