Teodora Mirčić

Teodora Mirčić
Теодора Мирчић
Singles

Country (sports)	FR Yugoslavia (2000–2003) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) Serbia (2006–present)
Residence	Sarasota, Florida, United States^[1]
Born	(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$151,315
Career record	263–221
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 249 (16 June 2008)
Current ranking	No. 592 (27 October 2014)
Doubles
Career record	258–144
Career titles	33 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 125 (5 May 2014)
Current ranking	No. 218 (27 October 2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–3
Last updated on: 27 October 2014.

Teodora Mirčić (Serbian: Теодора Мирчић; born 3 March 1988) is a Serbian tennis player. She has won three singles and 33 doubles titles on the ITF tour, and has also played for the Serbia Fed Cup team.^[2]

Personal life

Teodora Mirčić was born to Miomir and Draginja Mirčić in Belgrade, and also has a brother, Radovan.^[1] A great fan of sports, she cites hard as her favourite surface, and Roger Federer and Monica Seles her idols.^[3] Mirčić began training tennis aged 8 at Belgrade's tennis club As.^[3] She trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida, and currently resides in Sarasota, Florida.^[1]

Tennis career

Mirčić played her first WTA Tour qualifications in 2005, at the Budapest Grand Prix, but lost in the first round.^[4] She then earned a wild card for the 2006 Budapest Grand Prix, losing to Kaia Kanepi in the first round.^[4] Tsvetana Pironkova defeated her in the first round of the 2008 Budapest Grand Prix in straight sets.^[4] In 2009, Mirčić played qualifications for two WTA Tour events, the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem and the Swedish Open, but lost both times.^[5] At the 2011 Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix, she played singles qualifications, losing to Aleksandra Krunić in the second round. Along with Laura Thorpe, Mirčić competed in doubles at the 2011 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo. The pair defeated the fourth seeds Sorana Cîrstea and Andreja Klepač in a super tiebreak in the first round and later reached the semifinals.^[6] She lost to Karin Knapp in the last round of singles qualifying. Mirčić reached another doubles semifinal at a WTA event partnering Veronika Kapshay in Bad Gastein (July 2013) as well as a quarterfinal at the WTA Tashkent Open.

Mirčić joined the Serbia Fed Cup team in 2008, playing with Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Ana Jovanović against Poland.^[7] Ivanovic defeated Urszula Radwańska, and then Janković defeated Agnieszka Radwańska, securing Serbia a place in World Group II.^[7] In the dead rubber, Mirčić and Jovanović lost to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska in straight sets.^[7] The same Serbian team played against Croatia.^[8] Mirčić lost her singles match, but Janković, Ivanovic and Jovanović defeated their opponents, with Serbia winning the tie 3–2.^[8] Mirčić and Jovanović also played a doubles match, but retired for a final 4–1 result.^[8] Mirčić has not played in the Fed Cup since 2008.

Career statistics

Singles (1–3)

$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
Runner–up	1.	11 July 2004	Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Amanda Janes	2–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	1 July 2007	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Karolina Jovanović	6–3, 6–3
Runner–up	2.	27 October 2007	Saint-Denis, France	Hard	Virginie Pichet	1–6, 3–6
Runner–up	3.	20 February 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Christina Shakovets	4–6, 1–6

