Farkas Balázs

Farkas Balázs
Full nameBalázs Farkas
Country Hungary
Born (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997
Tatabánya, Hungary
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Turned pro2017
RetiredActive
Coached byJanos Farkas
Racquet usedHead
Men's singles
Highest rankingNo. 36 (September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 37 (December 2024)
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing  Hungary
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2025 Chengdu Singles

Farkas Balázs (born 2 April 1997), known locally as Balázs Farkas, is a Hungarian professional squash player.[1] He reached a career high ranking of 36 in the world during September 2024.[2][3] As of November 2018, he was number 1 in Hungary.[4] He won the 2018 Airport Xmas Challenger professional tournament, beating Spaniard Carlos Cornes Ribadas in the 5-game final.[5][6] He also won the 2022 Odense Open, beating seeded players Ben Coleman, Faraz Khan and, in the final, Sam Todd.[7]

Results

References

  1. ^ "Farkas Balazs - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com.
  2. ^ "PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Squash Info - Farkas Balázs". www.squashinfo.com.
  4. ^ Info, Squash. "Squash Info - Men's PSA World Squash Rankings (November 2018) - Squash". www.squashinfo.com.
  5. ^ Info, Squash. "Squash Info - Men's Airport Challenger 2018 - Squash". www.squashinfo.com.
  6. ^ "Tournaments - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com.
  7. ^ "Farkas and Fuller secure World Championship places after Odense Open victories". PSA World Tour. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.