Английская Википедия:Irina Spîrlea
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Irina Spîrlea (born 26 March 1974) is a retired tennis player from Romania who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles. Spîrlea reached her career-high ranking on the WTA Tour on 13 October 1997, when she became No. 7 in the world. She retired in 2000.
Personal life
Spîrlea married Massimiliano Pace, her former coach, in 2001, and has a son, Tommaso, born in 2002, as well as a younger daughter, Francesca.[1][2]
Career
Irina Spîrlea is one of the more successful tennis players from Romania, being one of only three women to have reached the top 10 (the others being Virginia Ruzici and Simona Halep.)[3] Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was a semifinal at the US Open in 1997. She won the WTA Newcomer of the Year award in 1994.[4]
In 1996, Spîrlea became the first player in the history of the Women's Tennis Association to receive a match default for conduct when she swore at an official in Italian during a match played in Palermo, Italy.[5][6]
Spîrlea was involved in a bumping incident with Venus Williams during a changeover in the semifinals of the 1997 US Open. Spîrlea collided with Williams near the net post while changing ends, and did not move sideways. Spîrlea went on to lose the match 6–7, 6–4, 6–7 in a third-set tiebreak, after holding two match points, at 6–4 and 6–5 in the tie breaker. Williams' father accused Spîrlea of racism, and later called her "an ugly white turkey".[7] Spîrlea accused Williams of arrogance, saying in a press conference following the match, "I'm not going to move. She never tries to turn (...) She thinks she's the fucking Venus Williams."[8][9][7] Spîrlea subsequently had to pay $5,000 fine for using an obscenity.[10] At the following Grand Slam tournament, the 1998 Australian Open, Spîrlea was the first opponent of Venus' sister, Serena Williams in the main draw and lost in three sets.[11]
WTA career finals
Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 1. | Sep 1993 | Sapporo, Japan | Carpet (i) | Шаблон:Flagicon Linda Wild | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2. | Apr 1994 | Taranto Trophy, Italy | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Julie Halard-Decugis | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1. | Jul 1994 | Palermo International, Italy | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–5) |
| Loss | 3. | Jan 1995 | Jakarta Open, Indonesia | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Sabine Hack | 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | Jul 1995 | Palermo International, Italy | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Sabine Hack | 7–6(7–1), 6–2 |
| Win | 3. | Apr 1996 | Amelia Island Championships, U.S. | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Mary Pierce | 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4. | Mar 1997 | Indian Wells Masters, U.S. | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5. | Mar 1998 | Family Circle Cup, U.S. | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Amanda Coetzer | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4. | May 1998 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Julie Halard-Decugis | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Loss | 6. | Apr 1999 | Egypt Classic | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 1–6, 0–6 |
Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)
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ITF Circuit finals
| Legend |
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| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
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Singles (3–1)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 24 September 1990 | Mali Lošinj, Yugoslavia | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Ruxandra Dragomir | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 3 June 1991 | Milan, Italy | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Agnès Zugasti | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 3. | 3 February 1992 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Ann Devries | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | 14 June 1993 | Brindisi, Italy | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Petra Kamstra | 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 |
Doubles (5–8)
Singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | SR | W–L | W% | ||||||||||
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 4R | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 8–7 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | 1R | A | 4R | 3R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 8 | 13–8 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 10–7 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||
| US Open | A | A | Q1 | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | SF | 4R | 3R | A | 0 / 6 | 12–6 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 15–4 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 0 / 28 | 43–28 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||
| Year-end championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | SF | SF | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||
| Tier I tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tokyo | Tier II | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | QF | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||||
| Chicago | A | Tier II | Not Held | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boca Raton | Tier II | A | A | Tier II | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | Tier II | F | 3R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 8–5 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 8–7 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||
| Charleston | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | QF | 3R | F | 2R | A | 0 / 6 | 11–6 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||
| Berlin | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | 3R | QF | 1R | 1F | 0 / 5 | 7–5 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||
| Rome | A | A | Q1 | A | SF | 3R | SF | QF | 3R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 8 | 15–8 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||
| Montreal / Toronto | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||
| Moscow | Tier V | Not Held | Tier III | QF | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||||||
| Zürich | Tier II | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | SF | 2R | A | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | Шаблон:Percentage | ||||||||||||
| Philadelphia | NH | Tier II | A | A | QF | Tier II | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | Шаблон:Percentage | |||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 310 | 208 | 164 | 63 | 43 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 167 | |||||||||||||
Record against other top players
Spîrlea's win–loss record against certain players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher is as follows:
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface. Шаблон:Div col
- Dominique Monami 6–3
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 5–5
- Mary Joe Fernández 4–0
- Karina Habšudová 4–1
- Amanda Coetzer 4–4
- Julie Halard-Decugis 3–2
- Ai Sugiyama 3–2
- Mary Pierce 3–5
- Monica Seles 3–5
- Barbara Schett 2–0
- Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 2–0
- Anna Kournikova 2–1
- Sandrine Testud 2–1
- Gabriela Sabatini 2–2
- Chanda Rubin 2–3
- Natasha Zvereva 2–5
- Lori McNeil 1–0
- Paola Suárez 1–0
- Andrea Temesvári 1–0
- Nathalie Tauziat 1–2
- Serena Williams 1–3
- Venus Williams 1–3
- Conchita Martínez 1–4
- Barbara Paulus 1–4
- Lindsay Davenport 1–6
- Anke Huber 1–7
- Kimiko Date 0–1
- Zina Garrison 0–1
- Martina Navratilova 0–1
- Patty Schnyder 0–1
- Jennifer Capriati 0–2
- Steffi Graf 0–2
- Iva Majoli 0–3
- Martina Hingis 0–6
- Jana Novotná 0–6
References
- ↑ Article in Romanian Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Article in Romanian
- ↑ Article in Romanian Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ The Enquirer – This article is no longer available
- ↑ CNN/SI – US Open Player Profiles
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 sportsillustrated.cnn.com
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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