Hungary Davis Cup team
| Hungary | |
|---|---|
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| Captain | Miklós Hornok |
| ITF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 52  1 |
| First international | |
| 1924 | |
| World Group | |
| Appearances | 2 (0-2) |
| Player stats | |
| Most total wins | Balázs Taróczy (76-19) |
| Most singles wins | Balázs Taróczy (50-12) |
| Most doubles wins | Balázs Taróczy (26-7) |
| Best doubles team | Balázs Taróczy / Péter Szőke (17-2) |
| Most ties played | Balázs Taróczy (33) |
| Most years played | Kornél Bardóczky (15) |
The Hungary Davis Cup team represents Hungary in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Hungarian Tennis Association.
Hungary competed in its first Davis Cup in 1924 and was stuck in the first round for 5 years (not counting an automatic bye). They broke the curse with the first and convincing 5-0 win against Norway realized by Béla Von Kehrling in the major part. In the very next year in 1929 they cruised to their first semifinal losing to Great Britain in a close 3-2 (two singles absolved by Von Kehrling) falling only in the fifth rubber. It took another 20 years to relive the success in 1949 (including the 5-year vacancy period during the Second World War) this time losing to France in the semis. The core of the team was 1947 French Open champion József Asbóth. In 1956 Hungary was absent from the Cup because of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. In 1966 a record attendance visited the Hungary-Great Britain quarterfinal in Budapest, where a crowd of 20.000 spectators supported the András Szikszay-István Gulyás Davis Cup team during the 4-days tie. A tough weekend started on Saturday 14 May for the multiple champions Brits, who had 3-time Major semifinalist Mike Sangster losing their first match in 5 sets to István Gulyás. They turned to 2-1 on the same day but on Sunday András Szikszay also defeated Sangster leaving the decision to the 5th final tie, which was postponed to Monday. In a four set match Gulyás started well taking the first one 18-16, but Roger Taylor finished in 3 easier sets. English team captain Headley Baxter remarked that although they won but they hadn't been forced to so a tough fight for years. Just two weeks later Gulyás had his first and lone Grand Slam final in the French Open losing only to Tony Roche of Australia.
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