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Anikó Kapros
Country (sports) Hungary
ResidenceBudapest, Hungary
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2000
PlaysRight; Two-handed backhand
Prize money$US418,487
Singles
Career record154–139
Career titles0 (2 ITF)
Highest rankingNo. 44 (May 10, 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4th Round (2004)
French Open3rd Round (2002)
Wimbledon3rd Round (2003)
US Open1st Round (2001, 2003, 2004)
Doubles
Career record8–24
Career titles0 (1 ITF)
Highest rankingNo. 280 (April 29, 2002)
Last updated on: April 30, 2008.

Anikó Kapros (born November 11, 1983 in Budapest) is a professional tennis player from Hungary. Kapros won the Junior's singles title at the Australian Open in 2000. She caused a huge upset at the French Open in 2002, when she, as a qualifier, upset 5 seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round. Henin went on to win the French Open in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Kapros' senior career has been marred by recurring knee injuries. Her biggest success at at a WTA tournament came in September 2003 when she reached the final of the Japan Open in Tokyo. She lost the final 6-2; 2-6; 6-7 (5-7) to Maria Sharapova.

Her mother 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.

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