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{{Infobox Tennis player {{short description|Hungarian tennis player}}
{{eastern name order|Kapros Anikó}}
|playername= Anikó Kapros
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name= Anikó Kapros
|image= Aniko Kapros.jpg
|country= {{HUN}} |country= {{HUN}}
|residence= ], ] |residence= ], Hungary
|datebirth= {{birth date and age|1983|11|11}} |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=y|1983|11|11}}
|placebirth= ], ] |birth_place= Budapest, ]
|height= {{height|m=1.73}} |height= {{height|m=1.73}}
|turnedpro= 2000
|weight= {{convert|62|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on}}
|retired= 2010
|turnedpro= ]
|plays= Right; Two-handed backhand |plays= Right (two-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney= $]418,487 |careerprizemoney= $490,850
|singlesrecord= 154–139 |singlesrecord= 197–184
|singlestitles= 0 (2 ]) |singlestitles= 2 ITF
|highestsinglesranking= No. 44 (], ]) |highestsinglesranking= No. 44 (10 May 2004)
|AustralianOpenresult= 4th Round (2004) |AustralianOpenresult= 4R (2004)
|FrenchOpenresult= 3rd Round (]) |FrenchOpenresult= 3R (2002)
|Wimbledonresult= 3rd Round (]) |Wimbledonresult= 3R (2003)
|USOpenresult= 1st Round (], 2003, 2004) |USOpenresult= 1R (2001, 2003, 2004)
|doublesrecord= 8–24 |doublesrecord= 25–43
|doublestitles= 0 (1 ITF) |doublestitles= 4 ITF
|highestdoublesranking= No. 280 (], 2002) |highestdoublesranking= No. 222 (8 February 2010)
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult= 2R (2005)
|updated = ], ]
|Team= yes
|FedCupresult= 4–6
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'''Anikó Kapros''' (born in ], ] in ]) is a professional ] player from ]. Kapros won the Junior's singles title at the ] in ]. She caused a huge upset at the ] in ], when she, as a qualifier, upset 5<sup>th</sup> seeded ] in the first round. Henin went on to win the French Open in ], ], ] and ]. '''Anikó Kapros''' (born 11 November 1983) is a former professional ] player from ]. She won the junior's singles title at the ] in 2000.


Kapros caused an upset at the ], when she, as a qualifier, beat fifth seeded ] in the first round.
== External links ==

*{{wta|id=110505|name=Anikó Kapros}}
==Career==
===Early life===
Her mother, ], won a bronze medal in ]. When Kapros was two years old, she moved to the ] where her parents worked as acrobats. She returned to Hungary at the age of nine.

===Professional career===
In the ], as a qualifier, she upset future four-time French Open champion ] in the first round, 4–6, 6–1, 6–0. Kapros' senior career has been marred by recurring knee injuries. Her biggest success at a WTA tournament came in September 2003 when she reached the final of the Japan Open in Tokyo, where she lost to ].
Her highest ranking in singles was world No. 44. Kapros was part of the Hungarian Olympics team in Athens in the year of 2004.

Retired in 2010 from professional tour, she is now the head coach and club director at Patak Party Tenisz Club in Budapest. Kapros is also the co-founder (partnering with Ágnes Szavay and Zsófia Gubacsi) of "Happy Tennis" - a company offering a special tennis program for schools and kindergartens in Hungary.

==WTA Tour finals==
===Singles: 1 (runner-up)===
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| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
| 29 September 2003
| ], Tokyo
| Hard
| {{flagicon|RUS}} ]
| 6–2, 2–6, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>
|}

==ITF Circuit finals==
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|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
|$75,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#addfad;"
|$50,000 tournaments
|- style="background:lightblue;"
|$25,000 tournaments
|}

===Singles (2–5)===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
! Outcome
! No.
! Date
! Tournament
! Surface
! Opponent
! class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1.
| 29 January 2001
| ], United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|RUS}} ]
| 6–3, 6–2
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 2.
| 2 April 2001
| ], United Arab Emirates
| Hard
| {{flagicon|GRE}} ]
| 4–6, 4–6
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 3.
| 28 May 2006
| ], China
| Hard
| {{flagicon|CHN}} ]
| 6–4, 6–2
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 4.
| 10 August 2008
| ], Russia
| Clay
| {{flagicon|RUS}} ]
| 1–5 ret.
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 5.
| 9 February 2009
| ], Sweden
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|GER}} ]
| 3–6, 2–6
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 6.
| 28 September 2009
| ], United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|RUS}} ]
| 2–6, 2–6
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 7.
| 19 November 2009
| ], Canada
| Hard
| {{flagicon|ITA}} ]
| 6–4, 4–6, 0–6
|}

