Ágnes Szávay

Ágnes Szávay

Country	Hungary
Residence	Budapest, Hungary
Date of birth	December 29 1988 (1988--) (age 18)
Place of birth	Kiskunhalas, Hungary
Height	m ({{FORMATNUM:5 ft 7+1⁄2 in}})
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Turned Pro	2004
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	$580,309
Singles
Career record:	125-48
Career titles:	2 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 20 (September 24, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	-
French Open	2nd (2007)
Wimbledon	2nd (2007)
U.S. Open	QF (2007)
Doubles
Career record:	62-37
Career titles:	1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 22 (September 24, 2007)
Infobox last updated on: September 24, 2007.

Ágnes Szávay [ˈaːɡnɛʃ ˈsaːvɒ.i] (born December 29, 1988) is a tennis player from Hungary. She is currently the country's highest ranked tennis player. She won her first career WTA-level tournament in Palermo and followed it up with a win at the China Open in Beijing, where she stunned world number three Jelena Janković in the final. Szávay is noted for her fast serve and powerful two-handed backhand.

Background

Szávay was born in Kiskunhalas, Hungary and grew up in Soltvadkert, Hungary. She started to play tennis at the age of six, with her parents acting as her first coaches and managers. Her previous coaches were Zoltán Újhidy, Levente Barátosi and Miklós Hornok. Currently her coaches are József Bocskay and Zoltán Kuharszky. She has a sister called Blanka who is five years younger than her, also a professional tennis player.

Tennis career

She won her first career WTA-level tournament in singles, in Palermo on July 22, 2007. The win pushed her into the top 40 of the rankings, at #37, for the first time. She also won one turnament in doubles, in her homecountry, with Vladimíra Uhlířová.

On August 25, 2007 Szávay reached the final of the Tier II WTA 2007 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven defeating players such as Daniela Hantuchová, Alona Bondarenko and Samantha Stosur. She lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the finals after withdrawing due to a back injury although she was leading 6-4, 0-3 ^[1]. At the conclusion of this tournament, she was ranked #31, her highest-ever ranking.

After her loss in the final, Szávay appeared on the 2007 US Open, where she reached the quarterfinals, beating #32 seed Michaëlla Krajicek, and #7 seed Nadia Petrova. She then lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova. She also reached semifinals in doubles, with Vladimíra Uhlířová.

Szávay reached the final of her first tournament since the US Open, which is the Tier II China Open in Beijing. Szávay, the No. 6 seed, capitalized on the withdrawal of top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova to reach the semifinals. She defeated Chinese player Peng Shuai 6-1, 6-2 to advance to her second Tier II final. Peng had previously defeated multiple Grand Slam champions Martina Hingis in the second round and Amelie Mauresmo in the quarterfinals. Szávay completed her run with a victory over Jelena Janković 6-7(7), 7-5, 6-2 to claim her first Tier II title. She led 5-0 in the first set tiebreak before losing it 9-7, and saved a match point in the second set with a second serve ace.^[2]

Titles

Singles wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	20 September, 2004	Ciampino, Italy	Clay	Stefania Boffa	6-0, 6-2
2.	22 October, 2006	Houston, USA	Hard	Bethanie Mattek	2-6 6-4 6-1
3.	19 May, 2007	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Nika Ožegović	6-0 7-6(2)
4.	16 July, 2007	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Martina Müller	6-0, 6-1
5.	23 September, 2007	Beijing, P.R. China	Hard	Jelena Janković	6-7(7), 7-5, 6-2

Singles Runner-ups (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	25 August, 2007	New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-4, 0-3 ret.

Doubles wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	10 April 2005	Dinan, France	Clay	Michaëlla Krajicek	Yulia Beygelzimer Sandra Klösel	7-5, 7-5
2.	23 July 2006	Vittel, France	Clay	Yulia Beygelzimer	Madalina Gojnea Ekaterina Makarova	6-2, 7-5
3.	20 May 2007	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Emma Laine	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6-1, 6-2
4.	23 April 2007	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Martina Müller Gabriela Navrátilová	7-5, 6-2

Doubles Runner-ups (5)

• 2004: Budapest (w/ Németh)
• 2005: Hasselt (w/ Krajicek)
• 2006: Bogotá (w/ Woehr)
• 2007: Doha (w/ Uhlířová)
• 2007: Bad Gastein (w/ Uhlířová)

Grand Slam singles Performance timetable

References

External links

• Homepage (Hungarian)
• English Blog
• WTA Tour profile for Ágnes Szávay
• Wimbledon 2007, Top Seed Szávay Qualifies
• Szávay beats Hantuchová in New Haven
• Szavay statistics

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