Country (sports) | Czechoslovakia |
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Born |
Šumperk Czechoslovakia |
28 February 1949
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Career record | 38–61 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 103 (31 Dec 1978) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1977) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1979) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 36–51 |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
French Open | 2R (1977) |
Pavel Huťka (born 28 February 1949) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic who competed for Czechoslovakia, and is now a tennis trainer.
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. The Italian went on to win the tournament.
He made the third round of the 1977 French Open (beating Jan Simbera and Brian Teacher) and appeared in a further three French Opens, without matching that effort.
Hutka was a doubles finalist at Kitzbuhel in 1979. He and partner Pavel Složil lost the final to Mike Fishbach and Chris Lewis.
On the Grand Prix singles circuit he made three quarter-finals at Munich in 1975, Nice in 1978 Nice and Stuttgart in 1979.