Amazing! Hungarian win at the ATP Tennis World Tour after 36 years

Márton Fucsovics gained his first ATP World Tour title on Saturday, beating German Peter Gojowczyk 6-2, 6-2 at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open, ATP World Tour and Index.hu report. Fucsovics is now within the Top 50 of the ATP world rankings with 250 points.

Huge achievement

Fucsovics was the first Hungarian player to even get to the ATP finals in 34 years.

He also has been the first Hungarian to claim the ATP World Tour since 1982, when Balázs Taróczy was able to claim the same title in Hilversum 36 years ago.

Taróczy won the same tournament in Geneva 38 years ago, in 1980.

As World Title winner, Fucsovics gained 250 points, and he is now No. 45 on the ATP world rankings. He also earned EUR 89,000. He is the first Hungarian to be within the top 50 of the ATP world rankings since Taróczy, who was world No. 12.

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The match

The match between Fucsovics and Gojowczyk lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes. Fucsovics managed to stay much more relaxed, calm and concentrated, while his German opponent made quite a few mistakes, which Fucsovics was able to take advantage of.

Fucsovics dominated proceedings from the beginning to the end. Fucsovics dictated the play throughout. He never faced a break point and converted on four of his own. An immediate break to open the match set the tone. In the second set, the German player became more focused, but he could not handle Fucsovics’s serves. As ATP World Tour reports: