Pavel Huťka

Czechoslovak tennis player

Pavel Huťka
Singles
Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia
Born	(1949-02-28) 28 February 1949 (age 75) Šumperk, Czechoslovakia
Plays	Right-handed
Career record	38–61
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 103 (31 Dec 1978)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1977)
Wimbledon	1R (1979)
Doubles
Career record	36–51
Career titles	0
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (1977)

Pavel Huťka (born 28 February 1949) is a Czech former professional tennis player^[1] and current tennis trainer.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4] The Italian went on to win the tournament.

He made the third round of the 1977 French Open (beating Jan Šimbera and Brian Teacher) and appeared in a further three French Opens, without matching that effort.^[5]

Hutka was a doubles finalist at Kitzbuhel in 1979.^[5] He and partner Pavel Složil lost the final to Mike Fishbach and Chris Lewis.^[5]

On the Grand Prix singles circuit he made three quarter-finals at Munich in 1975, Nice in 1978 Nice and Stuttgart in 1979.^[5]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1977	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Vladimír Zedník	Hans Gildemeister Belus Prajoux	not played, shared
Loss	0–2	Jul 1978	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Pavel Složil	Mike Fishbach Chris Lewis	7–6, 4–6, 3–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1980	Zell Am See, Austria	Clay	Jiří Hřebec	Wayne Pascoe Dave Siegler	3–6, 7–5, 7–6, 6–2
2.	1981	Bara, Spain	Clay	Jiří Hřebec	Ángel Giménez Jairo Velasco	7–5, 4–6, 9–7