Zsombor Piros (born 13 October 1999) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. Piros has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 106, achieved on 4 March 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 991, achieved on 8 August 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Hungarian player.

Junior career On the junior tour Piros had a career-high ranking of 3 achieved on 4 September 2017. Piros won the 2017 Australian Open boys' singles championships, defeating Israeli Yshai Oliel in the final.

He made headlines at 2017 Wimbledon Championships when he and doubles partner Wu Yibing fell foul of Wimbledon's pants police, and were required to change their underpants from black to white to comply with regulations. Even without their lucky pants they won the subsequent match 6–4 6–1.

Piros won the Hungarian Tennis Championships on 1 October 2017.

Professional career 2018-2020: First Challenger win, first Top 100 win Piros began his year at the Nouméa Challenger, where he came through qualifying to reach the 2nd round, losing to eventual champion Noah Rubin. In the first round, he defeated the top seed, Julien Benneteau of France, in three sets, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, to record his first Challenger win as well as his first win against a Top 100 player. Next, he entered the Australian Open singles qualifying, falling to Bjorn Fratangelo of the United States in the second round.

2021: First Challenger final, Top 300 He reached his maiden Challenger final at the 2021 Slovak Open II as a qualifier and moved 58 positions up in the rankings to a new career-high ranking of No. 282 on 15 November 2021.

2022: Top 200, Maiden Challenger title He made his top 200 debut on 25 April 2022 at World No. 189 in the singles rankings following his second Challenger final at the 2022 Split Open in Croatia.

Following his maiden Challenger title at the 2022 Tampere Open he reached the top 150 at world No. 139 in the rankings on 25 July 2022. He won his second title at the 2022 Gwangju Open Challenger defeating Emilio Gómez. As a result, he reached a new career-high singles ranking of No. 138 on 10 October 2022.

2023-2026: Top 125 and Grand Slam debuts Following his third Challenger title in Split he reached a new career high ranking of No. 134 on 17 April 2023. He won back-to-back titles in Oeiras and reached a new career-high ranking of No. 118 on 24 April 2023.

In May 2025, Piros won his seventh Challenger title in Tunis defeating Titouan Droguet.

Piros qualified for his first Grand Slam main draw at the 2025 US Open.

National representation Piros has represented Hungary at Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 6–5, including a five-set victory over top 100 player Jiří Veselý.

Performance timeline

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ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 25 (16 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (11–6)ITF Futures/WTT (5–3)Finals by surfaceHard (3–4)Clay (13–5)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Hungary F6, BudapestFuturesClay Enrique López Pérez3–6, 0–6Loss0–2Hungary F7, KecskemetFuturesClay Markus Eriksson6–4, 4–6, 3–6Loss0–3Egypt F5, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Tom Jomby2–6, 4–6Win1–3Hungary F5, BudapestFuturesClay Dragoș Dima6–3, 6–2Win2–3M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Carlos Alcaraz4–6, 6–4, 6–3Win3–3M15 Doboj, Bosnia and HerzegovinaWTTClay Péter Fajta6–3, 6–2Win4–3M25 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, PolandWTTClay Shintaro Mochizuki6–3, 7–6(7–3)Win5–3M25 Ricany, Czech RepublicWTTClay Yshai Oliel6–3, 3–6, 6–3Loss0–1Bratislava II, SlovakiaChallengerHard (i) Tallon Griekspoor3–6, 2–6Loss0–2Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Christopher O'Connell3–6, 0–2 ret.Win1–2Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Harold Mayot6–2, 1–6, 6–4Win2–2Gwangju, South KoreaChallengerHard Emilio Gómez6–2, 6–4Win3–2Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Norbert Gombos7–6(7–2), 7–6(11–9)Win4–2Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Juan Manuel Cerúndolo6–3, 6–4Win5–2Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) Matteo Martineau6–3, 6–4Loss5–3Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Jozef Kovalík4–6, 7–5, 5–7Loss5–4Oeiras II, PortugalChallengerHard (i) Aleksandar Kovacevic4–6, 6–7(4–7)Win6–4Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Hady Habib6–3, 6–2Win7–4Tunis, TunisiaChallengerClay Titouan Droguet7–5, 7–6(7–3)Loss7–5Oeiras, PortugalChallengerHard (i) Chris Rodesch4–6, 6–4, 2–6Win8–5Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerHard (i) Joel Schwärzler7-5, 4–6, 6–3Win9–5Madrid, SpainChallengerClay Jurij Rodionov7-5, 6–2Loss9–6Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Jan Choinski6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)Win10–6Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Keegan Smith6–4, 6–4Win11–6Iași, RomaniaChallengerClay Titouan Droguet6–1, 7–6(7–2)

Davis Cup

Participations: (12–5)

Group membershipWorld Group / Finals (3–1)Qualifying Round (4–3)WG Play-off (1–1)Group I (4–0)Group II (0–0)Group III (0–0)Group IV (0–0)Matches by surfaceHard (8–4)Clay (4–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Matches by typeSingles (11–4)Doubles (1–1) 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 outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score2–3; 2–4 February 2018; Country Hall Liège, Liège, Belgium; World Group first round; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory1VSingles (dead rubber) BelgiumJulien Cagnina6–3, 7–6(7–3)2–3; 14–16 September 2018; Lurdy Ház, Budapest, Hungary; World Group play-off; clay surfaceVictory2ISingles Czech RepublicJiří Veselý3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5Defeat3VSinglesLukáš Rosol4–6, 6–7(6–8), 3–60–5; 1–2 February 2019; Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surfaceDefeat4ISingles GermanyPhilipp Kohlschreiber7–6(8–6), 5–7, 4–61–2; 27 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Final group stage; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory5ISingles AustraliaJohn Millman4–6, 6–4, 6–3Defeat6IIIDoubles (with Fábián Marozsán)Alex Bolt / John Peers3–6, 7–6(13–11), 3–61–2; 28 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Final Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory7IISingles CroatiaMarin Čilić4–6, 7–5, 6–42–3; 4-5 March 2022; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard surfaceDefeat8ISingles AustraliaAlex de Minaur5–7, 2–6Defeat9VSinglesThanasi Kokkinakis4–6, 4–63–1; 15–16 September 2022; SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania; World Group I first round; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory10IISingles UkraineVladyslav Orlov6–2, 6–22–3; 3–4 February 2023; Multifunctional Arena, Tatabánya, Hungary; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory11ISingles FranceBenjamin Bonzi7–6(7–4), 6–34–0; 15–16 September 2023; Helikon Teniszcentrum, Keszthely, Hungary; World Group I first round; clay surfaceVictory12IISingles TurkeyCem İlkel6–2, 6–32–3; 2–3 February 2024; Multifunctional Arena, Tatabánya, Hungary; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory13VSingles (dead rubber) GermanyKevin Krawietz7–6(7–2), 6–33–2; 13–14 September 2024; Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt; Davis Cup World Group I first round; clay surfaceVictory14ISingles EgyptAmr Elsayed5–7, 6–3, 6–4Victory15IVSinglesMohamed Safwat7–6(7–3), 6–12–3; 12–13 September 2025; Főnix Aréna, Debrecen, Hungary; Davis Cup Qualifiers second round; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory16IIIDoubles (with Fábián Marozsán) AustriaAlexander Erler / Lucas Miedler7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)Victory17IVSinglesLukas Neumayer7–5, 7–6(8–6)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin2017Australian OpenHard Yshai Oliel4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2017French OpenClay Nicola Kuhn Vasil Kirkov Danny Thomas6–4, 6–4

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