Victoria Azarenka
Strong Is Beautiful
Maria Sharapova

Agnes Szavay

Hun
Residence: Vienna, Austria
DOB: December 29, 1988
Birthplace: Kiskunhalas, Hungary
Height: 5' 7" (1.71 m)
Weight: 139 lbs. (63 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (2004)
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2003 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Played first WTA qualifying at Budapest; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Played first five WTA main draws, best result being SF at Modena (l. to Garbin); reached 2r once; fell 1r three times and in qualifying six times (incl. US Open); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Reached 2r once; fell 1r once and in qualifying three times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros); won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Breakthrough first Top 20 season (finishing No.20); won first two WTA titles, at Palermo (d. Müller in final) and Beijing (d. Jankovic in final); runner-up at New Haven (ret. vs. Kuznetsova in final w/low back injury); SF at Budapest (l. to Dulko); QF four times, at Barcelona, Bad Gastein, US Open (first Grand Slam QF; l. to Kuznetsova) and Seoul; reached 2r twice (Roland Garros, Wimbledon); fell 1r twice and in qualifying four times (incl. Australian Open); started season at No.189, making Top 100 debut on June 11 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.102 to No.82), Top 50 debut on July 23 (after Palermo; rose from No.53 to No.37) and Top 20 debut on September 24 (after Beijing; rose from No.23 to No.20); won one WTA doubles title; won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Another Top 30 season; runner-up at Paris [Indoors] (l. to Chakvetadze in final); SF at Bad Gastein (l. to Parmentier); QF four times, at Amelia Island, Charleston, Berlin and New Haven; reached 4r once (Wimbledon), 3r once (Roland Garros) and 2r seven times (incl. US Open); fell 1r 10 times (incl. Australian Open, Olympics); set career-high No.13 on April 14 (after Amelia Island); won one WTA doubles title.

2009 - Another Top 40 season; won third WTA title at Budapest (d. Schnyder in final); QF twice, at Acapulco and Madrid; reached 4r three times (incl. Roland Garros) and 2r five times; fell 1r 10 times (incl. Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open); fell in RR stage at Bali (0-2 in RR).

2010 - Fourth straight Top 40 season; won fourth and fifth WTA titles at Budapest (d. Schnyder in final) and Prague (d. Zahlavova Strycova in final); SF at Seoul (l. to Kleybanova); QF three times, at Paris [Indoors], Acapulco and Monterrey; reached 3r three times and 2r seven times (incl. Roland Garros, US Open and Australian Open - l. to Li 36 75 62; held 2mp at 63 54); fell 1r five times (incl. Wimbledon and Madrid - ret. w/right hamstring injury).

2011 - Illness and injury-marred season (finished No.256); played only six events, reaching 2r four times and falling 1r twice (incl. Roland Garros); illness caused withdrawal from Australian Open then missed rest of season w/back injury (withdrew from Paris [Indoors], Fès, Barcelona, Copenhagen and Wimbledon); also withdrew prior to Madrid 2r match and retired in Brussels 1r w/back injury.
SINGLES
Winner (5): 2010 - Budapest, Prague; 2009 - Budapest; 2007 - Palermo, Beijing, ITF/Zagreb-CRO; 2006 - ITF/Houston-USA; 2004 - ITF/Ciampino-ITA.
Finalist (2): 2008 - Paris [Indoors]; 2007 - New Haven.

DOUBLES
Winner (2): 2008 - Gold Coast (w/Safina); 2007 - Budapest (w/Uhlirova), ITF/Zagreb-CRO (w/Laine); 2006 - ITF/Vittel-FRA (w/Beygelzimer); 2005 - ITF/Dinan-FRA (w/Krajicek).
Finalist (6): 2010 - Prague (w/Niculescu); 2007 - Doha, Bad Gastein (both w/Uhlirova); 2006 - Bogotá (w/Woehr); 2005 - Hasselt (w/Krajicek); 2004 - Budapest (w/Nemeth).

ADDITIONAL
Hungarian Fed Cup Team, 2005, 2007-09; Hungarian Olympic Team, 2008.
Coached by Gabor Köves ... Introduced to tennis at age 6 by parents at local tennis club ... Mother, Terezia Dasko, is a teacher and coach; father is Zsolt; sister, Blanka and brother, Levente, are both students ... Favorite surfaces are clay, hard; best shot is serve ... Likes any ball sports ... Most admires Lance Armstrong for his successful battle with cancer (his autobiography is her favorite book) ... Tennis player most admired is Roger Federer ("a real sportsman") ... Favorite city to visit is Melbourne ... Speaks Hungarian, English.
- Has one WTA Player Award: Newcomer Of The Year (2007).
- Other awards include Hungary's Best Athlete for 2007 from Hungarian National Sports Federation.
- In July 2007, signed on as Ambassador for Habitat for Humanity in Hungary.
- Is fourth Hungarian ever to win a WTA title (2007 Palermo), following Temesvari (who won four) and Kuti Kis and Gubacsi (who won one each).
- Junior highlights came at 2005 Roland Garros (singles and doubles champion w/Azarenka) and 2005 Wimbledon (doubles champion w/Azarenka).