Balázs Taróczy

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**Balazs Taroczy**

Country	Hungary
Residence	Budapest, Hungary
Date of birth	May 9, 1954 (1954-05-09) (age 54)
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb/12.1 st)
Turned pro	1972
Retired	1990
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$1,437,443
Singles
Career record:	385–226
Career titles:	13
Highest ranking:	No. 13 (8 February 1982)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1st (1973, 1979)
French Open	Q (1976, 1981)
Wimbledon	4th (1980)
US Open	3th (1974, 1975)
Doubles
Career record:	390–236
Career titles:	25
Highest ranking:	No. 3 (15 July 1985)
Infobox last updated on: July 11, 2007.

Balazs Taroczy (Hungarian: Taróczy Balázs; born May 9, 1954 in Budapest) is a former tennis player from Hungary, who won thirteen singles titles in his career. The right-hander achieved his highest ranking during the ATP Tour on February 8, 1982, when he became World Number 13.

From September 1989 to the end of 1990 he was the coach of Goran Ivanisevic.

1 Career singles finals (20)
- 1.1 Wins (13)
- 1.2 Runner-ups (7)
2 Doubles titles (25)
- 2.1 Runner-ups (33)
3 External links

[edit] Career singles finals (20)

[edit] Wins (13)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP International Series (13)

Titles by Surface
Hard (0)
Clay (13)
Grass (0)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1974-07-27	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Onny Parun	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
2.	1976-07-19	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Ricado Cano	6–4, 6–0, 6–1
3.	1978-07-30	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tom Okker	2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
4.	1978-10-15	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ilie Nastase	1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
5.	1979-06-17	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
6.	1979-07-29	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tomas Smid	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
7.	1980-07-20	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Tony Giammalva	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
8.	1980-07-27	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Haroon Ismail	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
9.	1980-09-28	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 6–2
10.	1981-07-26	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
11.	1981-10-25	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 1–6, 7–6
12.	1982-04-04	Nice, France	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–2, 3–6, 13–11
13.	1982-07-25	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Buster Mottram	7–6, 6–7, 6–3, 7–6

[edit] Runner-ups (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1977-07-09	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	6–7, 7–6, 2–6
2.	1978-11-04	Vienna, Austria	Hard	Stan Smith	6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 3–6
3.	1979-07-22	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Bjorn Borg	1–6, 5–7
4.	1980-06-15	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Peter McNamara	6–7, 3–6, 0–6
5.	1981-04-26	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Victor Pecci	3–6, 4–6
6.	1983-07-24	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tomas Smid	4–6, 4–6
7.	1984-08-12	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Andres Gomez	0–6, 6–7

[edit] Doubles titles (25)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1977	Munich, Germany	Clay	Frantisek Pala	Nikola Spear John Whitlinger	6–3, 6–4
2.	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tom Okker	Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
3.	1978	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Victor Pecci	Heinz Gunthardt Van Winitsky	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
4.	1978	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Victor Pecci	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
5.	1979	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tom Okker	Jan Kodes Tomas Smid	6–1, 6–3
6.	1980	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tom Okker	Tony Giammalva Buster Mottram	7–5, 6–3, 7–6
7.	1980	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Zeljko Franulovic	Heinz Gunthardt Markus Gunthardt	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
8.	1980	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Butch Walts	Steve Denton Paul McNamee	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
9.	1981	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Ismail El Shafei	Paolo Bertolucci Gianni Ocleppo	6–7, 6–3, 6–1
10.	1981	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Pavel Slozil Tomas Smid	6–3, 6–3
11.	1981	French Open, Paris	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 7–6, 6–3
12.	1981	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Raymond Moore Andrew Pattison	6–0, 6–2
13.	1981	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Pavel Slozil Tomas Smid	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
14.	1981	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
15.	1982	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Heinz Gunthardt	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–7, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
16.	1982	Rome, Italy	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Wojtek Fibak John Fitzgerald	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
17.	1983	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Heinz Gunthardt	Brian Gottfried Raul Ramirez	6–3, 7–5, 7–6
18.	1983	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Heinz Gunthardt	Hans Simonsson Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–4
19.	1983	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–2, 6–4
20.	1983	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Mark Edmondson Brian Gottfried	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
21.	1983	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Jan Kodes Tomas Smid	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
22.	1985	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Heinz Gunthardt	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
23.	1985	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Heinz Gunthardt	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
24.	1986	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Heinz Gunthardt	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	6–4, 1–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
25.	1988	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Alex Antonitsch	Kevin Curren Tomas Smid	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
26.	1989	Munich, Germany	Clay	Javier Sanchez	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	7–6, 6–7, 7–6

[edit] Runner-ups (33)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1973	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Robert Machan	Jan Kodes Vladimir Zednik	6–3, 7–6
2.	1974	Florence, Italy	Clay	Robert Machan	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
3.	1974	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Frantisek Pala	Ivan Molina Jairo Velasco	2–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
4.	1975	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Jose Higueras	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–2, 6–2
5.	1976	Florence, Italy	Clay	Peter Szoke	Colin Dibley Carlos Kirmayr	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
6.	1976	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	6–4, 6–3
7.	1978	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Peter Szoke	Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson	7–5, 6–4
8.	1979	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Victor Pecci	Ilie Nastase Raul Ramirez	6–3, 6–4
9.	1979	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Billy Martin Peter McNamara	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
10.	1980	Rome, Italy	Clay	Eliot Teltscher	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	7–6, 7–6
11.	1980	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Victor Pecci	Gianni Ocleppo Ricardo Ycaza	6–2, 6–2
12.	1980	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jan Kodes	Hans Gildemeister Andres Gomez	3–6, 6–3, 10–8
13.	1980	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Pavel Slozil	Steve Denton Ivan Lendl	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
14.	1981	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Heinz Gunthardt	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	6–4, 6–2
15.	1981	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Tomas Smid	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Henri Leconte	7–6, 6–4
16.	1982	Mexico City WCT, Mexico City	Carpet	Tomas Smid	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 7–5
17.	1982	Delray Beach WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tomas Smid	Mel Purcell Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 7–6
18.	1982	Nice, France	Clay	Paul McNamee	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
19.	1982	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Pavel Slozil Tomas Smid	6–1, 3–6, 9–7
20.	1982	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Jan Kodes Tomas Smid	7–6, 6–4
21.	1983	Munich WCT, Germany	Carpet	Heinz Gunthardt	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
22.	1983	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Tomas Smid Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 7–5
23.	1984	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Stefan Edberg Anders Jarryd	6–3, 6–1
24.	1984	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–6, 7–5
25.	1984	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Francisco Gonzalez Matt Mitchell	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
26.	1984	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Heinz Gunthardt	Wojtek Fibak Sandy Mayer	6–4, 6–4
27.	1985	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Heinz Gunthardt	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
28.	1985	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Hans Gildemeister Andres Gomez	1–6, 7–6, 6–4
29.	1985	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	David Graham	Hans Gildemeister Victor Pecci	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
30.	1988	Saint-Vincent, Italy	Clay	Paolo Cane	Alberto Mancini Christian Miniussi	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
31.	1989	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Heinz Gunthardt	Jakob Hlasek John McEnroe	6–3, 6–4
32.	1989	Nice, France	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	Ricki Osterthun Udo Riglewski	7–6, 6–7, 6–1
33.	1990	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Goran Ivanisevic	Emilio Sanchez Slobodan Zivojinovic	7–5, 6–3