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Virág Csurgó (born 10 November 1972) is a retired Hungarian tennis player. Csurgó won six singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 20 November 1995, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 160. On 21 September 1998, she peaked at No. 84 in the WTA doubles rankings. Csurgó reached the second round in both women's singles and doubles at the
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. She wasn't originally entered in the singles event but was added when another competitor had to withdraw at the last minute. With only five minutes to take the court, she arrived at the match wearing her practice shorts and a T-shirt, and went on to defeat Aleksandra Olsza before falling to
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in the second round. Csurgó also reached the second round in three
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doubles tournaments. She made 16 appearances for the
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ITF finals


Singles: 8 (6–2)


Doubles: 29 (17–12)


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Csurgo, Virag 1972 births Living people People from Siófok Hungarian female tennis players Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Hungary Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade bronze medalists for Hungary Sportspeople from Somogy County