Petra Mandula


Petra Mandula 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.
She reached the quarterfinals at the 2001 [French Open] as a qualifier, winning seven straight matches and losing to eventual runner-up, Kim Clijsters. 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. Also in 2003, Mandula reached the semifinals of the Australian Open – Women's doubles|Australian Open] with Emmanuelle Gagliardi, losing to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.

WTA career finals

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

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Feb 2000Copa [Sony Ericsson Colsanitas|Copa Colsanitas], BogotáClay

ITF finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.13 September 1993ITF Zadar, CroatiaClay

Record against top 10 players

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

Top 10 wins

Mandula has a W–L record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season20012002200320042005Total
Wins002103