Alice Pirsu
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1979-05-16) 16 May 1979
Bucharest, Romania
Prize money$26,301
Singles
Career record78–70
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 200 (20 July 1998)
Doubles
Career record47–46
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 223 (20 July 1998)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–6

Alice Pirsu (born 16 May 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Romania.

Biography

Born in Bucharest, Pirsu competed on the professional tour in the 1990s. As a junior, she had a top ranking of 24 and reached the second round at Wimbledon.[1]

Beginning on the ITF Circuit in 1994, she won her biggest title at Athens in 1997, defeating Evgenia Kulikovskaya in the final of a $25k tournament.[2] She played five singles and five doubles rubbers for Romania's Fed Cup team across 1997 and 1998, in a total of seven ties. In 1998, her final year on tour, she reached her best singles ranking of 200 in the world.

Pirsu left the professional tennis circuit to attend the University of Pennsylvania. While studying for her economics degree she was a co-captain of the university's tennis team, the Penn Quakers, earning the Ivy League Player of the Year award in both 2002 and 2003. She made the final eight of the 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships, becoming the first Quakers player to have done so.[3]

She is now based in New York and runs an interior design company in Pelham.[4]

ITF finals

Singles (1–3)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 31 August 1997 ITF Athens, Greece Clay Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 7 September 1997 ITF Cluj, Romania Clay Bulgaria Desislava Topalova 3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 12 October 1997 ITF Thessaloniki, Greece Hard Bulgaria Antoaneta Pandjerova 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 20 September 1998 ITF Constanta, Romania Clay Ukraine Anna Zaporozhanova 6–7, 1–6

Doubles (1–6)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 7 August 1995 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard Romania Raluca Sandu Turkey Gülberk Gültekin
United States Selin Nassi Tekikbas		 2–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 24 June 1996 ITF Maribor, Slovenia Clay Romania Alida Gallovits Hungary Kira Nagy
Hungary Andrea Noszály		 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 3. 18 August 1996 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard Malaysia Khoo Chin-bee Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
Bulgaria Desislava Topalova		 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 28 July 1997 ITF Horb, Germany Clay Romania Magda Mihalache Germany Julia Abe
Australia Renee Reid		 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 1 September 1997 ITF Cluj-Napoca, Romania Clay Romania Magda Mihalache Czech Republic Olga Vymetálková
Czech Republic Blanka Kumbárová		 6–7(3), 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 6 April 1998 ITF Athens, Greece Clay Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Italy Alice Canepa
Italy Tatiana Garbin		 7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 14 September 1998 ITF Constanța, Romania Hard Georgia (country) Nino Louarsabishvili Netherlands Debby Haak
Netherlands Jolanda Mens		 3–6, 6–7(5)

References

  1. ↑ "Wimbledon Results". Cumberland Times News. 5 July 1995. p. 24.
  2. ↑ "$25,000 Athens II". International Tennis Federation.
  3. ↑ Burrick, David (22 May 2003). "Alice Pirsu advances to Quarterfinals". The Daily Pennsylvanian.
  4. ↑ "Children's books inspire Christmas tree display". The Riverdale Press. 24 December 2014.
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