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Virginia Ruzici
	Virginia Ruzici at the 1981 Summer Universiade
Country (sports)	Romania
Born	31 January 1955 (age 69); Câmpia Turzii, Socialist Republic of Romania
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1975
Retired	1987
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,183,728
Singles
Career record	377–221 (63.0%)
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 8 (21 May 1979)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1980)
French Open	W (1978)
Wimbledon	QF (1978, 1981)
US Open	QF (1976, 1978)
Doubles
Career record	285–181 (61.2%)
Career titles	16
Highest ranking	No. 70 (12 October 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1980)
French Open	W (1978)
Wimbledon	F (1978)
US Open	SF (1976)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	F (1978, 1979)
Wimbledon	3R (1979)
US Open	QF (1981)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	25–13
Medal record
Representing Romania
Summer Universiade

Virginia Ruzici

Romanian tennis player

Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She won the 1978 French Open singles championship.

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1978	French Open	Clay	Mima Jaušovec	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1980	French Open	Clay	Chris Evert	0–6, 3–6

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1978	French Open	Clay	Mima Jaušovec	Gail Sherriff Lovera Lesley Turner Bowrey	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1978	Wimbledon	Grass	Mima Jaušovec	Kerry Melville Reid Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 8–9⁽⁸⁾, 3–6

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1978	French Open	Clay	Patrice Dominguez	Renáta Tomanová Pavel Složil	6–4, 6–7, ret.
Loss	1979	French Open	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Wendy Turnbull Bob Hewitt	3–6, 6–2, 3–6

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	18 August 1975	South Orange, Canada	Clay	Mariana Simionescu	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1.	12 July 1976	Austrian Open	Clay	Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss	2.	18 October 1976	Spanish Open	Clay	Renáta Tomanová	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win	2.	26 September 1977	Eckerd Open, U.S.	Clay	Laura duPont	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	3.	15 May 1978	German Open	Clay	Mima Jaušovec	2–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	22 May 1978	Italian Open	Clay	Regina Maršíková	5–7, 5–7
Win	3.	29 May 1978	French Open	Clay	Mima Jaušovec	6–2, 6–2
Win	4.	24 July 1978	Austrian Open	Clay	Sylvia Hanika	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5.	14 August 1978	Canadian Open	Hard	Regina Maršíková	5–7, 7–6, 2–6
Win	5.	16 October 1978	Brighton Challenge, UK	Carpet (i)	Betty Stöve	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Loss	6.	19 February 1979	VS Detroit	Carpet (i)	Wendy Turnbull	5–7, 6–1, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	7.	10 December 1979	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Hana Mandlíková	5–7, 2–2 ret.
Loss	8.	5 May 1980	Italian Open	Clay	Chris Evert	7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	9.	26 May 1980	French Open	Clay	Chris Evert	0–6, 3–6
Win	6.	21 July 1980	Austrian Open	Clay	Hana Mandlíková	3–6, 6–1, ret.
Loss	10.	11 August 1980	Canadian Open	Hard	Chris Evert	3–6, 1–6
Win	7.	8 September 1980	VS Salt Lake City, U.S.	Hard	Ivanna Madruga	6–1, 6–3
Loss	11.	10 November 1980	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Hana Mandlíková	7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	12.	4 May 1981	Italian Open	Clay	Chris Evert	1–6, 2–6
Loss	13.	11 May 1981	European Open	Clay	Chris Evert	1–6, 1–6
Loss	14.	3 August 1981	U.S. Clay Courts	Clay	Andrea Jaeger	1–6, 0–6
Win	8.	12 July 1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Bonnie Gadusek	6–2, 7–6
Win	9.	19 July 1982	Austrian Open	Clay	Lea Plchová	6–2, 6–2
Win	10.	2 August 1982	U.S. Clay Courts	Clay	Helena Suková	6–2, 6–0
Win	11.	3 October 1983	VS Detroit, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Kathy Jordan	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	15.	1 April 1985	Seabrook Island, U.S.	Clay	Katerina Maleeva	3–6, 3–6
Win	12.	15 July 1985	Austrian Open	Clay	Mima Jaušovec	6–2, 6–3

