Gábor Köves

Gábor Köves

Köves in Budapest 2011

Nation:

Hungary

Birthday:

7th January 1970

Size:

188 cm

Weight:

86 kg

1st professional season:

1993

Playing hand:

Right

Prize money:

$ 214,507

singles

Career record:

0-0

Highest ranking:

702 (May 14, 1990)

Double

Career record:

59:77

Highest ranking:

79 (October 12, 1998)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	1R (1997-1999)
French Open	2R (1998, 1999)
Wimbledon	2R (1998)
US Open	2R (1996)

Mixed

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	2R (1998)
US Open	-

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Gábor Köves (born January 7, 1970 in Budapest ) is a former Hungarian tennis player .

Career

Köves, who specialized in doubles, was particularly successful on the second-rate Challenger Tour . He won four Challenger titles in his career. On the ATP Tour he was in the finals in Bologna in 1996 and in Bogotá in 1998 , but lost both. In Grand Slam tournaments , he never got past the second round.

He took part in three Summer Olympic Games : 1988 in Seoul , 1996 in Atlanta and 2000 in Sydney . In 1988 and 1996 he competed with László Markovits and in 2000 with Attila Sávolt in the doubles competition. In 1988 he and Markovits met in the opening round on the Mexicans Leonardo Lavalle and Agustín Moreno , which they were able to defeat. In the second round they were defeated by the later gold medalists Ken Flach and Robert Seguso from the United States . In 1996 they were eliminated in the first round against the South Africans Ellis and Wayne Ferreira . At the 2000 Games, he and Sávolt also did not get beyond the first round. They lost in three sets against the Italians Cristian Brandi and Massimo Bertolini .

Köves played a total of 16 matches for the Hungarian Davis Cup team between 1988 and 2001 . He was only used in doubles and was able to win 10 of his 16 games.

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500
ATP World Tour 250
ATP Challenger Tour (4)

Double

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	June 23, 1996	Italy Bologna	sand	Morocco Karim Alami	South Africa Brent Haygarth Christo van Rensburg South Africa	1: 6, 4: 6
2.	November 8, 1998	Colombia Bogotá	sand	Philippines Eric Taino	Argentina Diego del Río Mariano Puerta Argentina	7: 6, 3: 6, 2: 6

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personal data
SURNAME	Köves, Gábor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	7th January 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Budapest , Hungary