Hungarian tennis player
Zsombor Piros Country (sports) Hungary Residence Budapest, Hungary Born (1999-10-13 ) 13 October 1999 (age 25) Budapest , Hungary Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Turned pro 2016 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach Attila Piros Prize money $504,674 Career record 11–7 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 106 (4 March 2024) Current ranking No. 156 (6 May 2024) Australian Open Q3 (2023 ) French Open Q3 (2022 ) Wimbledon Q3 (2022 , 2023 ) US Open Q1 (2022 , 2024 ) Career record 0–1 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 991 (8 August 2022) Davis Cup 6–5 Last updated on: 15 April 2024.
Zsombor Piros (born 13 October 1999) is a Hungarian professional tennis player.
Piros has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 106, achieved on 4 March 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 991, achieved on 8 August 2022. He is currently the No. 3 Hungarian player.[ 1]
Junior career
On the junior tour Piros had a career-high ranking of 3 achieved on 4 September 2017. Piros won the 2017 Australian Open boys' singles championships , defeating Israeli Yshai Oliel in the final.
He made headlines at Wimbledon 2017 when he and doubles partner Yibing Wu fell foul of Wimbledon's pants police, and were required to change their underpants from black to white to comply with regulations. Even without their lucky pants they won the subsequent match 6–4 6–1.[ 2]
Piros won the Hungarian Tennis Championships on 1 October 2017.[ 3]
Professional career
2018: First Challenger win, first Top 100 win
Piros began his year at the Nouméa Challenger , where he came through qualifying to reach the 2nd round, losing to eventual champion Noah Rubin . In the 1st round, he defeated the top seed, Julien Benneteau of France , in three sets, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, to record his first Challenger win as well as his first win against a Top 100 player.[ 4] [ 5] Next, he entered the Australian Open singles qualifying , falling to Bjorn Fratangelo of the United States in the 2nd round.[ 6]
2021: First Challenger final and top 300 debut
He reached his maiden Challenger final at the 2021 Slovak Open II as a qualifier [ 7] and moved 58 positions up in the rankings to a new career-high ranking of No. 282 on 15 November 2021.
2022-23: Maiden Challenger title, Top 110 debut
He made his top 200 debut on 25 April 2022 at World No. 189 in the singles rankings following his second Challenger final at the 2022 Split Open in Croatia.
Following his maiden Challenger title at the 2022 Tampere Open he reached the top 150 at world No. 139 in the rankings on 25 July 2022.[ 8]
He won his second title at the 2022 Gwangju Open Challenger defeating Emilio Gómez . As a result, he reached a new career-high singles ranking of No. 138 on 10 October 2022.[ 9]
Following his third Challenger title in Split he reached a new career high ranking of No. 134 on 17 April 2023.[ 10] He won back-to-back titles in Oeiras [ 11] and reached a new career-high ranking of No. 118 on 24 April 2023.
National representation
Piros has represented Hungary at Davis Cup , where he has a win–loss record of 6–5,[ 12] including a five-set victory over top 100 player Jiri Vesely .[ 13]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (5–4)
ITF Futures/WTT (5–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (8–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Aug 2017
Hungary F6, Budapest
Futures
Clay
Enrique López Pérez
3–6, 0–6
Loss
0–2
Sep 2017
Hungary F7, Kecskemet
Futures
Clay
Markus Eriksson
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss
0–3
Feb 2018
Egypt F5, Sharm El Sheikh
Futures
Hard
Tom Jomby
2–6, 4–6
Win
1–3
Jun 2018
Hungary F5, Budapest
Futures
Clay
Dragoș Dima
6–3, 6–2
Win
2–3
Feb 2020
M15 Antalya, Turkey
WTT
Clay
Carlos Alcaraz
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win
3–3
Jul 2021
M15 Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
WTT
Clay
Péter Fajta
6–3, 6–2
Win
4–3
Aug 2021
M25 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
WTT
Clay
Shintaro Mochizuki
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win
5–3
Sep 2021
M25 Ricany, Czech Republic
WTT
Clay
Yshai Oliel
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss
0–1
Nov 2021
Bratislava II , Slovakia
Challenger
Hard (i)
Tallon Griekspoor
3–6, 2–6
Loss
0–2
Apr 2022
Split , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Christopher O'Connell
3–6, 0–2 ret.
