Attila Sávolt

The native form of this personal name is Sávolt Attila. This article uses the Western name order.

Sávolt Attila
Singles
Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Budapest, Hungary
Born	(1976-02-05) 5 February 1976 Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (one handed backhand)
Prize money	US$698,823
Career record	37-57
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 68 (20 April 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2002)
French Open	3R (2000, 2003)
Wimbledon	1R (2002)
US Open	1R (2000, 2002)
Doubles
Career record	14-16
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 133 (28 January 2002)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1999, 2002)

Attila Sávolt (born 5 February 1976) is a tennis player from Hungary, who represented his native country at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where he lost to Paradorn Srichaphan in his very first match. Starting his professional career in 1995, he peaked the ATP-ranking on May 20, 2002, reaching 68 on the world rankings. Surprisingly he has a 1-0 head to head against Tim Henman after beating the 4th seed 11th ranked in the 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships. He also defeated Jiří Novák in their only ATP Tour match-up at the 2002 Sopot Open, when the Czech was ranked 5th in the world. He participated in the 2004 Hopman Cup alongside Petra Mandula. He won the Hungarian Championships two times.^[1] He is currently coaching Ágnes Szávay and a sports commentary on Sport 1.

Titles

Singles (6)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	1996	Tampere	Clay	Jacobo Díaz	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
2.	1997	Tampere	Clay	Todd Larkham	7–5, 6–0
3.	1999	Nettingsdorf	Clay	Markus Hipfl	6–1, 6–0
4.	1999	Manerbio	Clay	Thierry Guardiola	6–4, 7–6
5.	2001	Sassuolo	Clay	Giorgio Galimberti	6–4, 7–5
6.	2001	Manerbio	Clay	Irakli Labadze	7–5, 6–2

Doubles (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	15 September 1996	Budapest II	Clay	László Markovits	Tuomas Ketola Borut Urh	Walkover
2.	14 June 1998	Split	Clay	Geoff Grant	Álex López Morón Alberto Martín	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
3.	11 October 1998	Santiago	Clay	Ota Fukárek	Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels	7–6, 6–4
4.	22 August 1999	Sylt	Clay	Rene Nicklisch	Florian Allgauer Davide Scala	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
5.	24 June 2001	Lugano	Clay	Steven Randjelovic	Bobbie Altelaar Shaun Rudman	6–2, 7–6
6.	26 August 2001	Manerbio	Clay	Thomas Strenberger	Alessandro da Col Andrea Stoppini	7–5, 7–5

Lifetime overall against notable players

Nicolas Kiefer	2-0
Igor Kunitsyn	2-0
Nicolas Mahut	2-0
Mikhail Youzhny	3-1
Karol Kučera	2-1
Tomáš Berdych	1-0
Nikolay Davydenko	1-0
Wayne Ferreira	1-0
David Ferrer	1-0
Tim Henman	1-0
Jürgen Melzer	1-0
Rainer Schüttler	1-0
Guillermo Cañas	1-1
Gastón Gaudio	1-1
Nicolás Lapentti	1-1
Feliciano López	1-1
Jiří Novák	1-1

(Including Challengers^[2])

References

↑ Árvay, Sándor (2009-01-05). "Bajnokaink" [Our champions] (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Magyar Tenisz Szövetség [Hungarian Tennis Association]. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
↑ http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/activity.asp?player=10009853

External links

Attila Sávolt at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Attila Sávolt at the International Tennis Federation
Attila Sávolt at the Davis Cup

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