Ioana Plesu
{{Short description|Canadian tennis player}}
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| name = Ioana Plesu
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|17}}
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| height = 5 ft 4 in
| plays = Right-handed
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| highestsinglesranking = No. 715 (Jul 28, 2003)
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| highestdoublesranking = No. 545 (Jun 23, 2003)
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Ioana Plesu (born December 17, 1980) is a Canadian former professional tennis player.{{cite news |title=Ioana Plesu remporte la classique Yves Décarie |url=https://www.rds.ca/tennis/ioana-plesu-remporte-la-classique-yves-decarie-1.393746 |work=Réseau des sports |date=March 23, 2003 |language=fr}}
Plesu, born to Romanian immigrant parents, grew up in Sainte-Foy, Quebec and was a Canadian junior champion.{{cite news |title=Plesu veut redonner à la région |url=https://www.lesoleil.com/5a292a7bd30c83f4714b92f4ae409b37 |work=Le Soleil |date=August 8, 2009 |language=fr}} She played four years of collegiate tennis for Duke University, after which she competed professionally. Her only WTA Tour singles main draw appearance came as a wildcard at the 1997 Challenge Bell. She stopped touring in order to study medicine and now works as a family physician.{{cite news |title=Le plaisir retrouvé de Ioana Plesu |url=https://www.lesoleil.com/2016/09/12/le-plaisir-retrouve-deioana-plesu-f4b866e250fb7ffdd156f31d52698d5b |work=Le Soleil |date=September 11, 2016 |language=fr}}
ITF finals
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Outcome
! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | {{dts|Mar 1998}} | ITF Nuevo Laredo, Mexico | Hard | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiromi Bethard | {{flagicon|PER}} María Eugenia Rojas | 3–6, 4–6 |
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| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 2. | {{dts|Oct 2002}} | ITF Winter Park, USA | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Marilyn Baker | {{flagicon|USA}} Michelle Dasso | 2–6, 1–6 |
References
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External links
- {{WTA|160383}}
- {{ITF profile|ioana-plesu/800194072/can}}
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Category:Canadian female tennis players
Category:Duke Blue Devils women's tennis players
Category:Canadian expatriate tennis players in the United States
Category:People from Sainte-Foy, Quebec City
Category:Sportspeople from Quebec City
Category:Canadian people of Romanian descent