Irena Pavlovic


Irena Pavlovic is a French former tennis player of Serbian descent. Born in Serbian capital Belgrade, she moved to Paris when she was three.
Pavlovic won four singles and 14 doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation. Her highest WTA rankings were No. 138 in singles and 107 in doubles.
She was awarded with wild cards for two WTA Tour tournaments 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.

Early and personal life

Pavlovic who was born in Belgrade to Dragan and Mirjana has a brother, Filip, who was a basketball player. Russian tennis player Arina Rodionova is a good friend of Pavlovic, who began playing tennis aged four, with Monica Seles as her idol. Upon being coached by Christophe Serriere and Danyel Ristic, she was coached at famous academy of Patrick Mouratoglou.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (4–10)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.22 January 2006Tipton, United KingdomHard Virginie Pichet4–6, 1–6
Runner-up2.29 January 2006Hull, United KingdomHard Melanie South4–6, 1–6
Winner3.22 July 2006Frinton, United KingdomGrass Georgie Gent6–2, 6–4
Winner4.13 August 2006Wrexham, United KingdomHard Jane O'Donoghue6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up5.15 October 2006Jersey, United KingdomHard Angelique Kerber0–6, 4–6
Runner-up6.26 February 2007Portimão, PortugalHard Neuza Silva6–7, 4–6
Winner7.18 November 2007Nuriootpa, AustraliaHard Monique Adamczak6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up8.6 December 2009Bendigo, AustraliaHard Alicia Molik3–6, 4–6
Runner-up9.19 April 2010Gimhae, South KoreaHard Chan Yung-jan2–6, 1–6
Runner-up10.6 June 2010Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Liana Ungur3–6, 0–6
Runner-up11.13 September 2010Alphen aan den Rijn, NetherlandsClay Julia Schruff0–6, 3–6
Winner12.7 July 2013Middelburg, NetherlandsClay Angelique van der Meet6–3, 6–4
Runner-up13.11 August 2013Koksijde, BelgiumClay Richèl Hogenkamp4–6, 1–6
Runner-up14.8 February 2014Launceston, AustraliaHard Olivia Rogowska7–5, 4–6, 0–6

Doubles: 23 (14–9)