István Gulyás

For the Hungarian handball coach and former player, see István Gulyás (handballer).

The native form of this personal name is Gulyás István. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
István Gulyás
István Gulyás in 1964
Country (sports) Hungary
Born(1931-10-13)13 October 1931
Pécs, Hungary
Died31 July 2000(2000-07-31) (aged 68)
Budapest, Hungary
Turned pro1968 (amateur from 1954)
Retired1973
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)[1]
Singles
Career titles20
Highest rankingNo. 8 (1966, Lance Tingay)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenF (1966)
Wimbledon3R (1960)
US Open4R (1963)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1955, 1961, 1963)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1955, 1959)

István Gulyás (Hungarian: Gulyás István; 14 October 1931 – 31 July 2000)[3][4] was the second Hungarian male tennis player to become a Grand Slam finalist.[5] He was defeated in the 1966 French Open Men's final by Tony Roche of Australia in three sets, after allowing the match to be delayed 24 hours to allow Roche to recover from an ankle injury.[6] It was Gulyas' lone Grand Slam final, though he made the semi-finals of the tournament the following year (and the quarter-finals in 1971).[7] He was ranked inside the world's Top 10 on more than one occasion and holds the record for most Hungarian National Championship titles having won it 15 times in his career.[8][9] Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph ranked Gulyás as world No. 8 in 1966.[2]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1966 French Championships Clay Australia Tony Roche 1–6, 4–6, 5–7

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 SR
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
French Open 1R A A 4R A 3R 2R 3R 3R 3R 2R F SF 4R 4R 2R QF 1R 1R 0 / 15
Wimbledon 2R A A 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 17
US Open A A A A A A A A 4R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1
Strike rate 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 33

References

  1. ^ "Istvan Gulyas - Hungary tennis player profile". resultsfromtennis.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Stolle ranked second". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 October 1966. p. 25 – via Google News Archive.
  3. ^ "Istvan Gulyas". Davis Cup Official Website. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  4. ^ "In memoriam 2000". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  5. ^ First was Jozsef Asboth in 1947. Pál Szőke (19 July 2005). "A Magyar Tenisz Szövetség története (History of Hungarian Tennis Federation)" (in Hungarian). Magyar Tenisz Szövetség (Hungarian Tennis Federation). Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  6. ^ "French Open: Facts and Figures". USA Today. 28 May 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
  7. ^ Niebuhr, Keith (26 May 2002). "French Open Notebook". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
  8. ^ "European Lifetime Seniors Champions Ivanovic steps up to earn". docstoc.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  9. ^ Árvay, Sándor (5 January 2009). "Bajnokaink" [Our champions] (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Magyar Tenisz Szövetség [Hungarian Tennis Association]. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2010.