Irina Falconi


Irina Falconi is a professional American tennis player, who was born in Portoviejo, Ecuador. She moved to Manhattan, New York, as a toddler. Her highest WTA singles ranking is world No. 63, which she reached in May 2016. Her career-high in doubles is No. 70, set in June 2013.

Professional career

Falconi played college tennis at Georgia Tech where she was a two times ITA All-American and 2010 ACC Player of the Year.
She was given a wildcard into the 2010 US Open qualifying tournament and managed to qualify defeating Mona Barthel, Anastasia Pivovarova and Stéphanie Dubois.
She went out in the first round of the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon.
The 2011 US Open was more successful for Falconi, when she defeated Klára Zakopalová and Dominika Cibulková, before losing to Sabine Lisicki.

Performance timelines

Singles

This table is current through the 2020 Australian Open.
Tournament200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020W–L
Australian OpenAA1R1RQ22R2R2R2R1RAQ14–7
French OpenAA1R2RQ3Q13R2RQ1Q1A4–4
WimbledonAA1R1RQ3Q31R1R1RQ2ANH0–5
US OpenQ11R3R1RQ1Q22R1RQ1Q1A3–5
Win–Loss0–00–12–41–40–01–14–42–41–20–10–00–011–21

Doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–02016 Copa Colsanitas – Singles|Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Sílvia Soler Espinosa6–2, 2–6, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12012 Citi Open – Women's Doubles|Citi Open, United StatesInternationalHard Chanelle Scheepers Shuko Aoyama
Chang Kai-chen		5–7, 2–6
Loss0–22012 Texas Tennis Open – Doubles|Texas Tennis Open, United StatesInternationalHard Līga Dekmeijere Marina Erakovic
Heather Watson		3–6, 0–6
Loss0–32015 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles|Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Shelby Rogers Paula Cristina Gonçalves
Beatriz Haddad Maia		3–6, 6–3,

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 2007ITF Los Mochis, Mexico10,000Hard Maria Fernanda Alves6–2, 6–0
Win1–1May 2007ITF Monterrey, Mexico10,000Hard Courtney Nagle2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win2–1Jul 2009ITF Atlanta, United States10,000Hard Jennifer Elie6–0, 6–4
Win3–1Jul 2009ITF St. Joseph, United States10,000Hard Caitlin Whoriskey6–3, 6–3
Win4–1Jul 2010ITF Atlanta, United States10,000Hard Allie Will6–1, 6–4
Loss4–2Oct 2010ITF Rock Hill, United States25,000Hard Camila Giorgi6–3, 6–4
Loss4–3Feb 2011ITF Midland, United States100,000Hard Lucie Hradecká6–4, 6–4
Loss4–4Apr 2012ITF Charlottesville, United States50,000Clay Melanie Oudin7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Loss4–5Oct 2013ITF Perth, Australia25,000Hard Arina Rodionova5–7, 4–6
Loss4–6Oct 2013ITF Margaret River, Australia25,000Hard Anett Kontaveit2–6, 4–6
Loss4–7Sep 2014ITF Albuquerque, United States75,000Hard Anna Tatishvili2–6, 4–6
Win5–7Nov 2014ITF New Braunfels, United States50,000Hard Jennifer Brady7–6, 6–2
Loss5–8Feb 2015ITF Burnie, Australia50,000Hard Daria Gavrilova5–7, 5–7
Win6–8Sep 2017ITF Tampico, Mexico100,000+HHard Louisa Chirico7–5, 6–7, 6–1

Doubles: 14 (3 titles, 11 runner–ups)