Ruxandra Dragomir

Ruxandra Dragomir
	Ruxandra Dragomir at the 2011 Romania Open
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	24 October 1972 (age 53); 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 No. 15 of the world. Between 2009 and 2013 she was the president of Romanian Tennis Federation.^[1] 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 the eventual champion, Iva Majoli.

Dragomir retired from professional tennis in 2005.

WTA Tour finals

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

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

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Category	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 1995	Austrian Open	Tier IV	Clay	Judith Wiesner	6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Win	1.	May 1996	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Tier IV	Clay	Melanie Schnell	7–6^(8–6), 6–1
Win	2.	Sep 1996	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Tier IV	Clay	Patty Schnyder	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Win	3.	Nov 1996	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Tier IV	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Loss	2.	Apr 1997	Hamburg Open, Germany	Tier II	Clay	Iva Majoli	3–6, 2–6
Win	4.	Jun 1997	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Tier III	Grass	Miriam Oremans	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	3.	Apr 1999	Amelia Island Championships, US	Tier II	Clay	Monica Seles	2–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	Jun 2000	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Tier III	Grass	Martina Hingis	2–6, 0–3 ret.

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

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

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Jul 1994	Palermo Open, Italy	Clay	Laura Garrone	Alice Canepa Giulia Casoni	6–1, 6–0
Win	2.	May 1995	Bournemouth, Great Britain	Clay	Mariaan de Swardt	Kerry-Anne Guse Patricia Hy-Boulais	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1.	Jan 1997	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Silvia Farina	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi	7–6, 6–1
Loss	2.	Apr 1997	Hamburg Open, Germany	Clay	Iva Majoli	Anke Huber Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–7^(1–7), 2–6
Win	3.	Jul 1997	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Karina Habšudová	Eva Martincová Helena Vildová	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Win	4.	Jul 1997	Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	Inés Gorrochategui	Catherine Barclay Meike Babel	6–4, 6–0
Loss	3.	Jul 2000	Palermo Open, Italy	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Silvia Farina Elia Rita Grande	4–6, 6–0, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	4.	Jan 2001	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Elena Likhovtseva Cara Black	4–6, 1–6
Win	5.	Jun 2001	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Grass	Nadia Petrova	Kim Clijsters Miriam Oremans	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(5–7), 6–4
Loss	5.	Jul 2001	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Virginia Ruano Pascual Magüi Serna	4–6, 3–6

ITF finals

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

Singles (7–2)

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

Doubles (8–6)

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

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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

References

^ "Consiliul de Conducere". Romanian Tennis Federation. Retrieved July 4, 2010.

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 (archived)

[1] "Consiliul de Conducere". Romanian Tennis Federation. Retrieved July 4, 2010.