Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born 24 October 1972) is a retired tennis player from Romania.
She won four singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual WTA ranking on 25 August 1997, when she became the No. 15 of the world. Between 2009 and 2013 she was the president of Romanian Tennis Federation. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when she got to the quarterfinals of the 1997 French Open, defeating Sonya Jeyaseelan, Yayuk Basuki, Karina Habšudová and Nicole Arendt, before losing to the eventual champion, Iva Majoli.
Dragomir retired from professional tennis in 2005.
WTA Tour finals Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend Grand Slam tournaments Tier I Tier II (0–2) Tier III, IV & V (4–2)
ResultW/LDateTournamentCategorySurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 1995 Austrian Open Tier IV Clay Judith Wiesner 6–7(4–7), 3–6Win 1–1 May 1996 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Tier IV Clay Melanie Schnell 7–6(8–6), 6–1Win 2–1 Sep 1996 Prague Open, Czech Republic Tier IV Clay Patty Schnyder 6–2, 3–6, 6–4Win 3–1 Nov 1996 Pattaya Open, Thailand Tier IV Hard Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–6(7–4), 6–4Loss 3–2 Apr 1997Hamburg Open, GermanyTier II Clay Iva Majoli 3–6, 2–6Win 4–2 Jun 1997 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Tier III Grass Miriam Oremans 5–7, 6–2, 6–4Loss 4–3 Apr 1999Amelia Island Championships, USTier II Clay Monica Seles 2–6, 3–6Loss 4–4 Jun 2000 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Tier III Grass Martina Hingis 2–6, 0–3 ret.
Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups) Legend Grand Slam tournaments Tier I Tier II (0–2) Tier III, IV & V (4–2)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Jul 1994 Palermo Open, Italy Clay Laura Garrone Alice Canepa Giulia Casoni 6–1, 6–0Win 2. May 1995 Bournemouth, Great Britain Clay Mariaan de Swardt Kerry-Anne Guse Patricia Hy-Boulais 6–3, 7–5Loss 1. Jan 1997 Gold Coast, Australia Hard Silvia Farina Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi 7–6, 6–1Loss 2. Apr 1997 Hamburg Open, Germany Clay Iva Majoli Anke Huber Mary Pierce 6–4, 6–7(1–7), 2–6Win 3. Jul 1997 Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Karina Habšudová Eva Martincová Helena Vildová 6–1, 5–7, 6–2Win 4. Jul 1997 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Inés Gorrochategui Catherine Barclay Meike Babel 6–4, 6–0Loss 3. Jul 2000 Palermo Open, Italy Clay Virginia Ruano Pascual Silvia Farina Elia Rita Grande 4–6, 6–0, 6–7(6–8)Loss 4. Jan 2001 Hobart International, Australia Hard Virginia Ruano Pascual Elena Likhovtseva Cara Black 4–6, 1–6Win 5. Jun 2001 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Grass Nadia Petrova Kim Clijsters Miriam Oremans 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–4Loss 5. Jul 2001 Knokke-Heist, Belgium Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Virginia Ruano Pascual Magüi Serna 4–6, 3–6
ITF finals Legend $75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments
Singles (7–2) ResultNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 13 August 1990 Rebecq, Belgium Clay Sandra Begijn 6–3, 7–5Win 2. 17 September 1990 Rabac, Yugoslavia Clay Gorana Matić 6–3, 6–1Win 3. 24 September 1990 Mali Lošinj, Yugoslavia Clay Irina Spîrlea 6–3, 6–1Loss 1. 1 October 1990 Šibenik, Yugoslavia Clay Barbara Mulej 6–7, 4–6Win 4. 25 March 1991 Supetar, Yugoslavia Clay Angelique Olivier 6–4, 4–6, 6–0Loss 2. 8 June 1992 Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay Emanuela Zardo 1–6, 6–7(2)Win 5. 31 August 1992 Klagenfurt, Austria Clay Åsa Carlsson 6–4, 6–3Win 6. 30 November 1992 Le Havre, France Clay Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor 7–6, 7–5Win 7. 25 April 1998 Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay Adriana Gerši 6–0, 6–0
Doubles (8–6) ResultNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 13 August 1990 Rebecq, Belgium Clay Irina Spîrlea Els Callens Caroline Wuillot 4–6, 2–6Win 1. 20 August 1990 Koksijde, Belgium Clay Irina Spîrlea Erda Crous Lucie Ludvigová 6–1, 2–6, 6–3Win 2. 17 September 1990 Rabac, Yugoslavia Clay Irina Spîrlea Katarína Studeníková Gabriela Vesela 1–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 2. 12 August 1991 Pisticci, Italy Hard Irina Spîrlea Justine Hodder Maja Murić 4–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss 3. 3 February 1992 Jakarta, Indonesia Clay Irina Spîrlea Nicole Pratt Angie Woolcock 1–6, 0–6Win 3. 14 June 1992 Modena, Italy Clay Elena Pampoulova Alexandra Fusai Natalie Tschan 6–3, 7–6(5)Win 4. 22 June 1992 Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay Natalie Tschan Barbara Collet Alexandra Fusai 3–6, 6–2, 6–1Loss 4. 22 November 1992 Nottingham, UK Carpet (i) Irina Spîrlea Els Callens Elena Pampoulova 6–7(3), 4–6Win 5. 30 November 1992 Le Havre, France Clay Irina Spîrlea Angela Kerek Sabine Lohmann 6–3, 7–6Loss 5. 2 May 2004 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Antonia Matic Lubomira Bacheva Eva Birnerová 6–3, 6–7(4), 3–6Win 6. 16 May 2004 St. Gaudens, France Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Marta Domachowska Natalia Gussoni 6–3, 6–1Win 7. 15 June 2004 Gorizia, Italy Carpet (i) Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Martina Müller Angelika Rösch 7–6(7), 6–2Loss 6. 17 October 2004 Ashburn, United States Hard Samantha Reeves Kelly McCain Kristen Schlukebir 2–6, 2–6Win 8. 24 October 2004 Cary, United States Hard Samantha Reeves Maureen Drake Nana Miyagi 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 W–L Australian Open A 1R 2R 2R 4R 4R 3R 3R 3R A A 1R 14–9 French Open 4R 4R 4R 2R QF 3R 4R 4R 1R A A A 22–9 Wimbledon 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R A A A 5–9 US Open 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R A A A A 3–8Win–loss 4–3 5–4 4–4 4–4 7–4 5–4 7–4 6–4 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 44–35
Head-to-head records Serena Williams 0-1 Venus Williams 0-3 Martina Hingis 0-4 Lindsay Davenport 0-7 Anna Kournikova 2-1 Dominique Monami 1-2 Kim Clijsters 0-1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0-5 Nadia Petrova 2-0
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