András Lányi

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

András Lányi

Country (sports)	Hungary
Born	26 November 1969
Plays	Right-handed
College	USC Trojans
Prize money	$17,276
Singles
Career record	4–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 374 (19 June 1989)
Doubles
Career record	5–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level)
Career titles	3 Satellite
Highest ranking	No. 194 (6 February 1995)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	1R (1986)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	12–13
Medal record Representing  Hungary Tennis Universiade 1993 Buffalo mixed doubles
Last updated on: 1 February 2018.

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 1989-1993. 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

Singles: 1 (0–1)

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	Martin Schaffl	4–6, 4–6

Doubles 8 (3–5)

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	László Markovits	Jan Apell Veli Paloheimo	5–7, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 1988	Thessaloniki, Greece	Challenger	Clay	Stefano Mezzadri	Morten Christensen Steve Guy	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 1991	Érd, Hungary	Satellite	Clay	Tibor Tóth	Ivan Keskinov József Krocskó	1–6, 6–7
Win	1–3	Jun 1991	Agárd, Hungary	Satellite	Clay	Tibor Tóth	Branislav Gálik Robert Kraus	7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–4	Aug 1993	Pécs, Hungary	Satellite	Clay	Tibor Tóth	Petr Pála Andrew Richardson	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	2–4	Jan 1994	Cairo, Egypt	Satellite	Clay	David Ekerot	Pierre Bouteyre Nicolas Sabas	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–4	Jan 1994	Cairo, Egypt	Satellite	Clay	David Ekerot	Jeffrey Hunter Danny Sapsford	6–0, 7–6
Loss	3–5	Feb 1994	Cairo, Egypt	Satellite	Clay	David Ekerot	Neville Godwin Gareth Williams	6–7, 2–6

Davis Cup

Participations: (12–13)

Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (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)

• 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
0–5; 12–14 June 1987; Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal; European Zone (Zone B) Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Defeat	1	I	Singles	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
0–5; 6–8 May 1988; Lagos, Nigeria; European Zone Group I Quarterfinal; Hard surface
Defeat	4	I	Singles	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
3–2; 10–13 June 1988; Margaret Island, Budapest, Hungary; European Group I Zone A Relegation playoff; Clay surface
Victory	7	I	Singles	Belgium	Bart Wuyts	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Victory	8	V	Singles	Xavier Daufresne	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
4–1; 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	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
4–1; 5–7 May 1989; Dózsa Stadium, Budapest, Hungary; Euro/African Group I Zone A Second Round; Clay surface
Victory	12	II	Singles	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
1–4; 21–23 July 1989; Chase Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand; World Group Playoff; Carpet (indoor) surface
Victory	14	II	Singles	New Zealand	Steve Guy	7–5, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Defeat	15	IV	Singles	Kelly Evernden	0–6, 5–7, 4–6
1–4; 4–6 May 1990; Royal Primrose CB, Brussels, Belgium; Euro/African Group I Zone B Second Round; Clay surface
Defeat	16	II	Singles	Belgium	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
1–4; 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	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
5–0; 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	Karim Alami / Arafat Chekrouni	6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
3–2; 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	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
4–1; 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	Alexander Lindholm / Olli Rahnasto	6–4, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
3–2; 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)	Great Britain	Jeremy Bates / Mark Petchey	3–6, 2–6, 4–6

After retirement

He founded a financial services company in Hungary in 2004 and is still managing director.[7] In July of 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

1. "András Lányi". ATP. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
2. "András Lányi". ITF. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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. 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.

External links

• András Lányi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• András Lányi at the International Tennis Federation
• András Lányi at the Davis Cup