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András Lányi

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The native form of this personal name is Lányi András. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
András Lányi
Country (sports) Hungary
Born (1969-11-26) 26 November 1969 (age 54)
PlaysRight-handed
CollegeUSC Trojans
Prize money$17,276
Singles
Career record4–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 374 (19 June 1989)
Doubles
Career record5–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level)
Career titles3 Satellite
Highest rankingNo. 194 (6 February 1995)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1986)
Team competitions
Davis Cup12–13
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Tennis
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Buffalo mixed doubles
Last updated on: 1 February 2018.

András Lányi (born 26 November 1969) is a retired Hungarian tennis player.

Lányi has a career high ATP singles ranking of 374 achieved on 19 June 1989. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 194, achieved on 6 February 1995.[1] Lányi has won 3 ITF Satellite tournament doubles title.[2]

Lányi has represented Hungary at Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 12–13.[3]

He was studied at University of Southern California, between 1989 and 1993. He won the NCAA Men's Team Championship in 1993 with Trojans.[4] His teammates was Wayne Black, David Ekerot, Jon Leach, Brian MacPhie and Kent Seton, and they earned All-America selection that year.[5]

He competed at the 1993 Summer Universiade. In mixed doubles he won bronze medal with Virág Csurgó.[6]

Satellite and Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (0–1)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Satellites (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1993 Seefeld, Austria Satellite Clay Austria Martin Schäffl 4–6, 4–6

Doubles 8 (3–5)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Satellites (3–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1988 Rümikon, Switzerland Challenger Clay Hungary László Markovits Sweden Jan Apell
Finland Veli Paloheimo 		5–7, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 1988 Thessaloniki, Greece Challenger Clay Switzerland Stefano Mezzadri Denmark Morten Christensen
New Zealand Steve Guy 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jun 1991 Érd, Hungary Satellite Clay Czechoslovakia Tibor Tóth Bulgaria Ivan Keskinov
Hungary József Krocskó 		1–6, 6–7
Win 1–3 Jun 1991 Agárd, Hungary Satellite Clay Czechoslovakia Tibor Tóth Czechoslovakia Branislav Gálik
Germany Robert Kraus 		7–5, 6–2
Loss 1–4 Aug 1993 Pécs, Hungary Satellite Clay Slovakia Tibor Tóth Czech Republic Petr Pála
United Kingdom Andrew Richardson 		3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 2–4 Jan 1994 Cairo, Egypt Satellite Clay Sweden David Ekerot France Pierre Bouteyre
France Nicolas Sabas 		6–1, 6–3
Win 3–4 Jan 1994 Cairo, Egypt Satellite Clay Sweden David Ekerot United Kingdom Jeffrey Hunter
United Kingdom Danny Sapsford 		6–0, 7–6
Loss 3–5 Feb 1994 Cairo, Egypt Satellite Clay Sweden David Ekerot South Africa Neville Godwin
South Africa Gareth Williams 		6–7, 2–6

Davis Cup

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Participations: (12–13)

