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Rita Kuti-Kis

b. 1978

Hungarian tennis player

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Born 1978. Rita Kuti-Kis is a Hungarian tennis player.

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 Petits As competition, a juniors tournament at Tarbes, 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 WTA Tour singles title in São Paulo. In the same year, she reached the third round of the French Open (losing to Monica Seles) and defeated then up-coming Jelena Dokić in the first round of the Australian Open.

Kuti Kis retired from professional tennis in 2006.

WTA career finals Legend Tier I Tier II Tier III Tier IV & V

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

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Apr 1999 Estoril, Portugal Clay Anna Földényi Alicia Ortuño Cristina Torrens Valero 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 3–6Loss 0–2 Feb 2000 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Petra Mandula Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez 4–6, 2–6

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Singles: 10 (4–6) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 28 September 1992 ITF Athens, Greece Clay Claudia Timm 6–3, 6–3Win 2. 13 June 1993 ITF Murska, Slovenia Clay Tatjana Ječmenica 6–2, 6–3Loss 1. 12 April 1998 ITF Athens, Greece Clay Anna Smashnova 6–1, 2–6, 2–6Loss 2. 17 May 1998 ITF Nitra, Slovakia Clay Ľudmila Cervanová 7–5, 4–6, 6–7(3)Loss 3. 26 July 1998 ITF Valladolid, Spain Hard Raluca Sandu 3–6, 3–6Win 3. 6 September 1998 ITF Spoleto, Italy Clay Ľudmila Cervanová 6–1, 6–2Loss 4. 19 September 1998 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay María Sánchez Lorenzo 1–6, 4–6Win 4. 28 September 1998 ITF Thessaloniki, Greece Clay Denisa Chládková 1–6, 6–1, 6–1Loss 5. 10 October 2004 Open Nantes Atlantique, France Hard (i) Leslie Butkiewicz 2–6, 1–6Loss 6. 30 October 2005 ITF Sant Cugat, Spain Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–4, 0–6, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (7–3) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 13 December 1993 ITF Přerov, Czech Republic Hard (i) Petra Mandula Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová 6–3, 5–7, 1–6Win 1. 7 June 1998 ITF Budapest, Hungary Clay Anna Földényi Petra Gáspár Petra Mandula 6–0, 6–4Win 2. 21 June 1998 ITF Sopot, Poland Clay Anna Földényi Marketa Kochta Syna Schmidle 6–1, 7–6(4)Win 3. 18 September 1998 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Anna Földényi Amanda Hopmans Sandra Klösel 6–2, 6–3Win 4. 20 March 1999 ITF Reims, France Clay (i) Janette Husárová Gisela Riera Antonella Serra Zanetti 6–2, 6–3Win 5. 27 March 1999 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) Janette Husárová Mariam Ramón Climent Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 6–4, 6–2Loss 2. 24 July 2004 ITF Les Contamines, France Hard Evie Dominikovic Gabriela Chmelinová Caroline Dhenin 4–6, 3–6Loss 3. 9 October 2004 Open Nantes Atlantique, France Hard (i) Gréta Arn Iryna Brémond Tatsiana Uvarova 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(5)Win 6. 9 April 2005 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Mariya Koryttseva Kildine Chevalier Jorgelina Cravero 6–2, 6–3Win 7. 10 September 2005 ITF Mestre, Italy Clay Kira Nagy Elisa Balsamo Emily Stellato 7–5, 6–4

Best Grand Slam results details Singles

Head-to-head record Serena Williams 0-1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0-1 Anna Kournikova 0-1 Nadia Petrova 0-1 Jelena Dokic 1-1 Jelena Janković 0-1

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Hungarian tennis player

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Rita Kuti-Kis was born on 13 February 1978 in Lengyeltóti.

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