Petra Mandula

Petra Mandula (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpɛtrɒ ˈmɒndulɒ]; born 17 January 1978) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia; in singles she was eliminated in the first round by fourth seed Conchita Martínez of Spain, in doubles she reached the quarterfinals partnering Katalin Marosi. Four years later, when Athens, Greece hosted the Games, she once again was defeated in the first round, this time by Patty Schnyder of Switzerland.[1]

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

Petra Mandula

Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Budapest
Born	(1978-01-17) 17 January 1978 Budapest
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$991,024
Singles
Career record	284–189
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 30 (17 May 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2004)
French Open	QF (2001)
Wimbledon	2R (2001, 2003)
US Open	2R (2002, 2003)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	173–104
Career titles	7 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 13 (5 May 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2003)
French Open	QF (2002)
Wimbledon	QF (2003)
US Open	3R (2003)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2000)

She reached the quarterfinals at the 2001 French Open as a qualifier, winning seven straight matches and losing to eventual runner-up Kim Clijsters.[1] Two years later, at the 2003 French Open, she almost repeated the feat, losing in the fourth round 5–7 in the third set to Chanda Rubin.[1] Also in 2003, Mandula reached the semifinals of the Australian Open with Emmanuelle Gagliardi, losing to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.[1]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 11 (7–4)

Legend Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 3 Tier IV & V 4

Finals by surface Hard 1–2 Clay 6–2 Grass 0–0 Carpet 0–0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 February 2000	Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, Bogotá	Clay	Rita Kuti-Kis	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	29 October 2000	WTA Bratislava	Hard (i)	Patricia Wartusch	Karina Habšudová Daniela Hantuchová	w/o
Winner	1.	17 June 2001	Tashkent Open	Hard	Patricia Wartusch	Tatiana Perebiynis Tatiana Poutchek	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	16 June 2002	WTA Austrian Open, Vienna	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	14 July 2002	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Casablanca	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Gisela Dulko Conchita Martínez Granados	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	22 September 2002	Toyota Princess Cup, Tokyo	Hard	Patricia Wartusch	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	2 March 2003	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Émilie Loit Åsa Svensson	3–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	13 April 2003	Portugal Open, Estoril	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Maret Ani Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Winner	5.	20 April 2003	GDF SUEZ Grand Prix, Budapest	Clay	Elena Tatarkova	Conchita Martínez Granados Tatiana Perebiynis	6–3, 6–1
Winner	6.	4 May 2003	Croatian Bol Ladies Open	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Patty Schnyder	6–3, 6–2
Winner	7.	2 May 2004	GDF SUEZ Grand Prix, Budapest	Clay	Barbara Schett	Virág Németh Ágnes Szávay	6–3, 6–2

ITF Finals

Singles: 13 (7-6)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 September 1993	Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Andrea Noszály	3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	7 February 1998	Birkenhead, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Giulia Casoni	6–0, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	2.	17 May 1998	Novi Sad, Serbia	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	0–6, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	31 May 1998	Salzburg, Austria	Clay	Anna Földényi	6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	19 July 1998	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	26 July 1998	Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Lucie Ahl	6–7, 3–6
Winner	4.	11 April 1999	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Desislava Topalova	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	6 June 1999	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Janette Husárová	4–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	11 July 1999	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Marta Marrero	1–6, 7–5, 6–1
Winner	6.	1 August 1999	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Tzipora Obziler	6–0, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	16 April 2000	Magli, Italy	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	12 August 2001	Rimini, Italy	Clay	Gisela Dulko	6–1, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	14 October 2001	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Émilie Loit	7–5, 2–6, 6–1

Doubles: 12 (7-5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 December 1993	Přerov, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Rita Kuti-Kis	Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Winner	1.	31 October 1994	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Nannie de Villiers Ana Paula Zannoni	6–4, 7–5
Winner	2.	7 November 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Nannie de Villiers Laura Montalvo	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	14 November 1994	La Plata, Argentina	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Patrícia Marková Yuka Tanaka	7–6^(7–3), 7–5
Runner-up	2.	4 October 1997	Otočec, Slovenia	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Lenka Cenková Kateřina Kroupová	5–7, 6–7^(3–7)
Runner-up	3.	1 June 1998	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Petra Gáspár	Anna Földényi Rita Kuti-Kis	0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	10 April 1999	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Gréta Arn	Gabriela Chmelinová Olga Vymetálková	6–0, 3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Winner	4.	10 July 1999	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Tatiana Poutchek	Ludmila Richterová Monika Maštalířová	6–3, 6–1
Winner	5.	31 July 1999	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Magda Mihalache	Trudi Musgrave Lorna Woodroffe	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	29 July 2000	Liege, Belgium	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Eva Bes Gisela Riera	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
Runner-up	5.	15 October 2000	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Patricia Wartusch	Yvette Basting Katalin Marosi	6–7^(4–7), 1–6
Winner	7.	11 August 2001	Rimini, Italy	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová	6–2, 6–1

References

1. "Petra Mandula Results". WTA. Retrieved 8 September 2015.

External links

• Petra Mandula at the Women's Tennis Association
• Petra Mandula at the International Tennis Federation