István Gulyás

For the Hungarian handball coach and former player, see István Gulyás (handballer).

The native form of this personal name is Gulyás István. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

István Gulyás

István Gulyás in 1964
Country (sports)	Hungary
Born	(1931-10-13)13 October 1931 Pécs, Hungary
Died	31 July 2000(2000-07-31) (aged 68) Budapest, Hungary
Turned pro	1968 (amateur from 1954)
Retired	1973
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Singles
Career titles	20
Highest ranking	No. 8 (1966, Lance Tingay)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	F (1966)
Wimbledon	3R (1960)
US Open	4R (1963)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1955, 1961, 1963)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (1955, 1959)

István Gulyás (Hungarian: Gulyás István; 14 October 1931 – 31 July 2000) was the second Hungarian male tennis player to become a Grand Slam finalist. He was defeated in the 1966 French Open Men's final by Tony Roche of Australia in three sets, after allowing the match to be delayed 24 hours to allow Roche to recover from an ankle injury. It was Gulyas' lone Grand Slam final, though he made the semi-finals of the tournament the following year (and the quarter-finals in 1971). He was ranked inside the world's Top 10 on more than one occasion and holds the record for most Hungarian National Championship titles having won it 15 times in his career. Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph ranked Gulyás as World No. 8 in 1966.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1966	French Championships	Clay	Tony Roche	1–6, 4–6, 5–7

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(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.

Singles

Tournament	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
French Open	1R	A	A	4R	A	3R	2R	3R	3R	3R	2R	F	SF	4R	4R	2R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 15
Wimbledon	2R	A	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 17
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	4R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1
Strike rate	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 33