# Zsombor Piros

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. He is currently the No. 3 Hungarian player.

## 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.
He made headlines at Wimbledon 2017 when he and doubles partner Yibing Wu 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.
Piros won the Hungarian Tennis Championships on 1 October 2017.

## Professional career
### 2018: 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. Next, he entered the Australian Open singles qualifying, falling to Bjorn Fratangelo of the United States in the second round.

### 2021: First Challenger final and top 300 debut

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

### 2022-23: Maiden Challenger title, Top 110 debut

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

## National representation

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

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (5–4)
* ITF Futures/WTT (5–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–3)
* Clay (8–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2017 | Hungary F6, Budapest | Futures | Clay | Enrique López Pérez | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2017 | Hungary F7, Kecskemet | Futures | Clay | Markus Eriksson | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2018 | Egypt F5, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Tom Jomby | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Jun 2018 | Hungary F5, Budapest | Futures | Clay | Dragoș Dima | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–3 | Feb 2020 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Carlos Alcaraz | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–3 | Jul 2021 | M15 Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina | WTT | Clay | Péter Fajta | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–3 | Aug 2021 | M25 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland | WTT | Clay | Shintaro Mochizuki | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 5–3 | Sep 2021 | M25 Ricany, Czech Republic | WTT | Clay | Yshai Oliel | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2021 | Bratislava II, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard (i) | Tallon Griekspoor | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2022 | Split, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Christopher O'Connell | 3–6, 0–2 ret. |
| Win | 1–2 | Jul 2022 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | Harold Mayot | 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–2 | Oct 2022 | Gwangju, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | Emilio Gómez | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–2 | Apr 2023 | Split, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Norbert Gombos | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–6$^{(11–9)}$ |
| Win | 4–2 | Apr 2023 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Juan Manuel Cerúndolo | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–2 | Feb 2024 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Matteo Martineau | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Apr 2024 | Split, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Jozef Kovalík | 4–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Jan 2025 | Oeiras II, Portugal | Challenger | Hard (i) | Aleksandar Kovacevic | 4–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |

## 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)
* 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 |
| 2–3; 2–4 February 2018; Country Hall Liège, Liège, Belgium; World Group first round; hard (indoor) surface |||||||
| Victory | 1 | V | Singles (dead rubber) | Belgium | Julien Cagnina | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| 2–3; 14–16 September 2018; Lurdy Ház, Budapest, Hungary; World Group play-off; clay surface |||||||
| Victory | 2 | I | Singles | Czech Republic | Jiří Veselý | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–5 |
| Defeat | 3 | V | Singles | Czech Republic | Lukáš Rosol | 4–6, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 3–6 |
| 0–5; 1–2 February 2019; Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface |||||||
| Defeat | 4 | I | Singles | Germany | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 5–7, 4–6 |
| 1–2; 27 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Final group stage; hard (indoor) surface |||||||
| Victory | 5 | I | Singles | Australia | John Millman | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Defeat | 6 | III | Doubles (with Fábián Marozsán) | Australia | Alex Bolt / John Peers | 3–6, 7–6$^{(13–11)}$, 3–6 |
| 1–2; 28 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface |||||||
| Victory | 7 | II | Singles | Croatia | Marin Čilić | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2–3; 4-5 March 2022; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard surface |||||||
| Defeat | 8 | I | Singles | Australia | Alex de Minaur | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Defeat | 9 | V | Singles | Australia | Thanasi Kokkinakis | 4–6, 4–6 |
| 3–1; 15–16 September 2022; SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania; World Group I first round; hard (indoor) surface |||||||
| Victory | 10 | II | Singles | Ukraine | Vladyslav Orlov | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2–3; 3–4 February 2023; Multifunctional Arena, Tatabánya, Hungary; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface |||||||
| Victory | 11 | I | Singles | France | Benjamin Bonzi | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–3 |
| 4–0; 15–16 September 2023; Helikon Teniszcentrum, Keszthely, Hungary; World Group I first round; clay surface |||||||
| Victory | 12 | II | Singles | Turkey | Cem İlkel | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2–3; 2–3 February 2024; Multifunctional Arena, Tatabánya, Hungary; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface |||||||
| Victory | 13 | V | Singles (dead rubber) | Germany | Kevin Krawietz | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–3 |
| 3–2; 13–14 September 2024; Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt; Davis Cup World Group I first round; clay surface |||||||
| Victory | 14 | I | Singles | Egypt | Amr Elsayed | 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Victory | 15 | IV | Singles | Egypt | Mohamed Safwat | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–1 |

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | Yshai Oliel | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 2017 | French Open | Clay | Nicola Kuhn | Vasil Kirkov Danny Thomas | 6–4, 6–4 |