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

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competition, a juniors tournament at

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, 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

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singles title in

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. In the same year, she reached the third round of the

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(losing to Monica Seles) and defeated then up-coming

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in the first round of the

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. Kuti-Kis retired from professional tennis in 2006.

WTA career finals

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

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Doubles: 10 (7–3)

Best Grand Slam results details

Singles

Head-to-head record

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Anna Kournikova Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova ( rus, Анна Сергеевна Курникова, p=ˈanːə sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvnə ˈkurnʲɪkəvə, a=Anna_kournikova.ogg; born 7 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player and American televisi ...

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* * * 1978 births Living people People from Lengyeltóti Hungarian female tennis players Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Hungary Sportspeople from Somogy County {{Hungary-tennis-bio-stub