Alice Pirsu (born 16 May 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Romania.
| Country (sports) |  Romania |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 May 1979 Bucharest, Romania |
| Prize money | $26,301 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 78–70 |
| Career titles | 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 200 (20 July 1998) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 47–46 |
| Career titles | 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 223 (20 July 1998) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 4–6 |
Biography edit
Born in Bucharest, Pirsu competed on the professional tour in the 1990s. As a junior, she had a top ranking of 24 and reached the second round at Wimbledon.[1]
Beginning on the ITF Circuit in 1994, she won her biggest title at Athens in 1997, defeating Evgenia Kulikovskaya in the final of a $25k tournament.[2] She played five singles and five doubles rubbers for Romania's Fed Cup team across 1997 and 1998, in a total of seven ties. In 1998, her final year on tour, she reached her best singles ranking of 200 in the world.
Pirsu left the professional tennis circuit to attend the University of Pennsylvania. While studying for her economics degree she was a co-captain of the university's tennis team, the Penn Quakers, earning the Ivy League Player of the Year award in both 2002 and 2003. She made the final eight of the 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships, becoming the first Quakers player to have done so.[3]
She is now based in New York and runs an interior design company in Pelham.[4]
ITF finals edit
Singles (1–3) edit
| Legend |
|---|
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 31 August 1997 | ITF Athens, Greece | Clay |  Evgenia Kulikovskaya
|
4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 7 September 1997 | ITF Cluj, Romania | Clay |  Desislava Topalova
|
3–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 12 October 1997 | ITF Thessaloniki, Greece | Hard | Antoaneta Pandjerova
|
2–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 20 September 1998 | ITF Constanta, Romania | Clay |  Anna Zaporozhanova
|
6–7, 1–6 |
Doubles (1–6) edit
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 7 August 1995 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | Hard | Raluca Sandu
|
 Gülberk Gültekin  Selin Nassi Tekikbas
|
2–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 24 June 1996 | ITF Maribor, Slovenia | Clay | Alida Gallovits
|
 Kira Nagy Andrea Noszály
|
6–4, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 18 August 1996 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | Hard |  Khoo Chin-bee
|
İpek Şenoğlu Desislava Topalova
|
1–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 28 July 1997 | ITF Horb, Germany | Clay | Magda Mihalache
|
 Julia Abe  Renee Reid
|
3–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 1 September 1997 | ITF Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Clay | Magda Mihalache
|
 Olga Vymetálková Blanka Kumbárová
|
6–7(3), 6–4, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 6 April 1998 | ITF Athens, Greece | Clay | Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
|
 Alice Canepa Tatiana Garbin
|
7–5, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 14 September 1998 | ITF Constanța, Romania | Hard |  Nino Louarsabishvili
|
 Debby Haak Jolanda Mens
|
3–6, 6–7(5) |
References edit
- ^ "Wimbledon Results". Cumberland Times News. 5 July 1995. p. 24.
- ^ "$25,000 Athens II". International Tennis Federation.
- ^ Burrick, David (22 May 2003). "Alice Pirsu advances to Quarterfinals". The Daily Pennsylvanian.
- ^ "Children's books inspire Christmas tree display". The Riverdale Press. 24 December 2014.
