Teodora Mirčić
Teodora Mirčić is a Serbian former tennis player. She has won three singles and 33 doubles titles on the ITF tour, and has also played for the Serbia Fed Cup team.
Personal life
Teodora Mirčić was born to Miomir and Draginja Mirčić in Belgrade, and also has a brother, Radovan. A great fan of sports, she cites hard as her favourite surface, and Roger Federer and Monica Seles her idols. Mirčić began training tennis aged 8 at Belgrade's tennis club As. She trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida with a full scholarship, and currently resides in Sarasota, Florida.Tennis career
Teodora Mirčić is one of the best doubles players Serbia has on ITF and WTA tour. She is the only female Serbian tennis player to win 33 doubles titles on ITF tour. In singles, Mirčić was always ranked amongst the top 5 in the country. As a young player she started competing on both WTA and ITF tournaments. She captured 3 singles and 33 doubles titles on ITF tour.As a young player, Mirčić played her first WTA Tour qualifications in 2005, at the Budapest Grand Prix, but lost in the first round. She then earned a wild card for the 2006 Budapest Grand Prix, losing to Kaia Kanepi in the first round. Tsvetana Pironkova defeated her in the first round of the 2008 Budapest Grand Prix in straight sets. In 2009, Mirčić played qualifications for two WTA Tour events, the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem and the Swedish Open, but lost both times. At the 2011 Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix, she played singles qualifications, losing to Aleksandra Krunić in the second round. Along with Laura Thorpe, Mirčić competed in doubles at the 2011 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo. The pair defeated the fourth seeds Sorana Cîrstea and Andreja Klepač in a super tiebreak in the first round and later reached the semifinals. She lost to Karin Knapp in the last round of singles qualifying. Mirčić reached another doubles semifinal at a WTA event partnering Veronika Kapshay in Bad Gastein as well as a quarterfinal at the WTA Tashkent Open.
Mirčić joined the Serbia Fed Cup team in 2008, playing with Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Ana Jovanović against Poland. Ivanovic defeated Urszula Radwańska, and then Janković defeated Agnieszka Radwańska, securing Serbia a place in World Group II. In the dead rubber, Mirčić and Jovanović lost to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska in straight sets. The same Serbian team played against Croatia. Mirčić lost her singles match, but Janković, Ivanovic and Jovanović defeated their opponents, with Serbia winning the tie 3–2. Mirčić and Jovanović also played a doubles match, but retired for a final 4–1 result. Mirčić has not played in the Fed Cup since 2008.
Career statistics
Singles (3–3)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 11 July 2004 | Felixstowe, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() | 2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 1. | 1 July 2007 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 27 October 2007 | Saint-Denis, France | Hard | ![]() | 1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 20 February 2011 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 2. | 12 August 2012 | Pirot, Serbia | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | 7 April 2013 | Heraklion, Greece | Carpet | ![]() | 6–0, 6–1 |
Doubles (33–16)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 15 September 2006 | Torre del Greco, Italy | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
Winner | 1. | 23 September 2006 | Lecce, Italy | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 22 October 2006 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 3. | 29 October 2006 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1 April 2007 | Hammond, United States | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 9 June 2007 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–0, 4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 4. | 23 June 2007 | Fontanafredda, Italy | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 5. | 29 June 2007 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–0 |
Winner | 6. | 5 July 2007 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 7–5 |
Winner | 7. | 27 October 2007 | Saint-Denis, France | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 8. | 2 December 2007 | Sintra, Portugal | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 9. | 21 March 2008 | Noida, India | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 6–7, |
Runner-up | 4. | 14 May 2008 | Szczecin, Poland | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 10. | 24 May 2008 | Moscow, Russia | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 11. | 21 June 2008 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 7–6 |
Winner | 12. | 27 July 2008 | Les Contamines, France | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 5. | 15 August 2008 | Palić, Serbia | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 13. | 30 August 2008 | Vlaardingen, Netherlands | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 14. | 22 November 2008 | Phoenix, Mauritius | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 3–6, |
Winner | 15. | 12 April 2009 | Šibenik, Croatia | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–0, 6–3 |
Winner | 16. | 17 July 2009 | Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–2 |
Winner | 17. | 5 September 2009 | Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 6. | 13 September 2009 | Denain, France | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 10 October 2009 | Podgorica, Montenegro | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6, 4–6, |
Runner-up | 8. | 25 April 2010 | Dothan, United States | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 18. | 12 June 2010 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 19. | 2 July 2010 | Toruń, Poland | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–2, |
Winner | 20. | 10 July 2010 | Aschaffenburg, Germany | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6, 2–6, |
Runner-up | 9. | 6 August 2010 | Moscow, Russia | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 15 January 2011 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 21. | 12 February 2011 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 11. | 29 April 2011 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 22. | 18 June 2011 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 23. | 10 September 2011 | Saransk, Russia | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 12. | 19 March 2012 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 24. | 23 April 2012 | San Severo, Italy | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 25. | 26 May 2012 | Timișoara, Romania | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 13. | 4 June 2012 | Qarshi, Uzbekistan | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 26. | 25 June 2012 | Izmir, Turkey | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 3–0, ret. |
Runner-up | 14. | 25 June 2012 | Mestre, Italy | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 4–6, |
Runner-up | 15. | 4 February 2013 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 6–1, |
Winners | 27. | 11 February 2013 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 4–5, ret. |
Winners | 28. | 1 April 2013 | Heraklion, Greece | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–7, |
Winners | 29. | 8 Apr 2013 | Heraklion, Greece | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 30. | 13 May 2013 | Balikpapan, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 31. | 20 May 2013 | Tarakan, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 1–6, |
Runner-up | 16. | 3 June 2013 | Qarshi, Uzbekistan | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 32. | 16 September 2013 | Dobrich, Bulgaria | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 7–6 |
Winner | 33. | 20 January 2014 | Daytona Beach, United States | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7, 7–6, |