Alice Pirsu

Alice Pirsu (born 16 May 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Romania.

Alice Pirsu
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1979-05-16) 16 May 1979
Bucharest, Romania
Prize money$26,301
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 200 (20 July 1998)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 223 (20 July 1998)

Biography

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 the $25,000 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

Singles (1–3)
Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 31 August 1997 Athens, Greece Clay Evgenia Kulikovskaya 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 7 September 1997 Cluj, Romania Clay Desislava Topalova 3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 12 October 1997 Thessaloniki, Greece Hard Antoaneta Pandjerova 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 20 September 1998 Constanta, Romania Clay Anna Zaporozhanova 6–7, 1–6

Doubles (1–6)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 7 August 1995 İstanbul, Turkey Hard Raluca Sandu Gülberk Gültekin
Selin Nassi Tekikbas		 2–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 24 June 1996 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Alida Gallovits Kira Nagy
Andrea Noszály		 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 3. 18 August 1996 İstanbul, Turkey Hard Khoo Chin-bee İpek Şenoğlu
Desislava Topalova		 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 28 July 1997 Horb, Germany Clay Magda Mihalache Julia Abe
Renee Reid		 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 1 September 1997 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Clay Magda Mihalache Olga Vymetálková
Blanka Kumbárová		 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 6 April 1998 Athens, Greece Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Alice Canepa
Tatiana Garbin		 7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 14 September 1998 Constanța, Romania Hard Nino Louarsabishvili Debby Haak
Jolanda Mens		 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
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References
  1. "Wimbledon Results". Cumberland Times News. 5 July 1995. p. 24.
  2. "$25,000 Athens II". International Tennis Federation.
  3. Burrick, David (22 May 2003). "Alice Pirsu advances to Quarterfinals". The Daily Pennsylvanian.
  4. "Children's books inspire Christmas tree display". The Riverdale Press. 24 December 2014.
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