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Gréta Arn

Arn after winning the 2011 ASB Classic
Full name	Gréta Arn
Country (sports)	Hungary (2008–present)  Germany (1997–2008)
Born	(1979-04-13) 13 April 1979 (age 45) Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2013–2017 (Active)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,066,371
Singles
Career record	436–321
Career titles	2 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 40 (16 May 2011)
Current ranking	No. 615 (11 September 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2012)
French Open	1R (2001, 2002, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	3R (2010)
US Open	2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	68–73
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 175 (4 December 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2012)
French Open	1R (2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	—
US Open	1R (2011)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2008)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	9–7

Gréta Arn (born 13 April 1979) is a Hungarian tennis player of Danube Swabian German descent.

She won two WTA titles, the 2007 Estoril Open, in Portugal, and the 2011 ASB Classic, in Auckland, New Zealand. She also won four ITF titles in singles. She reached her career high singles ranking of world number 40 on 16 May 2011. She has picked up wins against Mary Pierce at the 2002 Acura Classic and Maria Sharapova at the 2011 ASB Classic.

Personal life

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

Career

In 1997, Arn won her first ITF Women's Circuit title, winning a $10,000 event it Stockholm. In 1999 she won her second ITF title at the $10,000 event in Glasgow. In 2004, at Bad Saulgau, she won her third $10,000 title.

In 2006, Arn won an ITF $25,000 event in Fort Walton Beach. In 2007, she won her first WTA Tour title as a qualifier ranked number 176 in the world, becoming the lowest ranked and first qualifier to win a WTA Tour event in 2007. In the Tier IV 2007 Estoril Open final she defeated teenager Victoria Azarenka; 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 for the first time at the age of 31. In the first round, she beat 34th seed Kateryna Bondarenko before following it up with a win over former top 10 player Alicia Molik. Her run was ended by 2007 Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli in the third round. At the 2010 US Open, Arn was pitted against world number three and second seeded defending champion Kim Clijsters. She lost in straight sets. Arn qualified for the WTA Premier tournament in Tokyo, by defeating Chan Yung-jan and Elena Baltacha. In the main draw she then defeated fellow qualifier Laura Robson in the first round before losing to top seed Caroline Wozniacki.

In her first event of 2011, at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, Arn beat Zuzana Ondrášková. Arn then defeated eighth seed Sofia Arvidsson, 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 number one Maria Sharapova. Arn won her semifinal match against fourth seed Julia Görges in straight sets to book a final berth against defending champion and second seed Yanina Wickmayer 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 2012 Australian Open, Arn defeated Rebecca Marino in the first round. In the second round, she won a very tight battle against number 17 seed Dominika Cibulková to make her second Grand Slam third round appearance and set up an encounter with Serena Williams, to whom she lost in straight sets. Seeded sixth at the 2012 Monterrey Open in February, she advanced to the semifinals before losing to Alexandra Cadanțu.

Arn announced her retirement in January 2014 after no longer being active since the 2013 Wimbledon Championships where she lost in the first round of qualifying.

Four years later, at the age of 38, Arn made a comeback and is currently competing on the ITF Circuit. In September 2017, she reached the final of an ITF 25k event in Balatonboglár, Hungary, losing to top seed Polona Hercog.

WTA finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	6 May 2007	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Victoria Azarenka	2–6, 6–1, 7–6
Winner	2.	8 January 2011	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 6–3

ITF finals (9–13)

Singles: 9 (5–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	27 October 1997	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard(i)	Athina Briegel	6–2, 6–3
Winner	2.	3 October 1999	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Manisha Malhotra	Walkover
Winner	3.	27 July 2004	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Tanja Ostertag	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	21 September 2005	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	3-6, 6-3, 4-6
Runner-up	2.	15 November 2005	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard (i)	Anastasia Rodionova	3-6, 1-6
Winner	4.	17 January 2006	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Valentina Sassi	7-5, 6-2
Runner-up	3.	3 April 2007	Pelham, United States	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall	3-6, 5-7
Runner-up	4.	10 September 2017	Balatonboglár, Hungary	Clay	Polona Hercog	1-6, 2-6
Winner	5.	28 October 2017	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Bibiane Schoofs	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 13 (4–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	14 September 1998	Biograd, Croatia	Clay	Lana Miholcek	Diane Asensio Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6-3, 6-2
Runner-up	1.	16 November 1998	Biel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Katalin Miskolczi	Dája Bedáňová Lydia Steinbach	2-6, 1-6
Runner-up	2.	5 April 1999	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Petra Mandula	Gabriela Chmelinová Olga Vymetálková	6-0, 3-6, 6-7
Runner-up	3.	23 August 1999	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Eszter Molnár	Jennifer Tinnacher Maria Wolfbrandt	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	3 October 1999	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Manisha Malhotra	Lizzie Jelfs Karen Nugent	w/o
Winner	2.	6 March 2000	Haikou, China	Hard	Julie Pullin	Chae Kyung-yee Ryoko Takemura	7-5, 6-4
Runner-up	5.	3 July 2001	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Amanda Grahame	Dája Bedáňová Eva Martincová	6-0, 3-6, 3-6
Runner-up	6.	3 October 2004	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Rita Kuti-Kis	Iryna Brémond Tatsiana Uvarova	4-6, 6-4, 6-7
Runner-up	7.	3 April 2005	Rome, Italy	Clay	Janette Bejlková	Adriana González Peñas Romina Oprandi	3-6, 3-6
Winner	3.	13 November 2005	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Sunitha Rao	Monique Adamczak Christina Horiatopoulos	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	4.	19 November 2005	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Casey Dellacqua Trudi Musgrave	6–4, 1–6, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	27 November 2005	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Ryoko Fuda Sunitha Rao	1–6, ret.
Runner-up	9.	10 December 2005	Přerov, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Margit Rüütel	Lucie Hradecká Gabriela Chmelinová	6–3 4–6 4–6

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

External links

• Gréta Arn at the Women's Tennis Association
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• Gréta Arn at the Billie Jean King Cup

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Hungarian female singles tennis players
as of 26 August 2024
1. Anna Bondár (84 3) 2. Dalma Gálfi (124 1) 3. Panna Udvardy (127 1) 4. Tímea Babos (253 2) 5. Fanny Stollár (349 1)
6. Amarissa Tóth (419 4) 7. Natália Szabanin (470 96) 8. Adrienn Nagy (695 101) 9. Réka Luca Jani (716 3) 10. Panna Bartha (888 )

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• Sportspeople 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 of Hungary