Attila Sávolt (born 5 February 1976) is a
tennis player
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from Hungary, who represented his native country at the
2000 Sydney Olympics
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where he lost to
Paradorn Srichaphan
Paradorn Srichaphan ( th, ภราดร ศรีชาพันธุ์; ; ; born 14 June 1979) is a retired professional tennis player from Thailand. He was the first men's singles player from Asia to be ranked in the top 10 of the ATP rank ...
in his first match. Starting his professional career in 1995, he peaked the
ATP
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-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. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. He was the first British man to reach the singles semifinals of Wimbledon since Roger Taylor in th ...
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
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, when the Czech was ranked 5th in the world. He participated in the
2004 Hopman Cup 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 ( hu, Fucsovics Márton, ; 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. 1 Hungarian player.
Early life
Fucso ...
and is currently a sports commentary on
Sport 1.
Titles
Singles (6)
Doubles (6)
Lifetime overall against notable players
(Including Challengers
[ ])
References
External links
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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 of Hungary
Tennis players from Budapest
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