Greta Arn is a Hungarian tennis player. Born on April 13,1979, she first played for Germany while holding a dual Hungarian citizenship for 9 years before choosing to play for her home country in the 2008 Fed Cup. Arn turned pro in 1997.She won her first WTA title as a qualifier with a rank of 176, becoming the lowest ranked player to win an event in the WTA in 2007. She also played in the 2007 Estoril Open, defeating Victoria Azarenka with a score of 2–6, 6–1, 7–6 (3).
Arn recently played in the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, where she reached the third round of the Grand Slam for the first time. She defeated Kateryna Bondarenko before beating Alicia Molik. However, Arn lost the third round to Marion Bartoli. She also competed in the 2010 US Open, where she fought second seed Kim Clijsters and lost with a score of 6–0 7–5. Her next event was at the prestigious Toray Pan Pacific Open where she defeated Chang Yung-jan and Elena Baltacha, before defeating Laura Robson in the main draw’s first round. She eventually bowed down to top seed Caroline Wozniacki.
She played in her first event of 2011 at the ASB Classic, where she defeated Zuzana Ondrášková before defeating Sofia Arvidsson. This was followed by the biggest win of Arn’s career when she defeated former world number one Maria Sharapova. Her defeat of Yanina Wickmayer granted her the 2011 ASB classic title, her second title win and her first title for 2011.
