Istvan Gulyas
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| Bio | He was the second Hungarian male tennis player to become a Grand Slam finalist. He was defeated in the 1966 French Open Men's final by Tony Roche of Australia in three sets, after allowing the match to be delayed 24 hours to allow Roche to recover from an ankle injury. The final was adjourned to the next day, and Gulyas lost to Roche (6-1, 6-4, 7-5). Therefore, in 1967, the Hungarian player was awarded with the International Fair Play Award by UNESCO. It was Gulyas' lone Grand Slam final, though he made the semi-finals of the tournament the following year (and the quarter-finals in 1971). He was ranked inside the world's Top 10 on more than one occasion and holds the record for most Hungarian National Championship titles having won it 15 times in his career. Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph ranked Gulyás as world No. 8 in 1966. He was 15 times Hungarian National champion and he had 27 appearances in the National Champion team of UTE. After his retirement, he served as president of the Hungarian Tennis Federation for ten years (1977-1987). |
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