Kira Nagy

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Kira Nagy
Country (sports) Hungary
ResidenceBudapest, Hungary
Born (1977-12-29) 29 December 1977 (age 46)
Budapest
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMiklos Hornok (1991–1995)
Otto Temesvari
Miklos Jancso
Prize money$388,234
Singles
Career record416–284 (59.4%)
Career titles18 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 122 (31 July 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2002, 2004, 2007)
French OpenQ3 (2001)
WimbledonQ2 (2001, 2007)
US Open1R (2000, 2007)
Doubles
Career record153–148 (50.8%)
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 96 (19 July 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2004)
Wimbledon1R (2004)
US Open1R (2004)

Kira Nagy (born 29 December 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won 18 singles and ten doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Circuit.

Kira won her first match on the WTA Tour in 2007 at the Palermo Ladies Open, defeating German Tatjana Malek 6–2, 7–5, before losing to Émilie Loit.

She competed in the 2007 US Open, where she drew Venus Williams in the first round, losing 2–6, 1–6. This was her second Grand Slam tournament, after qualifying for the US Open in 2000.

Nagy retired from professional tennis 2014.

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 33 (18 titles, 15 runner-ups)[edit]

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Oct 1994 ITF Mali Lošinj, Croatia Clay Czech Republic Radka Surová 6–4, 6–2
Lost 1. Oct 1994 ITF Nicosia, Cyprus Clay Czech Republic Lenka Cenková 6–2, 6–3
Loss 2. Nov 1994 ITF Le Havre, France Clay Netherlands Lara Bitter 6–3, 7–5
Win 2. Nov 1995 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay (i) Hungary Andrea Noszály 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3. Dec 1995 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay (i) Spain Magüi Serna 6–4, 6–3
Win 3. Sep 1997 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Spain Nuria Montero 6–1, 6–0
Loss 4. Oct 1997 ITF Nicosia, Cyprus Clay Czech Republic Eva Krejčová 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win 4. Apr 1998 ITF Athens, Greece Clay Greece Christína Papadáki 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Win 5. Apr 1998 Dubai Challenge, United Arab Emirates Hard Indonesia Wynne Prakusya 6–4, 6–1
Loss 5. Jul 1998 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Spain Ángeles Montolio 7–6(7), 7–6(7)
Win 6. Nov 1999 ITF Monterrey, Mexico Hard United States Ansley Cargill 6–4, 6–2
Win 7. Nov 1999 ITF Campos, Brazil Clay Brazil Miriam D'Agostini 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win 8. May 2000 ITF Guimarães, Portugal Hard Morocco Bahia Mouhtassine 6–0, 5–7, 7–6
Win 9. Jun 2000 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay Ukraine Julia Vakulenko 6–2, 3–6, 7–6
Win 10. Oct 2001 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) France Anne-Laure Heitz 1–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss 6. Oct 2002 ITF Cairo, Egypt Hard (i) Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–2, 6–0
Win 11. Sep 2003 ITF Jounieh, Lebanon Clay Serbia and Montenegro Ana Timotić 6–1, 7–5
Win 12. Nov 2003 ITF Mexico City Hard Hungary Melinda Czink 6–2, 6–3
Loss 7. Oct 2004 ITF Sevilla, Spain Clay Spain Laura Pous Tió 7–5, 6–1
Loss 8. Jan 2005 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Austria Sandra Klemenschits 6–4, 6–1
Loss 9. Mar 2005 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Austria Yvonne Meusburger 7–5, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 10. Apr 2005 ITF Taranto, Italy Clay Italy Mara Santangelo 6–1, 6–0
Loss 11. Jun 2005 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay Germany Vanessa Henke 6–2, 0–6, 6–4
Loss 12. Sep 2005 ITF Mestre, Italy Clay Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–2, 7–5
Loss 13. Nov 2005 ITF Mexico City Clay Switzerland Romina Oprandi 6–3, 6–0
Win 13. Apr 2006 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi 6–4, 6–2
Win 14. Jun 2006 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Italy Tathiana Garbin 7–6, 3–6, 7–6
Win 15. Jul 2006 ITF Rome, Italy Clay France Alizé Cornet 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Win 16. Jun 2007 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Croatia Ivana Lisjak 2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win 17. Jun 2007 ITF Campobasso, Italy Clay Australia Christina Wheeler 6–2, 6–0
Win 18. Jul 2007 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves 6–7, 7–5, 6–1
Loss 14. Oct 2007 ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives 6–2, 6–4
