Irena Pavlovic in 2014
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Country (sports) | France |
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Residence | Paris, France |
Born |
Belgrade, Serbia |
28 September 1988
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 2004 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed both sides) |
Prize money | US$401,329 |
Singles | |
Career record | 255–229 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | 138 (8 October 2012) |
Current ranking | 182 (8 September 2014) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2012) |
French Open | 2R (2012) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2012) |
US Open | Q3 (2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 123–75 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 14 ITF |
Highest ranking | 116 (25 October 2010) |
Current ranking | 489 (11 August 2014) |
Last updated on: 12 August 2014. |
Irena Pavlovic (Serbian: Ирена Павловић, Irena Pavlović; born 28 September 1988) is a French female tennis player of Serbian descent. Born in Serbian capital Belgrade, she moved to Paris when she was three. Pavlovic won three singles and 13 doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation, and is currently ranked World No. 152. She was awarded with wild cards for two WTA in 2009, Internationaux de Strasbourg and French Open, which was her first grand slam appearance. Pavlovic lost in the first round both times to, respectively, Kristina Barrois and Akgul Amanmuradova. In her career, she defeated players such as Monica Niculescu, Anne Keothavong and Marina Eraković.
Pavlovic was born in Belgrade (Serbia now, SFR Yugoslavia then) to Dragan and Mirjana. She has a brother, Filip, who is a basketball player. She began playing tennis aged four, with Monica Seles as her idol. Russian tennis player Arina Rodionova is a good friend of Pavlovic, who is fluent in French, Serbian and English. Upon being coached by Christophe Serriere and Danyel Ristic, she was coached at famous academy of Patrick Mouratoglou.