Teodora Mirčić


Teodora Mirčić is a Serbian former tennis player. She has won three singles and 33 doubles titles on the ITF tour, and has also played for the Serbia Fed Cup team.

Personal life

Teodora Mirčić was born to Miomir and Draginja Mirčić in Belgrade, and also has a brother, Radovan. A great fan of sports, she cites hard as her favourite surface, and Roger Federer and Monica Seles her idols. Mirčić began training tennis aged 8 at Belgrade's tennis club As. She trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida with a full scholarship, and currently resides in Sarasota, Florida.

Tennis career

Teodora Mirčić is one of the best doubles players Serbia has on ITF and WTA tour. She is the only female Serbian tennis player to win 33 doubles titles on ITF tour. In singles, Mirčić was always ranked amongst the top 5 in the country. As a young player she started competing on both WTA and ITF tournaments. She captured 3 singles and 33 doubles titles on ITF tour.
As a young player, Mirčić played her first WTA Tour qualifications in 2005, at the Budapest Grand Prix, but lost in the first round. She then earned a wild card for the 2006 Budapest Grand Prix, losing to Kaia Kanepi in the first round. Tsvetana Pironkova defeated her in the first round of the 2008 Budapest Grand Prix in straight sets. In 2009, Mirčić played qualifications for two WTA Tour events, the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem and the Swedish Open, but lost both times. At the 2011 Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix, she played singles qualifications, losing to Aleksandra Krunić in the second round. Along with Laura Thorpe, Mirčić competed in doubles at the 2011 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo. The pair defeated the fourth seeds Sorana Cîrstea and Andreja Klepač in a super tiebreak in the first round and later reached the semifinals. She lost to Karin Knapp in the last round of singles qualifying. Mirčić reached another doubles semifinal at a WTA event partnering Veronika Kapshay in Bad Gastein as well as a quarterfinal at the WTA Tashkent Open.
Mirčić joined the Serbia Fed Cup team in 2008, playing with Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Ana Jovanović against Poland. Ivanovic defeated Urszula Radwańska, and then Janković defeated Agnieszka Radwańska, securing Serbia a place in World Group II. In the dead rubber, Mirčić and Jovanović lost to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska in straight sets. The same Serbian team played against Croatia. Mirčić lost her singles match, but Janković, Ivanovic and Jovanović defeated their opponents, with Serbia winning the tie 3–2. Mirčić and Jovanović also played a doubles match, but retired for a final 4–1 result. Mirčić has not played in the Fed Cup since 2008.

Career statistics

Singles (3–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1.11 July 2004Felixstowe, United KingdomGrass Amanda Janes2–6, 1–6
Winner1.1 July 2007Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Karolina Jovanović6–3, 6–3
Runner-up2.27 October 2007Saint-Denis, FranceHard Virginie Pichet1–6, 3–6
Runner-up3.20 February 2011Antalya, TurkeyClay Christina Shakovets4–6, 1–6
Winner2.12 August 2012Pirot, SerbiaClay Lina Gjorcheska6–3, 6–1
Winner3.7 April 2013Heraklion, GreeceCarpet Aleksandra Karamanoleva6–0, 6–1

