Gábor Köves (born 7 January 1970) is a retired Hungarian Olympian

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gold medalists

Ken Flach Kenneth Eliot Flach (May 24, 1963 – March 12, 2018) was an American doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Wimbledon and two US Open), and two mixed doubles titles (Wimbledon and the French Open ...

and

Robert Seguso Robert Arthur Seguso (born May 1, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Wimbledon, one French Open and one US Open). He also won the men's d ...

stopped him and partner

László Markovits László Markovits (born 4 April 1970) is a former tennis player from Hungary, son of water polo player and national team captain Kálmán Markovits and World champion handballer Márta Balogh. He was the winner of Hungarian National Tennis C ...

in the second round in the

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. Gabor Köves is currently the captain of the

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since December 2016 when

Zoltán Kuhárszky Zoltán Kuhárszky (born 8 July 1959) is a former tennis player from Hungary who became a Swiss citizen in 1995. Kuharszky won two doubles titles during his professional career. He reached his highest singles ATP ranking on July 30, 1984, when ...

stepped down due to conflict of interest, because he became

Máté Valkusz Máté Valkusz (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian inactive professional tennis player. Valkusz has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 204, achieved on 12 June 2023. Juniors On the junior tour, Valkusz has a career high combined junior ...

's personal coach who is a member of the Hungarian Davis Cup team.

Titles

Doubles (4)

References

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* * * * * * 1970 births Living people Hungarian male tennis players Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Hungary Tennis players from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen 21st-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-sport-bio-stub