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Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG playoff (1–1)
Group I (11–12)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (5–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (4–3)
Matches by type
Singles (6–10)
Doubles (6–3)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Decrease0–5; 12–14 June 1987; Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal; European Zone (Zone B) quarterfinal; clay surface
Defeat 1 I Singles Portugal Portugal João Cunha e Silva 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–8
Defeat 2 III Doubles (with Sándor Kiss) Pedro Cordeiro / João Cunha e Silva 2–6, 9–7, 4–6, 2–6
Defeat 3 IV Singles (dead rubber) Nuno Marques 0–6, 6–4, 2–6
Decrease0–5; 6–8 May 1988; Lagos, Nigeria; European Zone Group I quarterfinal; hard surface
Defeat 4 I Singles Nigeria Nigeria Nduka Odizor 7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 1–6
Defeat 5 III Doubles (with László Markovits) Tony Mmoh / Nduka Odizor 5–7, 3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Defeat 6 V Singles (dead rubber) Tony Mmoh 6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Increase3–2; 10–13 June 1988; Margaret Island, Budapest, Hungary; European Group I Zone A relegation playoff; clay surface
Victory 7 I Singles Belgium Belgium Bart Wuyts 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Victory 8 V Singles Xavier Daufresne 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Increase4–1; 3–5 February 1989; City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe; Euro/African Group I Zone A first round; hard (i) surface
Victory 9 II Singles Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Byron Black 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Victory 10 III Doubles (with László Markovits) Byron Black / Greig Rodger 6–2, 5–7, 1–6, 7–5, 10–8
Victory 11 IV Singles (dead rubber) Greig Rodger 6–2, 6–2
Increase4–1; 5–7 May 1989; Dózsa Stadium, Budapest, Hungary; Euro/African Group I Zone A second round; clay surface
Victory 12 II Singles Nigeria Nigeria Sadiq Abdullahi 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Defeat 13 IV Singles (dead rubber) Nduka Odizor 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Decrease1–4; 21–23 July 1989; Chase Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand; World Group playoff; carpet (indoor) surface
Victory 14 II Singles New Zealand New Zealand Steve Guy 7–5, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Defeat 15 IV Singles Kelly Evernden 0–6, 5–7, 4–6
Decrease1–4; 4–6 May 1990; Royal Primrose CB, Brussels, Belgium; Euro/African Group I Zone B second round; clay surface
Defeat 16 II Singles Belgium Belgium Bart Wuyts 1–6, 1–6, 2–6
Victory 17 III Doubles (with László Markovits) Xavier Daufresne / Denis Langaskens 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
Defeat 18 IV Singles Eduardo Masso 2–6, 6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Decrease1–4; 1–3 February 1991; Vasas Sport Club, Budapest, Hungary; Euro/African Group I Zone A first round; carpet (i) surface
Defeat 19 I Singles Soviet Union Soviet Union Andrei Cherkasov 3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Victory 20 III Doubles (with László Markovits) Andrei Chesnokov / Dimitri Poliakov 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Increase5–0; 3–5 May 1991; Újpesti Tennis Club, Budapest, Hungary; Euro/African Group I Zone A relegation playoff; clay surface
Victory 21 III Doubles (with László Markovits) Morocco Morocco Karim Alami / Arafat Chekrouni 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
Increase3–2; 31 January – 2 February 1992; Vasas Sports Club, Budapest, Hungary; Euro/African Group I Zone B first round; carpet (i) surface
Victory 22 III Doubles (with László Markovits) Poland Poland Wojciech Fibak / Tomasz Iwański 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Victory 23 V Singles (dead rubber) Tomasz Iwański 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 13–11
Increase4–1; 26–28 March 1993; Vasas Sports Club, Budapest, Hungary; Euro/African Group I Zone B first round; carpet (i) surface
Victory 24 III Doubles (with László Markovits) Finland Finland Alexander Lindholm / Olli Rahnasto 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Increase3–2; 30 April – 2 May 1993; Újpesti Tennis Club, Budapest, Hungary; Euro/African Group I Zone B second round; clay surface
Defeat 25 III Doubles (with László Markovits) United Kingdom Great Britain Jeremy Bates / Mark Petchey 3–6, 2–6, 4–6

After retirement

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He founded a financial services company in Hungary in 2004 and is still managing director.[7] In July 2007 Lányi elected from vice-president to the Hungarian Tennis Association.[8] In 2009 he elected for the president of Hungarian Triathlon Association and held the position until 2012.[9][10]

Sources

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  1. ^ "András Lányi". ATP. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ^ "András Lányi". ITF. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "András Lányi". Davis Cup. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. ^ Steven Herbert (19 May 1993). "Leach Victory Propels USC Past Georgia for Title". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. ^ "For The First Time In 25 Years, USC Has Four ITA All-Americans". usctrojans.com. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. ^ "XVII. Nyári Universiade - 1993" (in Hungarian). Hungarian University Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  7. ^ "ISMERD MEG VÁLLALATUNK VEZETŐIT!" (in Hungarian). ufsgroup.hu. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Patay László az MTSZ ÚJ elnöke" (in Hungarian). www.huntennis.hu. 7 July 2007. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Lányi András a Magyar Triatlon Szövetség új elnöke" (in Hungarian). www.terepsport.hu. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Megújulás előtt a magyar triatlon - Dr. Bíró Marcellt választották a Magyar Triatlon Szövetség elnökének" (in Hungarian). www.terepsport.hu. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by President of the Hungarian Triathlon Association
16 June 2009 – 18 November 2012 		Succeeded by


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