Anikó Kapros (born 11 November 1983) is a former professional

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player from

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. She won the junior's singles title at the Australian Open in 2000. Kapros caused an upset at the

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, when she, as a qualifier, beat fifth seeded

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in the first round.

Career

Early life

Her mother, Anikó Kéry, won a bronze medal in gymnastics at the Olympic Games in Munich 1972. When Kapros was two years old, she moved to the

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where her parents worked as acrobats. She returned to Hungary at the age of nine.

Professional career

In the

, as a qualifier, she upset future four-time French Open champion

in the first round, 4–6, 6–1, 6–0. Kapros' senior career has been marred by recurring knee injuries. Her biggest success at a WTA tournament came in September 2003 when she reached the final of the Japan Open in Tokyo, where she lost to

Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( , ; rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова, p=mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə, a=Maria_sharapova.ogg; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. She competed on the WTA Tour from 2 ...

. Her highest ranking in singles was world No. 44. Kapros was part of the Hungarian Olympics team in Athens in the year of 2004. Retired in 2010 from professional tennis, she is now the head coach and club director at Patak Party Tenisz Club in Budapest. Kapros is also the co-founder (partnering with Ágnes Szavay and Zsófia Gubacsi) of "Happy Tennis" - a company offering a special tennis program for schools and kindergartens in Hungary.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (2–5)

Doubles: 4 (4–0)

Best Grand Slam results details

Singles

Doubles

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* * * 1983 births Living people Hungarian female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Hungary Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Tennis players from Budapest Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Australian Open (tennis) junior champions {{Hungary-tennis-bio-stub