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 tennis player from Romania.

She won four singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual WTA ranking 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. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when she got to the quarterfinals 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 professional tennis in 2005.

WTA career finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0–2)
Tier III, IV & V (4–2)

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 ret.

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0–2)
Tier III, IV & V (4–2)

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

ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (7–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 August 1990	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Sandra Begijn	6–3, 7–5
Winner	2.	17 September 1990	Rabac, Yugoslavia	Clay	Gorana Matić	6–3, 6–1
Winner	3.	24 September 1990	Mali Lošinj, Yugoslavia	Clay	Irina Spîrlea	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	1 October 1990	Šibenik, Yugoslavia	Clay	Barbara Mulej	6–7, 4–6
Winner	4.	25 March 1991	Supetar, Yugoslavia	Clay	Angelique Olivier	6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	8 June 1992	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Emanuela Zardo	1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner	5.	31 August 1992	Klagenfurt, Austria	Clay	Åsa Carlsson	6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	30 November 1992	Le Havre, France	Clay	Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	7–6, 7–5
Winner	7.	25 April 1998	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay	Adriana Gerši	6–0, 6–0

Doubles (8–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 August 1990	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Irina Spîrlea	Els Callens Caroline Wuillot	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	20 August 1990	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Irina Spîrlea	Erda Crous Lucie Ludvigová	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	2.	17 September 1990	Rabac, Yugoslavia	Clay	Irina Spîrlea	Katarína Studeníková Gabriela Vesela	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	12 August 1991	Pisticci, Italy	Hard	Irina Spîrlea	Justine Hodder Maja Murić	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	3 February 1992	Jakarta, Indonesia	Clay	Irina Spîrlea	Nicole Pratt Angie Woolcock	1–6, 0–6
Winner	3.	14 June 1992	Modena, Italy	Clay	Elena Pampoulova	Alexandra Fusai Natalie Tschan	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	4.	22 June 1992	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Natalie Tschan	Barbara Collet Alexandra Fusai	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	22 November 1992	Nottingham, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Irina Spîrlea	Els Callens Elena Pampoulova	6–7(3–7), 4–6
Winner	5.	30 November 1992	Le Havre, France	Clay	Irina Spîrlea	Angela Kerek Sabine Lohmann	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	5.	2 May 2004	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Antonia Matic	Lubomira Bacheva Eva Birnerová	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Winner	6.	16 May 2004	St. Gaudens, France	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Marta Domachowska Natalia Gussoni	6–3, 6–1
Winner	7.	15 June 2004	Gorizia, Italy	Carpet (i)	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Martina Müller Angelika Rösch	7–6(9–7), 6–2
Runner-up	6.	17 October 2004	Ashburn, United States	Hard	Samantha Reeves	Kelly McCain Kristen Schlukebir	2–6, 2–6
Winner	8.	24 October 2004	Cary, United States	Hard	Samantha Reeves	Maureen Drake Nana Miyagi	4–6, 6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	2R	4R	4R	3R	3R	3R	A	A	1R	14–9
French Open	4R	4R	4R	2R	QF	3R	4R	4R	1R	A	A	A	22–9
Wimbledon	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	5–9
US Open	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	3–8
Win–Loss	4–3	5–4	4–4	4–4	7–4	5–4	7–4	6–4	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	44–35

Head-to-head records

• 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

External links

• Ruxandra Dragomir at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ruxandra Dragomir at the International Tennis Federation
• Ruxandra Dragomir at the Billie Jean King Cup