Mariana Simionescu


Mariana Simionescu is a retired tennis player from Romania.

Career

Simionescu won the French Junior Championships in 1974. She played on the WTA Tour from 1973 to 1980. Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1977. She won one singles title and one doubles title. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 36 in 1978.
Simionescu married Björn Borg on 24 July 1980, but the marriage ended in 1984. She never remarried, but lived together with former F1 racer J.-L. Schlesser for a few years, with whom she has a son.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.18 August 1975South OrangeClay Virginia Ruzici6–1, 6–1
Winner1.20 October 1980TokyoHard Nerida Gregory6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.11 November 1973:fr:Tournoi de tennis de Londres|LondonCarpet Virginia Ruzici Lesley Charles
Glynis Coles
6–3, 7–5
Runner-up2.8 March 1976TallahasseeClay Virginia Ruzici Julie Anthony
Dianne Fromholtz
6–2, 7–5
Runner-up3.23 May 1976RomeClay Virginia Ruzici Linky Boshoff
Ilana Kloss
6–1, 6–2
Winner1.27 February 1978:fr:Tournoi de tennis de Fort Lauderdale|Fort LauderdaleClay Lesley Hunt Diane Desfor
Barbara Hallquist
1–6, 7–6, 6–3

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline