Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie | |||||||||||||
Nation: | Romania | ||||||||||||
Birthday: | October 24, 1972 | ||||||||||||
Size: | 168 cm | ||||||||||||
1st professional season: | 1999 | ||||||||||||
Resignation: | 2005 | ||||||||||||
Playing hand: | Right, two-handed backhand | ||||||||||||
Prize money: | $ 1,861,426 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 290: 233 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 4 WTA, 7 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 15 (August 25 1997) | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 216: 197 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 5 WTA, 8 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 21 (September 8 1997) | ||||||||||||
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) |
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie , née Ruxandra Dragomir , (born October 24, 1972 in Piteşti , Argeş County ) is a former Romanian tennis player and sports official .
Between 1990 and 2001 Ruxandra Dragomir won nine tournaments on the WTA Tour (four of which were singles) and 15 ITF tournaments (seven in singles). She reached her highest world ranking position in August 1997 with 15th place. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was achieved in Melbourne, where she was in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in 1997 and 1998 .
In early 2001 she married Florent Ilie. After a long break (among other things because of an ankle injury and the birth of her first of two children) she only played a few tournaments from 2003 onwards.
Dragomir also played for the Fed Cup and the Olympic teams of Romania. She later was the captain of the Romanian Fed Cup team .
From February 23, 2009 to February 22, 2013 she was President of the Federația Română de Tenis .
Tournament victories
singles
No. | date | competition | category | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
1. | May 12, 1996 | Budapest | Tier IV | sand | Melanie fast | 7: 6 6 , 6: 1 |
2. | September 15, 1996 | Carlsbad | Tier IV | sand | Patty Schnyder | 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4 |
3. | November 24, 1996 | Pattaya | Tier IV | Hard court | Tamarine Tanasu yarn | 7: 6 4 , 6: 4 |
4th | June 21, 1997 | 's-Hertogenbosch | Tier III | race | Miriam Oremans | 5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ruxandra Dragomir, noul președinte al Federaţiei Române de Tenis , accessed on February 28, 2015 (Romanian)
- ↑ George Cosac, noul președinte al FR Tenis , accessed on February 28, 2015 (Romanian)
Web links
- WTA profile of Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (English)
- ITF profile Ruxandra Dragomir (English)
- Fed Cup stats by Ruxandra Dragomir (English)
- Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dragomir Ilie, Ruxandra |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dragomir, Ruxandra (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian tennis player and sports official |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Piteşti , Argeş County |