Mariana Simionescu (born 27 November 1956) is a retired tennis player from Romania.
Career
Simionescu won the French Junior Championships in 1974. She played on the WTA Tour from 1973 to 1980. Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1977. She won one singles title and one doubles title. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 36 in 1978.
Simionescu married Björn Borg on 24 July 1980, but the marriage ended in 1984. She never remarried, but lived for a few years with former F1 racer Jean-Louis Schlesser, with whom she has a son, Anthony.Andru Nenciu (26 October 2015). O viaţă ca-n poveşti şi un gol în suflet. "Aud şi acum vocea Florenţei Mihai. Cine îmi va mai spune mie Zuza!?". Mariana Simionescu, despre româncele din tenis, Bjorn Borg, Monte Carlo şi comunism. Prosport.ro
WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Winner — LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (1–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Grass (0–0)Clay (1–1)Carpet (0–0) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. 18 August 1975 South Orange Clay Virginia Ruzici 6–1, 6–1Winner 1. 20 October 1980 Tokyo Clay Nerida Gregory 6–4, 6–4
Doubles: 4 (1–3) Winner — LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (1–3)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Grass (0–0)Clay (1–2)Carpet (0–1) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 11 November 1973 London Carpet Virginia Ruzici Lesley Charles Glynis Coles 6–3, 7–5Runner-up 2. 8 March 1976 Tallahassee Clay Virginia Ruzici Julie Anthony Dianne Fromholtz 6–2, 7–5Runner-up 3. 23 May 1976 Rome Clay Virginia Ruzici Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss 6–1, 6–2Winner 1. 27 February 1978 Fort Lauderdale Clay Lesley Hunt Diane Desfor Barbara Hallquist 1–6, 7–6, 6–3
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Career SRAustralian OpenAAAAAAAAA0 / 0French Open1R2R1R3RA3R1R2R0 / 7Wimbledon1R2R1R1R4R2R2RA0 / 7US OpenA2RA2RA1RA1R0 / 4SR0 / 20 / 30 / 20 / 3 0 / 10 / 30 / 20 / 2 0 / 18Year-end ranking 7945685917279
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
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