Rita Kuti-Kis Explained

Rita Kuti Kis
Residence:	Balatonlelle, Hungary
Birth Date:	1978 2, df=y
Birth Place:	Lengyeltóti, Hungary
Height:	1.76 m
Turnedpro:	1991
Retired:	2006
Plays:	Left (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$472,961
Singlestitles:	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 47 (12 June 2000)
Australianopenresult:	2R (2000, 2001)
Frenchopenresult:	3R (2000)
Wimbledonresult:	1R (1999, 2000, 2001)
Usopenresult:	1R (1999, 2000, 2001)
Doublestitles:	7 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 113 (14 February 2000)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	1R (1999)
Team:	yes

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)

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

$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		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	width=225	Opponent	width=200	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	width=225	Opponent	width=200	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	width=225	Opponent	width=200	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	width=225	Opponent	width=200	Score
1R	Conchita Martínez	2–6, 1–6

2000 Wimbledon
Round	width=225	Opponent	width=200	Score
1R	Alexandra Stevenson	5–7, 6–7^(3–7)

2001 Wimbledon
Round	width=225	Opponent	width=200	Score
1R	Serena Williams (5)	1–6, 0–6

	US Open
1999 US Open
Round	width=225	Opponent	width=210	Score
1R	Ruxandra Dragomir	1–6, 7–5, 4–6

2000 US Open
Round	width=225	Opponent	width=210	Score
1R	Marissa Irvin	4–6, 7–6^(13–11), 5–7

2001 US Open
Round	width=225	Opponent	width=210	Score
1R	Gala León García	4–6, 7–5, 1–6