===Doubles (4–0)===
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|-
!Outcome
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1.
| 16 March 2009
| ], Egypt
| Clay
| {{flagicon|HUN}} ]
| {{flagicon|USA}} ] <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} ]
| 7–5, 6–3
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 2.
| 26 May 2009
| ], Italy
| Clay
| {{flagicon|AUT}} ]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} ] <br/> {{flagicon|GEO}} ]
| 6–3, 6–0
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 3.
| 15 June 2009
| ], Italy
| Clay
| {{flagicon|AUT}} Sandra Klemenschits
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Elena Pioppo <br/> {{flagicon|ITA}} ]
| 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–1
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 4.
| 28 September 2009
| Las Vegas, United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|ARG}} ]
| {{flagicon|USA}} ] <br/> {{flagicon|USA}} ]
| 6–2, 7–5
|}

== Best Grand Slam results details ==
===Singles===
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| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R
|{{flagicon|RUS}} ] (10)
|6–3, 6–3
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| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R
|{{flagicon|AUS}} ] (WC)
|6–3, 6–1
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R
|{{flagicon|HUN}} ]
|3–6, 6–3, 12–10
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| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|4R
|{{flagicon|COL}} ] (32)
|4–6, 2–6
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|-
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!width=225|Opponent
!width=200|Score
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Q1
|{{flagicon|FRA}} ] (WC)
|6–2, 6–1
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| style="text-align:center;"|Q2
|{{flagicon|GER}} ]
|6–0, 6–3
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Q3
|{{flagicon|TPE}} ]
|3–6, 6–1, 6–4
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R
|{{flagicon|BEL}} ] (5)
|4–6, 6–1, 6–0
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R
|{{flagicon|FRA}} ]
|6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–1)</sup>, 6–2
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| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R
|{{flagicon|FRA}} ] (WC)
|3–6, 0–6
|}
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|-
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|-
!Round
!width=225|Opponent
!width=200|Score
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Q1
|{{flagicon|USA}} ]
|6–2, 5–7, 6–1
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Q2
|{{flagicon|INA}} ] (7)
|6–2, 6–4
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Q3
|{{flagicon|ROU}} ]
|6–2, 4–6, 6–4
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R
|{{flagicon|USA}} ] (19)
|6–3, 6–2
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R
|{{flagicon|SVK}} ] (Q)
|6–0, 6–4
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R
|{{flagicon|RUS}} ] (15)
|3–6, 1–6
|}
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|-
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|-
!Round
!width=225|Opponent
!width=210|Score
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R
|{{flagicon|SLO}} ] (Q)
|1–6, 4–6
|-
|colspan=3|
|-
!colspan=3 style="background:#ccf;"|] (qualifier)
|-
!Round
!width=225|Opponent
!width=210|Score
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Q1
|{{flagicon|USA}} ] (WC)
|6–1, 6–1
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Q2
|{{flagicon|EST}} ]
|6–4, 6–2
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Q3
|{{flagicon|ROU}} ]
|6–3, 6–2
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R
|{{flagicon|BEL}} ] (2)
|5–7, 3–6
|-
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|-
!colspan=3 style="background:#ccf;"|]
|-
!Round
!width=225|Opponent
!width=210|Score
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R
|{{flagicon|RUS}} ]
|1–6, 3–6
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===Doubles===
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!
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|-
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|-
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|-
!Round
!width=380|Opponents
!width=200|Score
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R
|{{flagicon|RSA}} ] / {{flagicon|ESP}} ]
|7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 7–5
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R
|{{flagicon|TPE}} ] / {{flagicon|CHN}} ]
|6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 3–6
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{{col-end}}

==External links==
* {{WTA}}
* {{ITF profile}}
* {{Fed Cup player}}

{{Australian Open girls’ singles champions}}
{{Australian Open girls’ doubles champions}}


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Latest revision as of 06:18, 19 December 2024

Hungarian tennis player The native form of this personal name is Kapros Anikó. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Anikó Kapros
Country (sports) Hungary
ResidenceBudapest, Hungary
Born (1983-11-11) 11 November 1983 (age 41)
Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2010
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$490,850
Singles
Career record197–184
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 44 (10 May 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2004)
French Open3R (2002)
Wimbledon3R (2003)
US Open1R (2001, 2003, 2004)
Doubles
Career record25–43
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 222 (8 February 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2005)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–6

Anikó Kapros (born 11 November 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won the junior's singles title at the Australian Open in 2000.

Kapros caused an upset at the 2002 French Open, when she, as a qualifier, beat fifth seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round.

