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

Rita Kuti Kis
Country (sports) Hungary
ResidenceBalatonlelle, Hungary
Born (1978-02-13) 13 February 1978 (age 46)
Lengyeltóti, Hungary
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1991
Retired2006
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$472,961
Singles
Career record277–228 (54.9%)
Career titles1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 47 (12 June 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2000, 2001)
French Open3R (2000)
Wimbledon1R (1999, 2000, 2001)
US Open1R (1999, 2000, 2001)
Doubles
Career record55–44 (55.6%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 113 (14 February 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup12–9 (57.1%)

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 edit

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V

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

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Apr 1999 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay   Katarina Srebotnik 3–6, 1–6
Win 1. Feb 2000 Brasil Tennis Cup,
São Paulo
Clay   Paola Suárez 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss 2. May 2000 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay   Silvija Talaja 5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 3. Feb 2001 Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá Clay   Paola Suárez 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Apr 1999 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay   Anna Földényi   Alicia Ortuño
  Cristina Torrens Valero
6–7(4–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss 2. Feb 2000 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay   Petra Mandula   Laura Montalvo
  Paola Suárez
4–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals edit

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (4–6) edit

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

Doubles: 10 (7–3) edit

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

Best Grand Slam results details edit

Singles edit

Head-to-head record edit

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