Irina Falconi

{{short description|Ecuadorian-born American tennis player (born 1990)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Irina Falconi

| image = Falconi WM16 (6) (27802088364).jpg

| caption = Falconi at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships

| country = {{USA}}

| fullname = Irina Alejandra Falconi Hartman

| residence = Lake Nona, Florida

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|5|4}}

| birth_place = Portoviejo, Ecuador

| height = 1.63 m

| college = Georgia Tech

| turnedpro = 2010

| retired = 2023

| plays = Right (two-handed backhand)

| careerprizemoney = US$ 1,773,426

| singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=336|lost=259}}

| singlestitles = 1 WTA, 6 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 63 (May 23, 2016)

| AustralianOpenresult = 2R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (2015)

| Wimbledonresult = 1R (2011, 2012, 2017)

| USOpenresult = 3R (2011)

| doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=133|lost=133}}

| doublestitles = 3 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 70 (June 10, 2013)

| currentdoublesranking = No. 862 (March 6, 2023)

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (2013, 2016)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2013)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (2012)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 2R (2012)

| USOpenMixedresult = 1R (2012)

| medaltemplates-expand =

| medaltemplates =

}}

Irina Falconi Hartman{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/314545/irina-falconi-hartman |title=Irina Falconi Hartman |work=WTA Tour |access-date=April 12, 2023}} ({{langx|es|Falconí}}; born Irina Alejandra Falconi; May 4, 1990) is an Ecuadorian-born American former professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 63, which she reached in May 2016. Her career-high in doubles is world No. 70, set in June 2013.

Born Irina Alejandra Falconi in Portoviejo, Ecuador,{{cite web |url=https://ramblinwreck.com/roster/irina-falconi/ |title=Irina Falconi – Women's Tennis – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |website=ramblinwreck.com |publisher=Georgia Tech |access-date=April 12, 2023}} she moved to Manhattan, New York, as a toddler.{{cite news |title=At Wimbledon, Ranked 247 and Suddenly Facing No. 1 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/sports/wimbledon-irina-falconi-angelique-kerber.html?_r=0 |first=David |last=Waldstein |work=The New York Times |date=July 4, 2017 |access-date=July 4, 2017}} At the age of 14, she and her family moved to Florida.{{cite web |url=https://ramblinwreck.com/roster/irina-falconi/ |title=Park Place: Irina Falconi returns to her tennis beginnings in New York City |website=Tennis.com |first=Nina |last=Pantic |date=September 1, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2023}} In 2021, Falconi married Travis Hartman{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CO6Nz7JAWFt/ |title=introducing Mr. and Mrs. Hartman 💕💒💘🎉 |work=Instagram |date=May 15, 2021 |access-date=April 12, 2023}} and their daughter Isabella was born.{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CWJvk52gcS9/ |title=Isabella Alejandra Hartman ❣️ November 8 2021 |work=Instagram |date=November 11, 2021 |access-date=April 12, 2023}}

Professional career

Falconi played college tennis at Georgia Tech where she was a two times ITA All-American and 2010 ACC Player of the Year.{{cite web |title=Player Bio: Irina Falconi |url=https://ramblinwreck.com/roster/irina-falconi/ |work=Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |date=May 7, 2019 |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology |access-date=January 2, 2020}}

She was given a wildcard into the 2010 US Open qualifying tournament and managed to qualify defeating Mona Barthel, Anastasia Pivovarova and Stéphanie Dubois.

She went out in the first rounds of the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon.

The 2011 US Open was more successful for Falconi when she defeated Klára Zakopalová and Dominika Cibulková, before losing to Sabine Lisicki.

In March 2020, she competed at the Indian Wells Challenger for the last time in a match on pro tour.

In 2021, it was reported that Falconi was working as a traveling coach for American tennis player Danielle Lao.{{Cite news |last=Clarey |first=Christopher |date=June 28, 2021 |title=Danielle Lao Gets Back to Wimbledon, and Makes the Most of It |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/sports/tennis/wimbledon-danielle-lao.html |access-date=2021-06-28 |issn=0362-4331}}

Grand Slam performance timelines

=Singles=

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 !2021	W–L
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align=left\| Australian Open \|A \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|Q2 \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|Q1 \|A \|4–7
align=left\| French Open \|A \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|Q3 \|Q1 \|bgcolor=afeeee\|3R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|Q1 \|Q1 \|A \|A \|A \|4–4
align=left\| Wimbledon \|A \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|Q3 \|Q3 \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|Q2 \|A \|style="color:#767676;"\|NH \|A \|0–5
align=left\| US Open \|Q1 \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|3R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|Q1 \|Q2 \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|Q1 \|Q1 \|A \|A \|A \|3–5
style="background:#efefef; font-weight:bold;" \| style="text-align:left" \|Win–loss \|0–0 \|0–1 \|2–4 \|1–4 \|0–0 \|1–1 \|4–4 \|2–4 \|1–2 \|0–1 \|0–0 \|0–0 \|0–0 \|11–21

