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Country (sports) | Hungary |
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Born | (1947-08-08)8 August 1947 Mosonszentjános, Hungary |
Died | 28 July 2022(2022-07-28) (aged 74) |
Plays | Left-handed |
Singles | |
Career record | 43–64 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 47 (23 August 1973) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1973) |
French Open | 3R (1970) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1967, 1971, 1972, 1974) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 32–52 |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 2R (1970, 1971, 1972) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1971, 1972) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (1971) |
Péter Szőke (8 August 1947 – 28 July 2022) was a Hungarian tennis player. He did not win any top-level titles during his professional career, finishing runner-up once in singles and four times in doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 47 in August 1973.
Szőke participated in 27 Davis Cup ties for Hungary from 1967 and 1983, posting a 9–15 record in singles and a 17–6 record in doubles.
ATP tour finals
Singles (1 runner-up)
Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | 1971 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | Andrés Gimeno | 3–6, 2–6, 2–6 |
Doubles (4 runner-ups)
Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | 1973 | Calgary, Canada | Indoor | Szabolcs Baranyi | Mike Estep Ilie Năstase |
7–6, 5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | 1976 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Balázs Taróczy | Colin Dibley Carlos Kirmayr |
7–5, 5–7, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–3 | 1978 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Balázs Taróczy | Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson |
5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | 1979 | Linz, Austria | Hard (i) | Szabolcs Baranyi | Patrice Dominguez Gilles Moretton |
1–6, 4–6 |
References
- Meghalt a magyar teniszlegenda (in Hungarian)
External links
- Péter Szőke at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Péter Szőke at the International Tennis Federation
- Péter Szőke at the Davis Cup
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