Amarissa Tóth

Amarissa Kiara Tóth
Country (sports)	Hungary
Born	10 February 2003 (age 21)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$70,915
Singles
Career record	121–68
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 370 (10 June 2024)
Current ranking	No. 413 (4 November 2024)
Doubles
Career record	101–42
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 264 (3 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 358 (4 November 2024)
Team competitions
BJK Cup	3–2
	Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Amarissa Kiara Tóth (born 10 February 2003) is a Hungarian tennis player.

Tóth has career-high WTA rankings of 370 in singles, attained on 10 June 2024, and 264 in doubles, achieved on 3 October 2022.^[1]

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Budapest Grand Prix, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament.

During her round of 32 match at the 2023 Budapest Grand Prix against Zhang Shuai, Tóth erased a ball mark after Zhang's shot was called out by the umpire despite repeated calls by Zhang for Tóth to not smear the mark.^[2] Zhang insisted the shot was in, which seemed to be the case, and retired from the match shortly after the incident citing a severe panic attack. Tóth was condemned by many players and fans alike for her allegedly unsportsmanlike behavior. A few days after the incident, Tóth apologized for her actions.^[3]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
W15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Clay (6–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Sonay Kartal	5–7, 5–7
Win	1–1	Aug 2022	ITF Kottingbrunn, Austria	W15	Clay	Carolina Kuhl	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Dec 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Anastasiya Soboleva	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	2–2	Dec 2023	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Jana Bojović	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–2	Dec 2023	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Jana Bojović	6–2, 6–0
Win	4–2	Jan 2024	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Andreea Prisăcariu	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–3	Feb 2024	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Daniela Vismane	1–0 ret.
Win	5–3	Apr 2024	ITF Osijek, Croatia	W15	Clay	Denisa Hindová	6–2, 6–1
Win	6–3	Nov 2024	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Ștefania Bojică	6–4, 2–0 ret.

Doubles: 24 (15 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
W75 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (15–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Başak Eraydın	Jessie Aney Christina Rosca	4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win	2–0	Jul 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Julie Belgraver	Christina Rosca Ani Vangelova	6–2, 7–5
Loss	2–1	Sep 2021	ITF Dijon, France	W15	Clay	Lucie Wargnier	Naïma Karamoko Xenia Knoll	2–6, 2–6
Win	3–1	Oct 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Dorka Drahota-Szabó	Romana Čisovská Adrienn Nagy	6–3, 2–6, [10–4]
Loss	3–2	Nov 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Tamara Čurović	Diana Shnaider Anastasiya Soboleva	2–6, 0–6
Win	4–2	Dec 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Ksenia Laskutova	Claudia Hoste Ferrer Carlota Martinez Cirez	6–0, 7–5
Win	5–2	Dec 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Ksenia Laskutova	Mariana Dražić Jazmín Ortenzi	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Dec 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Ksenia Laskutova	Oana Gavrilă Arina Vasilescu	6–1, 4–6, [10–12]
Loss	5–4	Feb 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Angelica Moratelli	Mariana Dražić Katharina Hobgarski	5–7, 4–6
Win	6–4	Mar 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W25	Clay	Diana Shnaider	Amina Anshba Maria Timofeeva	6–4, 6–2
Win	7–4	Mar 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Ksenia Laskutova	Sapfo Sakellaridi Anastasia Zolotareva	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 1–6, [10–7]
Loss	7–5	May 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	İlay Yörük	Viktoriya Petrenko Doğa Türkmen	5–7, 7–6⁽³⁾, [12–14]
Win	8–5	Jul 2022	ITF Kottingbrunn, Austria	W15	Clay	Doğa Türkmen	Fernanda Labraña Dalila Spiteri	w/o
Win	9–5	Aug 2022	ITF Mogyoród, Hungary	W25	Clay	Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie	Carole Monnet Marine Partaud	7–5, 6–0
Loss	9–6	Sep 2022	ITF Vienna, Austria	W25	Clay	Živa Falkner	Lena Papadakis Anna Sisková	6–7⁽⁸⁾, 4–6
Win	10–6	Dec 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Mariana Dražić	Eleni Christofi Anna Ureke	1–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss	10–7	Dec 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Mariana Dražić	Yana Karpovich Daria Lodikova	5–7, 2–6
Win	11–7	Jun 2023	ITF Annenheim, Austria	W25	Clay	Anna Zyryanova	Michaela Bayerlová Jenny Dürst	6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Win	12–7	Aug 2023	ITF Osijek, Croatia	W25	Clay	Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie	Luisa Meyer auf der Heide Dimitra Pavlou	6–2, 6–4
Loss	12–8	Aug 2023	ITF Erwitte, Germany	W25	Clay	Ekaterina Ovcharenko	Nika Radišić Anita Wagner	5–7, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	13–8	Dec 2023	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Rada Zolotareva	Rikke de Koning Madelief Hageman	6–1, 6–4
Win	14–8	Jul 2024	Zagreb Open, Croatia	W50	Clay	Živa Falkner	Lia Karatancheva Sapfo Sakellaridi	6–4, 6–3
Loss	14–9	Aug 2024	ITF Trieste, Italy	W35	Clay	Živa Falkner	Anastasia Abbagnato Anita Wagner	3–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	15–9	Sep 2024	Šibenik Open, Croatia	W75	Clay	Živa Falkner	Raluca Șerban Anca Todoni	2–1 ret.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2021	French Open	Clay	Maria Bondarenko	Alex Eala Oksana Selekhmeteva	0–6, 5–7

National representation

Billie Jean King Cup

Tóth made her debut for the Hungary Billie Jean King Cup team in 2022, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I.

