Petra Mandula

The native form of this personal name is Mandula Petra. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Petra Mandula (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpɛtrɒ ˈmɒndulɒ]; born 17 January 1978) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; in singles, she was eliminated in the first round by fourth seed Conchita Martínez of Spain, in doubles, she reached the quarterfinals, partnering Katalin Marosi. Four years later, when Athens hosted the Games, she once again was defeated in the first round, this time by Patty Schnyder of Switzerland.^[1]

Petra Mandula

Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Budapest
Born	(1978-01-17) 17 January 1978 (age 47) Budapest
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$991,024
Singles
Career record	284–189
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 30 (17 May 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2004)
French Open	QF (2001)
Wimbledon	2R (2001, 2003)
US Open	2R (2002, 2003)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	173–104
Career titles	7 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 13 (5 May 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2003)
French Open	QF (2002)
Wimbledon	QF (2003)
US Open	3R (2003)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2000)

She reached the quarterfinals at the 2001 French Open as a qualifier, winning seven straight matches and losing to eventual runner-up, Kim Clijsters.^[1] Two years later, at the 2003 French Open, she almost repeated the feat, losing in the fourth round 5–7 in the third set to Chanda Rubin.^[1] Also in 2003, Mandula reached the semifinals of the Australian Open with Emmanuelle Gagliardi, losing to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.^[1]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 3 Tier IV & V 4

Finals by surface Hard 1–2 Clay 6–2 Grass 0–0 Carpet 0–0

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Feb 2000	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá	Clay	Rita Kuti-Kis	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	Oct 2000	Bratislava Open, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Patricia Wartusch	Karina Habšudová Daniela Hantuchová	w/o
Win	1.	Jun 2001	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Hard	Patricia Wartusch	Tatiana Perebiynis Tatiana Poutchek	6–1, 6–4
Win	2.	Jun 2002	Austrian Open, Vienna	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–4
Win	3.	Jul 2002	Casablanca Grand Prix, Morocco	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Gisela Dulko Conchita Martínez Granados	6–2, 6–1
Loss	3.	Sep 2002	Toyota Princess Cup, Tokyo	Hard	Patricia Wartusch	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	Mar 2003	Abierto Mexicano, Acapulco	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Émilie Loit Åsa Svensson	3–6, 1–6
Win	4.	Apr 2003	Portugal Open, Estoril	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Maret Ani Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win	5.	Apr 2003	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Elena Tatarkova	Conchita Martínez Granados Tatiana Perebiynis	6–3, 6–1
Win	6.	May 2003	Bol Open, Croatia	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Patty Schnyder	6–3, 6–2
Win	7.	May 2004	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Barbara Schett	Virág Németh Ágnes Szávay	6–3, 6–2

ITF finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	13 September 1993	ITF Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Andrea Noszály	3–6, 3–6
Win	1.	7 February 1998	ITF Birkenhead, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Giulia Casoni	6–0, 2–6, 6–3
Win	2.	17 May 1998	ITF Novi Sad, Serbia	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	0–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	2.	31 May 1998	ITF Salzburg, Austria	Clay	Anna Földényi	6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Win	3.	19 July 1998	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	3.	26 July 1998	ITF Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Lucie Ahl	6–7, 3–6
Win	4.	11 April 1999	ITF Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Desislava Topalova	7–5, 7–5
Loss	4.	6 June 1999	ITF Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Janette Husárová	4–6, 2–6
Win	5.	11 July 1999	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Marta Marrero	1–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	6.	1 August 1999	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Tzipora Obziler	6–0, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	5.	16 April 2000	ITF Magli, Italy	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	6.	12 August 2001	ITF Rimini, Italy	Clay	Gisela Dulko	6–1, 3–6, 1–6
Win	7.	14 October 2001	ITF Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Émilie Loit	7–5, 2–6, 6–1

