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Corina Morariu

Summary

Corina Maria Morariu (born January 26, 1978) is an American former professional tennis player.

Corina Morariu
Morariu at the 2009 US Open
Full nameCorina Maria Morariu
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceBoca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Born (1978-01-26) January 26, 1978 (age 46)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Turned pro1994
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (single handed backhand)
Prize money$1,733,916
Singles
Career record160–134 (54.4%)
Career titles1 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 29 (24 August 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1998)
French Open2R (1998, 2000, 2003)
Wimbledon3R (1998, 1999)
US Open2R (1997)
Doubles
Career record248–158 (61.1%)
Career titles13 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 1 (3 April 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (2001, 2005)
French OpenSF (2005)
WimbledonW (1999)
US OpenQF (1999, 2002, 2005, 2007)
Mixed doubles
Career record21–22
Career titles1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (2001)
French OpenQF (2003, 2005)
Wimbledon3R (2006)
US OpenSF (2002, 2005)

Morariu (pronounced: mo-RA-R'ju) was born in Detroit, Michigan and is of Romanian descent.[1] She turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport. She also won the mixed-doubles title at the 2001 Australian Open with Ellis Ferreira. She reached the Australian Open women's doubles final with Davenport in 2005. She also reached the world No. 1 ranking in doubles in 2000.[2]

In 2001, Morariu was diagnosed with leukemia and began a program of chemotherapy.[3] During this time, Jennifer Capriati dedicated her 2001 French Open victory to Morariu.[4] After recovering from cancer, along with shoulder surgery, Morariu was largely restricted to doubles play.[2] The WTA then created the Corina Comeback Award, which was presented to Morariu by Capriati.[5]

Morariu retired from the tour in 2007. She is an International Sports Ambassador for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and has released a memoir titled Living Through the Racket: How I Survived Leukemia...and Rediscovered My Self.[5] Following her retirement, she began working as a commentator for Tennis Channel.[6]

Grand Slam finals edit

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) edit

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1999 Wimbledon Grass   Lindsay Davenport   Mariaan de Swardt
  Elena Tatarkova		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2001 Australian Open Hard   Lindsay Davenport   Serena Williams
  Venus Williams		 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 2005 Australian Open Hard   Lindsay Davenport   Svetlana Kuznetsova
  Alicia Molik		 3–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (title) edit

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2001 Australian Open Hard   Ellis Ferreira   Barbara Schett
  Joshua Eagle		 6–1, 6–3

WTA career finals edit

 
Corina Morariu hitting a forehand

Singles: 4 (1–3) edit

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV (1–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. May 1997 Croatian Bol Ladies Open Clay   Mirjana Lučić 5–7, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 2. April 1998 Japan Open, Tokyo Hard   Ai Sugiyama 3–6, 3–6
Loss 3. May 1998 Croatian Bol Ladies Open Clay   Mirjana Lučić 2–6, 4–6
Win 1. May 1999 Croatian Bol Ladies Open Clay   Julie Halard-Decugis 6–2, 6–0

Doubles: 20 (13–7) edit

Legend
Grand Slam (1–2)
Tier I (1–2)
Tier II (3–2)
Tier III (7–1)
Tier IV (1–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Apr 1997 Japan Open, Tokyo Hard   Kerry-Anne Guse   Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
  Rika Hiraki 		4–6, 2–6
Win 1. Nov 1997 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard   Kristine Kunce   Florencia Labat
  Dominique Monami 		6–3, 6–4
Win 2. Jan 1999 Brisbane International, Australia Hard   Larisa Neiland   Kristine Kunce
  Irina Spîrlea 		6–3, 6–4
Win 3. Apr 1999 Japan Open, Tokyo Hard   Kimberly Po   Kerry-Anne Guse
  Catherine Barclay 		6–3, 6–2
Win 4. Jun 1999 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass   Larisa Neiland   Inés Gorrochategui
  Alexandra Fusai 		6–4, 6–4
Win 5. Jul 1999 Wimbledon Championships, UK Grass   Lindsay Davenport   Mariaan de Swardt
  Elena Tatarkova 		6–4, 6–4
Win 6. Jul 1999 Stanford Classic, U.S. Hard   Lindsay Davenport   Anna Kournikova
  Elena Likhovtseva 		6–4, 6–4
Win 7. Aug 1999 San Diego Open, U.S. Hard   Lindsay Davenport   Venus Williams
  Serena Williams 		6–4, 6–1
Win 8. Feb 2000 Cellular South Cup, U.S. Hard (i)   Kimberly Po   Tamarine Tanasugarn
  Elena Tatarkova 		6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win 9. Mar 2000 Indian Wells Masters, U.S. Hard   Lindsay Davenport   Anna Kournikova
  Natasha Zvereva 		6–2, 6–3
Win 10. May 2000 Croatian Bol Ladies Open Clay   Julie Halard-Decugis   Katarina Srebotnik
  Tina Križan 		6–2, 6–2
Loss 2. May 2000 German Open, Berlin Clay   Amanda Coetzer   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Conchita Martínez 		6–3, 2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win 11. Oct 2000 Japan Open, Tokyo Hard   Julie Halard-Decugis   Tina Križan
  Katarina Srebotnik 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 3. Jan 2001 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard   Lindsay Davenport   Serena Williams
  Venus Williams 		2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 4. Nov 2004 Philadelphia Championships, U.S. Hard (i)   Liezel Huber   Lisa Raymond
  Alicia Molik 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 5. Jan 2005 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard   Lindsay Davenport   Svetlana Kuznetsova
  Alicia Molik 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 6. Feb 2005 Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo Carpet (i)   Lindsay Davenport   Janette Husárová
  Elena Likhovtseva 		4–6, 3–6
Win 12. Jan 2006 Sydney International, Australia Hard   Rennae Stubbs   Paola Suárez
  Virginia Ruano Pascual 		6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Win 13. Sep 2006 Bali Classic, Indonesia Hard   Lindsay Davenport   Natalie Grandin
  Trudi Musgrave 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 7. Oct 2006 Generali Ladies Linz, Austria Hard (i)   Katarina Srebotnik   Lisa Raymond
  Samantha Stosur 		3–6, 0–6

