Irina Falconi ( es, Falconí; born May 4, 1990) is an
Ecuador
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ian-born
American
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former tennis player. 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
![Irina Falconi (5993099284)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Irina_Falconi_%285993099284%29.jpg)
Falconi played college tennis at
Georgia Tech
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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
Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player.
Barthel has won four singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Cir ...
,
Anastasia Pivovarova
Anastasia Olegovna Pivovarova (russian: Анастасия Олеговна Пивоварова, born 16 June 1990) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached a career-high ranking of 93, in May 2011.
During a successful j ...
and
Stéphanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois (born October 31, 1986) is a former tennis player from Canada. She turned professional in 2004 and achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 87 in January 2012.
Dubois was awarded Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada tw ...
.
She went out in the first rounds 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
Dominika Cibulková (; born 6 May 1989) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She is the 2016 WTA Finals champion, becoming the fourth player (after Serena Williams in 2001 WTA Tour Championships, 2001, Maria Sharapova in 2004 WTA Tour ...
, before losing to
Sabine Lisicki
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Lisicki turned professional in 2006, and her breakthrough came in 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships, and also won h ...
.
In March 2020, she competed at the Indian Wells Challenger for the last time in a pro match on tour.
In 2021, it was reported that Falconi was working as a traveling coach for American
Danielle Lao
Danielle Marie Lao (born May 28, 1991, in Pasadena, California) is an American professional tennis player.
She achieved a career-high WTA singles ranking of 152 on April 1, 2019, and has won two ITF singles titles and three doubles titles.
...
.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
''This table is current through the
2021 Australian Open
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Doubles
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner–ups)
Doubles: 14 (3 titles, 11 runner–ups)
See also
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List of Georgia Institute of Technology athletes
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References
External links
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Georgia Tech bio
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1990 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Ecuadorian emigrants to the United States
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's tennis players
Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
People from Portoviejo
Tennis players from Atlanta
Pan American Games medalists in tennis
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games