Petra Mandula

Petra Mandula

Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Budapest, Hungary
Born	17 January 1978 Budapest, Hungary
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)

Petra Mandula (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]

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 4th round 7-5 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 Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 3 Tier IV & V 4

Titles by Surface Hard 0 Clay 7 Grass 0 Carpet 0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 February 2000	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Rita Kuti-Kis	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	29 October 2000	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Patricia Wartusch	Karina Habšudová Daniela Hantuchová	W/O
Winner	1.	17 June 2001	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Tatiana Perebiynis Tatiana Poutchek	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	16 June 2002	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	14 July 2002	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Gisela Dulko Conchita Martínez Granados	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	22 September 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Patricia Wartusch	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	2 March 2003	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Émilie Loit Åsa Svensson	3–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	13 April 2003	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Maret Ani Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6–7^(7–9), 7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Winner	5.	20 April 2003	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Elena Tatarkova	Conchita Martínez Granados Tatiana Perebiynis	6–3, 6–1
Winner	6.	4 May 2003	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Patty Schnyder	6–3, 6–2
Winner	7.	2 May 2004	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Barbara Schett	Virág Németh Ágnes Szávay	6–3, 6–2

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