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Born | Brăila, Socialist Republic of Romania | 6 July 1981
Turned pro | 1996 |
Retired | 2015 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $148,682 |
Singles | |
Career record | 286–238 |
Career titles | 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 176 (9 May 2005) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q2 (2006) |
French Open | Q1 (2006) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2005) |
US Open | Q1 (1999) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 143–113 |
Career titles | 12 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 120 (1 November 1999) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2000) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 7–5 |
Magda Mihalache (born 6 July 1981) is a retired Romanian tennis player.
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the southeast, Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, and Moldova to the east. It has a predominantly temperate-continental climate. With a total area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 sq mi), Romania is the 12th largest country and also the 7th most populous member state of the European Union, having almost 20 million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, and other major urban areas include Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Craiova, and Brașov.
Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.
In May 2005, she reached her highest WTA ranking of 176 in singles whilst her best doubles ranking was 120 in November 1999. She was coached by Dietmar Rau. Mihalache won five singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
The ITF Women's Circuit is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
Playing for Romania at the Fed Cup, Mihalache has a win–loss record of 7–5.
The Romania Fed Cup team represents Romania in Fed Cup tennis competition. It is governed by the Federația Română de Tenis and currently competes in the World Group I, the highest level of the competition.
Fed Cup is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The competition was known as the Federation Cup until 1995. The Fed Cup is the world's largest annual women's international team sports competition in terms of the number of nations that compete. The current Fed Cup Chairperson is Katrina Adams.
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 22 September 1996 | Bossonnens, Switzerland | Clay | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 14 September 1997 | Cluj, Romania | Clay | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 27 June 1999 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Runner-up | 4. | 2 April 2000 | Amiens, France | Clay (i) | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Winner | 1. | 6 April 2003 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 | |
Winner | 2. | 13 April 2003 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | 7–5, 6–1 | |
Runner-up | 5. | 30 May 2004 | Campobasso, Italy | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Winner | 3. | 11 July 2004 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | 6–1, 3–6, 7–5 | |
Runner-up | 6. | 3 April 2005 | Rome, Italy | Clay | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Runner-up | 7. | 10 April 2005 | Rome, Italy | Clay | 5–7, 5–7 | |
Winner | 4. | 17 April 2005 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | 1–6, 7–5, 6–4 | |
Runner-up | 8. | 23 July 2006 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | 0–6, 1–6 | |
Runner-up | 9. | 7 August 2006 | Hechingen, Germany | Clay | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Winner | 5. | 21 October 2006 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 | |
Runner-up | 10. | 10 September 2007 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | 6–3, 2–6, 2–6 |
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 28 July 1997 | Horb, Germany | Clay | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
Runner-up | 2. | 1 September 1997 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Clay | 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 4–6 | ||
Runner-up | 3. | 8 September 1997 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Clay | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Runner-up | 4. | 15 September 1997 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Clay | 4–6, 7–5, 3–6 | ||
Runner-up | 5. | 15 December 1997 | Cascais, Portugal | Clay | 7–6(7–4), 0–6, 4–6 | ||
Runner-up | 6. | 31 August 1998 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | 1–6, 5–7 | ||
Runner-up | 7. | 8 February 1999 | Birmingham, England | Hard (i) | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
Runner-up | 8. | 29 March 1999 | Pontevedra, Spain | Hard | 6–7(7–9), 6–7(5–7) | ||
Runner-up | 9. | 3 May 1999 | Athens, Greece | Clay | 5–7, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 1. | 24 May 1999 | Warsaw, Poland | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
Winner | 2. | 21 June 1999 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
Winner | 3. | 26 July 1999 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 | ||
Winner | 4. | 4 October 1999 | Batumi, Georgia | Carpet (i) | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | ||
Runner-up | 10. | 11 October 1999 | Welwyn, England | Carpet (i) | 6–7(1–7), 7–5, 2–6 | ||
Runner-up | 11. | 18 October 1999 | Southampton, England | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
Winner | 5. | 27 March 2000 | Amiens, France | Clay (i) | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
Winner | 6. | 17 April 2000 | Filothei, Greece | Clay | 6–2, 5–7, 7–5 | ||
Runner-up | 12. | 21 May 2000 | Casale Monferrato, Italy | Clay | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 7. | 14 August 2000 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
Winner | 8. | 11 June 2001 | Grado, Italy | Clay | 5–7, 6–3, 7–5 | ||
Winner | 9. | 5 February 2002 | Redbridge, England | Hard (i) | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Runner-up | 13. | 29 April 2002 | Maglie, Italy | Carpet (i) | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
Winner | 10. | 18 February 2003 | Buchen, Germany | Carpet (i) | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
Winner | 11. | 24 March 2003 | Athens, Greece | Clay | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
Runner-up | 14. | 7 July 2006 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | 6–2, 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 12. | 9 October 2006 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
Runner-up | 15. | 18 June 2007 | Fontanafredda, Italy | Clay | 2–6, 1–6 |
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