Zsombor Piros

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Zsombor Piros
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Country (sports)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
ResidenceBudapest, Hungary
Born (1999-10-13) 13 October 1999 (age 25)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAttila Piros
Prize money$ 709,289
Singles
Career record11–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 106 (4 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 156 (18 August 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2023)
French Open Q3 (2022)
Wimbledon Q3 (2022, 2023)
US Open 1R (2025)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 991 (8 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 1081 (23 June 2025)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 6–5
Last updated on: 23 August 2025.

Zsombor Piros (born 13 October 1999) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. Piros has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 106, achieved on 4 March 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 991, achieved on 8 August 2022. [1] He is currently the No. 3 Hungarian player. [2]

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Junior career

On the junior tour Piros had a career-high ranking of 3 achieved on 4 September 2017. Piros won the 2017 Australian Open boys' singles championships, defeating Israeli Yshai Oliel in the final. [3]

He made headlines at 2017 Wimbledon Championships when he and doubles partner Wu Yibing fell foul of Wimbledon's pants police, and were required to change their underpants from black to white to comply with regulations. Even without their lucky pants they won the subsequent match 6–4 6–1. [3]

Piros won the Hungarian Tennis Championships on 1 October 2017. [4]

Professional career

2018-2020: First Challenger win, first Top 100 win

Piros began his year at the Nouméa Challenger, where he came through qualifying to reach the 2nd round, losing to eventual champion Noah Rubin. In the first round, he defeated the top seed, Julien Benneteau of France, in three sets, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, to record his first Challenger win as well as his first win against a Top 100 player. [5] [6] Next, he entered the Australian Open singles qualifying, falling to Bjorn Fratangelo of the United States in the second round. [7]

2021: First Challenger final, Top 300

He reached his maiden Challenger final at the 2021 Slovak Open II as a qualifier [8] and moved 58 positions up in the rankings to a new career-high ranking of No. 282 on 15 November 2021. [1]

2022: Top 200, Maiden Challenger title

He made his top 200 debut on 25 April 2022 at World No. 189 in the singles rankings following his second Challenger final at the 2022 Split Open in Croatia. [1]

Following his maiden Challenger title at the 2022 Tampere Open he reached the top 150 at world No. 139 in the rankings on 25 July 2022. [9] He won his second title at the 2022 Gwangju Open Challenger defeating Emilio Gómez. As a result, he reached a new career-high singles ranking of No. 138 on 10 October 2022. [10] [3]

2023-2025: Top 125, Grand Slam debuts

Following his third Challenger title in Split he reached a new career high ranking of No. 134 on 17 April 2023. [11] He won back-to-back titles in Oeiras [12] and reached a new career-high ranking of No. 118 on 24 April 2023. [3] [1]

In May 2025, Piros won his seventh Challenger title in Tunis defeating Titouan Droguet. [13] [14]

Piros qualified for his first Grand Slam main draw at the 2025 US Open. [15]

National representation

Piros has represented Hungary at Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 6–5, [16] including a five-set victory over top 100 player Jiri Vesely. [17]

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 AAAA Q3 Q2 A0 / 00–0  
French Open AAAA Q3 Q1 Q1 A0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon AANHA Q3 Q3 Q1 Q1 0 / 00–0  
US Open AAAA Q1 A Q1 1R 0 / 00–1  
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10 / 00–1  

