Rita Kuti-Kis

Rita Kuti-Kis (born 13 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary.

The native form of this personal name is Kuti-Kis Rita. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Rita Kuti-Kis

Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Balatonlelle
Born	(1978-02-13) 13 February 1978 Lengyeltóti
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2006
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$472,961
Singles
Career record	277–228
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 47 (12 June 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000, 2001)
French Open	3R (2000)
Wimbledon	1R (1999, 2000, 2001)
US Open	1R (1999, 2000, 2001)
Doubles
Career record	55–44
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 113 (14 February 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	12–9

In 1992, she was beaten by future international No. 1 Martina Hingis in the Petits As competition, a juniors tournament at Tarbes, France which has been renowned for the discovery of young tennis talent. Kuti-Kis's most successful year was 2000, when she scored her one and only WTA Tour singles title in São Paulo. In the same year, she reached the third round of the French Open (losing to Monica Seles) and defeated then up-coming Jelena Dokić in the first round of the Australian Open.

Kuti-Kis retired from professional tennis in 2006.

WTA career finals

Legend

Grand Slam

Tier I

Tier II

Tier III

Tier IV & V

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 April 1999	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	20 February 2000	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Paola Suárez	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	27 May 2000	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Silvija Talaja	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	25 February 2001	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Paola Suárez	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 April 1999	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Anna Földényi	Alicia Ortuño Cristina Torrens Valero	6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	12 February 2000	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Petra Mandula	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	4–6, 2–6

ITF circuit finals

Singles: 10 (4–6)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	28 September 1992	Athens, Greece	Clay	Claudia Timm	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	13 June 1993	Murska, Slovenia	Clay	Tatjana Ječmenica	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	12 April 1998	Athens, Greece	Clay	Anna Smashnova	6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	17 May 1998	Nitra, Slovakia	Clay	Ľudmila Cervanová	7–5, 4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Runner-up	3.	26 July 1998	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Raluca Sandu	3–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	6 September 1998	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Ľudmila Cervanová	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	19 September 1998	Bordeaux, France	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	1–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	28 September 1998	Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Denisa Chládková	1–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	10 October 2004	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Leslie Butkiewicz	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	30 October 2005	Sant Cugat, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–4, 0–6, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (7–3)

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 December 1993	Přerov, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Petra Mandula	Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Winner	1.	7 June 1998	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Anna Földényi	Petra Gáspár Petra Mandula	6–0, 6–4
Winner	2.	21 June 1998	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Anna Földényi	Marketa Kochta Syna Schmidle	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	3.	18 September 1998	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Anna Földényi	Amanda Hopmans Sandra Klösel	6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	20 March 1999	Reims, France	Clay (i)	Janette Husárová	Gisela Riera Antonella Serra Zanetti	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	27 March 1999	Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Janette Husárová	Mariam Ramón Climent Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	24 July 2004	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Evie Dominikovic	Gabriela Chmelinová Caroline Dhenin	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	9 October 2004	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Gréta Arn	Iryna Brémond Tatsiana Uvarova	4–6, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7)
Winner	6.	9 April 2005	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Mariya Koryttseva	Kildine Chevalier Jorgelina Cravero	6–2, 6–3
Winner	7.	10 September 2005	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Kira Nagy	Elisa Balsamo Emily Stellato	7–5, 6–4

Head-to-head record

• Serena Williams 0-1
• Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0-1
• Anna Kournikova 0-1
• Nadia Petrova 0-1
• Jelena Dokic 1-1
• Jelena Janković 0-1

External links

• Rita Kuti-Kis at the Women's Tennis Association
• Rita Kuti-Kis at the International Tennis Federation
• Rita Kuti-Kis at the Fed Cup