Reeka Szikszay

Reeka Szikszay
Full name	Reeka Szikszay
Country (sports)	Hungary
Born	3 August 1965 (age 53)
Prize money	$26,670
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 196 (11 June 1990)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 125 (25 June 1990)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	2R (1990)

Last updated May 04, 2019

Reeka Szikszay (born 3 August 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary.

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Biography

Szikszay represented Hungary at the 1986 Goodwill Games and played Fed Cup tennis for her country from 1986 to 1990.^[1] She appeared in a total of 13 ties and finished with a 14/9 overall win-loss record. Most effective in doubles, she was unbeaten in the five matches she partnered Andrea Temesvári in and lost only two of her 13 doubles fixtures.

1986 Goodwill Games international sports event held in Moscow, USSR, in 1986

The 1986 Goodwill Games was the inaugural edition of the international multi-sport event created by Ted Turner, which was held from 5 – 20 July 1986. The main stadium was the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union. The Games were a response to the Olympic boycotts of the period, which saw the United States refuse to attend the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, and the Soviet Union refusing to attend the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The Soviet athletes dominated the competition, winning 118 gold medals and 241 medals overall. The United States finished second place, with 42 golds and 142 medals in total.

Fed Cup is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The competition was known as the Federation Cup until 1995. The Fed Cup is the world's largest annual women's international team sports competition in terms of the number of nations that compete. The current Fed Cup Chairperson is Katrina Adams.

Andrea Temesvári is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won the Italian Open at age sixteen, but injuries would later hamper her career.

She competed for a year on the WTA Tour, with her best performance coming at the 1989 Vitosha New Otani Open in Sofia, where she made the second round of the singles and was a doubles semi-finalist, partnering Michaela Frimmelová.^[2]

The 1989 Vitosha New Otani Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Sofia, Bulgaria that was part of the Category 1 tier of the 1989 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 31 July until 6 August 1989. Second-seeded Isabel Cueto won the singles title.

Her only grand slam main draw appearance came at the 1990 French Open, in the women's doubles with Caroline Vis. The pair were beaten in the second round by Betsy Nagelsen and Monica Seles.^[3]

The Grand Slam tournaments, also called majors, are the four most important annual tennis events. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of field, and greater number of "best of" sets for men. The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid January, the French Open around late May through early June, Wimbledon in June-July, and the US Open in August-September. Each tournament is played over a two-week period. The Australian and United States tournaments are played on hard courts, the French on clay, and Wimbledon on grass. Wimbledon is the oldest, founded in 1877, followed by the US in 1881, the French in 1891, and the Australian in 1905. However, of these four, only Wimbledon was a major before 1924–25, when all four became designated Grand Slam tournaments. Skipping majors—especially the Australian Open because of the remoteness, the inconvenient dates and the low prize money—was not unusual before 1982.

1990 French Open 1990 French Open Tennis Championships

The 1990 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 28 May until 10 June. It was the 94th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1990.

Caroline Vis is a retired professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

ITF finals

Singles: 4 (1-3)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	29 August 1988	Nivelles, Belgium	Clay	Catherine Mothes-Jobkel	3-6, 1-6
Winner	2.	19 September 1988	Marsa, Malta	Hard	Titia Wilmink	6-2 2-6 6-1
Runner-up	3.	17 April 1989	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia	Clay	Eva-Maria Schuerhoff	6-7, 4-6
Runner-up	4.	24 April 1989	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia	Clay	Anna Földényi	2-6, 7-6^(10-8), 6-7^(6-8)

Doubles: 13 (7-6)

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 June 1986	Lyon, France	Clay	Denisa Krajčovičová	Nicole Muns-Jagerman Simone Schilder	5-7, 4-6
Winner	2.	9 February 1987	Reims, France	Clay	Erika Smith	Regina Rajchrtová Andrea Vopat	6-4, 6-3
Runner-up	3.	1 June 1987	Adria, Italy	Clay	Erika Smith	Nora Bajchiková Petra Langrová	7-6, 5-7, 2-6
Winner	4.	17 August 1987	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Veronika Martinek	Stefania Dalla Valle Bettina Diesner	7-6(4), 6-7(5), 7-6(5)
Winner	5.	4 July 1988	Cava de' Tirreni, Italy	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Christiane Hofmann Katarzyna Nowak	6-1, 6-1
Runner-up	6.	29 August 1988	Nivelles, Belgium	Clay	Amy van Buuren	Elena Brioukhovets Viktoria Milvidskaia	6–1, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	19 September 1988	Marsa, Malta	Hard	Amy van Buuren	Mareke Plocher Titia Wilmink	5-7, 6-7
Winner	8.	24 April 1989	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Nora Bajchiková Petra Holubová	6-0, 1-0 ret.
Winner	9.	3 July 1989	Vaihingen, West Germany	Clay	Anouschka Popp	Luciana Tella Andrea Tiezzi	7-5, 6-4
Winner	10.	24 July 1989	Kitzbuhel, Austria	Clay	Jitka Dubcová	Henrike Kadzidroga Nathalie Van Dierendonck	6-2, 6-4
Runner-up	11.	16 April 1990	Naples, Italy	Hard	Michaela Frimmelová	Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová	3-6, 4-6
Runner-up	12.	23 April 1990	Caserta, Italy	Hard	Michaela Frimmelová	Elena Brioukhovets Eugenia Maniokova	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	13.	9 July 1990	Erlangen, West Germany	Clay	Eva Pfaff	Agnese Blumberga Eugenia Maniokova	6-3, 6-1

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References

↑ "Goodwill Games Results". United Press International . 13 July 1986. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Sofia - 31 July - 06 August 1989". ITF . Retrieved 22 December 2017.
↑ "French Open Paris". Reno Gazette-Journal . 2 June 1990. p. 29. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

External links

Reeka Szikszay at the Women's Tennis Association
Reeka Szikszay at the Fed Cup
Reeka Szikszay at the International Tennis Federation

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA), founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women and was founded to create a better future for women's tennis. Its counterpart organisation in the men's professional game is the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The WTA's corporate headquarters is in St. Petersburg, Florida, with its European headquarters in London and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Beijing.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national associations, and as of 2016, is affiliated with 211 national tennis associations and six regional associations.

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[1] "Goodwill Games Results". United Press International . 13 July 1986. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

[2] "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Sofia - 31 July - 06 August 1989". ITF . Retrieved 22 December 2017.

[3] "French Open Paris". Reno Gazette-Journal . 2 June 1990. p. 29. Retrieved 22 December 2017.