Corina Morariu
Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. |
Height | 5' 8 1/4 (1.74 m) |
Turned pro | - |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | US$1,676,564 |
Singles | |
Career record | 160-134 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 29 (August 24, 1998) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2r (1998) |
French Open | 2r (1998, 2000, 2003) |
Wimbledon | 3r (1998, 1999) |
US Open | 2r (1997) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 241-146 |
Career titles | 13 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (April 3, 2000) |
Last updated on: January 24, 2007. |
Corina Marie Morariu (born January 26, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American female professional tennis player of Romanian heritage.
Morariu (pronounced: mo-RAR-yoo) turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport. She also won the mixed doubles title at the 2001 Australian Open with Ellis Ferreira. She reached the Australian Open women's doubles final with Davenport in 2005.
Morariu was formerly ranked the world's number one female doubles player.
In 2001, Morariu was diagnosed with leukemia and began a programme of chemotherapy. She has since made a full recovery and has returned to competition.
After a loss in the quarter-finals of the women's doubles at the US Open 2007 on Sept. 19th, Corina announced her retirement.