# Ruxandra Dragomir

Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born 24 October 1972) is a retired tennis player from Romania.
She won four singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual WTA ranking on 25 August 1997, when she became the No. 15 of the world. Between 2009 and 2013 she was the president of Romanian Tennis Federation. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when she got to the quarterfinals of the 1997 French Open, defeating Sonya Jeyaseelan, Yayuk Basuki, Karina Habšudová and Nicole Arendt, before losing to the eventual champion, Iva Majoli.
Dragomir retired from professional tennis in 2005.

## WTA Tour finals
### Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments
* Tier I
* Tier II (0–2)
* Tier III, IV & V (4–2)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Category | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Jul 1995 | Austrian Open | Tier IV | Clay | Judith Wiesner | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 1. | May 1996 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Tier IV | Clay | Melanie Schnell | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 2. | Sep 1996 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | Tier IV | Clay | Patty Schnyder | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 3. | Nov 1996 | Pattaya Open, Thailand | Tier IV | Hard | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | Apr 1997 | Hamburg Open, Germany | Tier II | Clay | Iva Majoli | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4. | Jun 1997 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | Tier III | Grass | Miriam Oremans | 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3. | Apr 1999 | Amelia Island Championships, US | Tier II | Clay | Monica Seles | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Jun 2000 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | Tier III | Grass | Martina Hingis | 2–6, 0–3 ret. |

### Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments
* Tier I
* Tier II (0–2)
* Tier III, IV & V (4–2)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | Jul 1994 | Palermo Open, Italy | Clay | Laura Garrone | Alice Canepa Giulia Casoni | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Win | 2. | May 1995 | Bournemouth, Great Britain | Clay | Mariaan de Swardt | Kerry-Anne Guse Patricia Hy-Boulais | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1. | Jan 1997 | Gold Coast, Australia | Hard | Silvia Farina | Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi | 7–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2. | Apr 1997 | Hamburg Open, Germany | Clay | Iva Majoli | Anke Huber Mary Pierce | 6–4, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Win | 3. | Jul 1997 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | Clay | Karina Habšudová | Eva Martincová Helena Vildová | 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 |
| Win | 4. | Jul 1997 | Warsaw Open, Poland | Clay | Inés Gorrochategui | Catherine Barclay Meike Babel | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 3. | Jul 2000 | Palermo Open, Italy | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Silvia Farina Elia Rita Grande | 4–6, 6–0, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Loss | 4. | Jan 2001 | Hobart International, Australia | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Elena Likhovtseva Cara Black | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 5. | Jun 2001 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | Grass | Nadia Petrova | Kim Clijsters Miriam Oremans | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5. | Jul 2001 | Knokke-Heist, Belgium | Clay | Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | Virginia Ruano Pascual Magüi Serna | 4–6, 3–6 |

## ITF finals

* Legend
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles (7–2)

| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | 13 August 1990 | Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | Sandra Begijn | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 2. | 17 September 1990 | Rabac, Yugoslavia | Clay | Gorana Matić | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 3. | 24 September 1990 | Mali Lošinj, Yugoslavia | Clay | Irina Spîrlea | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1. | 1 October 1990 | Šibenik, Yugoslavia | Clay | Barbara Mulej | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 4. | 25 March 1991 | Supetar, Yugoslavia | Clay | Angelique Olivier | 6–4, 4–6, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2. | 8 June 1992 | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Clay | Emanuela Zardo | 1–6, 6–7$^{(2)}$ |
| Win | 5. | 31 August 1992 | Klagenfurt, Austria | Clay | Åsa Carlsson | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6. | 30 November 1992 | Le Havre, France | Clay | Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor | 7–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 7. | 25 April 1998 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | Adriana Gerši | 6–0, 6–0 |

### Doubles (8–6)

| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 13 August 1990 | Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | Irina Spîrlea | Els Callens Caroline Wuillot | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1. | 20 August 1990 | Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | Irina Spîrlea | Erda Crous Lucie Ludvigová | 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 2. | 17 September 1990 | Rabac, Yugoslavia | Clay | Irina Spîrlea | Katarína Studeníková Gabriela Vesela | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | 12 August 1991 | Pisticci, Italy | Hard | Irina Spîrlea | Justine Hodder Maja Murić | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 3 February 1992 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Clay | Irina Spîrlea | Nicole Pratt Angie Woolcock | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 3. | 14 June 1992 | Modena, Italy | Clay | Elena Pampoulova | Alexandra Fusai Natalie Tschan | 6–3, 7–6$^{(5)}$ |
| Win | 4. | 22 June 1992 | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Clay | Natalie Tschan | Barbara Collet Alexandra Fusai | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4. | 22 November 1992 | Nottingham, UK | Carpet (i) | Irina Spîrlea | Els Callens Elena Pampoulova | 6–7$^{(3)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | 30 November 1992 | Le Havre, France | Clay | Irina Spîrlea | Angela Kerek Sabine Lohmann | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 2 May 2004 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Antonia Matic | Lubomira Bacheva Eva Birnerová | 6–3, 6–7$^{(4)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 6. | 16 May 2004 | St. Gaudens, France | Clay | Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | Marta Domachowska Natalia Gussoni | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 7. | 15 June 2004 | Gorizia, Italy | Carpet (i) | Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | Martina Müller Angelika Rösch | 7–6$^{(7)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6. | 17 October 2004 | Ashburn, United States | Hard | Samantha Reeves | Kelly McCain Kristen Schlukebir | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 8. | 24 October 2004 | Cary, United States | Hard | Samantha Reeves | Maureen Drake Nana Miyagi | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |

## Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 3R | A | A | 1R | 14–9 |
| French Open | 4R | 4R | 4R | 2R | QF | 3R | 4R | 4R | 1R | A | A | A | 22–9 |
| Wimbledon | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 5–9 |
| US Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | 3–8 |
| Win–loss | 4–3 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 7–4 | 5–4 | 7–4 | 6–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 44–35 |

### Head-to-head records

* Serena Williams 0-1
* Venus Williams 0-3
* Martina Hingis 0-4
* Lindsay Davenport 0-7
* Anna Kournikova 2-1
* Dominique Monami 1-2
* Kim Clijsters 0-1
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0-5
* Nadia Petrova 2-0