Rita Kuti-Kis

Rita Kuti Kis

Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Balatonlelle, Hungary
Born	(1978-02-13) 13 February 1978 (age 46) Lengyeltóti, Hungary
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2006
Plays	Left (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$472,961
Singles
Career record	277–228 (54.9%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 47 (12 June 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000, 2001)
French Open	3R (2000)
Wimbledon	1R (1999, 2000, 2001)
US Open	1R (1999, 2000, 2001)
Doubles
Career record	55–44 (55.6%)
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 113 (14 February 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	12–9 (57.1%)

Rita Kuti Kis (born 13 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary.

In 1992, she was beaten by future international No. 1, Martina Hingis, in the Petits As competition, a juniors tournament at Tarbes, France which has been renowned for the discovery of young tennis talent. Kuti Kis's most successful year was 2000, when she scored her one and only WTA Tour singles title in São Paulo. In the same year, she reached the third round of the French Open (losing to Monica Seles) and defeated then up-coming Jelena Dokić in the first round of the Australian Open.

Kuti Kis retired from professional tennis in 2006.

WTA career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Apr 1999	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 1–6
Win	1.	Feb 2000	Brasil Tennis Cup, São Paulo	Clay	Paola Suárez	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	2.	May 2000	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Silvija Talaja	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	3.	Feb 2001	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá	Clay	Paola Suárez	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Apr 1999	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	Anna Földényi	Alicia Ortuño Cristina Torrens Valero	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss	2.	Feb 2000	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	Petra Mandula	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	4–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	28 September 1992	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Claudia Timm	6–3, 6–3
Win	2.	13 June 1993	ITF Murska, Slovenia	Clay	Tatjana Ječmenica	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1.	12 April 1998	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Anna Smashnova	6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	17 May 1998	ITF Nitra, Slovakia	Clay	Ľudmila Cervanová	7–5, 4–6, 6–7(3)
Loss	3.	26 July 1998	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Raluca Sandu	3–6, 3–6
Win	3.	6 September 1998	ITF Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Ľudmila Cervanová	6–1, 6–2
Loss	4.	19 September 1998	ITF Bordeaux, France	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	1–6, 4–6
Win	4.	28 September 1998	ITF Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Denisa Chládková	1–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss	5.	10 October 2004	Open Nantes Atlantique, France	Hard (i)	Leslie Butkiewicz	2–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	30 October 2005	ITF Sant Cugat, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–4, 0–6, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (7–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	13 December 1993	ITF Přerov, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Petra Mandula	Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Win	1.	7 June 1998	ITF Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Anna Földényi	Petra Gáspár Petra Mandula	6–0, 6–4
Win	2.	21 June 1998	ITF Sopot, Poland	Clay	Anna Földényi	Marketa Kochta Syna Schmidle	6–1, 7–6(4)
Win	3.	18 September 1998	ITF Bordeaux, France	Clay	Anna Földényi	Amanda Hopmans Sandra Klösel	6–2, 6–3
Win	4.	20 March 1999	ITF Reims, France	Clay (i)	Janette Husárová	Gisela Riera Antonella Serra Zanetti	6–2, 6–3
Win	5.	27 March 1999	ITF Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Janette Husárová	Mariam Ramón Climent Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	24 July 2004	ITF Les Contamines, France	Hard	Evie Dominikovic	Gabriela Chmelinová Caroline Dhenin	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	9 October 2004	Open Nantes Atlantique, France	Hard (i)	Gréta Arn	Iryna Brémond Tatsiana Uvarova	4–6, 6–4, 6–7(5)
Win	6.	9 April 2005	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Mariya Koryttseva	Kildine Chevalier Jorgelina Cravero	6–2, 6–3
Win	7.	10 September 2005	ITF Mestre, Italy	Clay	Kira Nagy	Elisa Balsamo Emily Stellato	7–5, 6–4

Best Grand Slam results details

Singles

Australian Open 2000 Australian Open Round Opponent Score 1R Jelena Dokic 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 2R Květa Hrdličková 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6 2001 Australian Open Round Opponent Score 1R Francesca Schiavone 7–6(10–8), 1–6, 6–4 2R Anna Kournikova (8) 3–6, 4–6

French Open 2000 French Open Round Opponent Score 1R Jennifer Hopkins (Q) 6–2, 7–6(8–6) 2R Annamária Földényi (Q) 6–2, 7–5 3R Monica Seles (3) 1–6, 2–6

Wimbledon Championships 1999 Wimbledon Round Opponent Score 1R Conchita Martínez 2–6, 1–6 2000 Wimbledon Round Opponent Score 1R Alexandra Stevenson 5–7, 6–7(3–7) 2001 Wimbledon Round Opponent Score 1R Serena Williams (5) 1–6, 0–6

US Open 1999 US Open Round Opponent Score 1R Ruxandra Dragomir 1–6, 7–5, 4–6 2000 US Open Round Opponent Score 1R Marissa Irvin 4–6, 7–6(13–11), 5–7 2001 US Open Round Opponent Score 1R Gala León García 4–6, 7–5, 1–6

Head-to-head record

• Serena Williams 0-1
• Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0-1
• Anna Kournikova 0-1
• Nadia Petrova 0-1
• Jelena Dokic 1-1
• Jelena Janković 0-1

External links

• Rita Kuti-Kis at the Women's Tennis Association
• Rita Kuti-Kis at the International Tennis Federation
• Rita Kuti-Kis at the Billie Jean King Cup

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