Win
1–2
Jul 2022
Tampere , Finland
Challenger
Clay
Harold Mayot
6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Win
2–2
Oct 2022
Gwangju , South Korea
Challenger
Hard
Emilio Gómez
6–2, 6–4
Win
3–2
Apr 2023
Split , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Norbert Gombos
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(11–9)
Win
4–2
Apr 2023
Oeiras , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Juan Manuel Cerúndolo
6–3, 6–4
Win
5–2
Feb 2024
Cherbourg , France
Challenger
Hard (i)
Matteo Martineau
6–3, 6–4
Loss
5–3
Apr 2024
Split , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Jozef Kovalík
4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss
5–4
Jan 2025
Oeiras II , Portugal
Challenger
Hard (i)
Aleksandar Kovacevic
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Record against other players
Piros's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 100, with those who are active in boldface.
ATP Tour, Challenger and Future tournaments' main draw and qualifying matches are considered.
Opponent
Highest ranking
Matches
Won
Lost
Win %
Last match
Carlos Alcaraz
1
1
1
0
100%
Won (4–6, 6–4, 6–3) at 2020 M15 Antalaya F
Marin Čilić
3
1
1
0
100%
Won (4–6, 7–5, 6-4) at 2021 Davis Cup RR
Stan Wawrinka
3
1
0
1
0%
Lost (7–6(7-4) , 2–6, 0–6) at 2022 Metz Q2
Mikhail Youzhny
8
1
0
1
0%
Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2018 Budapest 1R
Ernests Gulbis
10
1
1
0
100%
Won (6–4, 1–1 ret.) at 2018 Tunis Q3
Sam Querrey
11
1
1
0
100%
Won (6–2, 6–2) at 2022 Roland Garros Q1
Aslan Karatsev
14
1
1
0
100%
Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2018 Genoa Q2
Alex de Minaur
15
1
0
1
0%
Lost (5–7, 2–6) at 2022 Davis Cup Q
Philipp Kohlschreiber
16
1
0
1
0%
Lost (7–6(8-6) , 5–7, 4–6) at 2019 Davis Cup Q
Thomaz Bellucci
21
1
1
0
100%
Won (3–6, 6–4, 6–4) at 2018 Genoa Q3
Julien Benneteau
25
1
1
0
100%
Won (3–6, 7–5, 6–1) at 2018 Nouméa 1R
Vasek Pospisil
25
1
1
0
100%
Won (7–6(7-3) , 7–6(7-3) ) at 2022 Forlì QF
Lukáš Rosol
26
1
0
1
0%
Lost (4–6, 6–7(6-8) , 3–6) at 2018 Davis Cup PO
Sergiy Stakhovsky
31
1
0
1
0%
Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2017 Budapest Q1
Federico Delbonis
33
1
0
1
0%
Lost (6–7(8-10) , 0–6) at 2022 US Open Q1
John Millman
33
1
1
0
100%
Won (4–6, 6–4, 6-3) at 2021 Davis Cup RR
Jiří Veselý
35
2
1
1
50%
Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2019 Liberec 2R
Jack Draper
38
1
0
1
0%
Lost (4–6, 1–3 ret.) at 2022 Forlì SF
Mikhail Kukushkin
39
1
0
1
0%
Lost (6–7(3-7) , 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(0-7) ) at 2022 Wimbledon Q3
Emil Ruusuvuori
40
1
0
1
0%
Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2018 Liuzhou Q2
Brandon Nakashima
43
1
0
1
0%
Lost (3–6, 6–7(4-7) ) at 2021 Brest 1R
Benjamin Bonzi
44
1
1
0
100%
Won (7–6(7-4) , 6-3) at 2023 Davis Cup Q
Tallon Griekspoor
44
3
0
3
0%
Lost (3–6, 7–6(7-2) , 3–6) at 2022 Amersfoort 2R
