László Markovits

László Markovits
Nation:	Hungary
Birthday:	April 4th 1970
Size:	180 cm
Weight:	76 kg
1st professional season:	1995
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 67,898
singles
Career record:	0: 6
Highest ranking:	604 (October 19 1987)
Double
Career record:	16:27
Highest ranking:	118 (April 15 1996)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Count László Markovits von Spizza und Kisterpest (born April 4, 1970 ) is a former Hungarian tennis player and currently president of Vasas Budapest .

Career

Markovits was particularly successful on the second-rate Challenger Tour . In doubles he won four Challenger titles in his career. He achieved his best result on the ATP Tour in 1995 when he celebrated his first and only final entry in Umag . Together with David Ekerot, however, he lost to Javier Sánchez and Luis Lobo 4: 6, 0: 6. In Grand Slam tournaments , he never got past the first round.

He took part in three Summer Olympic Games : 1988 in Seoul , 1992 in Barcelona and 1996 in Atlanta . In 1988 he only entered the doubles competition with Gábor Köves and directly won the opening game against the Mexicans Leonardo Lavalle and Agustín Moreno . In the second round they were defeated by the later gold medalists Ken Flach and Robert Seguso from the United States . In 1992 he moved into the field of individual competition as a substitute , but was defeated in the opening round by the Dutchman Mark Koevermans in four sets. Markovits injured himself in this game, so he could not play for the doubles game on the side of Sándor Noszály . In 1996, like in Seoul, he only competed in doubles, also with Köves. They were eliminated in the first round against the South Africans Ellis and Wayne Ferreira .

Markovits played a total of 18 games for the Hungarian Davis Cup team between 1987 and 1997 . While his individual balance is negative with 1: 7 wins, his double balance with 9: 8 wins is just positive.

Personal

He is the son of Count Kálmán Markovits , an Olympic gold medalist in water polo, and Márta Balogh , who became world champion with the Hungarian women's handball team in 1965 .

Markovits is the incumbent president of the Hungarian first division soccer club Vasas Budapest .

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.	August 28, 1995	Umag	sand	David Ekerot	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	4: 6, 0: 6

Web links

• ATP profile László Markovits (English)
• ITF profile of László Markovits (English)
• Davis Cup stats by László Markovits (English)