| Aurora Gima | |
| Country Represented: | |
| Birth Date: | 7 November 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Constanța, Romania |
| Death Place: | New York, United States |
| Careerprizemoney: | $44,840 |
| Singlesrecord: | 107–112 |
| Singlestitles: | 1 ITF |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 164 (October 5, 1992) |
| Australianopenresult: | Q3 (1993) |
| Usopenresult: | Q3 (1992) |
| Doublesrecord: | 29–48 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 399 (May 11, 1992) |
Aurora Gima (November 7, 1974 – October 7, 2000)[1] was a Romanian-born American professional tennis player.
Gima, originally from the Black Sea city of Constanța in Romania, was raised in New York from the mid-1980s.[2] She competed on the professional tour in the 1990s and reached a career high singles ranking of 164, winning a $25,000 ITF title in Nigeria in 1991. At the 1992 US Open she won through to the final qualifying round, defeating Miriam Oremans en route. She also won two qualifying matches at the 1993 Australian Open, over Kristine Radford and Katarína Studeníková. Her only WTA Tour main draw appearance came as a doubles player, at Québec in 1993.
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| $25,000 tournaments | |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | June 16, 1991 | Largo, United States | Clay |  Rachel Ann Jensen | 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Winner | 1. | November 24, 1991 | Okada, Nigeria | Hard |  Siobhán Nicholson | 6–1, 6–3 | |
| Runner-up | 2. | May 31, 1992 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | Katarína Studeníková | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Runner-up | 3. | November 3, 1996 | Tamaulipas. Mexico | Hard |  Milagros Sequera | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | November 24, 1991 | Okada, Nigeria | Hard |  Amanda Evans | Caroline Billingham Virginia Humphreys-Davies | 6–1, 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Runner-up | 2. | October 27, 1996 | Puebla, Mexico | Hard |  Ana Paola González | Claudia Muciño  María Dolores Campana | 1–6, 3–6 |