Lukáš Lacko
44
1
1
0
100%
Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2021 Bratislava 2R
Maximilian Marterer
45
1
1
0
100%
Won (6–3, 6–3) at 2022 Tampere QF
Andreas Haider-Maurer
47
1
1
0
100%
Won (6–3, 7–6(8-6) ) at 2018 Barletta Q2
Dominik Koepfer
50
1
0
1
0%
Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2022 Vancouver 1R
Juan Ignacio Londero
50
1
0
1
0%
Lost (4–6, 1–4 ret.) at 2018 Genoa 1R
Federico Coria
52
1
0
1
0%
Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2019 Manerbio QF
Facundo Bagnis
55
2
1
1
50%
Lost (4–6, 6–4, 1–6) at 2019 Ludwigshafen 2R
Gastão Elias
57
1
0
1
0%
Lost (4–6, 7–5, 3–6) at 2022 Oeiras QF
Michał Przysiężny
57
1
1
0
100%
Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2019 Budapest 1R
Stefano Travaglia
60
1
1
0
100%
Won (7–6(7-5) , 3–2 ret.) at 2021 Bratislava SF
Mikael Ymer
60
1
0
1
0%
Lost (6–4, 6–7(0-7) , 2–6) at 2019 Koblenz 2R
Thiago Monteiro
61
1
0
1
0%
Lost (4–6, 6–2, 4–6) at 2022 Madrid 2R
Kenny de Schepper
62
2
1
1
50%
Won (6–4, 6–3) at 2022 Cassis 1R
Tobias Kamke
64
1
1
0
100%
Won (7–5, 6–3) at 2018 Liberec 1R
Egor Gerasimov
65
2
1
1
50%
Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2022 Roland Garros Q2
Frank Dancevic
65
1
0
1
0%
Lost (3–6, 7–5, 0–6) at 2016 Hungary F3 1R
Blaž Kavčič
68
1
1
0
100%
Won (1–6, 6–3, 6–3) at 2019 Cordenons 3R
Tim Smyczek
68
1
0
1
0%
Lost (3–6, 6–4, 2–6) at 2019 Columbus 2R
Thanasi Kokkinakis
69
1
0
1
0%
Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2022 Davis Cup Q
Thomas Fabbiano
70
1
0
1
0%
Lost (2–6, 6–7(4-7) ) at 2018 Tunis 1R
Jürgen Zopp
71
1
0
1
0%
Lost (4–6, 6–7(4-7) ) at 2018 Budapest 1R
Adam Pavlásek
72
1
1
0
100%
Won (6–3, 0–6, 6-3) at 2019 Ostrava 2R
Mirza Bašić
74
1
1
0
100%
Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2022 Split 2R
Kamil Majchrzak
75
1
0
1
0%
Lost (6–7(3-7) , 3–6) at 2019 Ostrava 3R
Attila Balázs
76
1
1
0
100%
Won (1–6, 6–3 ret.) at 2017 Hungary F6 SF
Christopher O'Connell
78
2
0
2
0%
Lost (3–6, 0–2 ret.) at 2022 Split F
Tseng Chun-hsin
83
1
1
0
100%
Won (4–6, 6–2, 6–3) at 2019 Manerbio 3R
Alessandro Giannessi
84
2
0
2
0%
Lost (2–6, 5–7) at 2022 Roseto QF
Dennis Novak
85
1
1
0
100%
Won (7–5, 7–6(7-5) ) at 2017 Hungary F7 QF
Nuno Borges
91
1
0
1
0%
Lost (6–3, 2–6, 1–6) at 2022 Roland Garros Q3
Yannick Hanfmann
92
1
0
1
0%
Lost (7–5, 2–6, 2-6) at 2022 Bergamo 1R
Zhang Zhizhen
92
1
1
0
100%
Won (7–5, 6–7(6-8) , 6–3) at 2018 Egypt F5 QF
Andrej Martin
93
1
1
0
100%
Won (4–6, 6–3, 7-5) at 2022 Roseto 1R
Yannick Maden
96
1
0
1
0%
Lost (4–6, 6–1, 3-6) at 2019 Budapest Q1
Kimmer Coppejans
97
1
1
0
100%
Won (6–4, 4–6, 6–2) at 2022 Gwangju 1R
Tomáš Macháč
97
2
1
1
50%
Lost (6–4, 6–7(5-7) , 1–6) at 2022 Cassis QF
Emilio Gómez
98
1
1
0
100%
Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2022 Gwangju F
Bjorn Fratangelo
99
2
0
2
0%
Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2018 Monterrey 2R
Pedro Sousa
99
