Panna Udvardy (; born 28 September 1998) is a Hungarian professional

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player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 76 in singles and 65 in doubles. Udvardy has won one singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 11 titles in singles and nine in doubles on the ITF Circuit.

Professional career

2017: WTA Tour debut

Udvardy made her

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main-draw debut at the 2017 Hungarian Ladies Open in the doubles tournament, partnering with

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2021: First WTA 125 final, top 100 debut

She reached her first final on the WTA Challenger Tour at the Montevideo Open, losing to

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in straight sets. She made her top 100 debut at world No. 96, on 29 November 2021.

2022: Major debut, first WTA 125 singles & doubles titles

Udvardy reached her maiden Tour doubles final at the WTA 500 Sydney Tennis Classic, partnering

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, losing to

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and

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. She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the

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, losing to

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in the first round. Playing with

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, Udvardy won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the

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, defeating

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and

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in the final. Making her debut at

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she recorded her first major win, defeating

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, before losing to 24th seed

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in the second round. Partnering with

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, she was runner-up at the

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, her second doubles final on the WTA Tour. They were defeated by the defending champion

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, who played alongside

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. She reached the singles final at

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, but lost to

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. Udvardy made it through to the doubles final at the Țiriac Foundation Trophy in September, playing with

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, but again lost out on the title, this time to

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and

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. In November, Udvardy won her first WTA 125 title at the

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, defeating

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in straight sets in the final.

2023: Hobart doubles final

Udvardy reached her third WTA doubles final at the

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, partnering with

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, losing to

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and

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2024: Swedish Open doubles title

Partnering

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, Udvardy won the doubles title at the

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, defeating

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and

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in the final. She entered the main draw at the

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as a lucky loser, but lost in the first round to

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. Udvardy defeated wildcard Giorgia Pedone, qualifier Anastasiya Soboleva, sixth seed

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and ninth seed

to reach the final at the WTA 125 Open delle Puglie, where she lost

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. She qualified for

but lost in the first round to 17th seed

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in straight sets. In November, Udvardy reached back-to-back WTA 125 singles semifinals at the Bolivia Open and Cali Open, losing to

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and

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respectively.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in

, Grand Slam tournaments,

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and

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are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2023 Osaka Open.''

Doubles

''Current through the 2023 Hamburg Open.''

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 3 (runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Doubles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Junior career finals

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles (2–4)

Doubles (11–5)

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

* She has a 0–1 () record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Udvardy, Panna 1998 births Living people Hungarian female tennis players Sportspeople from Kaposvár 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen