Pavel Huťka

Pavel Huťka (born 28 February 1949) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic who competed for Czechoslovakia,[1] and is now a tennis trainer.[2][3]

Pavel Huťka
Country (sports)Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Born (1949-02-28) 28 February 1949
Šumperk
Czechoslovakia
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record38–61
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 103 (31 Dec 1978)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1977)
Wimbledon1R (1979)
Doubles
Career record36–51
Career titles0
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (1977)

Career

Hutka held a match point against Italy's Adriano Panatta in the opening round of the 1976 French Open, but lost 10–12 in the fifth set.[4] The Italian went on to win the tournament.

He made the third round of the 1977 French Open (beating Jan Šimbera and Brian Teacher) and appeared in a further three French Opens, without matching that effort.[5]

Hutka was a doubles finalist at Kitzbuhel in 1979.[5] He and partner Pavel Složil lost the final to Mike Fishbach and Chris Lewis.[5]

On the Grand Prix singles circuit he made three quarter-finals at Munich in 1975, Nice in 1978 Nice and Stuttgart in 1979.[5]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1977 Berlin, West Germany Clay Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník Chile Hans Gildemeister
Chile Belus Prajoux		 not played, shared
Loss 0–2 Jul 1978 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil United States Mike Fishbach
New Zealand Chris Lewis		 7–6, 4–6, 3–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1980 Zell Am See, Austria Clay Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec Australia Wayne Pascoe
United States Dave Siegler		 3–6, 7–5, 7–6, 6–2
2. 1981 Bara, Spain Clay Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec Spain Ángel Giménez
Colombia Jairo Velasco		 7–5, 4–6, 9–7

References
  1. ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. www.magazintenis.cz 04,2012 "Trenér: Pavel Huťka"
  3. Pavel Huťka
  4. The Age, "Champion scrapes through", 4 June 1976, pg. 13
  5. ATP Tour profile
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