Doubles (33–16)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	15 September 2006	Torre del Greco, Italy	Clay	Emilia Desiderio	Andreea Roxana Vaideanu Erika Zanchetta	1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Winner	1.	23 September 2006	Lecce, Italy	Clay	Ekaterina Lopes	Kildine Chevalier Adriana Serra Zanetti	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Winner	2.	22 October 2006	Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Ana Veselinović	Ana Jovanović Polona Reberšak	6–4, 7–5
Winner	3.	29 October 2006	Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Aleksandra Lukič Patricia Vollmeier	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	2.	1 April 2007	Hammond, United States	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Chan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska	1–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Runner–up	3.	9 June 2007	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Danica Krstajić	Ana Jovanović Anastasia Poltoratskaya	6–0, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	23 June 2007	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Carmen Klaschka Magda Mihalache	6–2, 6–1
Winner	5.	29 June 2007	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Karolina Jovanović	Katarína Poljaková Zuzana Zlochová	6–1, 6–0
Winner	6.	5 July 2007	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Hanna Nooni	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Anna Koumantou	7–5, 7–5
Winner	7.	27 October 2007	Saint-Denis, France	Hard	Marinne Giraud	Florence Haring Virginie Pichet	6–2, 7–5
Winner	8.	2 December 2007	Sintra, Portugal	Clay	Caroline Maes	Neuza Silva Roxane Vaisemberg	6–4, 6–1
Winner	9.	21 March 2008	Noida, India	Hard	Lenka Tvarošková	Kelly Anderson Chanelle Scheepers	6–2, 6–7^(7–9), [10–6]
Runner–up	4.	14 May 2008	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Emma Laine	Iveta Gerlová Tereza Hladíková	1–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	24 May 2008	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Emma Laine	Maria Kondratieva Oksana Teplyakova	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Winner	11.	21 June 2008	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Lenka Tvarošková	Stefania Boffa Nikola Fraňková	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	12.	27 July 2008	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Justine Ozga Darina Šeděnková	6–1, 6–4
Runner–up	5.	15 August 2008	Palić, Serbia	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Olga Brózda Magdalena Kiszczyńska	3–6, 5–7^(6–8)
Winner	13.	30 August 2008	Vlaardingen, Netherlands	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Irina Kuzmina Anastasia Poltoratskaya	6–1, 6–2
Winner	14.	22 November 2008	Phoenix, Mauritius	Hard	Lenka Tvarošková	Kelly Anderson Natalie Grandin	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Winner	15.	12 April 2009	Šibenik, Croatia	Clay	Nataša Zorić	Tina Obrez Mika Urbančič	6–0, 6–3
Winner	16.	17 July 2009	Rome, Italy	Clay	María Irigoyen	Elisa Balsamo Stefania Chieppa	7–5, 6–2
Winner	17.	5 September 2009	Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Ana Jovanović	Patricia Chirea Petra Pajalič	6–4, 6–1
Runner–up	6.	13 September 2009	Denain, France	Clay	Magdalena Kiszczyńska	Elena Chalova Ksenia Lykina	4–6, 3–6
Runner–up	7.	10 October 2009	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Karolina Jovanović	Nicole Clerico Karolina Kosińska	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, [4–10]
Runner–up	8.	25 April 2010	Dothan, United States	Clay	María Irigoyen	Alina Jidkova Anastasia Yakimova	4–6, 2–6
Winner	18.	12 June 2010	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Lenka Wienerová	Anna Livadaru Florencia Molinero	6–4, 6–1
Winner	19.	2 July 2010	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Marija Mirkovic	Katarzyna Piter Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Winner	20.	10 July 2010	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Erika Sema	Elena Bogdan Andrea Koch Benvenuto	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, [10–8]
Runner–up	9.	6 August 2010	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Marija Mirkovic	Nadejda Guskova Valeria Solovyeva	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Runner–up	10.	15 January 2011	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Jasmina Tinjić	Ulrikke Eikeri Isabella Shinikova	4–6, 4–6
Winner	21.	12 February 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Marina Shamayko	Sultan Gönen Anna Karavayeva	6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	11.	29 April 2011	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Nicole Rottmann	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	1–6, 2–6
Winner	22.	18 June 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Marta Domachowska	Daniella Dominikovic Melis Sezer	6–4, 6–2
Winner	23.	10 September 2011	Saransk, Russia	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Eva Hrdinová Veronika Kapshay	6–3, 6–1
Runner–up	12.	19 March 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Claudia Giovine	Evelyn Mayr Julia Mayr	2–6, 3–6
Winner	24.	23 April 2012	San Severo, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	Chiara Mendo Giulia Sussarello	6–2, 6–4
Winner	25.	26 May 2012	Timișoara, Romania	Clay	Andreea Mitu	Lina Gjorcheska Dalia Zafirova	6–1, 6–2
Runner–up	13.	4 June 2012	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	5–7, 3–6
Winner	26.	25 June 2012	Izmir, Turkey	Hard	Ana Bogdan	Abbie Myers Melis Sezer	6–3, 3–0, ret.
Runner–up	14.	25 June 2012	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Réka-Luca Jani	Mailen Auroux Maria Irigoyen	7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner–up	15.	4 February 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ana Bogdan	Giulia Bruzzone Martina Caregaro	3–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Winners	27.	11 February 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Raluca Elena Platon	Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Kvatsabaia	1–6, 4–5, ret.
Winners	28.	1 April 2013	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Vivien Juhászová	Giulia Sussarello Sara Sussarello	7–5, 6–7 (7), [10–4]
Winners	29.	8 Apr 2013	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Marina Melnikova	Giulia Sussarello Despina Papamichail	6–1, 6–4
Winner	30.	13 May 2013	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Naomi Broady	Chen Yi Xu Yifan	6–3, 6–3
Winner	31.	20 May 2013	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard (i)	Naomi Broady	Tang Haochen Tian Ran	6–2, 1–6, [10–5]
Runner–up	16.	3 June 2013	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Margarita Gasparyan Polina Pekhova	2–6, 1–6
Winner	32.	16 September 2013	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Isabella Shinikova Dalia Zafirova	7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	33.	20 January 2014	Daytona Beach, United States	Clay	Nicole Melichar	Asia Muhammad Allie Will	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–1), [10–1]

Fed Cup singles performances (0–1)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	Outcome	Result
2008 Fed Cup World Group II	Quarterfinals	26 April 2008	Croatia	Hard	Ana Vrljić	Loss	4–6, 5–7

Fed Cup doubles performances (0–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Outcome	Result
2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I D	Round Robin	31 January 2008	Poland	Carpet	Ana Jovanović	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	Loss	3–6, 2–6
2008 Fed Cup World Group II	Quarterfinals	27 April 2008	Croatia	Hard	Ana Jovanović	Jelena Kostanić Tošić Ana Vrljić	Loss	1–4, ret.

References

External links

Teodora Mirčić at the Women's Tennis Association
Teodora Mirčić at the International Tennis Federation
Teodora Mirčić at the Fed Cup

Women's Tennis Association: Top Serbian female doubles tennis players as of 2 May 2016

1. Aleksandra Krunić (68 ) 2. Jelena Janković (90 ) 3. Nina Stojanović (215 ) 4. Jovana Jakšić (359 ) 5. Ivana Jorović (545 )

6. Barbara Bonić (587 ) 7. Tamara Čurović (601 ) 8. Bojana Marinković (648 ) 9. Bojana Jovanovski (762 ) 10. Ana Ivanovic (1068 )

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