Teodora Mirčić ( sr-Cyrl, Теодора Мирчић, ; born 3 March 1988) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. Over her career, she won three singles and 33 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, and also played for the Serbia Fed Cup team.

Personal life

Teodora Mirčić was born to Miomir and Draginja Mirčić in

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, and also has a brother, Radovan. A great fan of sports, she cites

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as her favourite surface, and

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and

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her idols.''SvetTenisa.net''
Intervju s Teodorom Mirčić
(26 July 2007) Mirčić began training tennis aged 8 at Belgrade's tennis club ''As''. She trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in

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with a full scholarship, and currently resides in

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. She also earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology at Indiana East University.

Tennis career

Teodora Mirčić was one of the best doubles players Serbia has had on the pro tour. She is the only female Serbian tennis player to win thirty-three ITF doubles titles. In singles, Mirčić was always ranked amongst the top 5 in the country. As a young player, she started competing on both WTA Tour and ITF Circuit tournaments. She also captured three ITF singles titles. As a young player, Mirčić played her first

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qualifying in 2005, at the Budapest Grand Prix. She then earned a wildcard for the 2006 Budapest Grand Prix, losing to

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in the first round. In 2009, Mirčić played qualifying for two WTA Tour events, the Morocco Open and the

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.ITF Tennis – Women's Circuit – Players Activity – Mirčić, Teodora (SRB)
/ref> At the 2011 Budapest Grand Prix, she played singles qualifying, losing to

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in the second round. Along with Laura Thorpe, Mirčić competed in doubles at the 2011 Palermo Ladies Open. The pair defeated fourth seeds

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and

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in a super tiebreak in the first round and later reached the semifinals. 2011 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo
Doubles Main Draw
(11 July 2011) She lost to

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in the last round of singles qualifying. Mirčić reached another doubles semifinal at a WTA event, partnering

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in Bad Gastein (July 2013), as well as a quarterfinal at the

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. Mirčić joined the Serbia Fed Cup team in 2008, playing with

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and Ana Jovanović against

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Group I, Europe/Africa 2008, Group D Round Robin: Serbia defeated Poland 2–1 in Hungary
/ref> Ivanovic defeated

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, and then Janković defeated

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, securing Serbia a place in World Group II. In the dead rubber, Mirčić and Jovanović lost to Klaudia Jans and

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in straight sets. The same Serbian team played against

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World Group II, Playoff: Serbia defeated Croatia 3–2 in Croatia
/ref> 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.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (3–3)

Doubles: 49 (33–16)

Fed Cup participation

Singles (0–1)

Doubles (0–2)

References

External links

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