Group membership
World Group
World Group Play-off
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group (3–2)

Matches by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type
Singles (0–0)
Doubles (3–2)

Matches by setting
Indoors (0–0)
Outdoors (3–2)

Doubles (3–2)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2022	Z1 RR	13 April 2022	Antalya (TUR)	Denmark	Clay	Anna Bondár	Sofia Samavati Johanne Svendsen	W	6–2, 6–4
	Z1 RR	15 April 2022		Estonia		Réka Luca Jani	Anet Angelika Koskel Katriin Saar	W	6–1, 6–3
	Z1 PO	16 April 2022		Slovenia		Réka Luca Jani	Kaja Juvan Lara Smejkal	L	walkover
2023	Z1 RR	11 April 2023	Antalya (TUR)	Egypt	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz Rana Sherif Ahmed	W	6–1, 6–2
2023	Z1 PO	15 April 2023	Antalya (TUR)	Sweden	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Kajsa Rinaldo Persson	L	2–6, 2–6

Controversy

In the first round of singles at the 2023 Budapest Grand Prix, Tóth rubbed out a contested ball mark with her foot after her opponent, Zhang Shuai, had remonstrated with the umpire over the line call. The mark appeared to show that Zhang’s shot had landed in, and she argued with the umpire for six minutes over the decision to award the point to Tóth. After the match continued and final decision of the point was decided by the umpire, Toth walked up to the mark and erased it. When Tóth was asked by Zhang why she did that, Tóth replied, "Because you’re making problems, that’s why." Eventually, Zhang retired from her match against Tóth, citing a severe panic attack incited by Tóth's actions and a hostile crowd. Upon Zhang’s retirement, Tóth openly celebrated; it was her first WTA Tour singles main draw, and the situation ended up giving Tóth her first and last career victory.^[4]

Tóth's actions of erasing the ball mark, allegedly mocking Zhang’s outburst, and celebrating at her retirement sparked backlash among the tennis community. Current players described them as "disgusting" (Ajla Tomljanović), "[I give] zero respect to her" (Daria Saville), "a quick way to lose respect from your peers" (Ellen Perez), "one of the worst line calls and poorly handled situations" (Jamie Loeb), "very bad sportsmanship" (Daria Kasatkina), "not acceptable" (Ons Jabeur), "another level of unsportsmanlike conduct" (Victoria Azarenka), and that Tóth "should be banned from the tour" (Maria Sakkari).^[5] Former world No. 1, Martina Navratilova, described Tóth as "a bad sport".^[6]

Tóth subsequently lost her next match to Kateryna Baindl,^[7] and after several days gave a public apology for her actions.^[8]

References

^ "Amarissa Toth | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
^ "Hungarian Toth apologises for erasing mark in match against Zhang". Reuters. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ "Amarissa Toth sorry she erased mark, caused Zhang Shuai to quit". ESPN. 23 July 2023.
^ "Aussie tennis players rage after 'disgusting' act leaves Zhang Shuai in tears". Yahoo Sport Australia. Archived from the original on 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
^ "Ajla Tomljanovic, Daria Saville rally around Zhang Shuai after controversial call goes viral in Budapest". tennis.com. Archived from the original on 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
^ "Martina Navratilova baffled by Kiara Toth's unprofessionalism: "Pathetic"". Tennis World USA. 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
^ "Kateryna Baindl rolls over Amarissa Toth, then encourages Budapest crowd to "stay fair"". Tennis.com.
^ "Amarissa Toth sorry she erased mark, caused Zhang Shuai to quit". ESPN. 23 July 2023.

External links

Amarissa Tóth at the Women's Tennis Association
Amarissa Tóth at the International Tennis Federation
Amarissa Tóth at the Billie Jean King Cup

[1] "Amarissa Toth | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.

[2] "Hungarian Toth apologises for erasing mark in match against Zhang". Reuters. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[3] "Amarissa Toth sorry she erased mark, caused Zhang Shuai to quit". ESPN. 23 July 2023.

[4] "Aussie tennis players rage after 'disgusting' act leaves Zhang Shuai in tears". Yahoo Sport Australia. Archived from the original on 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-19.

[5] "Ajla Tomljanovic, Daria Saville rally around Zhang Shuai after controversial call goes viral in Budapest". tennis.com. Archived from the original on 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-19.

[6] "Martina Navratilova baffled by Kiara Toth's unprofessionalism: "Pathetic"". Tennis World USA. 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2023-07-22.

[7] "Kateryna Baindl rolls over Amarissa Toth, then encourages Budapest crowd to "stay fair"". Tennis.com.

[8] "Amarissa Toth sorry she erased mark, caused Zhang Shuai to quit". ESPN. 23 July 2023.

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