=Doubles=

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	W–L
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align=left\| Australian Open \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|A \|2–4
align=left\| French Open \|A \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|0–2
align=left\| Wimbledon \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|1–4
align=left\| US Open \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|1–5
style="background:#efefef; font-weight:bold;" \| style="text-align:left" \|Win–loss \|0–1 \|2–3 \|1–3 \|0–1 \|0–3 \|1–3 \|0–1 \|4–15

WTA Tour finals

=Singles: 1 (title)=

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|Grand Slam tournaments

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|Premier M & Premier 5

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|Premier

International (1–0)

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!Finals by surface

Hard (0–0)

Clay (1–0)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

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!Opponent

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style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–0

| 2016 Copa Colsanitas – Singles

| Copa Colsanitas, Colombia

| International

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sílvia Soler Espinosa

| 6–2, 2–6, 6–4

=Doubles: 3 (runner-ups)=

Legend
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style="background:#f3e6d7;"\|Grand Slam tournaments
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International (0–3)

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|2012 Citi Open – Women's doubles

|Washington Open,
United States

|International

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Chanelle Scheepers

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shuko Aoyama
{{flagicon|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen

|5–7, 2–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–2

|2012 Texas Tennis Open – Doubles

|Texas Open,
United States

|International

|Hard

|{{flagicon|LAT}} Līga Dekmeijere

|{{flagicon|NZL}} Marina Erakovic
{{flagicon|GBR}} Heather Watson

|3–6, 0–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–3

|2015 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles

|Copa Colsanitas,
Colombia

|International

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Shelby Rogers

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Paula Cristina Gonçalves
{{flagicon|BRA}} Beatriz Haddad Maia

|3–6, 6–3, [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals

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!Legend

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|$100,000 tournaments

style="background:#f7e98e;"

|$75,000 tournaments

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|$50,000 tournaments

style="background:lightblue;"

|$25,000 tournaments

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

|$10,000 tournaments

=Singles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner–ups)=

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

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!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|May 2007

|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Los Mochis, Mexico

|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Maria Fernanda Alves

|6–2, 6–0

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–1

|May 2007

|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Monterrey, Mexico

|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Courtney Nagle

|2–6, 6–3, 6–4

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|2–1

|Jul 2009

|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Atlanta, United States

|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Elie

|6–0, 6–4

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|3–1

|Jul 2009

|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF St. Joseph, United States

|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Caitlin Whoriskey

|6–3, 6–3

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|4–1

|Jul 2010

|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Atlanta, United States

|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Allie Will

|6–1, 6–4

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|4–2

|Oct 2010

|style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Rock Hill, United States

|style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi

|6–3, 6–4

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|4–3

|Feb 2011

| style="background:#f88379;" |Midland Tennis Classic, US

| style="background:#f88379;" |100,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Hradecká

|6–4, 6–4

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|4–4

|Apr 2012

|style="background:#addfad;"|Charlottesville Open, US

|style="background:#addfad;"|50,000

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Melanie Oudin

|7–6⁽⁰⁾, 3–6, 1–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|4–5

|Oct 2013

|style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Perth, Australia

|style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Arina Rodionova

|5–7, 4–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|4–6

|Oct 2013

|style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Margaret River, Australia

|style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|EST}} Anett Kontaveit

|2–6, 4–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|4–7

|Sep 2014

|style="background:#f7e98e;"|Albuquerque Championships, US

|style="background:#f7e98e;"|75,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Anna Tatishvili

|2–6, 4–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|5–7

|Nov 2014

|style="background:#addfad;"|ITF New Braunfels, US

|style="background:#addfad;"|50,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Brady

|7–6⁽³⁾, 6–2

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|5–8

|Feb 2015

|style="background:#addfad;"|Burnie International, Australia

|style="background:#addfad;"|50,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Daria Gavrilova

|5–7, 5–7

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|6–8

|Sep 2017

|style="background:#f88379;"|Abierto Tampico, Mexico

|style="background:#f88379;"|100,000+H

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Louisa Chirico

|7–5, 6–7⁽³⁾, 6–1

=Doubles: 14 (3 titles, 11 runner–ups)=

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!Result

!class="unsortable" |W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable" |Score

bgcolor="98FB98" |Win

| 1–0

| Jul 2009

| style="background:#f0f8ff;" |ITF St. Joseph, United States

| style="background:#f0f8ff;" |10,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Ashley Weinhold

| {{flagicon|USA}} Chelsea Orr
{{flagicon|USA}} Caitlin Whoriskey

| 6–4, 7–6⁽⁶⁾

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

| 1–1

| Jul 2010

| style="background:#f0f8ff;" |ITF Atlanta, United States

| style="background:#f0f8ff;" |10,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Maria Sanchez

| {{flagicon|USA}} Kristy Frilling
{{flagicon|ISR}} Julia Glushko

| 2–6, 6–2, 4–6

bgcolor="FFA07A" |Loss

| 1–2

| Aug 2010

| bgcolor="F7E98E" |Vancouver Open, Canada

| bgcolor="F7E98E" |75,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Amanda Fink