Career

Early life

Her mother, Anikó Kéry, won a bronze medal in gymnastics at the Olympic Games in Munich 1972. When Kapros was two years old, she moved to the Bahamas where her parents worked as acrobats. She returned to Hungary at the age of nine.

Professional career

In the 2002 French Open, as a qualifier, she upset future four-time French Open champion Justine Henin in the first round, 4–6, 6–1, 6–0. Kapros' senior career has been marred by recurring knee injuries. Her biggest success at a WTA tournament came in September 2003 when she reached the final of the Japan Open in Tokyo, where she lost to Maria Sharapova. Her highest ranking in singles was world No. 44. Kapros was part of the Hungarian Olympics team in Athens in the year of 2004.

Retired in 2010 from professional tour, she is now the head coach and club director at Patak Party Tenisz Club in Budapest. Kapros is also the co-founder (partnering with Ágnes Szavay and Zsófia Gubacsi) of "Happy Tennis" - a company offering a special tennis program for schools and kindergartens in Hungary.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Date Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 29 September 2003 Japan Open, Tokyo Hard Russia Maria Sharapova 6–2, 2–6, 6–7

ITF Circuit finals

$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments

Singles (2–5)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 29 January 2001 Clearwater, United States Hard Russia Alina Jidkova 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 2 April 2001 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Greece Eleni Daniilidou 4–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 28 May 2006 Beijing, China Hard China Xie Yanze 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 10 August 2008 Moscow, Russia Clay Russia Anna Lapushchenkova 1–5 ret.
Runner-up 5. 9 February 2009 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Germany Tatjana Maria 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 28 September 2009 Las Vegas, United States Hard Russia Regina Kulikova 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 7. 19 November 2009 Toronto, Canada Hard Italy Camila Giorgi 6–4, 4–6, 0–6

Doubles (4–0)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 16 March 2009 Cairo, Egypt Clay Hungary Katalin Marosi United States Megan Moulton-Levy
Germany Laura Siegemund 		7–5, 6–3
Winner 2. 26 May 2009 Grado, Italy Clay Austria Sandra Klemenschits Argentina Jorgelina Cravero
Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili 		6–3, 6–0
Winner 3. 15 June 2009 Padova, Italy Clay Austria Sandra Klemenschits Italy Elena Pioppo
Italy Valentina Sulpizio 		7–6, 6–1
Winner 4. 28 September 2009 Las Vegas, United States Hard Argentina Agustina Lepore United States Kimberly Couts
United States Lindsay Lee-Waters 		6–2, 7–5

Best Grand Slam results details

Singles

Australian Open
2004 Australian Open
Round Opponent Score
1R Russia Nadia Petrova (10) 6–3, 6–3
2R Australia Samantha Stosur (WC) 6–3, 6–1
3R Hungary Petra Mandula 3–6, 6–3, 12–10
4R Colombia Fabiola Zuluaga (32) 4–6, 2–6
French Open
2002 French Open (qualifier)
Round Opponent Score
Q1 France Sophie Erre (WC) 6–2, 6–1
Q2 Germany Sabine Klaschka 6–0, 6–3
Q3 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1R Belgium Justine Henin (5) 4–6, 6–1, 6–0
2R France Virginie Razzano 6–7, 7–6, 6–2
3R France Mary Pierce (WC) 3–6, 0–6

Wimbledon Championships
2003 Wimbledon (qualifier)
Round Opponent Score
Q1 United States Shenay Perry 6–2, 5–7, 6–1
Q2 Indonesia Wynne Prakusya (7) 6–2, 6–4
Q3 Romania Andreea Vanc 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1R United States Meghann Shaughnessy (19) 6–3, 6–2
2R Slovakia Martina Suchá (Q) 6–0, 6–4
3R Russia Elena Dementieva (15) 3–6, 1–6
US Open
2001 US Open
Round Opponent Score
1R Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (Q) 1–6, 4–6
2003 US Open (qualifier)
Round Opponent Score
Q1 United States Jamea Jackson (WC) 6–1, 6–1
Q2 Estonia Kaia Kanepi 6–4, 6–2
Q3 Romania Jarmila Gajdošová 6–3, 6–2
1R Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne (2) 5–7, 3–6
2004 US Open
Round Opponent Score
1R Russia Vera Dushevina 1–6, 3–6

Doubles

Australian Open
2005 Australian Open (Wildcard)
with Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Janković
Round Opponents Score
1R South Africa Natalie Grandin / Spain Conchita Martínez Granados 7–6, 7–5
2R Chinese Taipei Janet Lee / China Peng Shuai 6–7, 3–6

External links

Australian Open girls' singles champions
Australian Open girls' doubles champions


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