Attila Sávolt

The native form of this personal name is Sávolt Attila. This article uses the Western name order.
Sávolt Attila
Country  Hungary
Residence Budapest, Hungary
Born February 5, 1976 (1976-02-05) (age 36)
Budapest, Hungary
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 1995
Retired 2006
Plays Right-handed
Career prize money US$698,823
Singles
Career record 37-57
Career titles 0
Highest ranking 68 (April 20, 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2r (2002)
French Open 3r (2000,2003)
Wimbledon 1r (2002)
US Open 1r (2000, 2002)
Doubles
Career record 14-16
Highest ranking 133 (January 28, 2002)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1r (1999, 2002)

Attila Sávolt (born February 5, 1976 in Budapest) is a tennis player from Hungary, who represented his native country at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where he was losing to Paradorn Srichaphan in his very 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 after beating the 4th seed 11th ranked in the 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships. He also defeated Jiří Novák in their only ATP Tour match-up at the 2002 Sopot Open, when the Czech was ranked 5th in the world. He participated in the 2004 Hopman Cup alongside Petra Mandula. He won the Hungarian Championships two times.[1] He is currently coaching Ágnes Szávay and a sports commentary on Sport 1.

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Titles

Singles (6)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (6)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in final Score in final
1. 1996 Tampere Clay Jacobo Díaz 7–6 1–6 6–4
2. 1997 Tampere Clay Todd Larkham 7–5 6–0
3. 1999 Nettingsdorf Clay Markus Hipfl 6–1 6–0
4. 1999 Manerbio Clay Thierry Guardiola 6–4 7–6
5. 2001 Sassuolo Clay Giorgio Galimberti 6–4 7–5
6. 2001 Manerbio Clay Irakli Labadze 7–5 6–2

Doubles (6)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. September 15, 1996 Budapest II Clay László Markovits Tuomas Ketola / Borut Urh Walkover
2. June 14, 1998 Split Clay Geoff Grant Álex López Morón / Alberto Martín 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
3. October 11, 1998 Santiago Clay Ota Fukárek Edwin Kempes / Peter Wessels 7-6, 6-4
4. August 22, 1999 Sylt Clay Rene Nicklisch Florian Allgauer / Davide Scala 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
5. June 24, 2001 Lugano Clay Steven Randjelovic Bobbie Altelaar / Shaun Rudman 6-2, 7-6
6. August 26, 2001 Manerbio Clay Thomas Strenberger Alessandro da Col / Andrea Stoppini 7-5, 7-5

Lifetime overall against notable players

Nicolas Kiefer 2-0
Igor Kunitsyn 2-0
Nicolas Mahut 2-0
Mikhail Youzhny 3-1
Karol Kučera 2-1
Tomáš Berdych 1-0
Nikolay Davydenko 1-0
Wayne Ferreira 1-0
David Ferrer 1-0
Tim Henman 1-0
Jürgen Melzer 1-0
Rainer Schüttler 1-0
Guillermo Cañas 1-1
Gastón Gaudio 1-1
Nicolás Lapentti 1-1
Feliciano López 1-1
Jiří Novák 1-1

(Including Challengers[2])

References

  1. ^ Árvay, Sándor (2009. 01. 05.). "Bajnokaink [Our champions]" (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Magyar Tenisz Szövetség [Hungarian Tennis Association]. http://www.mtsztenisz.hu/?article_hid=4578. Retrieved December 07, 2010. 
  2. ^ http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/activity.asp?player=10009853

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