Zsombor Piros
Country (sports) | Hungary |
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Residence | Budapest, Hungary |
Born | Budapest, Hungary | 13 October 1999
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Attila Piros |
Prize money | $63,922 |
Singles | |
Career record | 2–3 |
Career titles | 0 0 Challenger, 1 Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 338 (24 December 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 415 (7 October 2019) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q2 (2018) |
Australian Open Junior | W (2017) |
French Open Junior | 3R (2017) |
Wimbledon Junior | 1R (2017) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 1,123 (9 September 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 1,129 (7 October 2019) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open Junior | 1R (2016, 2017) |
French Open Junior | W (2017) |
Wimbledon Junior | 2R (2017) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | 2–2 |
Last updated on: 7 October 2019. |
Zsombor Piros (born 13 October 1999) is a Hungarian tennis player.
Piros has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 338, achieved on 24 December 2018. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of 1123, achieved on 9 September 2019.
On the junior tour Piros has a career-high ranking of 3 achieved on 4 September 2017. Piros won the 2017 Australian Open boys' singles championships, defeating Israeli Yshai Oliel in the final.
He made headlines at Wimbledon 2017 when he and doubles partner Yibing Wu fell foul of Wimbledon's pants police, and were required to change their underpants from black to white to comply with regulations. Even without their lucky pants they won the subsequent match 6–4 6–1.[1]
Piros won the Hungarian Tennis Championships on 1 October 2017.[2]
Piros has represented Hungary at Davis Cup, where he has a win-loss record of 2-1,[3] including a five-set victory over top 100 player Jiri Vesely.[4]
2018: First Challenger win, first Top 100 win
Piros began his year at the Noumea Challenger, where he came through qualifying to reach the 2nd round, losing to eventual champion Noah Rubin. In the 1st round, he defeated the top seed, Julien Benneteau of France, in three sets, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1, to record his first Challenger win as well as his first win against a Top 100 player.[5][6] Next, he entered the Australian Open singles qualifying, falling to Bjorn Fratangelo of the United States in the 2nd round.[7]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | Yshai Oliel | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 2017 | French Open | Clay | Nicola Kuhn | Vasil Kirkov Danny Thomas |
6–4, 6–4 |
Future and Challenger finals
Singles: 5 (2–3)
Legend |
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ATP Challengers 0 (0–0) |
ITF Futures 5 (2–3) |
Titles by Surface |
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Hard (0–1) |
Clay (2–2) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (0–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2017 | Budapest, Hungary F6 | Futures | Clay | Enrique López-Pérez | 3–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2017 | Kecskemét, Hungary F7 | Futures | Clay | Markus Eriksson | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2018 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt F5 | Futures | Hard | Tom Jomby | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–3 | Jun 2018 | Budapest, Hungary F5 | Futures | Clay | Dragoș Dima | 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 2–3 | Jan 2020 | M15 Antalya | Futures | Clay | Carlos Alcaraz | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Davis Cup
Participations: (2–2)
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- indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
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2–3; 2–4 February 2018; Country Hall Liège, Liège, Belgium; World Group First round; Hard (indoor) surface | ||||||
Victory | 1 | V | Singles (dead rubber) | Belgium | Julien Cagnina | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
2–3; 14–16 September 2018; Lurdy Ház, Budapest, Hungary; World Group Play-off; Clay surface | ||||||
Victory | 2 | I | Singles | Czech Republic | Jiří Veselý | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5 |
Defeat | 3 | V | Singles | Lukáš Rosol | 4–6, 6–7(6–8), 3–6 | |
0–5; 1–2 February 2019; Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany; Davis Cup Qualifying Round; Hard (indoor) surface | ||||||
Defeat | 4 | I | Singles | Germany | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 7–6(8–6), 5–7, 4–6 |
References
- ^ BBC News online 14.7.17
- ^ "Bondár és Piros a bajnok". huntennis.hu (in Hungarian). 1 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Zsombor Piros". Davis Cup. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Davis-kupa: hatalmas küzdelem, Piros bravúros győzelemmel kezdett" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Noumea Challenger - 01 January - 07 January 2018". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Rubin Opens 2018 With Noumea Crown | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Fratangelo Advances On Soggy Friday In Melbourne | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
External links
- Zsombor Piros at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Zsombor Piros at the International Tennis Federation
- Zsombor Piros at the Davis Cup
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