Nóra Köves

Nóra Köves (born 13 June 1971) is a former Hungarian tennis player. She won a total of four singles and ten doubles ITF titles during her career and on 24 May 1999 reached a singles ranking high of world number 181. On 7 June 1999, Köves achieved a career doubles high ranking of world number 138.

The native form of this personal name is Köves Nóra. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Nóra Köves

Full name	Nóra Köves
Country (sports)	Hungary
Born	(1971-06-13) 13 June 1971 Hungary
Prize money	$56,769
Singles
Career record	91–78
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 181 (24 May 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (1999)
Wimbledon	Q1 (1999)
US Open	Q2 (1998)
Doubles
Career record	92–67
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 138 (7 June 1999)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (1999)
US Open	2R (1994)

Partnering Rebecca Jensen, Köves reached the second round of the 1994 US Open women's doubles tournament.

ITF Finals

Singles (4–3)

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Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 November 1989	Budapest, Hungary	Carpet	Karina Habšudová	4–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	30 September 1996	Thessaloniki, Greece	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	9 December 1996	Přerov, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Květa Hrdličková	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	24 February 1997	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	5–7, 4–6
Winner	2.	16 June 1997	Tallinn, Estonia	Hard	Elena Voropaeva	6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	23 June 1997	Båstad 2, Sweden	Clay	Annica Lindstedt	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Winner	4.	1 February 1999	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Natalie Grandin	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (10–13)

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Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (6–8) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 June 1988	Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Florentina Curpene	Aurelia Gheorghe Nelia Kruger	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	1 May 1989	Sezze, Italy	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Henriette Kjær Nielsen Natalie Tschan	0–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	8 May 1989	Schwarzach, Austria	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Esmir Hoogendoorn Stefanie Rehmke	W/O
Runner-up	4.	9 July 1990	Subiaco, Italy	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Kylie Johnson Barbara Mulej	6–7, 0–6
Winner	1.	6 November 1995	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Clay	Rebecca Jensen	Keirsten Alley Angela Bernal	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	8 January 1996	San Antonio, United States	Hard	Pam Nelson	Saori Obata Nami Urabe	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	3.	15 January 1996	Woodlands, United States	Hard	Kelly Pace	Erica Adams Claire Sessions Bailey	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	4.	10 June 1996	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Ángeles Montolio Fabiola Zuluaga	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	7 October 1996	Nicosia, Cyprus	Clay	Andrea Noszály	Petra Kučová Blanka Kumbárová	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	28 October 1996	Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles	Hard	Joanne Moore	Keirsten Alley Jackie Moe	1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	5.	11 November 1996	San Salvador 2, El Salvador	Clay	Joanne Moore	Liza Andriyani Giana Gutiérrez	2–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–1)
Runner-up	7.	3 February 1997	Reykjavík, Iceland	Carpet (i)	Adrienn Hegedűs	Linda Jansson Annica Lindstedt	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	24 February 1997	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Patrícia Marková	Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	31 March 1997	Makarska 1, Croatia	Clay	Helena Vildová	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Caroline Schneider	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	6.	19 May 1997	Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Kim de Weille	Eva Bes Lourdes Domínguez Lino	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Runner-up	10.	16 June 1997	Tallinn, Estonia	Hard	Kirsi Lampinen	Magdalena Kučerová Gabriela Kučerová	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	11.	6 October 1997	Thessaloniki, Greece	Hard	Adrienn Hegedűs	Katia Altilia Charlotte Aagaard	6–7^(5–7), 1–6
Winner	7.	6 July 1998	Puchheim, Germany	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Silke Meier Jasmin Wöhr	4–6, 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	13 July 1998	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Laurence Courtois Noëlle van Lottum	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	13.	14 September 1998	Otočec, Slovenia	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Katarina Srebotnik Jasmin Wöhr	2–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	15 February 1999	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Dragana Zarić	Lenka Němečková Patricia Wartusch	6–1, 6–4
Winner	9.	1 March 1999	Biel 1, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Dragana Zarić	Laura Bao Marylene Losey	6–2, 6–2
Winner	10.	8 May 2000	Swansea, United Kingdom	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva	2–6, 6–4, 6–3

References

• Nóra Köves at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nóra Köves at the International Tennis Federation