László Markovits (born 4 April 1970) is a former tennis player from Hungary, son of water polo player and national team captain Kálmán Markovits and World champion handballer Márta Balogh.[1] He was the winner of Hungarian National Tennis Championships in singles in 1986 (the youngest winner in seniors category in Hungarian tennis history with his age of 16) and has won it two times.[2] He represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in Barcelona in singles and partnered with Sándor Noszály for the doubles, but both ended in the first round, losing in four sets and being forced to retire respectively. He reached the second round in the 1988 Seoul Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics teamed up with Gábor Köves. In the 1991 Davis Cup Euro/African Group I 1st Round Play-offs he defended Hungary to be relegated to Group II by winning the second and third match (singles and doubles) against Morocco resulting in the irreversible 3–0 lead (5–0 in total). He was a member as a reserve of the 1993 team, whose victory over Argentina resulted in advancing to the World Group and an active member of the 1995 team who shocked Australia by knocking them out in the World Group play-offs. He was a recurring member of the team over a decade (1987–97) clinching a 9–8 win–loss record in doubles but being less successful in singles (1–7 in overall). He has later become the chairman of Vasas SC.

László Markovits
Country (sports) Hungary
Born (1970-04-04) 4 April 1970 (age 54)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1995
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$67,898
Singles
Career record12–16
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 604 (19 October 1987)
Doubles
Career record107–93
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1996)
Wimbledon1R (1996)

Career finals

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Doubles (4 titles – 5 runners-up)

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Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (4)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 22 May 1994 Budapest I Clay   Gábor Köves   João Cunha e Silva
  Nuno Marques
7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Loss 2. 26 June 1994 Braunschweig Clay   Gábor Köves   Horacio de la Peña
  Javier Sánchez
4–6, 6–7
Win 3. 11 June 1995 Medellin Clay   Wayne Black   Leander Paes
  Maurice Ruah
7–5, 6–4
Loss 4. 27 August 1995 Umag Clay   David Ekerot   Luis Lobo
  Javier Sánchez
4–6, 0–6
Win 5. 5 November 1995 Aachen Carpet   David Ekerot   Alexander Mronz
  Lars Rehmann
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Win 6. 25 August 1996 Graz Clay   Pablo Albano   Filippo Messori
  Cristian Brandi
6–4, 6–1
Win 7. 15 September 1996 Budapest II Clay   Attila Sávolt   Tuomas Ketola
  Borut Urh
Walkover
Loss 8. 17 September 1996 Budapest II Clay   Gábor Köves   Emanuel Couto
  João Cunha e Silva
6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 9. 3 August 1997 Poznań Clay   Jordi Burillo   David Rikl
  Tomáš Anzari
3–6, 2–6

References

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  1. ^ Murányi, András (November 22, 2006). "Mexikó, Mexikó!". Hócipő (in Hungarian). Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  2. ^ Árvay, Sándor (2009-01-05). "Bajnokaink" [Our champions] (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Magyar Tenisz Szövetség [Hungarian Tennis Association]. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
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