Pavel Huťka Explained

Pavel Huťka
Birth Date:28 February 1949
Birth Place:Šumperk, Czechoslovakia
Plays:Right-handed
Singlesrecord:38–61
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 103 (31 Dec 1978)
Frenchopenresult:3R (1977)
Wimbledonresult:1R (1979)
Doublesrecord:36–51
Doublestitles:0
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (1977)

Pavel Huťka (born 28 February 1949) is a Czech former professional tennis player[1] and current tennis trainer.[2] [3]

Career

Hutka held a match point against Italy's Adriano Panatta in the opening round of the 1976 French Open, but lost 10–12 in the fifth set.[4] The Italian went on to win the tournament.

He made the third round of the 1977 French Open (beating Jan Šimbera and Brian Teacher) and appeared in a further three French Opens, without matching that effort.[5]

Hutka was a doubles finalist at Kitzbuhel in 1979.[5] He and partner Pavel Složil lost the final to Mike Fishbach and Chris Lewis.[5]

On the Grand Prix singles circuit he made three quarter-finals at Munich in 1975, Nice in 1978 Nice and Stuttgart in 1979.[5]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jun 1977Berlin, West GermanyClay Vladimír Zedník Hans Gildemeister
Belus Prajoux
not played, shared
Loss0–2Jul 1978Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Pavel Složil Mike Fishbach
Chris Lewis
7–6, 4–6, 3–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1. 1980Zell Am See, AustriaClay Jiří Hřebec Wayne Pascoe
Dave Siegler
3–6, 7–5, 7–6, 6–2
2. 1981Bara, SpainClay Jiří Hřebec Ángel Giménez
Jairo Velasco
7–5, 4–6, 9–7

Notes and References

  1. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10002353 ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. http://www.magazintenis.cz/04_2012.html www.magazintenis.cz
  3. http://www.protenis.cz/clanky/tag/Petr-Hu%C5%A5ka Pavel Huťka
  4. The Age, "Champion scrapes through", 4 June 1976, pg. 13
  5. https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pavel-hutka/h097/overview ATP Tour profile