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)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 22 January 2006 | Tipton, United Kingdom | Hard | Virginie Pichet | 4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 29 January 2006 | Hull, United Kingdom | Hard | Melanie South | 4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 3. | 22 July 2006 | Frinton, United Kingdom | Grass | Georgie Gent | 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 13 August 2006 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard | Jane O'Donoghue | 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 15 October 2006 | Jersey, United Kingdom | Hard | Angelique Kerber | 0–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 26 February 2007 | Portimão, Portugal | Hard | Neuza Silva | 6–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 7. | 18 November 2007 | Nuriootpa, Australia | Hard | Monique Adamczak | 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 8. | 6 December 2009 | Bendigo, Australia | Hard | Alicia Molik | 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 19 April 2010 | Gimhae, South Korea | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | 2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 6 June 2010 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay | Liana Ungur | 3–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 13 September 2010 | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | Clay | Julia Schruff | 0–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 12. | 7 July 2013 | Middelburg, Netherlands | Clay | Angelique van der Meet | 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 13. | 11 August 2013 | Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | Richèl Hogenkamp | 4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 14. | 8 February 2014 | Launceston, Australia | Hard | Olivia Rogowska | 7–5, 4–6, 0–6 |