Ágnes Szávay

Ágnes Szávay
Ágnes Szávay 2010 at the US Open
Nickname:	Ági
Nation:	Hungary
Birthday:	December 29, 1988
Size:	171 cm
1st professional season:	2005
Resignation:	2013
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 2,120,121
singles
Career record:	219: 125
Career title:	5 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	13 (April 14, 2008)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	101: 78
Career title:	2 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	22 (September 24, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Ágnes Szávay [ ˈaːɡnɛʃ ˈsaːvɒ.i ] (born December 29, 1988 in Kiskunhalas ) is a former Hungarian tennis player . Today she lives in Austria , in Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel .

Career

Szávay, who grew up in Soltvadkert , started playing tennis at the age of six. She was initially trained and looked after by her parents. She made her debut on the WTA Tour in Budapest in 2004 and became a professional player in 2005. In June 2005 she won the French Open for Juniors with a final victory over Ioana Raluca Olaru from Romania (6: 2, 6: 1). In the double she won the title. On the side of Wiktoryja Asaranka , the duo won against Raluca Olaru / Amina Rakhim with 4: 6, 6: 4 and 6: 0.

2007

In 2007 Szávay made his breakthrough. She reached the quarter-finals of the US Open (in doubles she even stormed to the semifinals with Vladimíra Uhlířová) and also won the Tier II tournament in Beijing (final victory over Jelena Janković ). She had previously defeated German Martina Müller in the final in Palermo . At the end of the year, Szávay was voted the newcomer of the 2007 season.

2008

The start of 2008 was difficult. Szávay failed in the Gold Coast and at the Australian Open in round one. After reaching the final in Paris (3: 6, 6: 2, 2: 6 against Anna Tschakwetadze ), she did not get past the first round again in Antwerp , Doha and Dubai . The tournaments in Charleston and Berlin only brought successes again , where she was able to defeat Dinara Safina and Marion Bartoli . At the French Open, Szávay made it into the third round, she also performed well in Wimbledon and made it to the round of 16, in Bad Gastein she reached the semi-finals. At the Olympic Games as well as in Tokyo and Stuttgart , the end came in the first round. At the US Open and in Beijing, she said goodbye after her second round match. In October, Szávay had to cancel his participation in the Kremlin Cup in Moscow due to an injury. In Zurich and Linz she let the 2008 season come to an end, losing again in her opening games.

2009

After the first round off in Hobart , she failed again in round one at the Australian Open. Szávay drew consequences from a series of six consecutive defeats and parted company with her coach Zoltán Kuhárszky . At the end of February she competed in Acapulco , where she won her first match on the tour since September 2008. She then lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual winner Venus Williams . In Indian Wells and in Miami , where she u. a. defeated the former world number one Ana Ivanović , they reached the last sixteen. The clay court season developed positively. At the tournament in Madrid , Szávay made it to the quarter-finals, after u. a. Viktoria Azaranka had defeated. At the French Open she made it to the round of 16 with a clear victory over Venus Williams (6-0, 6: 4). At Wimbledon, they conceded a first round defeat again, however, she won under new coach Karl Heinz Weather her home tournament in Budapest. The hard court season was disappointing (including out in round one at the US Open). Thanks to her triumph in Budapest, she qualified for the year-end tournament in Bali , in which, however, she did not get beyond the preliminary round.

2010

This time Szávay managed to get into the second round in Brisbane , Sydney (where she had to go through the qualification) and at the Australian Open, so that she moved up to 34th place in the world rankings. In addition, she defeated the former world number one Jelena Jankovic in Sydney. After reaching the quarter-finals in Paris, she went to the American continent, where she repeated her performance from Paris in Acapulco and Monterrey. In the two Premier Mandatory tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami, she was eliminated in the third round, in Miami she finished Alicia Molik 6-0, 6-0. From April to June she played relatively unsuccessfully. Only in Stuttgart, at the French Open and the Eastbourne grass tournament , did she make it into the second round. In Wimbledon, Szávay failed in round one to Jekaterina Makarowa (4: 6, 6: 7). In July she played the last two tournaments before the US Open Series in Eastern Europe. Both in Budapest (Final victory as titleholder over Patty Schnyder ) and in Prague, she shone as a tournament champion. It ended 2010 at position 37 (previous year: 39) in the world rankings.

2011

Plagued by permanent injury concerns, she decided to skip the Australian Open and only return to the Fed Cup in early February . She also changed coach again at the beginning of the year. She now worked with the former Hungarian tennis professional Gábor Köves . However, it never got past the second round in the first half of the year. At the Grand Slam tournament in Roland Garros there was even a first round defeat. She canceled the rest of the season due to a back injury.

2012

After an eleven month injury break, Szávay intervened in Stuttgart for the first time in the tournament, but she was eliminated in the first qualifying round. During the year she took u. a. at the Olympic Games and the US Open . It benefited from a rule of the WTA to play a certain number of tournaments with a protected ranking . However, she had to end the season prematurely because of her back injury.

2013

On February 6th, Szávay announced the end of her professional career on her homepage. The reason she cited the regularly occurring injury problems; even in the event of an operation, the doctors could not have promised her full rehabilitation. With seven WTA titles (five in singles) and 13th place (2008) in the world rankings, Szávay was one of the most successful tennis players in her country.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 26, 2004	Ciampino	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Stefania Boffa	6-0, 6-2
2.	October 22, 2006	Houston	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
3.	May 19, 2007	Zagreb	ITF $ 75,000	sand	Nika Ožegović	6: 0, 7: 6 2
4th	July 22, 2007	Palermo	WTA Tier IV	sand	Martina Muller	6-0, 6-1
5.	September 23, 2007	Beijing	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Jelena Janković	6: 7 7 , 7: 5, 6: 2
6th	July 12, 2009	Budapest	WTA International	sand	Patty Schnyder	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
7th	July 11, 2010	Budapest	WTA International	sand	Patty Schnyder	6: 2, 6: 4
8th.	July 18, 2010	Prague	WTA International	sand	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 2

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	April 10, 2005	Dinan	ITF $ 75,000	sand	Michaella Krajicek	Julija Bejhelsymer Sandra Klösel	7: 5, 7: 5
2.	July 23, 2006	Vittel	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Julija Bejhelsymer	Mădălina Gojnea Jekaterina Makarowa	6: 2, 7: 5
3.	April 29, 2007	Budapest	WTA Tier III	sand	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Martina Müller Gabriela Navratilova	7: 5, 6: 2
4th	May 19, 2007	Zagreb	ITF $ 75,000	sand	Emma Laine	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6: 1, 6: 2
5.	January 5, 2008	Gold coast	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Dinara Safina	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6: 1, 6: 2

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Career
Australian Open	-	1	1	2	-	-	2
French Open	2	3	AF	2	1	-	AF
Wimbledon	2	AF	1	1	-	-	AF
US Open	VF	2	1	2	-	1	VF

Double

competition	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Career
Australian Open	AF	2	1	AF	2	-	-	AF
French Open	1	AF	AF	2	2	2	-	AF
Wimbledon	-	2	AF	1	VF	-	-	VF
US Open	-	HF	-	2	2	-	1	HF

Web links

Commons : Ágnes Szávay  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Ágnes Szávay (English)
• ITF profile of Ágnes Szávay (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Ágnes Szávay (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SZAVAY RETIRES AT 24 DUE TO CHRONIC BACK TROUBLE. In: tennis.com. February 6, 2013, accessed December 13, 2016 .