Virginia Ruzici

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Virginia Ruzici

Country	Romania
Residence
Date of birth	January 31, 1955 (1955-01-31) (age 53)
Place of birth	Câmpia Turzii, Romania
Height
Weight
Turned pro	1975
Retired	1987
Plays	Right
Career prize money	US$1,183,728
Singles
Career record:	377–221
Career titles:	14
Highest ranking:	No. 8 (May 21, 1979)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (1980)
French Open	W (1978)
Wimbledon	QF (1978, 1981)
US Open	QF (1976, 1978)
Doubles
Career record:	284–181
Career titles:	7
Highest ranking:	?
Infobox last updated on: March 12, 2008.

Virginia Ruzici (born January 31, 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She was born in Câmpia Turzii, Romania and turned pro in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand.

In a career spanning twelve years, Ruzici won 14 career singles titles, including one Grand Slam title, the 1978 French Open. In the final she beat 1977 French Open champion Mima Jaušovec 6–2, 6–2. Ruzici also won the French Open doubles event with Jaušovec in 1978 and reached the mixed doubles final in 1977, making her one of only seven women to reach all three finals of one Grand Slam in the open era.

Ruzici remained in the world's top twenty from the years 1977–1983.^[1] She was a regular feature for the Romania Fed Cup team throughout her career, and began playing for them in 1973, two years before turning professional.

Contents 1 Grand Slam singles finals 1.1 Win (1) 1.2 Runner-up (1) 2 Grand Slam singles tournament timeline 2.1 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Win (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1978	French Open	Mima Jaušovec	6–2, 6–2

[edit] Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1980	French Open	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6–0, 6–3

[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A / A	A	1R	QF	1R	A	A	A	A	NH	A	0 / 3
French Open	1R	2R	2R	SF	A	W	QF	F	QF	QF	3R	4R	1R	A	2R	1 / 13
Wimbledon	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	QF	4R	2R	QF	4R	4R	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 13
U.S. Open	A	1R	1R	QF	4R	QF	A	4R	3R	4R	1R	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 11
SR	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	1 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 1	1 / 40

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

[edit] See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Virginia Ruzici profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• ITF Profile for Virginia Ruzici
• Fed Cup profile for Virginia Ruzici

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