Irena Pavlovic

Irena Pavlović

Irena Pavlovic in 2014
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Paris, France
Born	(1988-09-28) 28 September 1988 Belgrade, Serbia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$401,329
Singles
Career record	255–229
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	138 (8 October 2012)
Current ranking	182 (8 September 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012)
French Open	2R (2012)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2012)
US Open	Q3 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	123–75
Career titles	0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking	116 (25 October 2010)
Current ranking	489 (11 August 2014)
Last updated on: 12 August 2014.

Irena Pavlovic (Serbian: Ирена Павловић, Irena Pavlović; born 28 September 1988) is a French female tennis player of Serbian descent.^[1][2] Born in Serbian capital Belgrade, she moved to Paris when she was three.^[1] Pavlovic won three singles and 13 doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation, and is currently ranked World No. 152.^[3] She was awarded with wild cards for two WTA in 2009, Internationaux de Strasbourg and French Open, which was her first grand slam appearance. Pavlovic lost in the first round both times to, respectively, Kristina Barrois and Akgul Amanmuradova. In her career, she defeated players such as Monica Niculescu, Anne Keothavong and Marina Eraković.^[4]

Early and personal life

Pavlovic was born in Belgrade (Serbia now, SFR Yugoslavia then) to Dragan and Mirjana.^[5] She has a brother, Filip, who is a basketball player.^[1] She began playing tennis aged four, with Monica Seles as her idol.^[1] Russian tennis player Arina Rodionova is a good friend of Pavlovic,^[6] who is fluent in French, Serbian and English. Upon being coached by Christophe Serriere and Danyel Ristic,^[5] she was coached at famous academy of Patrick Mouratoglou.^[7]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles finals 14 (4–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	22 January 2006	Tipton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Virginie Pichet	4–6, 1–6
Runner–up	2.	29 January 2006	Hull, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Melanie South	4–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	22 July 2006	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Georgie Gent	6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	13 August 2006	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Jane O'Donoghue	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Runner–up	5.	15 October 2006	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Angelique Kerber	0–6, 4–6
Runner–up	6.	26 February 2007	Portimão, Portugal	Hard	Neuza Silva	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Winner	7.	18 November 2007	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Monique Adamczak	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Runner–up	8.	6 December 2009	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Alicia Molik	3–6, 4–6
Runner–up	9.	19 April 2010	Gimhae, South Korea	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	2–6, 1–6
Runner–up	10.	6 June 2010	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Liana Ungur	3–6, 0–6
Runner–up	11.	13 September 2010	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Julia Schruff	0–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	1 July 2013	Middelburg, Netherlands	Clay	Angelique van der Meet	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	13.	5 August 2013	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Richèl Hogenkamp	4–6, 1–6
Runner–up	14.	9 February 2014	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	7–5, 4–6, 0–6

Doubles finals: 23 (14–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	8 October 2006	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Sabine Lisicki	Rebecca Llewellyn Melanie South	2–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	20 September 2008	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Julie Coin	Yuliya Beygelzimer Anastasia Poltoratskaya	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	3.	27 September 2008	Granada, Spain	Hard	Regina Kulikova	Leticia Costas Maite Gabarrus	walkover
Winner	4.	19 December 2008	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Maša Zec Peškirič	Elena Chalova Valeria Savinykh	7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–3]
Winner	5.	26 September 2009	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Claire Feuerstein Constance Sibille	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	4 December 2009	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Jocelyn Rae Emelyn Starr	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	7.	7 February 2010	Belfort, France	Carpet (i)	Elena Bovina	Nikola Hofmanova Karina Pimkina	6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner	8.	6 March 2010	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Elena Bovina	Maret Ani Vitalia Diatchenko	6–0, 6–1
Winner	9.	28 March 2010	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Nina Bratchikova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–3]
Winner	10.	14 May 2010	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Nicole Clerico Rebecca Marino	6–3, 6–3
Winner	11.	5 June 2010	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Irina Buryachok	Nicole Clerico Karolina Kosińska	6–1, 6–1
Winner	12.	4 July 2010	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Mandy Minella	Magdalena Kiszczyńska Erika Sema	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	13.	12 September 2010	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Ksenia Lykina	Daniëlle Harmsen Bibiane Schoofs	3–6, 2–6
Winner	14.	10 October 2010	Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Vitalia Diatchenko	Claire Feuerstein Vesna Manasieva	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Winner	15.	17 October 2010	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Tatjana Malek	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Winner	16.	20 November 2010	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Emma Laine	Claire Feuerstein Valeria Savinykh	6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	17.	6 June 2011	Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Ani Mijacika	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	18.	27 June 2011	Pozoblanco, Spain	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Marina Melnikova Sofia Shapatava	6–2 6–4
Runner–up	19.	12 July 2011	Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Victoria Larrière	Richèl Hogenkamp Maria João Koehler	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	20.	24 August 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Sandra Klemenschits	Julie Coin Eva Hrdinová	4–6, 5–7
Runner–up	21.	10 October 2011	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard	Eirini Georgatou	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	2–6, 0–6
Runner–up	22.	15 October 2012	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Stefanie Vögele	Magda Linette Sandra Zaniewska	1–6, 7–5, 5–10
Runner-up	23.	21 April 2014	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Kristýna Plíšková	Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung	4–6, 3–6

References

External links

• Irena Pavlovic at the Women's Tennis Association
• Irena Pavlovic at the International Tennis Federation