Balázs Taróczy

Balázs Taróczy

Balázs Taróczy in 1981
Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Budapest, Hungary
Born	(1954-05-09) 9 May 1954 Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1972
Retired	1990
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,437,443
Singles
Career record	385–226
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 12 (5 April 1982)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (1973, 1979)
French Open	QF (1976, 1981)
Wimbledon	4R (1980)
US Open	3R (1974, 1975)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals	1R (1983)
Doubles
Career record	390–236
Career titles	25
Highest ranking	No. 3 (15 July 1985)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1973, 1979, 1990)
French Open	W (1981)
Wimbledon	W (1985)
US Open	SF (1984)
Medal record Summer Universiade 1973 Moscow Singles 1973 Moscow Doubles 1977 Sofia Singles

Balázs Taróczy (Taróczy Balázs; born 9 May 1954) is a retired tennis player from Hungary, who won thirteen singles titles in his career. The right-hander achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 12 in April 1982.

Tennis career

Taróczy was six times a Hungarian national champion.

One of the game's premier doubles players, Balazs and partner Heinz Günthardt won the 1985 Wimbledon doubles title. Though never especially proficient on the grass, the duo defeated Pat Cash-John Fitzgerald in four sets.

He became the Hungarian No. 1 player in 1973 and was a member of the Hungarian Davis Cup team from 1973 to 1985.

Despite playing part-time, still managed to finish top 50 in the doubles world rankings at No. 45 in 1989^[1]

From September 1989 to the end of 1990 he was the coach of Goran Ivanišević.

Career singles finals 20 (13–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	1974	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Onny Parun	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	1976	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Ricardo Cano	6–4, 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	1977	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tom Okker	2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	1978	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ilie Năstase	1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	1978	Vienna, Austria	Hard	Stan Smith	6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	5.	1979	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	1979	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Björn Borg	1–6, 5–7
Winner	6.	1979	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	1980	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Peter McNamara	6–7, 3–6, 0–6
Winner	7.	1980	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Tony Giammalva	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Winner	8.	1980	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Haroon Ismail	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	9.	1980	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	1981	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Víctor Pecci	3–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	1981	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Winner	11.	1981	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	12.	1982	Nice, France	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–2, 3–6, 13–11
Winner	13.	1982	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Buster Mottram	7–6, 6–7, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	6.	1983	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	1984	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Andrés Gómez	0–6, 6–7

Career doubles finals 59 (26–33)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1973	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Róbert Machán	Jan Kodeš Vladimir Zednik	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	1974	Florence, Italy	Clay	Róbert Machán	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	1974	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	František Pala	Iván Molina Jairo Velasco	6–2, 6–7, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	1975	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	José Higueras	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	1976	Florence, Italy	Clay	Péter Szőke	Colin Dibley Carlos Kirmayr	7–5, 5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	1976	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	1977	Munich, Germany	Clay	František Pala	Nikola Špear John Whitlinger	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	1978	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Péter Szőke	Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson	5–7, 4–6
Winner	2.	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tom Okker	Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	3.	1978	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Víctor Pecci	Heinz Günthardt Van Winitsky	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	4.	1978	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Víctor Pecci	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	1979	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Víctor Pecci	Ilie Năstase Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	1979	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Billy Martin Peter McNamara	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	5.	1979	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tom Okker	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	1980	Rome, Italy	Clay	Eliot Teltscher	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	6–7, 6–7
Winner	6.	1980	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tom Okker	Tony Giammalva Buster Mottram	7–5, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	11.	1980	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Víctor Pecci	Gianni Ocleppo Ricardo Ycaza	2–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	1980	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Željko Franulović	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	1980	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–3, 3–6, 8–10
Runner-up	13.	1980	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Pavel Složil	Steve Denton Ivan Lendl	2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	1980	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Butch Walts	Steve Denton Paul McNamee	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	9.	1981	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Ismail El Shafei	Paolo Bertolucci Gianni Ocleppo	6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Winner	10.	1981	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–3
Winner	11.	1981	French Open, Paris	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	12.	1981	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Raymond Moore Andrew Pattison	6–0, 6–2
Winner	13.	1981	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	14.	1981	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	14.	1981	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	15.	1981	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Sammy Giammalva, Jr. Henri Leconte	6–7, 4–6
Winner	15.	1982	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–7, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	16.	1982	Mexico City WCT, Mexico City	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	17.	1982	Delray Beach WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Mel Purcell Eliot Teltscher	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	18.	1982	Nice, France	Clay	Paul McNamee	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	19.	1982	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	1–6, 6–3, 7–9
Winner	16.	1982	Rome, Italy	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Wojtek Fibak John Fitzgerald	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	20.	1982	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 4–6
Winner	17.	1983	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–5, 7–6
Winner	18.	1983	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	Hans Simonsson Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	21.	1983	Munich WCT, Germany	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	5–7, 6–2, 1–6
Winner	19.	1983	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	22.	1983	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Tomáš Šmíd Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 5–7
Winner	20.	1983	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Mark Edmondson Brian Gottfried	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	21.	1983	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	23.	1984	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	24.	1984	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–7, 5–7
Runner-up	25.	1984	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Francisco González Matt Mitchell	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	26.	1984	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Heinz Günthardt	Wojtek Fibak Sandy Mayer	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	27.	1985	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Winner	22.	1985	La Quinta, United States	Hard	Heinz Günthardt	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	28.	1985	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–1, 6–7, 4–6
Winner	23.	1985	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Heinz Günthardt	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	29.	1985	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	David Graham	Hans Gildemeister Víctor Pecci	3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Winner	24.	1986	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 1–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up	30.	1988	Saint-Vincent, Italy	Clay	Paolo Canè	Alberto Mancini Christian Miniussi	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Winner	25.	1988	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Alex Antonitsch	Kevin Curren Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	31.	1989	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	Jakob Hlasek John McEnroe	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	32.	1989	Nice, France	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Ricki Osterthun Udo Riglewski	6–7, 7–6, 1–6
Winner	26.	1989	Munich, Germany	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up	33.	1990	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Goran Ivanišević	Emilio Sánchez Slobodan Živojinović	5–7, 3–6

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