Doubles (33–16)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore
Runner-up1.15 September 2006Torre del Greco, ItalyClay Emilia Desiderio Andreea Roxana Vaideanu
Erika Zanchetta
1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Winner1.23 September 2006Lecce, ItalyClay Ekaterina Lopes Kildine Chevalier
Adriana Serra Zanetti
7–6, 6–4
Winner2.22 October 2006Dubrovnik, CroatiaClay Ana Veselinović Ana Jovanović
Polona Reberšak
6–4, 7–5
Winner3.29 October 2006Dubrovnik, CroatiaClay Stefanie Haidner Aleksandra Lukič
Patricia Vollmeier
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up2.1 April 2007Hammond, United StatesHard Marie-Ève Pelletier Chan Chin-wei
Tetiana Luzhanska
1–6, 6–7
Runner-up3.9 June 2007Zagreb, CroatiaClay Danica Krstajić Ana Jovanović
Anastasia Poltoratskaya
6–0, 4–6, 1–6
Winner4.23 June 2007Fontanafredda, ItalyClay Mervana Jugić-Salkić Carmen Klaschka
Magda Mihalache
6–2, 6–1
Winner5.29 June 2007Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Karolina Jovanović Katarína Poljaková
Zuzana Zlochová
6–1, 6–0
Winner6.5 July 2007Båstad, SwedenClay Hanna Nooni Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Anna Koumantou
7–5, 7–5
Winner7.27 October 2007Saint-Denis, FranceHard Marinne Giraud Florence Haring
Virginie Pichet
6–2, 7–5
Winner8.2 December 2007Sintra, PortugalClay Caroline Maes Neuza Silva
Roxane Vaisemberg
6–4, 6–1
Winner9.21 March 2008Noida, IndiaHard Lenka Tvarošková Kelly Anderson
Chanelle Scheepers
6–2, 6–7,
Runner-up4.14 May 2008Szczecin, PolandClay Emma Laine Iveta Gerlová
Tereza Hladíková
1–6, 4–6
Winner10.24 May 2008Moscow, RussiaClay Emma Laine Maria Kondratieva
Oksana Teplyakova
7–6, 6–2
Winner11.21 June 2008Istanbul, TurkeyHard Lenka Tvarošková Stefania Boffa
Nikola Fraňková
7–5, 7–6
Winner12.27 July 2008Les Contamines, FranceHard Mervana Jugić-Salkić Justine Ozga
Darina Šeděnková
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up5.15 August 2008Palić, SerbiaClay Mervana Jugić-Salkić Olga Brózda
Magdalena Kiszczyńska
3–6, 5–7
Winner13.30 August 2008Vlaardingen, NetherlandsClay Mervana Jugić-Salkić Irina Kuzmina
Anastasia Poltoratskaya
6–1, 6–2
Winner14.22 November 2008Phoenix, MauritiusHard Lenka Tvarošková Kelly Anderson
Natalie Grandin
6–4, 3–6,
Winner15.12 April 2009Šibenik, CroatiaClay Nataša Zorić Tina Obrez
Mika Urbančič
6–0, 6–3
Winner16.17 July 2009Rome, ItalyClay María Irigoyen Elisa Balsamo
Stefania Chieppa
7–5, 6–2
Winner17.5 September 2009Brčko, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Ana Jovanović Patricia Chirea
Petra Pajalič
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up6.13 September 2009Denain, FranceClay Magdalena Kiszczyńska Elena Chalova
Ksenia Lykina
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up7.10 October 2009Podgorica, MontenegroClay Karolina Jovanović Nicole Clerico
Karolina Kosińska
7–6, 4–6,
Runner-up8.25 April 2010Dothan, United StatesClay María Irigoyen Alina Jidkova
Anastasia Yakimova
4–6, 2–6
Winner18.12 June 2010Budapest, HungaryClay Lenka Wienerová Anna Livadaru
Florencia Molinero
6–4, 6–1
Winner19.2 July 2010Toruń, PolandClay Marija Mirkovic Katarzyna Piter
Barbara Sobaszkiewicz
4–6, 6–2,
Winner20.10 July 2010Aschaffenburg, GermanyClay Erika Sema Elena Bogdan
Andrea Koch Benvenuto
7–6, 2–6,
Runner-up9.6 August 2010Moscow, RussiaClay Marija Mirkovic Nadejda Guskova
Valeria Solovyeva
6–7, 3–6
Runner-up10.15 January 2011Glasgow, United KingdomHard Jasmina Tinjić Ulrikke Eikeri
Isabella Shinikova
4–6, 4–6
Winner21.12 February 2011Antalya, TurkeyClay Marina Shamayko Sultan Gönen
Anna Karavayeva
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up11.29 April 2011Minsk, BelarusHard Nicole Rottmann Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiya Kichenok
1–6, 2–6
Winner22.18 June 2011Istanbul, TurkeyHard Marta Domachowska Daniella Dominikovic
Melis Sezer
6–4, 6–2
Winner23.10 September 2011Saransk, RussiaClay Mihaela Buzărnescu Eva Hrdinová
Veronika Kapshay
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up12.19 March 2012Antalya, TurkeyClay Claudia Giovine Evelyn Mayr
Julia Mayr
2–6, 3–6
Winner24.23 April 2012San Severo, ItalyClay Anastasia Grymalska Chiara Mendo
Giulia Sussarello
6–2, 6–4
Winner25.26 May 2012Timișoara, RomaniaClay Andreea Mitu Lina Gjorcheska
Dalia Zafirova
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up13.4 June 2012Qarshi, UzbekistanClay Veronika Kapshay Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova
5–7, 3–6
Winner26.25 June 2012Izmir, TurkeyHard Ana Bogdan Abbie Myers
Melis Sezer
6–3, 3–0, ret.
Runner-up14.25 June 2012Mestre, ItalyClay Réka-Luca Jani Mailen Auroux
Maria Irigoyen
7–5, 4–6,
Runner-up15.4 February 2013Antalya, TurkeyClay Ana Bogdan Giulia Bruzzone
Martina Caregaro
3–6, 6–1,
Winners27.11 February 2013Antalya, TurkeyClay Raluca Elena Platon Ekaterine Gorgodze
Sofia Kvatsabaia
1–6, 4–5, ret.
Winners28.1 April 2013Heraklion, GreeceCarpet Vivien Juhászová Giulia Sussarello
Sara Sussarello
7–5, 6–7,
Winners29.8 Apr 2013Heraklion, GreeceCarpet Marina Melnikova Giulia Sussarello
Despina Papamichail
6–1, 6–4
Winner30.13 May 2013Balikpapan, IndonesiaHard Naomi Broady Chen Yi
Xu Yifan
6–3, 6–3
Winner31.20 May 2013Tarakan, IndonesiaHard Naomi Broady Tang Haochen
Tian Ran
6–2, 1–6,
Runner-up16.3 June 2013Qarshi, UzbekistanClay Veronika Kapshay Margarita Gasparyan
Polina Pekhova
2–6, 1–6
Winner32.16 September 2013Dobrich, BulgariaClay Xenia Knoll Isabella Shinikova
Dalia Zafirova
7–5, 7–6
Winner33.20 January 2014Daytona Beach, United StatesClay Nicole Melichar Asia Muhammad
Allie Will
6–7, 7–6,

Fed Cup singles performances (0–1)

Fed Cup doubles performances (0–2)