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Gréta Arn (born 13 April 1979) is a Hungarian former professional
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player of
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descent. She has won two titles on the
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, the
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in Portugal, and the 2011 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, as well as four ITF titles in singles. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 40 on 16 May 2011. She has picked up wins against
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at the 2002 Acura Classic and
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at the 2011 ASB Classic.


Personal life

Arn was born in
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, Hungary. After playing for Germany with dual Hungarian citizenship for nine years, she chose for the 2008 Fed Cup to compete for
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alongside
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. She also chose to play for her nation of birth full-time.


Career

In 1997, Arn won her first title on the
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at
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. In 1999, she won her second ITF title at
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. In 2004, at Bad Saulgau, she won her third $10k title. In 2006, Arn won a $25k event in Fort Walton Beach. In 2007, she won her first title on the
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as a qualifier ranked No. 176 in the world, becoming the lowest ranked and first qualifier to win a WTA event in 2007. In the Tier IV
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final she defeated teenager
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, saving two matchpoints at 4–5 in the third set. At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Arn qualified and reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the age of 31. In the first round, she beat 34th seed
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before following it up with a win over former top-10 player
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. Her run was ended by 2007 Wimbledon finalist
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in the third round. At the 2010 US Open, Arn was pitted against second seeded defending champion Kim Clijsters. She lost in straight sets. Arn qualified for the WTA Premier tournament in Tokyo, by defeating
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and
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. In the main draw she then defeated fellow qualifier Laura Robson in the first round, before losing to top seed
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. In her first event of 2011, at the ASB Classic in
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, New Zealand, Arn beat
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. Arn then defeated eighth seed
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, saving five match points along the way. She followed it up with the biggest win of her career by defeating top seed and former world No. 1
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. Arn won her semifinal match against fourth seed
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in straight sets to book a final berth against defending champion and second seed
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for the title. Arn went on to defeat Wickmayer in straight sets to become the 2011 ASB Classic champion and add her second title win. At the
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, Arn defeated
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in the first round. In the second round, she won a very tight battle against 17th seed
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to make her second Grand Slam third round appearance and set up an encounter with
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, to whom she lost in straight sets. Seeded sixth at the
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in February, she advanced to the semifinals before losing to
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. Arn announced her retirement in January 2014, after no longer being active since the
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where she lost in the first round of qualifying. Almost four years later, at the age of 38, Arn made a comeback on the ITF Circuit. In September 2017, she reached the final of an $25k event in Balatonboglár, Hungary, losing to top seed
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. Arn's retirement was again announced in January 2021.


Grand Slam performance timelines


Singles


Doubles


WTA Tour finals


Singles: 2 (2 titles)


ITF finals


Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)


Doubles (4 titles, 9 runner–ups)


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arn, Greta 1979 births Living people Tennis players from Budapest German female tennis players Danube-Swabian people Hungarian female tennis players Hungarian people of German descent Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Hungary Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century German sportswomen