Ruxandra Dragomir
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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. 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 | W/L | Date | Tournament | Category | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 1995 | Austrian Open | Tier IV | Clay | Austria Judith Wiesner | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | May 1996 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Tier IV | Clay | Austria Melanie Schnell | 7–6(8–6), 6–1 |
| Win | 2–1 | Sep 1996 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | Tier IV | Clay | Switzerland Patty Schnyder | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–1 | Nov 1996 | Pattaya Open, Thailand | Tier IV | Hard | Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Apr 1997 | Hamburg Open, Germany | Tier II | Clay | Croatia Iva Majoli | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jun 1997 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | Tier III | Grass | Netherlands Miriam Oremans | 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Apr 1999 | Amelia Island Championships, US | Tier II | Clay | United States Monica Seles | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Jun 2000 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | Tier III | Grass | Switzerland 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) |
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 | Netherlands Sandra Begijn | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 2. | 17 September 1990 | Rabac, Yugoslavia | Clay | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gorana Matić | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 3. | 24 September 1990 | Mali Lošinj, Yugoslavia | Clay | Romania Irina Spîrlea | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1. | 1 October 1990 | Šibenik, Yugoslavia | Clay | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Barbara Mulej | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 4. | 25 March 1991 | Supetar, Yugoslavia | Clay | France Angelique Olivier | 6–4, 4–6, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2. | 8 June 1992 | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Clay | Switzerland Emanuela Zardo | 1–6, 6–7(2) |
| Win | 5. | 31 August 1992 | Klagenfurt, Austria | Clay | Sweden Åsa Carlsson | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6. | 30 November 1992 | Le Havre, France | Clay | France Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor | 7–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 7. | 25 April 1998 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | Czech Republic 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 | Romania Irina Spîrlea | Belgium Els Callens Belgium Caroline Wuillot | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1. | 20 August 1990 | Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | Romania Irina Spîrlea | South Africa Erda Crous Czechoslovakia Lucie Ludvigová | 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 2. | 17 September 1990 | Rabac, Yugoslavia | Clay | Romania Irina Spîrlea | Czechoslovakia Katarína Studeníková Czechoslovakia Gabriela Vesela | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | 12 August 1991 | Pisticci, Italy | Hard | Romania Irina Spîrlea | Australia Justine Hodder Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Maja Murić | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 3 February 1992 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Clay | Romania Irina Spîrlea | Australia Nicole Pratt Australia Angie Woolcock | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 3. | 14 June 1992 | Modena, Italy | Clay | Bulgaria Elena Pampoulova | France Alexandra Fusai Switzerland Natalie Tschan | 6–3, 7–6(5) |
| Win | 4. | 22 June 1992 | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Clay | Switzerland Natalie Tschan | France Barbara Collet France Alexandra Fusai | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4. | 22 November 1992 | Nottingham, UK | Carpet (i) | Romania Irina Spîrlea | Belgium Els Callens Bulgaria Elena Pampoulova | 6–7(3), 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | 30 November 1992 | Le Havre, France | Clay | Romania Irina Spîrlea | Germany Angela Kerek Germany Sabine Lohmann | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 2 May 2004 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Germany Antonia Matic | Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva Czech Republic Eva Birnerová | 6–3, 6–7(4), 3–6 |
| Win | 6. | 16 May 2004 | St. Gaudens, France | Clay | Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | Poland Marta Domachowska Argentina Natalia Gussoni | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 7. | 15 June 2004 | Gorizia, Italy | Carpet (i) | Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | Germany Martina Müller Germany Angelika Rösch | 7–6(7), 6–2 |
| Loss | 6. | 17 October 2004 | Ashburn, United States | Hard | United States Samantha Reeves | United States Kelly McCain United States Kristen Schlukebir | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 8. | 24 October 2004 | Cary, United States | Hard | United States Samantha Reeves | Canada Maureen Drake Japan Nana Miyagi | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| 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
- at the Women's Tennis Association
- at the International Tennis Federation
- at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)