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  Denes Lukacs

Denes Lukacs

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Eger, Hungary

High School:
Altisz Foundation School

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 180

Experience:
2L

2007-08 (Sophomore)...
ITA All-American ... ITA South Central Region Player to Watch ... Ended the season ranked No. 6 ... Produced the team's top singles record at 47-10 ... 47 victories ranks No. 2 on Baylor's single-season win list ... 24-4 on the season in dual match competition ... Played primarily at No. 2 where he was 17-2 ... Registered a 25-9 mark versus ranked opponents ... Enjoyed a team-best 17-match win streak from March 27 to May 25 ... One of two Bears selected for NCAA Singles Tournament where he was a top 16 seed ... Advanced to the round of 16 before being eliminated by USC's sixth-ranked Robert Farah, 7-5, 6-3 ... Produced a 21-15 doubles record, played primarily at No. 1 with David Galic ... Named Big 12 Player of the Week (April 21), Most Outstanding Player of the Big 12 Championships, All-Big 12 in singles and doubles ... Enjoyed the most successful fall season of any of the Bears ... Posted an 18-4 record including an 11-4 mark against ranked opponents ... Claimed the championships of the Fluitt Invitational and the South Central Regional ... Won 10 straight matches from Oct. 13 - 23 and finished the season victorious in 12 of his last 14 matches ... Posted impressive straight-sets victories over No. 2 Steven Moneke (Ohio State), No. 7 Erling Tveit (Mississippi), No. 9 Ryan Rowe (Illinois), No. 37 Conor Pollock (Texas A&M), No. 38 Clancy Shields (Boise State) and No. 44 Bruno Agostinelli (Kentucky) ... By winning the Fluitt Invitational, which featured 13 ranked players among the 20-player field, Lukacs earned spot in 2008 ATP Masters Series qualifying draw in Cincinnati

2006-07 (Freshman)...
Named to the NCAA Championships All-Tournament team ... Saw most of his action at No. 6 singles where he was 17-2 ... Ended season with a nine-match win streak, last loss came April 12 versus Georgia's 78th-ranked Jamie Hunt ... Posted an 8-0 Big 12 record and was a team-best 25-3 in dual match competition ... Shared a team-best 32-9 season mark with fellow rookie Dominik Mueller ... Big 12 position champion at No. 6 ... Registered a 17-4 doubles mark ... Named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the spring semester.

Prior to Baylor...
Represented Hungary in the Davis Cup match versus Bulgaria in 2006 ... Won the Hungarian champion under 18 title ... Ranked as high as No. 86 in ITF rankings ... Placed second in 2006 Hungarian Men's Tennis Championship ... Won the ITF, Grade 2 title in 2005 in Slovakia.

Personal...
Born Feb. 25, 1987, in Eger, Hungary ... Nickname is "Dini" ... Son of Tibor Lukacs and Erika Bokros of Eger, Hungary ... Has an older sister, Gabriella Soos ... Graduated in 2006 from Altisz Foundation Grammar School in Budapest, Hungary ... Career goals include becoming one of the top 100 players in the world ... Majoring in business.