Farkas Balázs

Farkas Balázs

Full name	Balázs Farkas
Country	Hungary
Born	(1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 27) Tatabánya, Hungary
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Turned pro	2017
Retired	Active
Coached by	Janos Farkas
Racquet used	Head
Men's singles
Highest ranking	No. 36 (September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 37 (December 2024)

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]

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.