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen
{{flagicon|CAN}} Heidi El Tabakh

| 6–3, 3–6, [4–10]

bgcolor="FFA07A" |Loss

| 1–3

| Sep 2010

| bgcolor="#ADDFAD" |Las Vegas Open, US

| bgcolor="#ADDFAD" |50,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Maria Sanchez

| {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Lee-Waters
{{flagicon|USA}} Megan Moulton-Levy

| 6–1, 5–7, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

| 1–4

| Oct 2010

| style="background:#addfad;" |ITF Kansas City, US

| style="background:#addfad;" |50,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Albanese

| {{flagicon|USA}} Julie Ditty
{{flagicon|USA}} Abigail Spears

| 2–6, 6–4, 4–6

bgcolor="#FFA07A" |Loss

| 1–5

| Feb 2011

| bgcolor="#F88379" |Midland Tennis Classic, US

| bgcolor="#F88379" |100,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Alison Riske

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jamie Hampton
{{flagicon|GEO}} Anna Tatishvili

| w/o

bgcolor="FFA07A" |Loss

| 1–6

| Sep 2012

| bgcolor="F7E98E" |Albuquerque Championships, US

| bgcolor="F7E98E" |75,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Maria Sanchez

| {{flagicon|USA}} Yasmin Schnack
{{flagicon|USA}} Asia Muhammad

| 2–6, 6–1, [10–12]

bgcolor="FFA07A" |Loss

| 1–7

| Apr 2013

| style="background:#addfad;" |Dothan Pro Classic, US

| style="background:#addfad;" |50,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Maria Sanchez

| {{flagicon|USA}} Julia Cohen
{{flagicon|GER}} Tatjana Maria

| 4–6, 6–4, [9–11]

bgcolor="#FFA07A" |Loss

| 1–8

| May 2013

| bgcolor="#F88379" |Prague Open, Czech Republic

| bgcolor="#F88379" |100,000

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Eva Hrdinová

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Renata Voráčová
{{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

| 4–6, 0–6

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

| 1–9

| Jul 2013

| style="background:#addfad;" |Yakima Challenger, US

| style="background:#addfad;" |50,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Naomi Broady

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jan Abaza
{{flagicon|USA}} Allie Will

| 5–7, 6–3, [3–10]

style="background:#98fb98;" |Win

| 2–9

| Jul 2013

| style="background:#addfad;" |Portland Challenger, US

| style="background:#addfad;" |50,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Melichar

| {{flagicon|USA}} Sanaz Marand
{{flagicon|USA}} Ashley Weinhold

| 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]

style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

| 2–10

| Mar 2014

| bgcolor="#ADDFAD" |Osprey Challenger, US

| bgcolor="#ADDFAD" |50,000

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Eva Hrdinová

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Hsieh Shu-ying
{{flagicon|JPN}} Rika Fujiwara

| 3–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, [4–10]

bgcolor="FFA07A" |Loss

| 2–11

| Apr 2014

| style="background:#addfad;" |Charlottesville Open, US

| style="background:#addfad;" |50,000

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Maria Sanchez

| {{flagicon|USA}} Asia Muhammad
{{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Townsend

| 3–6, 1–6

bgcolor="98FB98" |Win

| 3–11

| Feb 2015

| bgcolor="#ADDFAD" |Burnie International, Australia

| bgcolor="#ADDFAD" |50,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CRO}} Petra Martić

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Han Xinyun
{{flagicon|JPN}} Junri Namigata

| 6–2, 6–4

References

External links

{{WTA|314545|Irina Falconi Hartman}}
{{ITF|irina-hartman/800249047/usa|Irina Hartman}}
[https://ausopen.com/players/united-states-america/irina-falconi-hartman Irina Falconi Hartman] at the Australian Open

Category:1990 births

Category:Living people

Category:American female tennis players

Category:Ecuadorian emigrants to the United States

Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's tennis players

Category:People from Portoviejo

Category:Sportspeople from Manabí Province

Category:Tennis players from Atlanta

Category:Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in tennis

Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in tennis