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
Residence	Dallas, United States
Born	(1987-02-25) 25 February 1987 Eger, Hungary
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired	2012
Plays	Right-handed (Double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$20,479 USD
Singles
Career record	2–3 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 402 (7 May 2012)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	975 (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.

Sources

• Dénes Lukács at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Dénes Lukács at the International Tennis Federation
• Dénes Lukács at the Davis Cup