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Agnes Szavay

Hun
Residence: Wolkersdorf, Austria
DOB: December 29, 1988
Birthplace: Kiskunhalas, Hungary
Height: 5' 7" (1.71 m)
Weight: 139 lbs. (63 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (2004)
JANUARY - Reached 2r at Brisbane (l. to No.4 seed Hantuchova); reached 2r at Sydney (as qualifier, d. No.7 seed Jankovic in 1r; l. to Rezai); reached 2r at Australian Open (l. to No.16 seed Li 36 75 62; held 2mp at 63 54).

FEBRUARY - Reached QF at Paris [Indoors] (l. to Oudin in 3s); reached QF at Acapulco (as No.2 seed, ret. vs. No.8 seed Hercog w/left abdominal strain).

MARCH - Reached QF at Monterrey (as No.5 seed, l. to No.4 seed Cibulkova in 3s); reached 3r at Indian Wells (as No.27 seed, l. to Suarez Navarro in 3s); reached 3r at Miami (as No.27 seed, l. to top seed Kuznetsova).

APRIL - Reached 2r at Stuttgart (l. to No.2 seed Safina in 3s).

MAY - Fell 1r at Estoril (as top seed, l. to eventual champion Sevastova in 3s); fell 1r at Madrid (ret. vs. Schnyder w/right hamstring injury); reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. to No.19 seed Petrova).

JUNE - Reached 2r at Eastbourne (l. to No.8 seed Bartoli in 3s); fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. to Makarova).

JULY - Won fourth Tour singles title at Budapest (as No.7 seed, d. No.2 seed Dulgheru in SF then d. Schnyder for title); won fifth Tour singles title at Prague (as No.7 seed, d. No.8 seed Zahlavova Strycova in final).
2003 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Played first Tour qualifying at Budapest; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Played first five Tour main draws, best result being SF at Modena (l. to Garbin); reached 2r once; fell 1r three times and in Tour qualifying six times (incl. US Open); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Reached 2r once; fell 1r once and in Tour qualifying three times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros); won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Breakthrough season; rose from No.185 to No.53 in first half, best results being SF at Budapest (l. to Dulko), QF at Barcelona (l. to Shaughnessy), qualifying for Grand Slam main draw debuts at Roland Garros and Wimbledon (reached 2r at both) and winning one singles title on ITF Circuit (also won doubles title there); six events contested in remarkable second half of season moved her from No.53 to No.20; won first Tour singles title at Palermo (d. Müller in final), QF at Bad Gastein (l. to Schiavone), runner-up at New Haven (ret. vs. Kuznetsova in final w/low back injury), first Grand Slam QF at US Open (l. to Kuznetsova), second Tour singles title at Beijing (d. Jankovic 67(7) 75 62 in final; trailed 5-1 w/mp in second set) and another QF at Seoul (ret. vs. Daniilidou w/thigh injury); withdrew from Linz w/thigh injury; made Top 100 debut on June 11 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.102 to No.82), Top 50 debut on July 23 (after Palermo; rose from No.53 to No.37) and Top 20 debut on September 24 (after Beijing; rose from No.23 to No.20); stayed No.20 through November 12 year-end rankings; also won first Tour doubles title at Budapest (w/Uhlirova).

2008 - Second straight Top 30 season; runner-up at Paris [Indoors] (l. to Chakvetadze in final); SF at Bad Gastein (l. to Parmentier); QF four times, at Amelia Island, Charleston, Berlin and New Haven; reached 4r once (Wimbledon), 3r once (Roland Garros) and 2r seven times (incl. US Open); fell 1r 10 times (incl. Australian Open, Olympics); having cracked Top 20 in 2007, reached career-high No.13 on April 14 (after Amelia Island) but dipped to No.28 by November 10 year-end rankings; won one Tour doubles title; withdrew from Moscow w/left hip injury.

2009 - Third straight Top 40 season; won third Tour singles title at Budapest (as No.4 seed, d. top seed Schnyder in final); QF twice, at Acapulco (as LL, l. to top seed and eventual champion V.Williams in 3s) and Madrid (d. No.12 seed Pennetta and No.7 seed Azarenka en route; l. to Mauresmo in 3s); reached 4r three times, at Indian Wells (as No.22 seed, l. to No.7 seed A.Radwanska in 3s), Miami (as No.25 seed, d. No.7 seed Ivanovic en route; l. to No.11 seed and eventual champion Azarenka) and Roland Garros (as No.29 seed, d. No.3 seed V.Williams en route; l. to No.20 seed Cibulkova); reached 2r five times; fell 1r 10 times, incl. Australian Open (as No.25 seed, l. to Voskoboeva in 3s), Wimbledon (as No.30 seed, l. to Flipkens) and US Open (as No.32 seed, l. to Peer); fell in RR stage at Bali (went 0-2 in RR stage; did not qualify for SF).
SINGLES
Winner (5): 2010 - Budapest, Prague; 2009 - Budapest; 2007 - Palermo, Beijing, ITF/Zagreb-CRO; 2006 - ITF/Houston, TX-USA; 2004 - ITF/Ciampino-ITA.
Finalist (2): 2008 - Paris [Indoors]; 2007 - New Haven.

DOUBLES
Winner (2): 2008 - Gold Coast (w/Safina); 2007 - Budapest (w/Uhlirova), ITF/Zagreb-CRO (w/Laine); 2006 - ITF/Vittel-FRA (w/Beygelzimer); 2005 - ITF/Dinan-FRA (w/Krajicek).
Finalist (6): 2010 - Prague (w/Niculescu); 2007 - Doha, Bad Gastein (both w/Uhlirova); 2006 - Bogota (w/Woehr); 2005 - Hasselt (w/Krajicek); 2004 - Budapest (w/Nemeth).

ADDITIONAL
Hungarian Fed Cup Team, 2005, 2007-09; Hungarian Olympic Team, 2008.
Coached by Karlheinz Wetter ... Introduced to tennis at age 6 by parents at local tennis club ... Mother, Terezia Dasko, is a teacher and coach; father is Zsolt; sister, Blanka and brother, Levente, are both students ... Favorite surfaces are clay, hard; best shot is serve ... Likes listening to pop music and playing any ball sports ... Most admires Lance Armstrong for his successful battle with cancer (his autobiography is her favorite book) ... Tennis player most admired is Roger Federer ("a real sportsman") ... Favorite city to visit is Melbourne ... Speaks Hungarian, English.

Official Website: www.szavayagnes.hu
- Awards received include Tour Newcomer of the Year (2007); also named Hungary's Best Athlete for 2007 by Hungarian National Sports Federation.
- In July 2007, signed on as Ambassador for Habitat for Humanity in Hungary.
- Is fourth Hungarian ever to win a Tour singles title (2007 Palermo), following Temesvari (who won four) and Kuti Kis and Gubacsi (who won one each).
- Junior highlights came at 2005 Australian Open (singles and doubles runner-up w/Frankova) 2005 Roland Garros (singles and doubles champion w/Azarenka) and 2005 Wimbledon (doubles champion w/Azarenka).