Simona Matei

Simona Matei
Full name	Simona-Iulia Matei
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	7 July 1985 (age 38); Brașov, Socialist Republic of Romania
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2010
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$84,879
Singles
Career record	221–156 (58.6%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 145 (2 October 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2007)
French Open	Q1 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	91–79 (53.5%)
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 246 (2 October 2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–5

Last updated April 27, 2024

Simona-Iulia Matei (born 7 July 1985) is a former professional Romanian tennis player.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jun 2003	ITF Orestiada, Greece	Hard	Tsvetana Pironkova	1–6, 4–6
Win	2.	Jul 2003	ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy	Clay	Zuzana Zemenová	6–0, 7–5
Loss	3.	May 2004	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	2–6, 2–6
Win	4.	May 2004	ITF Oradea, Romania	Clay	Petra Novotníková	6–3, 6–4
Win	5.	Jul 2004	ITF Balş, Romania	Clay	Cătălina Cristea	6–1, 6–2
Loss	6.	Aug 2004	ITF Târgu Mureş, Romania	Clay	Ekaterina Makarova	1–6, 1–6
Win	7.	Aug 2004	ITF Timișoara, Romania	Clay	Yevgenia Savransky	6–3, 6–3
Win	8.	Aug 2005	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Diana Enache	6–3, 6–0
Loss	9.	May 2006	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win	10.	Jul 2006	ITF Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sandra Záhlavová	6–4, 4–6, 7–6^(7–0)
Loss	11.	Sep 2006	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	5–7, 5–7
Win	12.	Sep 2006	ITF Lecce, Italy	Clay	Giulia Gabba	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	13.	Jun 2009	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Elena Bogdan	4–6, 3–6
Win	14.	Sep 2009	ITF Ruse, Bulgaria	Clay	Martina Gledacheva	6–2, 6–3
Win	15.	Oct 2009	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Dia Evtimova	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Aug 2004	ITF Târgu Mureş, Romania	Clay	Barbara Pócza	Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu	5–7, 1–6
Loss	2.	Aug 2005	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Liana Ungur	Corina Corduneanu Ágnes Szatmári	w/o
Win	3.	Oct 2005	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Lina Stančiūtė	Kelly de Beer Eva Pera	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	4.	Jan 2006	ITF Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Pemra Özgen	Florence Haring Virginie Pichet	6–3, 7–4
Win	5.	Mar 2006	ITF Parioli, Italy	Clay	Magdalena Kiszczyńska	Stefania Chieppa Valentina Sulpizio	6–3, 6–2
Loss	6.	May 2006	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Sorana Cîrstea Gabriela Niculescu	4–6, 6–0, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	7.	Apr 2008	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Eugeniya Pashkova Avgusta Tsybysheva	6–2, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss	8.	Jun 2008	ITF Piteşti, Romania	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Laura-Ioana Andrei Mihaela Buzărnescu	5–7, 6–3, [2–10]
Loss	9.	Dec 2008	ITF Benicarló, Spain	Clay	Cristina Mitu	Neda Kozić Biljana Pavlova	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	10.	May 2009	ITF Craiova, Romania	Clay	Nataša Zorić	Tanya Germanlieva Dessislava Mladenova	6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss	11.	Jun 2009	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Cristina Mitu	Laura-Ioana Andrei Ioana Gaspar	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	12.	Jul 2009	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Ioana Gaspar	Ionela-Andreea Iova Cristina Mitu	7–6^(8–6), 6–1
Win	13.	Sep 2009	ITF Ruse, Bulgaria	Clay	Ioana Ivan	Malou Ejdesgaard Dia Evtimova	6–1, 6–4
Win	14.	Oct 2009	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Diana Marcu	Hülya Esen Lütfiye Esen	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	15.	Mar 2010	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Diana Marcu	Michaela Pochabová Romana Tabaková	1–6, 1–6

External links

Simona Matei at the Women's Tennis Association
Simona Matei at the International Tennis Federation
Simona Matei at the Billie Jean King Cup

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