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 19 (12 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (7–4)
ITF Futures/WTT (5–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (10–4)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Aug 2017Hungary F6, BudapestFuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg Enrique López Pérez 3–6, 0–6
Loss0–2Sep 2017Hungary F7, KecskemetFuturesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Eriksson 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss0–3Feb 2018Egypt F5, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Flag of France.svg Tom Jomby2–6, 4–6
Win1–3Jun 2018Hungary F5, BudapestFuturesClay Flag of Romania.svg Dragoș Dima 6–3, 6–2
Win2–3Feb 2020M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win3–3Jul 2021M15 Doboj, Bosnia and HerzegovinaWTTClay Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Fajta6–3, 6–2
Win4–3Aug 2021M25 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, PolandWTTClay Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Mochizuki 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win5–3Sep 2021M25 Ricany, Czech RepublicWTTClay Flag of Israel.svg Yshai Oliel 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss0–1 Nov 2021 Bratislava II, SlovakiaChallengerHard (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tallon Griekspoor 3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2 Apr 2022 Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Christopher O'Connell 3–6, 0–2 ret.
Win1–2 Jul 2022 Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Harold Mayot 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Win2–2 Oct 2022 Gwangju, South KoreaChallengerHard Flag of Ecuador.svg Emilio Gómez 6–2, 6–4
Win3–2 Apr 2023 Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Norbert Gombos 7–6(7–2), 7–6(11–9)
Win4–2 Apr 2023 Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Cerúndolo 6–3, 6–4
Win5–2 Feb 2024 Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of France.svg Matteo Martineau 6–3, 6–4
Loss5–3 Apr 2024 Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kovalík 4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss5–4 Jan 2025 Oeiras II, PortugalChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Aleksandar Kovacevic 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win6–4 Apr 2025 Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Flag of Lebanon.svg Hady Habib 6–3, 6–2
Win7–4 May 2025 Tunis, TunisiaChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Titouan Droguet 7–5, 7–6(7–3)

Davis Cup

Participations: (10–5)

Group membership
World Group (3–1)
Qualifying Round (2–3)
WG Play-off (1–1)
Group I (4–0)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (10–4)
Doubles (0–1)
Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score
Decrease2.svg2–3; 2–4 February 2018; Country Hall Liège, Liège, Belgium; World Group first round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory1VSingles (dead rubber) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Julien Cagnina 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Decrease2.svg2–3; 14–16 September 2018; Lurdy Ház, Budapest, Hungary; World Group play-off; clay surface
Victory2ISingles Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Jiří Veselý 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Defeat3VSingles Lukáš Rosol 4–6, 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Decrease2.svg0–5; 1–2 February 2019; Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat4ISingles Flag of Germany.svg Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber 7–6(8–6), 5–7, 4–6
Decrease2.svg1–2; 27 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Final group stage; hard (indoor) surface
Victory5ISingles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia John Millman 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Defeat6IIIDoubles (with Fábián Marozsán) Alex Bolt / John Peers 3–6, 7–6(13–11), 3–6
Decrease2.svg1–2; 28 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Victory7IISingles Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Marin Čilić 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Decrease2.svg2–3; 4-5 March 2022; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard surface
Defeat8ISingles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Alex de Minaur 5–7, 2–6
Defeat9VSingles Thanasi Kokkinakis 4–6, 4–6
Increase2.svg3–1; 15–16 September 2022; SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania; World Group I first round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory10IISingles Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Vladyslav Orlov 6–2, 6–2
Decrease2.svg2–3; 3–4 February 2023; Multifunctional Arena, Tatabánya, Hungary; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory11ISingles Flag of France.svg France Benjamin Bonzi 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Increase2.svg4–0; 15–16 September 2023; Helikon Teniszcentrum, Keszthely, Hungary; World Group I first round; clay surface
Victory12IISingles Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Cem İlkel 6–2, 6–3
Decrease2.svg2–3; 2–3 February 2024; Multifunctional Arena, Tatabánya, Hungary; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory13VSingles (dead rubber) Flag of Germany.svg Germany Kevin Krawietz 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Increase2.svg3–2; 13–14 September 2024; Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt; Davis Cup World Group I first round; clay surface
Victory14ISingles Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Amr Elsayed 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Victory15IVSingles Mohamed Safwat 7–6(7–3), 6–1

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 2017 Australian Open Hard Flag of Israel.svg Yshai Oliel 4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2017 French Open Clay Flag of Spain.svg Nicola Kuhn Flag of the United States.svg Vasil Kirkov
Flag of the United States.svg Danny Thomas
6–4, 6–4

References

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  13. "ATP Challenger Tour: Alexander Bublik in seventh heaven". 19 May 2025.
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  15. @ATPChallenger (August 22, 2025). "Grand Slam stage unlocked ✅ Coleman Wong, Martin Damm, Zsombor Piros, Jerome Kym and Ignacio Buse qualify for their first-ever Grand Slam main draw! #USOpen #ATPChallenger" (Tweet) via Twitter.
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