Irena Pavlovic

Irena Pavlovic
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Paris, France
Born	28 September 1988 (age 35); Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$143,673
Singles
Career record	153–134
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	187 (11 October 2010)
Current ranking	202 (22 November 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	1R (2009)
US Open	Q2 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	75–36
Career titles	0 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	116 (25 October 2010)
	Last updated on: 10 November 2010.

Irena Pavlovic ([Ирена Павловић, Irena Pavlović] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help); born 28 September 1988) is a French female tennis player of Serbian descent.^[1]^[2] Born in Serbian capital Belgrade, she moved to Paris when she was three.^[1] Pavlovic won three singles and 13 doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation, and is currently ranked World No. 202.^[3] She was awarded with wild cards for two WTA in 2009, Internationaux de Strasbourg and French Open, which was her first grand slam appearance. Pavlovic lost in the first round both times to, respectively, Kristina Barrois and Akgul Amanmuradova. In her career, she defeated players such as Monica Niculescu, Anne Keothavong and Marina Eraković.^[4]

Early and personal life

Pavlovic was born in Belgrade (Serbia now, SFR Yugoslavia then) to Dragan and Mirjana.^[5] She has a brother, Filip, who is a basketball player.^[1] She began playing tennis aged four, with Monica Seles as her idol.^[1] Russian tennis player Arina Rodionova is a good friend of Pavlovic,^[6] who is fluent in French, Serbian and English. Upon being coached by Christophe Serriere and Danyel Ristic,^[5] she was coached at famous academy of Patrick Mouratoglou.^[7]

Career statistics

ITF singles finals (3–8)

$50,000 to $100,000
$10,000 to $25,000

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	22 January 2006	Tipton	Hard (i)	Virginie Pichet	4–6, 1–6
Runner–up	2.	29 January 2002	Hull	Hard (i)	Melanie South	4–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	22 July 2006	Frinton	Grass	Georgie Stoop	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	13 August 2006	Wrexham	Hard	Jane O'Donoghue	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	3.	15 October 2006	Jersey	Hard (i)	Angelique Kerber	0–6, 4–6
Runner–up	4.	26 February 2007	Portimão	Hard	Neuza Silva	6(2)–7, 4–6
Winner	3.	18 November 2007	Nuriootpa	Hard	Monique Adamczak	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Runner–up	5.	6 December 2009	Bendigo	Hard	Alicia Molik	3–6, 4–6
Runner–up	6.	19 April 2010	Gimhae	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	2–6, 1–6
Runner–up	7.	6 June 2010	Sarajevo	Clay	Liana Ungur	3–6, 0–6
Runner–up	8.	13 September 2010	Alphen	Clay	Julia Schruff	0–6, 3–6

ITF doubles finals (13–3)

$50,000 to $100,000
$10,000 to $25,000

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	8 October 2006	Nantes	Hard (i)	Sabine Lisicki	Rebecca Llewellyn Melanie South	2–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	20 September 2008	Madrid	Hard	Julie Coin	Yuliya Beygelzimer Anastasia Poltoratskaya	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	2.	27 September 2008	Granada	Hard	Regina Kulikova	Leticia Costas Maite Gabarrus	walkover
Winner	2.	19 December 2008	Dubai	Hard	Maša Zec Peškirič	Elena Chalova Valeria Savinykh	7–6(6), 3–6, [10–3]
Winner	3.	26 September 2009	Madrid	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Claire Feuerstein Constance Sibille	6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	4 December 2009	Bendigo	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Jocelyn Rae Emelyn Starr	6–3, 7–6(3)
Winner	5.	7 February 2010	Belfort	Carpet (i)	Elena Bovina	Nikola Hofmanova Karina Pimkina	6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner	6.	6 March 2010	Minsk	Hard (i)	Elena Bovina	Maret Ani Vitalia Diatchenko	6–0, 6–1
Winner	7.	28 March 2010	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Nina Bratchikova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6(4)-7, 6–2, [10–3]
Winner	8.	14 May 2010	Caserta	Clay	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Nicole Clerico Rebecca Marino	6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	5 June 2010	Sarajevo	Clay	Irina Buryachok	Nicole Clerico Karolina Kosińska	6–1, 6–1
Winner	10.	4 July 2010	Stuttgart	Clay	Mandy Minella	Magdalena Kiszczyńska Erika Sema	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	3.	12 September 2010	Alphen	Clay	Ksenia Lykina	Daniëlle Harmsen Bibiane Schoofs	3–6, 2–6
Winner	11.	10 October 2010	Shrewsbury	Hard (i)	Vitalia Diatchenko	Claire Feuerstein Vesna Manasieva	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Winner	12.	17 October 2010	Joue-les-Tours	Hard (i)	Tatjana Malek	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Winner	13.	20 November 2010	Bratislava	Hard (i)	Emma Laine	Claire Feuerstein Valeria Savinykh	6–4, 6–4