Ruxandra Dragomir
Romanian tennis player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Ruxandra Dragomir?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born 24 October 1972) is a retired tennis player from Romania.
Country (sports) | Romania |
---|---|
Residence | Bucharest, Romania |
Born | (1972-10-24) 24 October 1972 (age 51) 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 (55.4%) |
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 (52.3%) |
Career titles | 5 WTA, 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 21 (8 September 1997) |
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.