1
0
1
0%
Lost (1–6, 6–3, 6–7(5-7) ) at 2018 Liberec 2R
Total
72
31
41
43%
* Statistics correct as of 3 February 2023
Davis Cup
Participations: (10–5)
Group membership
World Group (3–1)
Qualifying Round (2–3)
WG Play-off (1–1)
Group I (4–0)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (10–4)
Doubles (0–1)
Rubber outcome
No.
Rubber
Match type (partner if any)
Opponent nation
Opponent player(s)
Score
2–3; 2–4 February 2018 ; Country Hall Liège , Liège , Belgium; World Group first round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory
1
V
Singles (dead rubber )
Belgium
Julien Cagnina
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2–3; 14–16 September 2018 ; Lurdy Ház, Budapest , Hungary; World Group play-off; clay surface
Victory
2
I
Singles
Czech Republic
Jiří Veselý
3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3) , 7–5
Defeat
3
V
Singles
Lukáš Rosol
4–6, 6–7(6–8) , 3–6
0–5; 1–2 February 2019 ; Fraport Arena , Frankfurt , Germany; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat
4
I
Singles
Germany
Philipp Kohlschreiber
7–6(8–6) , 5–7, 4–6
1–2; 27 November 2021 ; Pala Alpitour , Turin , Italy; Davis Cup Final group stage; hard (indoor) surface
Victory
5
I
Singles
Australia
John Millman
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Defeat
6
III
Doubles (with Fábián Marozsán )
Alex Bolt / John Peers
3–6, 7–6(13–11) , 3–6
1–2; 28 November 2021 ; Pala Alpitour , Turin , Italy; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Victory
7
II
Singles
Croatia
Marin Čilić
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2–3; 4-5 March 2022 ; Ken Rosewall Arena , Sydney , Australia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard surface
Defeat
8
I
Singles
Australia
Alex de Minaur
5–7, 2–6
Defeat
9
V
Singles
Thanasi Kokkinakis
4–6, 4–6
3–1; 15–16 September 2022 ; SEB Arena , Vilnius , Lithuania; World Group I first round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory
10
II
Singles
Ukraine
Vladyslav Orlov
6–2, 6–2
2–3; 3–4 February 2023 ; Multifunctional Arena, Tatabánya , Hungary; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory
11
I
Singles
France
Benjamin Bonzi
7–6(7–4) , 6–3
4–0; 15–16 September 2023 ; Helikon Teniszcentrum, Keszthely , Hungary; World Group I first round; clay surface
Victory
12
II
Singles
Turkey
Cem İlkel
6–2, 6–3
2–3; 2–3 February 2024 ; Multifunctional Arena, Tatabánya , Hungary; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory
13
V
Singles (dead rubber )
Germany
Kevin Krawietz
7–6(7–2) , 6–3
3–2; 13–14 September 2024 ; Gezira Sporting Club , Cairo , Egypt; Davis Cup World Group I first round; clay surface
Victory
14
I
Singles
Egypt
Amr Elsayed
5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Victory
15
IV
Singles
Mohamed Safwat
7–6(7–3) , 6–1
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
References
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