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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)
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 retired after 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. She is the second oldest woman behind Patty Schnyder to hold a WTA ranking.

WTA finals

Singles (2–0)

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

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

• Use dmy dates from August 2013
• 1979 births
• Living people
• 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