Ruxandra Dragomir

Ruxandra Dragomir

Ruxandra Dragomir at the 2011 BCR Open Romania Ladies
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	(1972-10-24) 24 October 1972 Piteşti, Romania
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,861,426
Singles
Career record	290–233
Career titles	4 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 15 (25 August 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1997, 1998)
French Open	QF (1997)
Wimbledon	3R (1996)
US Open	2R (1994, 1999, 2000)
Doubles
Career record	216–197
Career titles	5 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 21 (8 September 1997)

Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born 24 October 1972) is a retired professional tennis player from Romania.

She won four singles and five doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 25 August 1997, when she became the number 15 of the world. Between 2009 and 2013 she was the president of Romanian Tennis Federation.^[1] Her best performance at a Grand Slam came when she got to the quarter finals of the 1997 French Open, defeating Sonya Jeyaseelan, Yayuk Basuki, Karina Habšudová and Nicole Arendt before losing to eventual champion Iva Majoli.

Dragomir retired from tennis in 2005.

WTA career finals

Singles: 8 (4-4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Category	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 July 1995	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Tier IV	Clay	Judith Wiesner	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Winner	1.	6 May 1996	Budapest, Hungary	Tier IV	Clay	Melanie Schnell	7–6(8–6), 6–1
Winner	2.	9 September 1996	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Tier IV	Clay	Patty Schnyder	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	3.	18 November 1996	Pattaya City, Thailand	Tier IV	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Runner-up	2.	28 April 1997	Hamburg, Germany	Tier II	Clay	Iva Majoli	3–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	16 June 1997	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Tier III	Grass	Miriam Oremans	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	11 April 1999	Amelia Island, United States	Tier II	Clay	Monica Seles	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	25 June 2000	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Tier II	Grass	Martina Hingis	2–6, 0–3 retired

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	4 July 1994	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Laura Garrone	Alice Canepa Giulia Casoni	6–1, 6–0
Winner	2.	15 May 1995	Bournemouth, Great Britain	Clay	Mariaan de Swardt	Kerry-Anne Guse Patricia Hy-Boulais	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	5 January 1997	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Silvia Farina	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi	7–6, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	28 April 1997	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Iva Majoli	Anke Huber Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Winner	3.	14 July 1997	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Karina Habšudová	Eva Martincová Helena Vildová	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Winner	4.	21 July 1997	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Inés Gorrochategui	Catherine Barclay Meike Babel	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	10 July 2000	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Silvia Farina Elia Rita Grande	4–6, 6–0, 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up	4.	7 January 2001	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Elena Likhovtseva Cara Black	4–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	18 June 2001	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Nadia Petrova	Kim Clijsters Miriam Oremans	7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Runner-up	5.	22 July 2001	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Virginia Ruano Pascual Magüi Serna	4–6, 3–6

Single performance timeline

Head vs. Head Record

• Serena Williams 0-1
• Venus Williams 0-3
• Martina Hingis 0-4
• Lindsay Davenport 0-7
• Anna Kournikova 2-1
• Dominique Monami 1-2
• Kim Clijsters 0-1
• Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0-5
• Nadia Petrova 2-0

References

External links

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