Petra Mandula


Petra Mandula is a Hungarian former professional tennis player, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia; 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, Greece 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 with Emmanuelle Gagliardi, losing to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 11 (7–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.13 February 2000Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, BogotáClay Rita Kuti-Kis Laura Montalvo
Paola Suárez
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up2.29 October 2000WTA BratislavaHard Patricia Wartusch Karina Habšudová
Daniela Hantuchová
w/o
Winner1.17 June 2001Tashkent OpenHard Patricia Wartusch Tatiana Perebiynis
Tatiana Poutchek
6–1, 6–4
Winner2.16 June 2002WTA Austrian Open, ViennaClay Patricia Wartusch Barbara Schwartz
Jasmin Wöhr
6–2, 6–4
Winner3.14 July 2002Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, CasablancaClay Patricia Wartusch Gisela Dulko
Conchita Martínez Granados
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up3.22 September 2002Toyota Princess Cup, TokyoHard Patricia Wartusch Svetlana Kuznetsova
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up4.2 March 2003Abierto Mexicano Telcel, AcapulcoClay Patricia Wartusch Émilie Loit
Åsa Svensson
3–6, 1–6
Winner4.13 April 2003Portugal Open, EstorilClay Patricia Wartusch Maret Ani
Emmanuelle Gagliardi
6–7, 7–6, 6–2
Winner5.20 April 2003GDF SUEZ Grand Prix, BudapestClay Elena Tatarkova Conchita Martínez Granados
Tatiana Perebiynis
6–3, 6–1
Winner6.4 May 2003Croatian Bol Ladies OpenClay Patricia Wartusch Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Patty Schnyder
6–3, 6–2
Winner7.2 May 2004GDF SUEZ Grand Prix, BudapestClay Barbara Schett Virág Németh
Ágnes Szávay
6–3, 6–2

ITF Finals

Singles: 13 (7-6)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.13 September 1993Zadar, CroatiaClay Andrea Noszály3–6, 3–6
Winner1.7 February 1998Birkenhead, United KingdomHard Giulia Casoni6–0, 2–6, 6–3
Winner2.17 May 1998Novi Sad, SerbiaClay Antoaneta Pandjerova0–6, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up2.31 May 1998Salzburg, AustriaClay Anna Földényi6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Winner3.19 July 1998Darmstadt, GermanyClay Lubomira Bacheva3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up3.26 07 1998Dublin, IrelandCarpet Lucie Ahl6–7, 3–6
Winner4.11 April 1999Makarska, CroatiaClay Desislava Topalova7–5, 7–5
Runner-up4.6 June 1999Budapest, HungaryClay Janette Husárová4–6, 2–6
Winner5.11 July 1999Darmstadt, GermanyClay Marta Marrero1–6, 7–5, 6–1
Winner6.1 August 1999Edinburgh, United KingdomClay Tzipora Obziler6–0, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up5.16 April 2000Magli, ItalyClay Antoaneta Pandjerova4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up6.12 August 2001Rimini, ItalyClay Gisela Dulko6–1, 3–6, 1–6
Winner7.14 October 2001Poitiers, FranceHard Émilie Loit7–5, 2–6, 6–1

Doubles: 12 (7-5)