Balázs Taróczy


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

Career finals

Singles: 20 (13 wins, 7 losses)

ResultNo.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.1974Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Onny Parun6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Win2.1976Hilversum, NetherlandsClay Ricardo Cano6–4, 6–0, 6–1
Loss1.1977Båstad, SwedenClay Corrado Barazzutti6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Win3.1978Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Tom Okker2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
Win4.1978Barcelona, SpainClay Ilie Năstase1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss2.1978Vienna, AustriaHard Stan Smith6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 3–6
Win5.1979Brussels, BelgiumClay Ivan Lendl6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Loss3.1979Båstad, SwedenClay Björn Borg1–6, 5–7
Win6.1979Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Tomáš Šmíd6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Loss4.1980Brussels, BelgiumClay Peter McNamara6–7, 3–6, 0–6
Win7.1980Båstad, SwedenClay Tony Giammalva6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Win8.1980Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Haroon Ismail6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Win9.1980Geneva, SwitzerlandClay Adriano Panatta6–3, 6–2
Loss5.1981Bournemouth, UKClay Víctor Pecci3–6, 4–6
Win10.1981Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Heinz Günthardt6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Win11.1981Tokyo, JapanClay Eliot Teltscher6–3, 1–6, 7–6
Win12.1982Nice, FranceClay Yannick Noah6–2, 3–6, 13–11
Win13.1982Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Buster Mottram7–6, 6–7, 6–3, 7–6
Loss6.1983Hilversum, NetherlandsClay Tomáš Šmíd4–6, 4–6
Loss7.1984Indianapolis, USClay Andrés Gómez0–6, 6–7

Doubles: 59 (26 wins, 33 losses)