Mark Kovacs
Mark Kovacs

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Budapest, Hungary

High School:
2nd Rakoci Ferenc Gimnazium

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 180

Birthdate:
08/06/1990



04/21/2013

Boilers Drop Marathon Match to Illinois

Purdue ended conference play with the four hour and 50 minute match.

04/19/2013

Wildcats Halt Boilers' Rally, Win 5-2

The men's tennis team will face Illinois on Sunday.

04/14/2013

Gophers Run Past Boilers

Purdue dropped its second match of the weekend on Sunday.

04/13/2013

Badgers Beat Boilers, 4-3

Wisconsin won the final four singles matches to take the match on Friday night.

04/07/2013

Men's Tennis Beats Iowa, 6-1

The Boilermakers have won two-straight conference matches.

Kovacs in 2011-12: Records - Singles: 10-15 (4-7 B1G); Doubles: 16-7 (8-3 B1G) ... had nine wins at the No. 1 singles spot ... played all but five matches in the top singles spot ... won three straight singles matches from Feb. 4-10 ... had four consecutive singles wins from April 8-15 ... battled the No. 7 singles player in the country to a third set before coming up just short ... top win was against the No. 122 ranked player in the country from Maryland ... was 7-4 in doubles with Diego Acosta ... duo won four straight matches at No. 3 from Jan. 29 to Feb. 10 ... went 9-3 in doubles with Pawel Poziomski ... had seven straight wins as a pair from April 1-15 ... had team's best doubles mark for the season ... went 4-2 in fall singles and 0-1 in doubles.

Kovacs in 2010-11: Records - Singles: 16-10 (6-4 Big Ten); Doubles: 10-14 (3-6 Big Ten) ... named Second Team All-Big Ten at the conference banquet ... won team's Most Improved Player Award at postseason banquet ... won first two collegiate singles matches in straight sets, defeating IUPUI and Western Michigan on Jan. 22 at No. 3 ... put together four-match winning streak from April 8-22 including 6-0, 6-0 victory at Wisconsin and three wins at No. 2 singles ... compiled 12-7 record at No. 3 singles and 4-1 mark at No. 2 ... played final match of season in top individual spot ... won first career doubles match paired with Aaron Dujovne on Jan. 12 over IUPUI at No. 1 ... won four consecutive doubles matches with Dujovne from Feb. 12 to March 18 ... put together 2-2 doubles record while teamed with Eric Ramos.

Kovacs before Purdue:Three time national singles champion of Hungary ... runner-up in Hungarian F1 Futures doubles tournament ... won ITF singles titles in Slovenia and Romania ... claimed ITF doubles title in Venezuela and Romania ... highest ATP ranking 1491 in singles and 1152 in doubles ... nationally ranked 11th in the men's open ... ranked as high as 98th ITF in juniors and top ranked in Hungary.

Personal: Full name is Mark Peter Kovacs ... born August 8, 1990 in Budapest, Hungary ... parents are Peter Kovacs and Andrea Mark.