Mariana Simionescu
{{short description|Romanian tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Mariana Simionescu
|image = Mariana Simionescu 1980.jpg
|caption = Simionescu in July 1980
|country = {{ROM}}
|residence =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|11|27}}
|birth_place = Târgu Neamț, Romania
|turnedpro = 1974
|retired = 1980
|plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney =
|singlesrecord =
|singlestitles = 1
|highestsinglesranking = No. 36 (1978)
|AustralianOpenresult =
|FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1976, 1978)
|Wimbledonresult = 4R (1977)
|USOpenresult = 2R (1974, 1976)
|doublesrecord =
|doublestitles = 1
|highestdoublesranking =
|updated = 26 July 2015
}}
Mariana Simionescu (born 27 November 1956) is a retired tennis player from Romania.
Career
File:Björn Borg and Mariana Simionescu 1980.jpg, Romania, on 24 July 1980]]
Simionescu won the French Junior Championships in 1974. She played on the WTA Tour from 1973 to 1980. Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1977. She won one singles title and one doubles title. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 36 in 1978.
Simionescu married Björn Borg on 24 July 1980, but the marriage ended in 1984.{{cite news
|title=The ten sporting love matches
|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1404029,00.html
|access-date=27 July 2015
|newspaper=The Observer
|date=6 February 2005
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907140509/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0%2C%2C1404029%2C00.html
|archive-date=7 September 2012
}} She never remarried, but lived with former F1 racer Jean-Louis Schlesser for a few years, with whom she has a son (Anthony).Andru Nenciu (26 October 2015). [http://www.prosport.ro/sport-life/special/interviu-eveniment-viata-n-povesti-gol-suflet-aud-acum-vocea-florentei-mihai-imi-spune-zuza-mariana-simionescu-romancele-tenis-bjorn-borg-monte-carlo-comunism-14860640# O viaţă ca-n poveşti şi un gol în suflet. "Aud şi acum vocea Florenţei Mihai. Cine îmi va mai spune mie Zuza!?". Mariana Simionescu, despre româncele din tenis, Bjorn Borg, Monte Carlo şi comunism]. Prosport.ro
WTA Tour finals
=Singles: 2 (1–1)=
| valign=top
| {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" !Winner — Legend |
| style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| style="background:#ffc;"|WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
| Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (1–1) |
|
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Titles by surface |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Clay (1–1) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|}
| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:65px"|Outcome !style="width:20px" class="unsortable"|No. !style="width:115px"|Date !style="width:200px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:180px"|Opponent !style="width:140px" class="unsortable"|Score |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1. | 18 August 1975 | Clay | {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Virginia Ruzici | 6–1, 6–1 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1. | 20 October 1980 | Tokyo | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nerida Gregory | 6–4, 6–4 |
=Doubles: 4 (1–3)=
| valign=top
| {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" !Winner — Legend |
| style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| style="background:#ffc;"|WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
| Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (1–3) |
|
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Titles by surface |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Clay (1–2) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
|}
| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:65px"|Outcome !style="width:20px" class="unsortable"|No. !style="width:115px"|Date !style="width:200px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:180px"|Partner !style="width:180px"|Opponents !style="width:140px" class="unsortable"|Score |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1. | 11 November 1973 | London | Carpet | {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Virginia Ruzici | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lesley Charles | 6–3, 7–5 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 2. | 8 March 1976 | Tallahassee | Clay | {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Virginia Ruzici | {{flagicon|USA}} Julie Anthony | 6–2, 7–5 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 3. | 23 May 1976 | Rome | Clay | {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Virginia Ruzici | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Linky Boshoff | 6–1, 6–2 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1. | 27 February 1978 | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Lesley Hunt | {{flagicon|USA}} Diane Desfor | 1–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
{{performance key|active=no|short=yes}}
| class="wikitable" style=font-size:97% |
| bgcolor="#efefef"
! Tournament !! 1973 !! 1974 !! 1975 !! 1976 !! colspan=2|1977 !! 1978 !! 1979 !! 1980 !! Career SR |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Australian Open
|align="center"|A |align="center"|A |align="center"|A |align="center"|A |align="center"|A |align="center"|A |align="center"|A |align="center"|A |align="center"|A |align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 0 |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|French Open
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R |align="center" colspan=2|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 7 |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wimbledon
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;" colspan=2|4R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center"|A |align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 7 |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|US Open
|align="center"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" colspan=2|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 4 |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|SR
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 2 |align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 3 |align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 2 |align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 3 |align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" colspan=2| 0 / 1 |align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3 |align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2 |align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2 |align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 18 |
| align=left|Year-end ranking
|align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|79 |align="center"|45 |align="center" colspan=2|68 |align="center"|59 |align="center"|172 |align="center"|79 |
- Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Mariana Simionescu}}
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- {{ITF}}
- {{Fed Cup player}}
{{French Open girls’ singles champions}}
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