Balázs Taróczy Explained

Balázs Taróczy
Residence:	Budapest
Birth Date:	1954 5, df=y
Birth Place:	Budapest, Hungary
Turnedpro:	1972
Retired:	1990
Plays:	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$1,437,443
Singlestitles:	13
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 12 (5 April 1982)
Australianopenresult:	1R (1973, 1979)
Frenchopenresult:	QF (1976, 1981)
Wimbledonresult:	4R (1980)
Usopenresult:	3R (1974, 1975)
Othertournaments:	yes
Wctfinalsresult:	1R (1983)
Doublesrecord:	390–236
Doublestitles:	26
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 3 (15 July 1985)
Australianopendoublesresult:	1R (1973, 1979, 1990)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	W (1981)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	W (1985)
Usopendoublesresult:	SF (1984)
Medaltemplates-Expand:	yes

Balázs Taróczy (hu|Taróczy Balázs; born 9 May 1954) is a retired tennis player from Hungary. The right-hander won 13 singles titles in his career, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in April 1982.

Tennis career

Taróczy was six times a Hungarian national champion. He also won the Dutch Open on six occasions (1976, 1978–82), which made up nearly half of his total number of singles titles.

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 the Australian pair Pat Cash and John Fitzgerald in four sets.

He became the Hungarian No. 1 player in 1973 and was a member of the Hungary 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 finals

Singles: 20 (13 wins, 7 losses)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Grand Prix Masters (0) Grand Prix Super Series (0) Grand Prix Regular Series (13)

Titles by surface Hard (0) Clay (13) Grass (0) Carpet (0)

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

Doubles: 59 (26 wins, 33 losses)

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bajnokaink . Sándor . Árvay . 5 January 2009 . Magyar Tenisz Szövetség [Hungarian Tennis Association] . Budapest, Hungary . hu . Our champions . 7 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016050756/http://www.mtsztenisz.hu/?article_hid=4578 . 16 October 2012 . dead.