Simona Matei

Simona Matei

Full name	Simona-Iulia Matei
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	7 July 1985 Brașov, Socialist Republic of Romania
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2010
Plays	Right handed (two handed backhand)
Prize money	US$84,879
Singles
Career record	221–156
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 145 (2 October 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2007)
French Open	Q1 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	91–79
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 246 (2 October 2006)
Last updated on: 4 October 2010.

Simona-Iulia Matei (born 7 July 1985 in Brașov) is a former professional Romanian tennis player.

On 2 October 2006, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 145 and her highest WTA doubles ranking of 246. She has won 9 singles and 7 doubles ITF Circuit. She retired from tennis 2010.

She is coached by Michele Tellini.

ITF Singles Circuit finals: 15 (9–6)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	29 June 2003	Orestiada, Greece	Hard	Tsvetana Pironkova	1–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	20 July 2003	Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy	Clay	Zuzana Zemenová	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	23 May 2004	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	2–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	30 May 2004	Oradea, Romania	Clay	Petra Novotníková	6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	25 July 2004	Balş, Romania	Clay	Cătălina Cristea	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	15 August 2004	Târgu Mureş, Romania	Clay	Ekaterina Makarova	1–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	29 August 2004	Timişoara, Romania	Clay	Yevgenia Savransky	6–3, 6–3
Winner	8.	28 August 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Diana Enache	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	9.	14 May 2006	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Winner	10.	8 July 2006	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sandra Záhlavová	6–4, 4–6, 7–6^(7–0)
Runner-up	11.	17 September 2006	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	5–7, 5–7
Winner	12.	24 September 2006	Lecce, Italy	Clay	Giulia Gabba	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	14 June 2009	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Elena Bogdan	4–6, 3–6
Winner	14.	13 September 2009	Ruse, Bulgaria	Clay	Martina Gledacheva	6–2, 6–3
Winner	15.	4 October 2009	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Dia Evtimova	6–2, 6–3

ITF Doubles Circuit finals: 15 (7–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runners-up	1.	15 August 2004	Târgu Mureş, Romania	Clay	Barbara Pocza	Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu	5–7, 1–6
Runners-up	2.	27 August 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Liana Ungur	Corina Corduneanu Ágnes Szatmári	W.O.
Winners	3.	2 October 2005	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Lina Stančiūtė	Kelly De Beer Eva Pera	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winners	4.	29 January 2006	Grenoble, France	Hard (I)	Pemra Özgen	Florence Haring Virginie Pichet	6–3, 7–4
Winners	5.	25 March 2006	Parioli, Italy	Clay	Magdalena Kiszczyńska	Stefania Chieppa Valentina Sulpizio	6–3, 6–2
Runners-up	6.	7 May 2006	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Ioana Raluca Olaru	Sorana Cîrstea Gabriela Niculescu	4–6, 6–0, 6–7^(3–7)
Winners	7.	5 April 2008	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Eugeniya Pashkova Avgusta Tsybysheva	6–2, 5–7, [10–4]
Runners-up	8.	8 June 2008	Piteşti, Romania	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Laura-Ioana Andrei Mihaela Buzărnescu	5–7, 6–3, [2–10]
Runners-up	9.	13 December 2008	Benicarló, Spain	Clay	Cristina Mitu	Neda Kozić Biljana Pavlova	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Runners-up	10.	22 May 2009	Craiova, Romania	Clay	Nataša Zorić	Tanya Germanlieva Dessislava Mladenova	6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Runners-up	11.	5 June 2009	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Cristina Mitu	Laura-Ioana Andrei Ioana Gaspar	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Winners	12.	24 July 2009	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Ioana Gaspar	Ionela-Andreea Iova Cristina Mitu	7–6^(8–6), 6–1
Winners	13.	11 September 2009	Ruse, Bulgaria	Clay	Ioana Ivan	Malou Ejdesgaard Dia Evtimova	6–1, 6–4
Winners	14.	2 October 2009	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Diana Marcu	Huliya Velieva Lütfiye Esen	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Runners-up	15.	6 March 2010	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Diana Marcu	Michaela Pochabová Romana Tabaková	1–6, 1–6

External links

• Simona Matei at the Women's Tennis Association
• Simona Matei at the International Tennis Federation
• Simona Matei at the Fed Cup
• Simona Matei activity at Tenis Romania website