Loss 15. Nov 2007 ITF Sintra, Portugal Clay Germany Kathrin Wörle 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups)[edit]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Nov 1995 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Hungary Andrea Noszály Austria Désirée Leupold
Portugal Joana Pedroso
6–4, 7–6
Loss 1. Jun 1996 ITF Maribor, Slovenia Clay Hungary Andrea Noszály Romania Alida Gallovits
Romania Alice Pirsu
4–6, 5–7
Win 2. Oct 2002 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Sweden Maria Wolfbrandt India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
6–2, 6–1
Win 3. Jul 2003 ITF Innsbruck, Austria Clay Sweden Maria Wolfbrandt Hungary Melinda Czink
Italy Mara Santangelo
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win 4. Sep 2003 ITF Jounieh, Lebanon Clay Germany Isabel Collischonn Germany Antonia Matic
Germany Stefanie Weis
6–4, 7–6
Win 5. Oct 2003 Dubai Challenge,
United Arab Emirates
Hard Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi Italy Flavia Pennetta
Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti
2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2. Feb 2004 ITF Warsaw, Poland Hard (i) Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi Poland Klaudia Jans
Poland Alicja Rosolska
4–6, 3–6
Loss 3. Mar 2004 ITF Athens, Greece Hard Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi Latvia Līga Dekmeijere
Germany Martina Müller
2–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss 4. Jun 2004 ITF Vaduz, Liechtenstein Clay Sweden Maria Wolfbrandt Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
3–6, 4–6
Win 6. Jul 2004 ITF Toruń, Poland Clay Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová Germany Angelique Kerber
Poland Marta Leśniak
6–4, 7–6
Win 7. Sep 2004 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Hungary Virág Németh Romania Gabriela Niculescu
Czech Republic Sandra Záhlavová
2–6, 6–2, 7–5
Loss 5. Oct 2004 ITF Seville, Spain Clay Hungary Virág Németh Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Laura Pous Tió
2–6, 3–6
Win 8. Sep 2005 ITF Mestre, Italy Clay Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis Italy Elisa Balsamo
Italy Emily Stellato
7–5, 6–4
Loss 6. Mar 2006 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Croatia Matea Mezak
2–6, 0–1 ret.
Loss 7. May 2006 ITF Galatina, Italy Clay Italy Valentina Sassi Montenegro Danica Krstajić
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
4–6, 0–6
Loss 8. Jul 2006 ITF Rome, Italy Clay Croatia Darija Jurak Croatia Matea Mezak
Croatia Nika Ožegović
2–6, 3–6
Loss 9. Sep 2006 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Germany Jasmin Wöhr France Stéphanie Foretz
Germany Julia Schruff
6–7, 5–7
Win 9. Aug 2007 ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard Portugal Neuza Silva Poland Magdalena Kiszczyńska
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 10. Sep 2007 ITF Lecce, Italy Clay Italy Valentina Sassi France Claire de Gubernatis
Germany Tatjana Priachin
3–6, 2–6
Loss 11. Oct 2007 ITF Sant Cugat, Spain Clay France Aurélie Védy Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
4–6, 1–6
Win 10. May 2008 ITF Florence, Italy Clay Italy Valentina Sassi Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina
Italy Martina Caciotti
6–2, 6–3
Loss 12. Sep 2008 ITF Maribor, Slovenia Clay Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova Germany Carmen Klaschka
Germany Andrea Petkovic
0–6, 6–2, [3–10]

ITF Junior Circuit[edit]

Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (3–2)[edit]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Grade Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 2 April 1994 Bat Yam, Israel G4 Hard Israel Nataly Cahana 4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 7 April 1994 Beersheba, Israel G5 Hard Hungary Réka Vidáts 4–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 17 April 1994 Umag, Croatia G3 Clay Hungary Réka Vidáts 7–5, ret.
Winner 2. 1 May 1994 St. Pölten, Austria G3 Clay Austria Nina Schwarz 1–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner 3. 5 March 1995 Nürnberg, Germany G2 Carpet (i) Belarus Olga Barabanschikova 5–7, 6–1, 6–1

Doubles (0–2)[edit]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Grade Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 2 April 1994 Bat Yam, Israel G4 Hard Hungary Melinda Petkes Israel Nataly Cahana
Israel Hila Rosen
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 7 April 1994 Beersheba, Israel G5 Hard Hungary Melinda Petkes Slovakia Martina Ondrejková
Slovakia Zuzana Váleková
6–7, 3–6

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