Rita Kuti-Kis
Hungarian tennis player
Rita Kuti Kis Country (sports) Hungary Residence Balatonlelle , HungaryBorn (1978-02-13 ) 13 February 1978 (age 46) Lengyeltóti , HungaryHeight 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 1991 Retired 2006 Plays Left (two-handed backhand) Prize money $472,961 Career record 277–228 Career titles 1 WTA, 4 ITF Highest ranking No. 47 (12 June 2000) Australian Open 2R (2000, 2001) French Open 3R (2000) Wimbledon 1R (1999, 2000, 2001) US Open 1R (1999, 2000, 2001) Career record 55–44 Career titles 7 ITF Highest ranking No. 113 (14 February 2000) French Open 1R (1999) Fed Cup 12–9
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
Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V
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)
ITF Circuit finals
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
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
Head-to-head record
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