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	11 November 1973	London, UK	Carpet (i)	Mariana Simionescu	Lesley Charles Glynis Coles	3–6, 5–7
Win	1.	4 November 1974	Edinburgh Cup, UK	Carpet (i)	Mima Jaušovec	María-Isabel Fernández Raquel Giscafré	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	2.	8 March 1976	Tallahassee, U.S.	Clay	Mariana Simionescu	Julie Anthony Dianne Fromholtz	2–6, 5–7
Loss	3.	23 May 1976	Italian Open	Clay	Mariana Simionescu	Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss	1–6, 2–6
Win	2.	18 October 1976	Spanish Open	Clay	Florența Mihai	Nathalie Fuchs Michele Gurdal	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4.	24 January 1977	Minneapolis Indoors, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Mima Jaušovec	Rosie Casals Martina Navratilova	2–6, 1–6
Win	3.	15 May 1978	German Open	Clay	Mima Jaušovec	Katja Ebbinghaus Helga Niessen Masthoff	6–4, 5–7, 6–0
Win	4.	22 May 1978	Italian Open	Clay	Mima Jaušovec	Florența Mihai Betsy Nagelsen	6–2, 2–6, 7–6
Win	5.	29 May 1978	French Open	Clay	Mima Jaušovec	Gail Sherriff Lovera Lesley Turner Bowrey	5–7, 6–4, 8–6
Loss	5.	26 June 1978	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Mima Jaušovec	Kerry Melville Reid Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 8–9⁽⁸⁾, 3–6
Win	6.	24 July 1978	Austrian Open	Clay	Renáta Tomanová	Regina Maršíková Florența Mihai	7–5, 6–2
Loss	6.	23 October 1978	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Germany	Carpet (i)	Mima Jaušovec	Tracy Austin Betty Stöve	3–6, 3–6
Win	7.	1 January 1979	VS Washington, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Mima Jaušovec	Renée Richards Sharon Walsh	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	7.	18 July 1979	Austrian Open	Clay	Elly Appel-Vessies	Helena Anliot Dianne Evers	0–6, 4–6
Win	8.	22 October 1979	Tampa Open, U.S.	Hard	Anne Smith	Ilana Kloss Betty Ann Stuart	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Win	9.	10 December 1979	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Hana Mandlíková	Sue Barker Pam Shriver	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	8.	4 August 1980	U.S. Clay Courts	Clay	Renáta Tomanová	Anne Smith Paula Smith	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	10.	8 September 1980	VS Salt Lake City, U.S.	Hard	Pam Teeguarden	Barbara Jordan JoAnne Russell	6–4, 7–5
Win	11.	27 October 1980	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Mima Jaušovec	Hana Mandlíková Betty Stöve	6–2, 6–1
Loss	9.	16 March 1981	VS Boston, U.S.	Carpet (i)	JoAnne Russell	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	4 May 1981	Italian Open	Clay	Chris Evert	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	5–7, 1–6
Win	12.	3 August 1981	U.S. Clay Courts	Clay	JoAnne Russell	Sue Barker Paula Smith	6–2, 6–2
Loss	11.	5 April 1982	Hilton Head Island, U.S.	Clay	JoAnne Russell	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	1–6, 2–6
Loss	12.	10 May 1982	European Open	Clay	JoAnne Russell	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	2–6, 4–6
Win	13.	12 July 1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Catherine Tanvier	Patricia Medrado Cláudia Monteiro	7–6, 6–2
Loss	13.	2 August 1982	U.S. Clay Courts	Clay	JoAnne Russell	Ivanna Madruga Catherine Tanvier	5–7, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	14.	6 December 1982	European Open	Carpet (i)	JoAnne Russell	Rosie Casals Candy Reynolds	3–6, 3–6
Loss	15.	11 April 1983	Amelia Island Championships, U.S.	Clay	Hana Mandlíková	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	4–6, 2–6
Win	14.	2 May 1983	Italian Open	Clay	Virginia Wade	Ivanna Madruga Catherine Tanvier	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Win	15.	1 August 1983	U.S. Clay Courts	Clay	Kathy Horvath	Gigi Fernández Beth Herr	4–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–2
Loss	16.	8 August 1983	LA Championships, U.S.	Hard	Betsy Nagelsen	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	1–6, 0–6
Loss	17.	24 October 1983	Porsche Grand Prix, Germany	Carpet (i)	Catherine Tanvier	Martina Navratilova Candy Reynolds	2–6, 1–6
Loss	18.	14 May 1984	German Open	Clay	Kathy Horvath	Anne Hobbs Candy Reynolds	3–6, 6–4, 6–7⁽¹¹⁾
Loss	19.	21 May 1984	Italian Open	Clay	Kathy Horvath	Iva Budařová Helena Suková	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–1, 4–6
Win	16.	15 July 1985	Austrian Open	Clay	Mima Jaušovec	Andrea Holíková Kateřina Skronská	6–2, 6–3

Virginia_Ruzici

Virginia Ruzici

Career

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Women's doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

WTA career finals

Singles: 27 (12–15)

Doubles: 35 (16–19)

Other finals

Singles (8–4)

Doubles (5–0)

Grand Slam singles performance

See also

References

External links

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 October 1972	Cluj, Romania	Clay	Judith Gohn	2–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	12 May 1974	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Alena Palmeová-West	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	3.	23 September 1974	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Mariana Simionescu	6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	16 July 1978	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Petra Jauch-Delhees	6–2, 6–2
Winner	5.	6 August 1978	Brașov, Romania	Clay	Renáta Tomanová	6–4, 6–2
Winner	6.	13 July 1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Sylvia Hanika	6–4, 6–3
Winner	7.	20 July 1980	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nina Bohm	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	2 August 1981	Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Clay	Kathleen Horvath	0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	18 April 1982	Nassau, Bahamas	Hard	Bettina Bunge	0–6, 6–7
Runner-up	10.	11 July 1982	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	5–7, 6–1, 6–7
Winner	11.	1 August 1982	Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Clay	Leigh-Anne Thompson	5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	12.	17 July 1983	Båstad, Sweden	Hard	Carin Anderholm	6–2, 6–3

Tournament	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	1R	A	A	A	A	NH	A	0 / 3
French Open	1R	2R	2R	SF	A		W	QF	F	QF	QF	3R	4R	1R	A	2R	1 / 13
Wimbledon	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R		QF	4R	2R	QF	4R	4R	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 13
US Open	A	1R	1R	QF	4R		QF	A	4R	3R	4R	1R	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 11
SR	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2		1 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 1	1 / 40
Year-end ranking			112	26	16		12	13	11	12	11	18	44	41	NR	143