Ioana Ducu (born 18 April 1996) is a former Romanian

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player. In her career, she won one doubles title on the

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and reached best

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of 830 in singles and 736 in doubles. In June 2014, together with fellow Romanian

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, Ducu won the girls' doubles tournament at the

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, defeating

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and

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in the final, in three sets. In 2017, it was announced that she ended her tennis career for pursuit of a career in medicine. She played her last match on the ITF Circuit in September 2014 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

ITF finals

Singles (0–1)

Doubles (1–3)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles

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* * 1996 births Living people Tennis players from Bucharest Romanian female tennis players French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Tennis players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub