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I. Spirlea

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Irina Spirlea TopCourt Logo

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Height
5'9"
1.75m
Plays
Right-Handed
DOB
Mar 26 1974
Birthplace
Bucharest, Romania
Career High
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Oct 13 1997
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Grand Slam Record

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Highest Finish

SF x1
W/L
43/28
1997

Australian Open

QF x1
1997

Roland Garros

R16 x3
1997, 1996, 1994

Wimbledon

R16 x2
1998, 1997

US Open

SF x1
1997

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Personal

Coached by Max Pace...Favorite surface was clay...Parents are Dumitru, a modern pentathlon coach, and Georgeta, a designer; has younger brother, Daniel...Enjoys listening to music, swimming, soccer and watching NBA basketball...Speaks fluent Italian...Favorites include the book Gone With the Wind, the color red and Italian foods...Likes to visit Switzerland because of its beautiful mountains and lakes...Admired Steffi Graf when growing up...Picks Carl Lewis as world's best athlete.

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (4): 1998 - Strasbourg; 1996 - Amelia Island; 1995 - Palermo; 1994 - Palermo.
Finalist (6): 1999 - Cairo; 1998 - Hilton Head; 1997 - Indian Wells; 1995 - Jakarta; 1994 - Taranto; 1993 - Sapporo.

DOUBLES
Winner (6): 1999 - Paris [Indoors], Luxembourg, Linz (all w/Vis); 1996 - Rome (w/Sanchez-Vicario); 1995 - Jakarta (w/Porwik); 1994 - Taranto (w/van Lottum).
Finalist (7): 1999 - Gold Coast (w/Kunce), Cairo (w/Vis); 1998 - Leipzig (w/Bollegraf); 1997 - Madrid (w/Gorrochategui); 1996 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/de Swardt), Oakland (w/Tauziat); 1995 - Zagreb (w/L. Golarsa).

ADDITIONAL
Romanian Fed Cup Team 1991-92. Romanian Olympic Team 1992.

Career in Review

1994 - Won first WTA Tour title at Palermo, upsettin top-seed Schultz-McCarthy 64 16 76(75) in final (defended title in 1995)
1996 - Broke into world Top 10 on December 23, the first Romanian woman to do so since Ruzici in 1981; as world No. 22, won Amelia Island by d. No. 14 Pierce in the final; d. Pierce again at Eastbourne; toppled world No. 2 Sanchez-Vicario for second time at Italian Open in QF for her best-ever win; qualified for season-ending championship
1997 - At Australian Open, reached first career Grand Slam QF, the first Romanian woman to reach QF at Australian Open since Ruzici in 1980; surpassed $1 million in career prize money; reached first Grand Slam SF at US Open; seeded No. 11, upset No. 2 seed Seles and No. 6 seed Coetzer en route to SF, falling in a third-set tie-break to V. Williams; world ranking moved up to tie a then-career high of No. 9; avenged US Open SF loss to V. Williams two monthslater in 1r at Philadelphia, and d. No. 5 Seles for second time to reach SF; reached first Tier I-level final at Indian Wells, d. world No. 4 top seed Sanchez-Vicario in SF; capped off best year yet on the tour by qualifying for the season-ending Championships as one of the best 16 players of the year; saved 3mp to d. MJ Fernandez to reach SF
1998 - D. two Top 10 players - Davenport and Seles - in back-to-back third-set tie-breaks to reach final at Hilton Head, saving 3mp against Davenport in the QF; avenged two earlier losses to S. Williams by d. her 63 06 75 3r of US Open in a night match played in a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium; reached season-ending championships SF again in 1998 after upsetting world No. 4 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 1r
1999 - Finalist in singles and doubles at Cairo; saved 2mp in 2r singles match against Boogert, and avenged loss earlier in the year to Pierce; upset No. 6 seed Kournikova to reach QF at Linz before falling to top seed Pierce in 3s; captured first doubles title in three years at Paris [Indoors] w/Vis and won Luxembourg and Linz w/Vis, too; qualified for season-ending championships in doubles
2000 - Upset No. 8 seed Van Roost in straight sets at Paris [Indoors] en route to QF, falling to No. 4 seed Kournikova in 3s

Best Grand Slam Result

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SF x1
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43/28
1997

Australian Open

QF x1
1997

Roland Garros

R16 x3
1997, 1996, 1994

Wimbledon

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1998, 1997

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1997
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1996
R64
R16
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R32
1995
R16
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1994
R128
R16
R64
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Singles Career High Ranking
Highest Singles
7
Oct 13, 1997
Doubles Career High Ranking
Highest Doubles
16
Oct 02, 1995
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2001 165
2000 33 167
1999 13 35
1998 8 15
1997 7 8
1996 10 10
1995 21 21
1994 33 43
1993 61 63
1992 136 164
1991 188 208
1990 304 310
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2001 142
2000 16 142
1999 17 17
1998 32 33
1997 25 38
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1995 16 24
1994 58 64
1993 87 94
1992 171 172
1991 202 226
1990 273 276
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