Stories
Biography
- Coached by Gabor Luhasz...Favorite surface is clay...Father, Janos, is a dentist; mother, Katalin Hegedus, is a dental assistant...Older sister, Diana, is studying dentistry at a university while younger sister, Stephanie, is also in school...Describes herself as stubborn, hard-headed and emotional...Favorite movie is Some Like it Hot, favorite actor is Mel Gibson, favorite book is Exodus...Also plays squash and enjoys listening to music and spending time with friends...Has two dogs, Charlotte and Schilacci.
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
30Height
5' 10 1/4'' (1.78 m)Birthday
Jan 17, 1978 January 17, 1978Birthplace
Budapest, HungaryCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (0 WTA Tour): 2001 - ITF/Poitiers-FRA; 1999 - ITF/Markaska-CRO, ITF/Darmstadt-GER, ITF/Edinburgh 2-GBR; 1998 - ITF/Birkenhead-GBR, ITF/Novi Sad-YUG, ITF/Darmstadt-GER.
Semifinalist (2): 2003 - Sopot; 2002 - Vienna.
DOUBLES
Winner (7): 2004 - Budapest (w/Schett); 2003 - Estoril (w/Wartusch), Budapest (w/Tatarkova), Bol (w/Wartusch); 2002 - Vienna (w/Wartusch), Casablanca (w/Wartusch); 2001 - Tashkent (w/Wartusch).
Finalist (4): 2003 - Acapulco (w/Wartusch); 2002 - Tokyo [Princess Cup] (w/Wartusch); 2000 - Bogota (w/Kuti Kis), Bratislava (w/Wartusch).
Semifinalist (13): 2004 - Canberra (w/Gagliardi), Antwerp (Loit), Stanford (w/Schnyder); 2003 - Australian Open (w/Gagliardi), Hobart (w/Rittner), Doha (w/Wartusch); 2002 - Doha (w/Wartusch), Filderstadt (w/Wartusch), Linz (w/Wartusch); 2001 - Budapest (w/Marosi-Aracama), Basel (w/Stephens), Linz (w/Wartusch); 2000 - Pattaya City (Wartusch); 1999 - Budapest (w/Gubacsi).
ADDITIONAL
Hungarian Fed Cup Team 2001-03. Hungarian Olympic Team 2000, 2004.