Irena Pavlovic ( sr, Irena Pavlović, Ирена Павловић, ; born 28 September 1988) is a French former tennis player of Serbian descent. (Biography)Irena Pavlovic – Tennis News, Bio, Quotes, Pictures
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, she moved to Paris when she was three. Pavlovic won four singles and 14 doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation. Her highest WTA rankings were No. 138 in singles and 107 in doubles. She was awarded with wildcards for two WTA Tour tournaments in 2009, the Internationaux de Strasbourg and

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, which was her first Grand Slam appearance. Pavlovic lost in the first round both times to Kristina Barrois and Akgul Amanmuradova, respectively. In her career, she defeated players such as Monica Niculescu, Anne Keothavong and

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Early and personal life

Pavlovic who was born in

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then) to Dragan and MirjanaBiographie et palmares
www.irenapavlovic.net has a brother, Filip, who was a basketball player. Russian tennis player Arina Rodionova is a good friend of Pavlovic,Arina Rodionova: «J’espère rejouer avec Irena!»
www.irenapavlovic.net ''(4 December 2009)'' who began playing tennis aged four, with Monica Seles as her idol. Upon being coached by Christophe Serriere and Danyel Ristic, she was coached at famous academy of Patrick Mouratoglou.Irena vue par… Patrick Mouratoglou
www.irenapavlovic.net ''(23 May 2009)''

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (4 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Doubles: 23 (14 titles, 9 runner-ups)

References

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