Ioana Ducu (born 18 April 1996) is a former Romanian tennis player. In her career, she won one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit and reached best WTA rankings of 830 in singles and 736 in doubles.

Ioana Ducu
Ducu at the 2014 French Open
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 28)
Bucharest
Retired2016
Prize money$6,695
Singles
Career record19–23
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 830 (9 September 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Junior1R (2013, 2014)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2013)
US Open Junior2R (2013)
Doubles
Career record17–13
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 736 (3 November 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open JuniorW (2014)
Wimbledon JuniorSF (2013)
US Open Junior1R (2013)

In June 2014, together with fellow Romanian Ioana Loredana Roșca, Ducu won the girls' doubles tournament at the French Open, defeating CiCi Bellis and Markéta Vondroušová in the final, in three sets.[1]

In 2017, it was announced that she ended her tennis career for pursuit of a career in medicine. She played her last match on the ITF Circuit in September 2014 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.[2]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles (0–1)

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Legend
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (0–1)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss Feb 2013 ITF Antalya,
Turkey
Clay   Jovana Jakšić 2–6, 5–7

Doubles (1–3)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 18 February 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay   Cristina Ene   Ágnes Bukta
  Vivien Juhászová
1–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Loss 2. 12 September 2014 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay   Julia Helbet   Raluca Ciufrila
  Andreea Ghițescu
7–6(2), 1–6, [7–10]
Win 1. 22 September 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard   Eden Silva   Yui Saikai
  Natsumi Yokota
6–2, 6–4
Loss 3. 29 September 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard   Eden Silva   Harriet Dart
  Melis Sezer
5–7, 1–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Girls' doubles

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2014 French Open Clay   Ioana Loredana Roșca   CiCi Bellis
  Markéta Vondroušová
6–1, 5–7, [11–9]

References

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  1. ^ "Victorie istorică! Ioana Ducu şi Ioana Roşca au cucerit trofeul la Roland Garros, în competiţia junioarelor". Știri de Sport (in Romanian). 7 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  2. ^ "I-ar fi putut calca pe urme Simonei Halep, dar a ales alt drum! Ce cariera si-a ales Ioana Ducu, dupa ce in 2014 a cucerit titlul de junioare la Roland Garros". Sport.ro (in Romanian). 12 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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