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Romanian tennis player
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Female
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Birth:
7 July 1985(Brașov)
Residences
Bucharest
The details
Biography
Introduction
Simona-Iulia Matei (born 7 July 1985 in Brașov) is a former professional Romanian tennis player.
On 2 October 2006, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 145 and her highest WTA doubles ranking of 246. She has won 9 singles and 7 doubles ITF Circuit. She retired from tennis 2010.
She is coached by Michele Tellini.
ITF Singles Circuit finals: 15 (9–6)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 29 June 2003 | Orestiada, Greece | Hard | 1–6, 4–6 | |
| Winner | 2. | 20 July 2003 | Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy | Clay | 6–0, 7–5 | |
| Runner-up | 3. | 23 May 2004 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Winner | 4. | 30 May 2004 | Oradea, Romania | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Winner | 5. | 25 July 2004 | Balş, Romania | Clay | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Runner-up | 6. | 15 August 2004 | Târgu Mureş, Romania | Clay | 1–6, 1–6 | |
| Winner | 7. | 29 August 2004 | Timişoara, Romania | Clay | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Winner | 8. | 28 August 2005 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | 6–3, 6–0 | |
| Runner-up | 9. | 14 May 2006 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | 2–6, 6–2, 5–7 | |
| Winner | 10. | 8 July 2006 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–0) | |
| Runner-up | 11. | 17 September 2006 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | 5–7, 5–7 | |
| Winner | 12. | 24 September 2006 | Lecce, Italy | Clay | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 | |
| Runner-up | 13. | 14 June 2009 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Winner | 14. | 13 September 2009 | Ruse, Bulgaria | Clay | 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Winner | 15. | 4 October 2009 | Dobrich, Bulgaria | Clay | 6–2, 6–3 |
ITF Doubles Circuit finals: 15 (7–8)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runners-up | 1. | 15 August 2004 | Târgu Mureş, Romania | Clay | 5–7, 1–6 | ||
| Runners-up | 2. | 27 August 2005 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | W.O. | ||
| Winners | 3. | 2 October 2005 | Porto, Portugal | Clay | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Winners | 4. | 29 January 2006 | Grenoble, France | Hard (I) | 6–3, 7–4 | ||
| Winners | 5. | 25 March 2006 | Parioli, Italy | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| Runners-up | 6. | 7 May 2006 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | 4–6, 6–0, 6–7(3–7) | ||
| Winners | 7. | 5 April 2008 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | 6–2, 5–7, [10–4] | ||
| Runners-up | 8. | 8 June 2008 | Piteşti, Romania | Clay | 5–7, 6–3, [2–10] | ||
| Runners-up | 9. | 13 December 2008 | Benicarló, Spain | Clay | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) | ||
| Runners-up | 10. | 22 May 2009 | Craiova, Romania | Clay | 6–4, 1–6, [7–10] | ||
| Runners-up | 11. | 5 June 2009 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | 3–6, 6–7(3–7) | ||
| Winners | 12. | 24 July 2009 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | 7–6(8–6), 6–1 | ||
| Winners | 13. | 11 September 2009 | Ruse, Bulgaria | Clay | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| Winners | 14. | 2 October 2009 | Dobrich, Bulgaria | Clay | 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] | ||
| Runners-up | 15. | 6 March 2010 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | 1–6, 1–6 |