Career record 38–61 French Open 3R (1977) Name Pavel Hutka Handed Right-handed | Plays Right-handed Career titles 0 Wimbledon 1R (1979) Role Tennis Player Highest ranking 103 | |
Born 28 February 1949 (age 75) SumperkCzechoslovakia ( 1949-02-28 ) | ||
Pavel Huťka (born 28 February 1949) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic who competed for Czechoslovakia, and is now a tennis trainer.
Career
Hutka held a match point against Italy's Adriano Panatta in the opening round of the 1976 French Open, but lost 10-12 in the fifth set. The Italian went on to win the tournament.
He made the third round of the 1977 French Open (beating Jan Simbera and Brian Teacher) and appeared in a further three French Opens, without matching that effort.
Hutka was a doubles finalist at Kitzbuhel in 1979. He and partner Pavel Složil lost the final to Mike Fishbach and Chris Lewis.
On the Grand Prix singles circuit he made three quarter-finals at Munich in 1975, Nice in 1978 Nice and Stuttgart in 1979.