Ioana Ducu Explained

Ioana Ducu
Retired:2016
Birth Date:18 April 1996
Birth Place:Bucharest
Careerprizemoney:$6,695
Singlesrecord:19–23
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 830 (9 September 2013)
Frenchopenjuniorresult:1R (2013, 2014)
Wimbledonjuniorresult:2R (2013)
Usopenjuniorresult:2R (2013)
Doublesrecord:17–13
Doublestitles:1 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 736 (3 November 2014)
Frenchopendoublesjuniorresult:W (2014)
Wimbledondoublesjuniorresult:SF (2013)
Usopendoublesjuniorresult:1R (2013)

Ioana Ducu (born 18 April 1996) is a former Romanian tennis player. In her career, she won one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit and reached best WTA rankings of 830 in singles and 736 in doubles.

In June 2014, together with fellow Romanian Ioana Loredana Roșca, Ducu won the girls' doubles tournament at the French Open, defeating CiCi Bellis and Markéta Vondroušová in the final, in three sets.[1]

In 2017, it was announced that she ended her tennis career for pursuit of a career in medicine. She played her last match on the ITF Circuit in September 2014 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.[2]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (0–1)

Doubles (1–3)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–2)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.18 February 2013ITF Antalya, TurkeyClay Cristina Ene Ágnes Bukta
Vivien Juhászová
1–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Loss2.12 September 2014ITF Bucharest, RomaniaClay Julia Helbet Raluca Ciufrila
Andreea Ghițescu
7–6(2), 1–6, [7–10]
Win1.22 September 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptHard Eden Silva Yui Saikai
Natsumi Yokota
6–2, 6–4
Loss3.29 September 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptHard Eden Silva Harriet Dart
Melis Sezer
5–7, 1–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles

ResultYearwidth=120ChampionshipSurfacewidth=180Partnerwidth=180Opponentswidth=120 class="unsortable"Score
Win2014French OpenClay Ioana Loredana Roșca CiCi Bellis
Markéta Vondroušová
6–1, 5–7, [11–9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Victorie istorică! Ioana Ducu şi Ioana Roşca au cucerit trofeul la Roland Garros, în competiţia junioarelor. Știri de Sport. 7 June 2014. 7 June 2014. ro. 5 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200605110240/http://www.stiridesport.ro/sporturi/tenis/victorie-superba-la-roland-garros.html. dead.
  2. Web site: I-ar fi putut calca pe urme Simonei Halep, dar a ales alt drum! Ce cariera si-a ales Ioana Ducu, dupa ce in 2014 a cucerit titlul de junioare la Roland Garros. Sport.ro. 12 September 2017. 13 September 2017. ro.