Iván Balás

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Iván Balás
Country (sports) Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1922–1928)
 Hungary (1930–1944)
Born1894
Elemir, Banat, Austria-Hungary
Died1971 (aged 76–77)
Paris, France
Turned pro1922 (amateur tour)
Retired1951
Playsright-handed
Singles
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1924)
Doubles
Career record2R (1924 Olympic Games)
Team competitions
Davis Cup2REU

Iván Balás (

International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup in 1927. Technically, his match was the second rubber of the tie. Apart from team competitions, he clinched international championships for Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, Romania and Slovakia in various events.[1]

Early life and family

Iván Balás was born in 1894 in

Nagybecskerek high school.[3] He continued his studies in Budapest.[1]

Tennis career

In college Balás played tennis as well as basketball, hockey, football and athletics.

Nagybecskerek.[1] Balás' first public triumph was recorded in 1922 in the men's singles of the National Championship in Novi Sad
.

At the 1924 Olympics in Paris, he played both singles in doubles. In the men's singles, he was defeated in the first round by Jack Nielsen (Norway). And in doubles, he and Đorđe Dunđerski advanced to the second roundbut lost to Jacques Brugnon/Henri Cochet (France).[3]

In 1926, he was crowned the champion of Yugoslavia. He was drafted into the

Hassan-Ali Fyzee, but did not succeed, as the Indian player came back to claim the match. On the third ball, the game was suspended due to bad weather, and so the match was decided after the first two days' results. The organizers agreed not to wait on Monday, but to pass the remaining two dead rubbers and the victory to India.[1]

Balás next represented Hungary, debuting in a match against

Béla Kehrling, defeating Romanian champion Constantin Cantacuzino and Alexandru Botez; he also finished third in singles and mixed contest.[6] In 1931, he reached four doubles finals, including the Hungarian Covered Courts tournament mixed and men's doubles, and the Warsaw International Championships doubles and mixed doubles.[7][8]

Personal life

In 1928, Balás was engaged in Hungary, and he was no longer in the Davis Cup team of Yugoslavia.[1] He mostly played and practised in Budapest and joined the Magyar Atlétikai Club.[5] In 1944, he moved to Austria, where he continued his tennis career and married Zita Kremmel in 1950. On April 11, 1951, their daughter Charlotte was born. As of 1951 he lived and worked in France, where he was a devoted tennis player and coach for the rest of his life.

Balás died in Paris in 1971. The tennis club Galeb in Zrenjanin organizes a traditional tournament each year that bears his name.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Šoškić 2012, pp. 251–252.
  2. ^ "BALÁS Iván, sipeki" (in Hungarian). Magyar Családtörténeti Adattár. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b László, Táborosi. "Balázs Iván és Nagy István". Hungarians of Vojvodina in the Olympic Team of SZHSZ and Royal Yugoslavia 1924-1936 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. ^ Šoškić 2012, pp. 251.
  5. ^ a b c d Tennisz és Golf II/12, pp.215-217.
  6. ^ Tennisz és Golf II/15, p.295.
  7. ^ Tennisz és Golf III/5-6, pp.74-75.
  8. ^ Tennisz és Golf III/11–12, pp.201-202.

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