Doubles: 12 (7–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	13 December 1993	ITF Přerov, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Rita Kuti-Kis	Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Win	1.	31 October 1994	ITF Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Nannie de Villiers Ana Paula Zannoni	6–4, 7–5
Win	2.	7 November 1994	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Nannie de Villiers Laura Montalvo	6–3, 6–3
Win	3.	14 November 1994	ITF La Plata, Argentina	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Patrícia Marková Yuka Tanaka	7–6(3), 7–5
Loss	2.	4 October 1997	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Lenka Cenková Kateřina Kroupová	5–7, 6–7(3)
Loss	3.	1 June 1998	ITF Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Petra Gáspár	Anna Földényi Rita Kuti-Kis	0–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	10 April 1999	ITF Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Gréta Arn	Gabriela Chmelinová Olga Vymetálková	6–0, 3–6, 6–7(3)
Win	4.	10 July 1999	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Tatiana Poutchek	Ludmila Richterová Monika Maštalířová	6–3, 6–1
Win	5.	31 July 1999	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Magda Mihalache	Trudi Musgrave Lorna Woodroffe	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	6.	29 July 2000	ITF Liège, Belgium	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Eva Bes Gisela Riera	7–6(3), 6–1
Loss	5.	15 October 2000	ITF Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Patricia Wartusch	Yvette Basting Katalin Marosi	6–7(4), 1–6
Win	7.	11 August 2001	ITF Rimini, Italy	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová	6–2, 6–1

Best Grand Slam results details

Singles

Australian Open 2004 Australian Open Round Opponent Rank Score PMR 1R Gala León García No. 95 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 No. 39 2R Magdalena Maleeva (24) No. 29 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–3 3R Anikó Kapros No. 80 6–3, 3–6, 10–12

French Open 2001 French Open (qualifier) Round Opponent Score Q1 Lucie Ahl 6–0, 6–4 Q2 Samantha Reeves 6–2, 6–4 Q3 Anca Barna (11) 6–2, 6–2 1R Ai Sugiyama 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 2R Rossana de los Ríos 7–5, 5–7, 7–5 3R Jelena Dokic (15) 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 4R Rita Grande 6–2, 6–3 QF Kim Clijsters (12) 1–6, 3–6

Wimbledon Championships 2001 Wimbledon Round Opponent Score 1R Janette Husárová 0–6, 6–2, 11–9 2R Nathalie Tauziat (9) 0–6, 1–6 2003 Wimbledon Round Opponent Score 1R Patty Schnyder (20) 7–6(7–2), 6–3 2R Iroda Tulyaganova 3–6, 4–6

US Open 2002 US Open Round Opponent Score 1R Miriam Oremans 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 2R Lindsay Davenport (4) 4–6, 2–6 2003 US Open Round Opponent Score 1R Cara Black 7–5, 6–2 2R Svetlana Kuznetsova (27) 3–6, 3–6

Doubles

Australian Open 2003 Australian Open with Emmanuelle Gagliardi Round Opponents Score 1R María José Martínez Sánchez / Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–2 2R Elena Dementieva / Janette Husárová (3) 6–2, 3–6, 6–0 3R Zsófia Gubacsi / Conchita Martínez Granados 7–6(7–4), 6–2 QF Daniela Hantuchová / Meghann Shaughnessy (5) 6–4, 6–2 SF Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (2) 0–6, 2–6

French Open 2002 French Open with Patricia Wartusch Round Opponents Score 1R Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (8) 6–1, 7–6(8–6) 2R Galina Fokina / Tatiana Perebiynis 4–6, 6–0, 6–4 3R Alicia Molik / Magüi Serna 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 QF Rika Fujiwara / Ai Sugiyama (15) 0–6, 6–2, 4–6

Wimbledon Championships 2003 Wimbledon (12th Seed) with Patricia Wartusch Round Opponents Score 1R Nicole Arendt / Evie Dominikovic 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 2R Iva Majoli / Barbara Rittner 2–6, 6–1, 6–3 3R Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (5) 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2 QF Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (1) 2–6, 6–7(5–7)

US Open 2003 US Open (9th Seed) with Patricia Wartusch Round Opponents Score 1R Christina Fusano / Raquel Kops-Jones (WC) 6–3, 5–7, 6–1 2R Cho Yoon-jeong / Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–0 3R Liezel Huber / Magdalena Maleeva 4–6, 1–6

Record against top 10 players

Mandula's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10:

Player	Years	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Carpet	Last match
No. 1 ranked players
Jennifer Capriati	2004	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–	Won (7–6(7–3), 3–6, 7–5) at 2004 Charleston
Kim Clijsters	2001–03	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	–	Lost (0–6, 0–6) at 2003 Australian Open
Lindsay Davenport	2002	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2002 US Open
Jelena Janković	2003	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	–	Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2003 Indian Wells
Amélie Mauresmo	2003	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (2–6, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)) at 2003 Dubai
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2001–02	1–2	33%	0–1	1–1	–	–	Won (4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)) at 2002 Espoo
Maria Sharapova	2004	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–5 ret.) at 2004 Berlin
Venus Williams	2004	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (3–6, 6–7(3–7)) at 2004 US Open
Number 2 ranked players
Svetlana Kuznetsova	2003	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2003 US Open
Conchita Martínez	2000	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (1–6, 0–6) at 2000 Summer Olympics
Anastasia Myskina	2001–03	2–1	67%	0–1	1–1	–	–	Won (6–4, 3–0 ret.) at 2003 Sopot
Number 3 ranked players
Elena Dementieva	2003	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (3–6, 6–7(1–7)) at 2003 Shanghai
Nadia Petrova	2002–04	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2004 Amelia Island
Nathalie Tauziat	2001	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	–	Lost (0–6, 1–6) at 2001 Wimbledon
Number 4 ranked players
/ Jelena Dokic	2001–04	3–1	75%	1–1	2–0	–	–	Won (7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–2) at 2004 Charleston
Magdalena Maleeva	2004	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	–	Won (6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–3) at 2004 Australian Open
Francesca Schiavone	2001–02	1–2	33%	1–1	–	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2002 Wimbledon
Number 5 ranked players
Daniela Hantuchová	2001–03	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2003 Indian Wells
Number 6 ranked players
Flavia Pennetta	2003–05	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	–	Won (3–6, 6–1, 6–3) at 2005 Australian Open
Chanda Rubin	2003	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–4, 2–6, 5–7) at 2003 French Open
Number 7 ranked players
Barbara Schett	2002–03	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–3) at 2003 Linz
Patty Schnyder	2003–04	1–1	50%	0–1	–	1–0	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2004 Summer Olympics
Number 8 ranked players
Anna Kournikova	2002	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–	Won (7–6(7–5), 6–2) at 2002 Strasbourg
Alicia Molik	1999	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (4–6, 6–4, 3–6) at 1999 Kuala Lumpur
Ai Sugiyama	2001	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–	Won (4–6, 6–4, 6–3) at 2001 French Open
Number 9 ranked players
Paola Suárez	2000	0–2	0%	–	0–2	–	–	Lost (6–6, ret.) at 2000 São Paulo
Sandrine Testud	2000	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (3–6, 6–4, 3–6) at 2000 Australian Open
Total	1999–2004	17–26	40%	6–16 (27%)	10–8 (56%)	1–2 (33%)	0–0 ( – )

Top 10 wins

Mandula has a 3–9 W–L record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Total
Wins	0	0	2	1	0	3

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	PMR
2003
1.	Anastasia Myskina	No. 10	French Open, France	Clay	2R	6–3, 6–4	No. 75
2.	Anastasia Myskina	No. 10	Idea Prokom Open, Poland	Clay	QF	6–4, 3–0 ret.	No. 52
2004
3.	Jennifer Capriati	No. 8	Family Circle Cup, United States	Clay	3R	7–6(7–3), 3–6, 7–5	No. 42