Teodora Mirčić (Serbian Cyrillic: Теодора Мирчић, pronounced [teodǒːra mîːrtʃitɕ]; 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.^[2]

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Teodora Mirčić
Теодора Мирчић

Country (sports)	FR Yugoslavia (2000–2003)  Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)  Serbia (2006–2014)
Residence	Sarasota, Florida, U.S.[1]
Born	(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 (age 36) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$151,315
Singles
Career record	263–221 (54.3%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 249 (16 June 2008)
Doubles
Career record	258–144 (64.2%)
Career titles	33 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 125 (5 May 2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–3

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Teodora Mirčić was born to Miomir and Draginja Mirčić in Belgrade, and also has a brother, Radovan.^[1] A great fan of sports, she cites hardcourt as her favourite surface, and Roger Federer and Monica Seles her idols.^[3] Mirčić began training tennis aged 8 at Belgrade's tennis club As.^[3] She trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida with a full scholarship, and currently resides in Sarasota, Florida. She also earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology at Indiana East University.^[1]

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 WTA Tour qualifying in 2005, at the Budapest Grand Prix.^[4] She then earned a wildcard for the 2006 Budapest Grand Prix, losing to Kaia Kanepi in the first round.^[4] In 2009, Mirčić played qualifying for two WTA Tour events, the Morocco Open and the Swedish Open.^[5] At the 2011 Budapest Grand Prix, she played singles qualifying, losing to Aleksandra Krunić in the second round. Along with Laura Thorpe, Mirčić competed in doubles at the 2011 Palermo Ladies Open. The pair defeated fourth seeds Sorana Cîrstea and Andreja Klepač in a super tiebreak in the first round and later reached the semifinals.^[6] 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 (July 2013), as well as a quarterfinal at the Tashkent Open.

Mirčić joined the Serbia Fed Cup team in 2008, playing with Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Ana Jovanović against Poland.^[7] Ivanovic defeated Urszula Radwańska, and then Janković defeated Agnieszka Radwańska, securing Serbia a place in World Group II.^[7] In the dead rubber, Mirčić and Jovanović lost to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska in straight sets.^[7] The same Serbian team played against Croatia.^[8] Mirčić lost her singles match, but Janković, Ivanovic and Jovanović defeated their opponents, with Serbia winning the tie 3–2.^[8] Mirčić and Jovanović also played a doubles match, but retired for a final 4–1 result.^[8] Mirčić has not played in the Fed Cup since 2008.