Ioana Ducu

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Ioana Ducu
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Ducu at the 2014 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Born (1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 27)
Bucharest
Retired2016
Prize money$6,695
Singles
Career record19–23
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 830 (9 September 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open  Junior1R (2013, 2014)
Wimbledon  Junior2R (2013)
US Open  Junior2R (2013)
Doubles
Career record17–13
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 736 (3 November 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open  JuniorW ( 2014 )
Wimbledon  JuniorSF (2013)
US Open  Junior1R (2013)

Ioana Ducu (born 18 April 1996) is a former Romanian tennis player. In her career, she won one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit and reached best WTA rankings of 830 in singles and 736 in doubles.

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In June 2014, together with fellow Romanian Ioana Loredana Roșca, Ducu won the girls' doubles tournament at the French Open, defeating CiCi Bellis and Markéta Vondroušová in the final, in three sets. [1]

In 2017, it was announced that she ended her tennis career for pursuit of a career in medicine. She played her last match on the ITF Circuit in September 2014 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. [2]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (0–1)

Legend
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (0–1)
ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
LossFeb 2013ITF Antalya,
Turkey
Clay Flag of Serbia.svg Jovana Jakšić 2–6, 5–7

Doubles (1–3)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–2)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.18 February 2013ITF Antalya, TurkeyClay Flag of Romania.svg Cristina Ene Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Bukta
Flag of Slovakia.svg Vivien Juhászová
1–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Loss2.12 September 2014ITF Bucharest, RomaniaClay Flag of Moldova.svg Julia Helbet Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Ciufrila
Flag of Romania.svg Andreea Ghițescu
7–6(2), 1–6, [7–10]
Win1.22 September 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eden Silva Flag of Japan.svg Yui Saikai
Flag of Japan.svg Natsumi Yokota
6–2, 6–4
Loss3.29 September 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eden Silva Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harriet Dart
Flag of Turkey.svg Melis Sezer
5–7, 1–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2014 French Open Clay Flag of Romania.svg Ioana Loredana Roșca Flag of the United States.svg CiCi Bellis
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Vondroušová
6–1, 5–7, [11–9]

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References

  1. "Victorie istorică! Ioana Ducu şi Ioana Roşca au cucerit trofeul la Roland Garros, în competiţia junioarelor". Știri de Sport (in Romanian). 7 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  2. "I-ar fi putut calca pe urme Simonei Halep, dar a ales alt drum! Ce cariera si-a ales Ioana Ducu, dupa ce in 2014 a cucerit titlul de junioare la Roland Garros". Sport.ro (in Romanian). 12 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.