Teodora Mirčić

Teodora Mirčić
Теодора Мирчић

Country	Yugoslavia (2000–2003)  Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)  Serbia (2006–present)
Residence	Sarasota, Florida, United States[1]
Born	(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$129,639
Singles
Career record	239–199
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	249 (16 June 2008)
Current ranking	304 (13 May 2013)
Doubles
Career record	229–127
Career titles	29 ITF
Highest ranking	131 (2 April 2012)
Current ranking	242 (13 May 2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–3
Last updated on: 13 May 2013.

Teodora Mirčić (Serbian: Теодора Мирчић; born 3 March 1988) is a Serbian tennis player. She has won three singles and 29 doubles titles on the ITF tour, and has also played for the Serbia Fed Cup team.^[2]

Personal life

Teodora Mirčić was born to Miomir and Draginja Mirčić in Belgrade, and also has a brother, Radovan.^[1] A great fan of sports, she cites hard as her favourite surface, and Roger Federer and Monica Seles her idols.^[3] Mirčić began training tennis aged 8 at Belgrade's tennis club As.^[3] She trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida, and currently resides in Sarasota, Florida.^[1]

Tennis career

Mirčić played her first WTA Tour qualifications in 2005, at Budapest Grand Prix, but the first round.^[4] She then earned a wild card for the 2006 Budapest Grand Prix, losing to Kaia Kanepi in the first round.^[4] Tsvetana Pironkova defeated her in the first round of the 2008 Budapest Grand Prix in two sets.^[4] In 2009, Mirčić played qualifications for two WTA Tour events, Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem and Swedish Open, but fell.^[5] At the 2011 Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix, she played singles qualifications, losing to Aleksandra Krunić in the second round, and in the doubles main draw partnering with Laura Pous Tió. The two lost to the first seeds Anabel Medina Garrigues and Alicja Rosolska.^[6] Along with Laura Thorpe, Mirčić competed in doubles at the 2011 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo. The two defeated the fourth seeds Sorana Cîrstea and Andreja Klepač in a super tiebreak in the first round.^[7] She lost to Karin Knapp in the last round of singles qualifications.^[8]

Mirčić joined the Serbia Fed Cup team in 2008, playing with Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Ana Jovanović against Poland.^[9] Ivanovic defeated Urszula Radwańska, and then Janković defeated Agnieszka Radwańska, securing Serbia a place in World Group II.^[9] In a match without result importance, Mirčić and Jovanović lost to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska in straight sets.^[9] The same Serbian team played against Croatia.^[10] Mirčić lost her singles match, but Janković, Ivanovic and Jovanović defeated their opponents, with Serbia winning the tie 3–2.^[10] Mirčić and Jovanović also played a doubles match, but retired by the result 4–1 for Croatian team.^[10] Mirčić has not played in Fed Cup since.

Career statistics

ITF singles finals (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	11 July 2004	Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Amanda Janes	2–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	1 July 2007	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Karolina Jovanović	6–3, 6–3
Runner–up	2.	27 October 2007	Saint Denis, France	Hard	Virginie Pichet	1–6, 3–6
Runner–up	3.	20 February 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Christina Shakovets	4–6, 1–6

