Simona Matei

Simona Matei

Full name	Simona-Iulia Matei
Country	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	(1985-07-07) 7 July 1985 Braşov, Socialist Republic of Romania
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Retired	Active
Plays	Right handed (two handed backhand)
Prize money	US$84,879
Singles
Career record	221–156
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 145 (2 October 2006)
Current ranking	No. 782 (4 October 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2007)
French Open	Q1 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	91–79
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 246 (2 October 2006)
Current ranking	No. 660 (4 October 2010)
Last updated on: 4 October 2010.

Simona-Iulia Matei (born 7 July 1985 in Braşov) is a professional Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On 2 October 2006, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 145. She is coached by Michele Tellini.

ITF Singles Circuit finals: 15 (9–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	29 June 2003	ITF $10,000 Orestiada, Greece	Hard	Tsvetana Pironkova	1–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	20 July 2003	ITF $10,000 Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy	Clay	Zuzana Zemenová	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	23 May 2004	ITF $10,000 Bucharest I, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	2–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	30 May 2004	ITF $10,000 Oradea, Romania	Clay	Petra Novotníková	6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	25 July 2004	ITF $10,000 Balş, Romania	Clay	Cătălina Cristea	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	15 August 2004	ITF $10,000 Târgu Mureş, Romania	Clay	Ekaterina Makarova	1–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	29 August 2004	ITF $10,000 Timişoara, Romania	Clay	Yevgenia Savransky	6–3, 6–3
Winner	8.	28 August 2005	ITF $10,000 Bucharest VI, Romania	Clay	Diana Enache	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	9.	14 May 2006	ITF $10,000 Bucharest II, Romania	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Winner	10.	8 July 2006	ITF $25,000 Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sandra Záhlavová	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(0)
Runner-up	11.	17 September 2006	ITF $25,000 Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	5–7, 5–7
Winner	12.	24 September 2006	ITF $25,000 Lecce, Italy	Clay	Giulia Gabba	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	14 June 2009	ITF $10,000 Bucharest IV, Romania	Clay	Elena Bogdan	4–6, 3–6
Winner	14.	13 September 2009	ITF $10,000 Ruse, Bulgaria	Clay	Martina Gledacheva	6–2, 6–3
Winner	15.	4 October 2009	ITF $10,000 Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Dia Evtimova	6–2, 6–3

ITF Doubles Circuit finals: 15 (7–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runners-up	1.	15 August 2004	ITF $10,000 Târgu Mureş, Romania	Clay	Barbara Pocza	Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu	5–7, 1–6
Runners-up	2.	27 August 2005	ITF $10,000 Bucharest VI, Romania	Clay	Liana Balaci	Corina Corduneanu Agnes Szatmari	W.O.
Winners	3.	2 October 2005	ITF $25,000 Porto, Portugal	Clay	Lina Stančiūtė	Kelly De Beer Eva Pera	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winners	4.	29 January 2006	ITF $10,000 Grenoble, France	Hard (I)	Pemra Özgen	Florence Haring Virginie Pichet	6–3, 7–4
Winners	5.	25 March 2006	ITF $10,000 Parioli, Italy	Clay	Magdalena Kiszczyńska	Stefania Chieppa Valentina Sulpizio	6–3, 6–2
Runners-up	6.	7 May 2006	ITF $10,000 Bucharest I, Romania	Clay	Ioana Raluca Olaru	Sorana Cîrstea Gabriela Niculescu	4–6, 6–0, (3)6–7
Winners	7.	5 April 2008	ITF $10,000 Belek, Turkey	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Eugeniya Pashkova Avgusta Tsybysheva	6–2, 5–7, [10–4]
Runners-up	8.	8 June 2008	ITF $10,000 Piteşti, Romania	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Laura-Ioana Andrei Mihaela Buzărnescu	5–7, 6–3, [2–10]
Runners-up	9.	13 December 2008	ITF $10,000 Benicarló, Spain	Clay	Cristina Mitu	Neda Kozić Biljana Pavlova	4–6, (3)6–7
Runners-up	10.	22 May 2009	ITF $10,000 Craiova, Romania	Clay	Nataša Zorić	Tanya Germanlieva Dessislava Mladenova	6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Runners-up	11.	5 June 2009	ITF $10,000 Bucharest III, Romania	Clay	Cristina Mitu	Laura-Ioana Andrei Ioana Gaspar	3–6, (3)6–7
Winners	12.	24 July 2009	ITF $10,000 Bucharest V, Romania	Clay	Ioana Gaspar	Ionela-Andreea Iova Cristina Mitu	7–6(6), 6–1
Winners	13.	11 September 2009	ITF $10,000 Ruse, Bulgaria	Clay	Ioana Ivan	Malou Ejdesgaard Dia Evtimova	6–1, 6–4
Winners	14.	2 October 2009	ITF $10,000 Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Diana Marcu	Huliya Velieva Lyutfiya Velieva	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Runners-up	15.	6 March 2010	ITF $10,000 Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Diana Marcu	Michaela Pochabová Romana Tabaková	1–6, 1–6

External links

• Simona Matei at the Women's Tennis Association
• Simona Matei at the International Tennis Federation
• Simona Matei at the Fed Cup
• Simona Matei activity at Tenis Romania website