Anikó Kapros

The native form of this personal name is Kapros Anikó. This article uses the Western name order.

Anikó Kapros

Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Budapest, Hungary
Born	(1983-11-11) 11 November 1983 Budapest, Hungary
Height
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$US490,850
Singles
Career record	197 – 184
Career titles	0 (2 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 44 (10 May 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2004)
French Open	3R (2002)
Wimbledon	3R (2003)
US Open	1R (2001, 2003, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	25 – 43
Career titles	0 (5 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 222 (8 Feb 2010)
Last updated on: April 30, 2008.

Anikó Kapros (born 11 November 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 an upset at the French Open in 2002, when she, as a qualifier, upset 5th seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round.

Career

Early life

Her mother, Anikó Kéry, 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 upset future four-time French Open champion 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. Her highest ranking in singles was 44. Kapros was part of the Hungarian olympics team in Athens in the year of 2004.

Retired in 2010 from professional tennis. Is now the head coach and club director at Patak Party Tenisz Club in Budapest. Kapros is also the co-founder (partners with Ágnes Szavay and Zsófia Gubacsi) of Happy Tennis a company offering a special tennis program for schools and kindergarten's in Hungary.

WTA Finals

Singles: (0-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	29 Sep 2003	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Maria Sharapova	6–2, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)

External links

• Anikó Kapros at the Women's Tennis Association
• Anikó Kapros at the Fed Cup