Anastasios Bavelas

{{short description|Greek tennis player}}

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Anastasios ("Tasos") Bavelas (Greek: Αναστάσιος ("Τάσος") Μπαβέλας; born 27 February 1968 in Athens, Attica) is a retired tennis player from Greece and current coach.

Bavelas represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, partnering George Kalovelonis. The pair was eliminated in the first round there. He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-23 |title=Τάσος Μπαβέλας στον ΟΠΑΠ: "Ο Τσιτσιπάς θα γίνει νούμερο 1 στον κόσμο" |url=https://www.dimokratia.gr/ellada/369905/tasos-mpavelas-ston-opap-o-tsitsipas-tha-ginei-noymero-1-ston-kosmo/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |language=el}}

The left-hander Bavelas represented Greece in the Davis Cup from 1984 to 1994, posting a 15-13 record in singles and a 5–3 record in doubles.

Bevalas played in some dozen minor circuit events during the 1980s. He highest ranking in singles was world No. 451, which he reached in November 1984. His highest doubles ranking was World No. 438, which he reached in July 1986.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

In 1997, when Bavelas was 29, he was arrested in a sting operation by the Greek police dismantling an illegal gambling operation.{{Cite web |last=Epochi |first=rizospastis gr {{!}} Synchroni |date=1997-02-07 |title=rizospastis.gr - "Ντου" της Αστυνομίας στους παράνομους μπουκμέικερς |url=https://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=3756945 |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=ΡΙΖΟΣΠΑΣΤΗΣ |language=el}}

As of 2018, Bavelas was the tennis coach for the Greek Women's National Team.{{Cite web |last=papavasileiou |date=2018-04-19 |title=Fed Cup - Τατόι Club:Τάσος Μπαβέλας "Είμαστε έτοιμοι για την πρεμιέρα με την Αίγυπτο". |url=https://efoa.gr/fedcup-tatoi-club-tasos-bavelas-eimaste-etoim/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=efoa.gr |language=el}}{{Cite web |last=Συρίδης |first=Γιώργος |date=2019-05-21 |title=Από τα πέτρινα χρόνια έως την… απογείωση! |url=https://www.fosonline.gr/sports/tenis/article/52186/apo-ta-petrina-xronia-eos-tin-apogeiosi |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Fosonline.gr |language=el}}