ITF doubles finals (33–16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	15 September 2006	Torre del Greco, Italy	Clay	Emilia Desiderio	Andreea Roxana Vaideanu Erika Zanchetta	1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Winner	1.	23 September 2006	Lecce, Italy	Clay	Ekaterina Ivanova	Kildine Chevalier Adriana Serra Zanetti	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner	2.	22 October 2006	Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Ana Veselinović	Ana Jovanović Polona Reberšak	6–4, 7–5
Winner	3.	29 October 2006	Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Aleksandra Lukič Patricia Vollmeier	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	2.	1 April 2007	Hammond, United States	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Chan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner–up	3.	9 June 2007	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Danica Krstajić	Ana Jovanović Anastasia Poltoratskaya	6–0, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	23 June 2007	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Carmen Klaschka Magda Mihalache	6–2, 6–1
Winner	5.	29 June 2007	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Karolina Jovanović	Katarína Poljaková Zuzana Zlochová	6–1, 6–0
Winner	6.	5 July 2007	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Hanna Nooni	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Anna Koumantou	7–5, 7–5
Winner	7.	27 October 2007	Saint Denis, France	Hard	Marinne Giraud	Florence Haring Virginie Pichet	6–2, 7–5
Winner	8.	2 December 2007	Sintra, Portugal	Clay	Caroline Maes	Neuza Silva Roxane Vaisemberg	6–4, 6–1
Winner	9.	21 March 2008	Noida, India	Hard	Lenka Tvarošková	Kelly Anderson Chanelle Scheepers	6–2, 6–7(7–9), [10–6]
Runner–up	4.	14 May 2008	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Emma Laine	Iveta Gerlová Tereza Hladíková	1–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	24 May 2008	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Emma Laine	Maria Kondratieva Oksana Teplyakova	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Winner	11.	21 June 2008	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Lenka Tvarošková	Stefania Boffa Nikola Fraňková	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	12.	27 July 2008	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Justine Ozga Darina Šeděnková	6–1, 6–4
Runner–up	5.	15 August 2008	Palić, Serbia	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Olga Brózda Magdalena Kiszczyńska	3–6, 5–7(6–8)
Winner	13.	30 August 2008	Vlaardingen, Netherlands	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Irina Kuzmina Anastasia Poltoratskaya	6–1, 6–2
Winner	14.	22 November 2008	Phoenix, United States	Hard	Lenka Tvarošková	Kelly Anderson Natalie Grandin	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Winner	15.	12 April 2009	Šibenik, Croatia	Clay	Nataša Zorić	Tina Obrez Mika Urbančič	6–0, 6–3
Winner	16.	17 July 2009	Rome, Italy	Clay	María Irigoyen	Elisa Balsamo Stefania Chieppa	7–5, 6–2
Winner	17.	5 September 2009	Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Ana Jovanović	Patricia Chirea Petra Pajalič	6–4, 6–1
Runner–up	6.	13 September 2009	Denain, France	Clay	Magdalena Kiszchzynska	Elena Chalova Ksenia Lykina	4–6, 3–6
Runner–up	7.	10 October 2009	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Karolina Jovanović	Nicole Clerico Karolina Kosińska	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [4–10]
Runner–up	8.	25 April 2010	Dothan, United States	Clay	María Irigoyen	Alina Jidkova Anastasia Yakimova	4–6, 2–6
Winner	18.	12 June 2010	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Lenka Wienerová	Anna Livadaru Florencia Molinero	6–4, 6–1
Winner	19.	2 July 2010	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Marija Mirkovic	Katarzyna Piter Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Winner	20.	10 July 2010	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Erika Sema	Elena Bogdan Andrea Koch Benvenuto	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–8]
Runner–up	9.	6 August 2010	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Marija Mirkovic	Nadejda Guskova Valeria Solovyeva	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Runner–up	10.	15 January 2011	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Jasmina Tinjić	Ulrikke Eikeri Isabella Shinikova	4–6, 4–6
Winner	21.	12 February 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Maria Shamayko	Sultan Gönen Anna Karavayeva	6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	11.	29 April 2011	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Nicole Rottmann	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	1–6, 2–6
Winner	22.	18 June 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Marta Domachowska	Daniella Dominikovic Melis Sezer	6–4, 6–2
Winner	23.	10 September 2011	Saransk, Russia	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Eva Hrdinová Veronika Kapshay	6–3, 6–1
Runner–up	12.	19-Mar-2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Claudia Giovine	Evelyn Mayr Julia Mayr	2-6,3-6
Winner	24.	23-Apr-2012	San Severo, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	Chiara Mendo Giulia Sussarello	6-2 6-4
Winner	25.	26 May 2012	Timișoara, Romania	Clay	Andreea Mitu	Lina Gjorcheska Dalia Zafirova	6–1, 6–2
Runner–up	13.	04-Jun-2012	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	5-7,3-6
Winner	26.	25-Jun-2012	Izmir, Turkey	Hard	Ana Bogdan	Abbie Myers Melis Sezer	6-3, 3-0 RET
Runner–up	14.	25-Jun-2012	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Reka-Luca Jani	Mailen Auroux Maria Irigoyen	7-5,4-6 8-10
Runner–up	15.	04-Feb-2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ana Bogdan	Giulia Bruzzone Martina Caregaro	3-6,6-1 6-10
Winners	27.	11-Feb-2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Raluca Elena Platon	Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Kvatsabaia	1-6 4-5 RET
Winners	28.	01-Apr-2013	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Vivien Juhaszova	Giulia Sussarello Sara Sussarello	7-5 6-7 (7) 10-4
Winners	29.	08-Apr-2013	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Marina Melnikova	Giulia Sussarello Despina Papamichail	6-1 6-4
Winner	30.	13 May 2013	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Naomi Broady	Chen Yi Xu Yifan	6–3, 6–3
Winner	31.	20 May 2013	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard (i)	Naomi Broady	Tang Haochen Tian Ran	6–2, 1–6, [10–5]
Runner–up	16.	03-Jun-2013	Karshi, Uzbekıstan	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Margarita Gasparyan Polina Pekhova	2-6,1-6
Winner	32.	16 September 2013	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Isabella Shinikova Dalia Zafirova	7-5, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	33.	January 20, 2014	Daytona Beach, United States	Clay	Nicole Melichar	Asia Muhammad Allie Will	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1), [10–1]

Fed Cup singles performances (0–1)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	Outcome	Result
2008 Fed Cup World Group II	Quarterfinals	26 April 2008	Croatia	Hard	Ana Vrljić	Loss	4–6, 5–7

Fed Cup doubles performances (0–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Outcome	Result
2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I D	Round Robin	31 January 2008	Poland	Carpet	Ana Jovanović	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	Loss	3–6, 2–6
2008 Fed Cup World Group II	Quarterfinals	27 April 2008	Croatia	Hard	Ana Jovanović	Jelena Kostanić Tošić Ana Vrljić	Loss	1–4, retired

References

External links

• Teodora Mirčić at the Women's Tennis Association
• Teodora Mirčić at the International Tennis Federation
• Teodora Mirčić at the Fed Cup

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Serbian female singles tennis players as of 3 February 2014 1. Jelena Janković (8 ) 2. Ana Ivanovic (12 ) 3. Bojana Jovanovski (41 ) 4. Vesna Dolonc (117 ) 5. Jovana Jakšić (149 1) 6. Aleksandra Krunić (152 1) 7. Doroteja Erić (226 8) 8. Teodora Mirčić (325 3) 9. Barbara Bonić (347 1) 10. Tamara Čurović (463 1)

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Serbian female doubles tennis players as of 16 September 2013 1. Jelena Janković (20 1) 2. Aleksandra Krunić (100 12) 4. Vesna Dolonc (114 16) 8. Teodora Mirčić (154 19) 10. Tamara Čurović (225 5) 3. Bojana Jovanovski (325 2) 5. Natalija Kostić (525 10) 6. Katarina Adamović (669 78) 7. Milana Špremo (683 2) 9. Kristina Ostojić (719 43)