Anikó Kapros

Anikó Kapros

Country	Hungary
Residence	Budapest, Hungary
Born	November 11, 1983 (1983-11-11) (age 28) Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	62 kg (140 lb; 9.8 st)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$US418,487
Singles
Career record	154–139
Career titles	0 (2 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 44 (May 10, 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4th Round (2004)
French Open	3rd Round (2002)
Wimbledon	3rd Round (2003)
US Open	1st Round (2001, 2003, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	8–24
Career titles	0 (1 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 280 (April 29, 2002)
Last updated on: April 30, 2008.

Anikó Kapros (born November 11, 1983 in Budapest) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. Kapros won the Junior's singles title at the Australian Open in 2000. She caused a huge upset at the French Open in 2002, when she, as a qualifier, upset 5th seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round 4-6, 6-1, 6-0.

Career

Early life

Her mother, Anikó Kery, won a bronze medal in gymnastics at the Olympic Games in Munich 1972. When Kapros was two years old, she moved to the Bahamas where her parents worked as acrobats. She returned to Hungary at the age of nine.

Professional career

In the 2002 French Open, as a qualifier, she defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round 4-6, 6-1, 6-0. Kapros' senior career has been marred by recurring knee injuries. Her biggest success at a WTA tournament came in September 2003 when she reached the final of the Japan Open in Tokyo, where she lost to Maria Sharapova.

External links

• Anikó Kapros at the Women's Tennis Association

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