ITF Circuit finals edit

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (5–0) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. August 22, 1994 Nicolosi, Italy Hard   Giulia Casoni 7–5, 7–6(5)
Winner 2. May 22, 1995 Salzburg, Austria Clay   Patricia Wartusch 6–2, 6–2
Winner 3. May 29, 1995 Katowice, Poland Clay   Ewa Radzikowska 6–4, 6–2
Winner 4. August 21, 1995 Sochi, Russia Clay   Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Winner 5. February 23, 1997 Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Lenka Němečková 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (9–4) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. July 17, 1994 Olsztyn, Poland Clay   Henrieta Nagyová   Marielle Bruens
  Amanda Hopmans 		4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Winner 2. August 22, 1994 Nicolosi, Italy Hard   Loretta Sheales   Natalie Frawley
  Jenny Anne Fetch 		6–1, 7–5
Winner 3. January 30, 1995 İstanbul, Turkey Hard   Christina Zachariadou   Dora Djilianova
  Desislava Topalova 		6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 4. April 3, 1995 Athens, Greece Clay   Christina Zachariadou   Denisa Chládková
  Patrícia Marková 		2–6, 5–7
Winner 5. May 22, 1995 Salzburg, Austria Clay   Aarthi Venkatesan   Tjaša Jezernik
  Marina Lazarovska 		w/o
Winner 6. August 14, 1995 Carthage, Tunisia Clay   Christina Zachariadou   Denisa Chládková
  Daphne van de Zande 		6–4, 7–6(7)
Winner 7. August 27, 1995 Sochi, Russia Hard   Elena Tatarkova   Natalia Egorova
  Petra Thorén 		6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 8. August 28, 1995 Athens, Greece Clay   Christina Zachariadou   Magdalena Grzybowska
  Henrieta Nagyová 		w/o
Winner 9. December 4, 1995 Cergy, France Hard (i)   Angela Lettiere   Dally Randriantefy
  Natacha Randriantefy 		6–3, 7–5
Winner 10. January 27, 1996 Mission, United States Hard   Angela Lettiere   Shannan McCarthy
  Julie Steven 		7–6(7), 6–2
Winner 11. February 17, 1996 Midland, United States Hard (i)   Angela Lettiere   Katrina Adams
  Debbie Graham 		7–6(4), 7–6(6)
Runner-up 12. May 19, 1996 Athens, Greece Clay   Angela Lettiere   Liezel Horn
  Christína Papadáki 		5–7, 2–6
Winner 13. October 12, 1997 Sedona, United States Hard   Cătălina Cristea   Liezel Horn
  Paola Suárez 		7–5, 6–2

Doubles performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 2R 2R SF F A A 3R F 1R 1R 0 / 9 19–9
French Open A 1R 1R 3R 2R A A A 1R A SF A 1R 0 / 7 7–7
Wimbledon A 1R 2R 2R W A A A 1R A 2R A 1R 1 / 7 9–6
US Open A 3R 1R 1R QF A A QF 1R 2R QF 2R QF 0 / 10 16–10
Win–loss 0–0 2–3 2–4 4–4 11–3 4–1 5–1 3–1 0–3 3–2 13–4 1–2 3–4 1 / 33 51–32
Year-end championships
Tour Championships A A A A SF A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1
Year-end ranking
Ranking 187 81 66 49 6 14 57 78 156 24 15 34 76

Awards edit

  • The Corina Comeback Award (established by the WTA and named after her; she was the first recipient)[5]
  • The 2002 WTA Tour Comeback Player of the Year Award[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Roberts, John (19 December 2003). "Morariu returns after leukaemia battle". The Independent. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b DeSimone, Bonnie (26 March 2007). "Corina Morariu happy to be on tour". ESPN. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  3. ^ Banerjee, Sudeshna (28 July 2009). "Corina Morariu: The Braveheart Who Defied Death". Bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  4. ^ DeSimone, Bonnie (26 May 2002). "She won't stay down for long". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d "WTA Profile". wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  6. ^ Thurmond, Sarah (12 February 2010). "Q&A With Corina Morariu, Cancer Survivor and Former Pro". tennis.com. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

Publications edit

  • Morariu, Corina (2010). Living through the Racket: How I Survived Leukemia…and Rediscovered My Self. Hay House Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4019-2649-6.

External links edit

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