Balázs Taróczy
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Balázs Taróczy in 1981
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| Country (sports) |
 Hungary
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| Residence | Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||
| Born |
9 May 1954 Budapest, Hungary |
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| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Retired | 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||
| Prize money | $1,437,443 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record | 385–226 | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 12 (5 April 1982) | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (1973, 1979) | ||||||||||||
| French Open | QF (1976, 1981) | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 4R (1980) | ||||||||||||
| US Open | 3R (1974, 1975) | ||||||||||||
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| WCT Finals | 1R (1983) | ||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 390–236 | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 25 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (15 July 1985) | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (1973, 1979, 1990) | ||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1981) | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1985) | ||||||||||||
| US Open | SF (1984) | ||||||||||||
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Balázs Taróczy (Taróczy Balázs; born 9 May 1954) is a retired tennis player from Hungary, who won thirteen singles titles in his career. The right-hander achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 12 in April 1982.
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 Hungarian 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.
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