Virág Csurgó (born 10 November 1972) is a Hungarian former

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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

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before falling to

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in the second round. Csurgó also reached the second round in three Grand Slam doubles tournaments. She made 16 appearances for the Hungary Fed Cup team.

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 for Hungary Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Hungary Sportspeople from Somogy County