Dénes Lukács (tennis)

Dénes Lukács (Hungarian: Lukács Dénes; born 25 February 1987 in Eger) is a retired tennis player from Hungary.[1]

The native form of this personal name is Lukács Dénes. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Dénes Lukács
Country (sports) Hungary
ResidenceDallas, United States
Born (1987-02-25) 25 February 1987
Eger, Hungary
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired2012
PlaysRight-handed (Double-handed backhand)
Prize money$20,479 USD
Singles
Career record2–3 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 402 (7 May 2012)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest ranking975 (19 March 2012)
Last updated on: 22 May 2018.

Lukács has a career high ATP singles ranking of 402 achieved on 7 May 2012. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 975, achieved on 19 March 2012. Lukács has won 2 ITF singles and 1 doubles titles.[2]

Lukács has represented Hungary at Davis Cup, where he has a win-loss record of 2–3.[3]

He played tennis at Baylor University between 2006-2010.[4]

Future and Challenger finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)
Legend
Challengers 0 (0–0)
Futures 4 (2–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. February 27, 2011 Brownsville, USA F5 Hard Nicholas Monroe 3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner 2. May 28, 2011 Durban, South Africa F2 Hard Joshua Milton 6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 3. August 21, 2011 Novi Sad, Serbia F7 Clay Michael Linzer 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner 4. March 18, 2012 Loulé, Portugal F3 Hard Niels Desein 6–4, 6–1

Doubles 3 (1–2)
Legend
Challengers 0 (0–0)
Futures 3 (1–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. June 24, 2007 Marburg, Germany F6 Clay Kornél Bardóczky Érik Chvojka
Philipp Piyamongkol		 7–5, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up 2. August 14, 2011 Subotica, Serbia F6 Clay Ádám Kellner Dino Marcan
Antonio Šančić		 4–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Runner-up 3. March 4, 2012 Faro, Portugal F1 Hard Steven Moneke Gonçalo Falcão
Pedro Sousa		 5–7, 4–6

Davis Cup

Participations: (2–3)
Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Group II (2–3)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (2–3)
Doubles (0–0)
  • indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
4–1; 4–6 March 2005; Hód Tennis Centre, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary; Europe/Africa First round; Hard (indoor) surface *
Victory 1 V Singles (dead rubber) Monaco Thomas Drouet 6–4, 6–2
3–2; 21–23 July 2006; Locomotiv Plovdiv Tennis Centre, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Europe/Africa Second round; Clay surface
Defeat 2 IV Singles (dead rubber) Bulgaria Todor Enev 3–6, 5–7
5–0; 18–20 July 2008; Thessaloniki Tennis Club, Thessaloniki, Greece; Europe/Africa Relegetion play-off; Clay surface
Victory 3 IV Singles (dead rubber) Greece Konstantinos Mikos 6–1, 6–2
3–2; 10–12 July 2009; Gödöllő Kiskastély, Gödöllő, Hungary; Europe/Africa First round; Clay surface
Defeat 4 II Singles Moldova Andrei Gorban 4–6, 6–2, 5–7, 1–6
Defeat 5 V Singles (dead rubber) Radu Albot 3–6, 2–6

* Monaco chose to play in Hungary

References
  1. "Lukacs ITF bio". Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  2. Nemzeti Sport - "Tenisz: Lukács Dénes Újvidéken játssza idei harmadik döntőjét" 2011. 08. 21.
  3. "Dénes Lukács". Davis Cup. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. "Baylor University profile". Retrieved 22 May 2018.

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