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Irina Spirlea

ROU Age 52 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1991–2000

Irina Spirlea represented Romania on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 7. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 211–150 and 4 singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

7 (Oct 13, 1997)

Elo peak

2018 (93rd percentile)

Singles record

211–150 (58.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$2,652,068

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Irina Spirlea's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Silvija Talaja #22	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2000*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Marta Marrero #108	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 31, 2000*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Dominique Monami #22	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 17, 2000*	R64	Italian Open	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Clay
Bianka Lamade #534	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 8, 2000*	R64	Berlin Open	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Clay
Venus Williams #3	7-6(4) 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 4, 2000*	R16	Hamburg Open	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Irina Spirlea's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	5	5	10	May 30, 1999	H2H
Dominique Monami	6	3	9	May 17, 2000	H2H
Monica Seles	3	6	9	Nov 12, 1998	H2H
Mary Pierce	3	5	8	Oct 30, 1999	H2H
Elena Likhovtseva	7	1	8	Sep 5, 1999	H2H

Singles Titles (4)

Irina Spirlea singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1994	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Palermo
1995	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Palermo
1996	22	1	—	—	1	—	—	Amelia Island
1998	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Strasbourg Open
Total		4	—	—	1	3	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Irina Spirlea Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	First Round	0	1	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario #5 def. Irina Spirlea #160 6-1 6-3	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Irina Spirlea career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1991	17	0	1	1	0.0%	316	212
1992	18	0	4	4	0.0%	212	167
1993	19	10	5	15	66.7%	167	61
1994	20	21	17	38	55.3%	61	43
1995	21	36	19	55	65.5%	42	21
1996	22	36	20	56	64.3%	21	10
1997	23	47	23	70	67.1%	10	8
1998	24	37	25	62	59.7%	8	15
1999	25	20	25	45	44.4%	15	33
2000	26	4	11	15	26.7%	33	165
Career		211	150	361	58.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Irina Spirlea career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1991	17	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	18	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1993	19	0	1	1	0.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	—	—	—	—	5	2	7	71.4%	10	5	15	66.7%
1994	20	3	8	11	27.3%	17	6	23	73.9%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	21	17	38	55.3%
1995	21	10	8	18	55.6%	20	6	26	76.9%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	36	19	55	65.5%
1996	22	12	9	21	57.1%	16	5	21	76.2%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	36	20	56	64.3%
1997	23	21	10	31	67.7%	9	5	14	64.3%	8	3	11	72.7%	9	5	14	64.3%	47	23	70	67.1%
1998	24	9	10	19	47.4%	13	5	18	72.2%	7	3	10	70.0%	8	7	15	53.3%	37	25	62	59.7%
1999	25	8	12	20	40.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%	20	25	45	44.4%
2000	26	1	4	5	20.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	11	15	26.7%
Career	—	64	62	126	50.8%	90	45	135	66.7%	21	15	36	58.3%	36	28	64	56.2%	211	150	361	58.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Irina Spirlea career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1991	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	19	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	0	2	100.0%	6	5	11	54.5%
1994	20	2	2	4	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	7	10	17	41.2%	8	0	8	100.0%	19	16	35	54.3%
1995	21	0	7	7	0.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	15	5	20	75.0%	11	1	12	91.7%	32	18	50	64.0%
1996	22	5	9	14	35.7%	6	6	12	50.0%	15	4	19	78.9%	4	1	5	80.0%	30	20	50	60.0%
1997	23	4	9	13	30.8%	17	7	24	70.8%	16	5	21	76.2%	7	2	9	77.8%	44	23	67	65.7%
1998	24	5	12	17	29.4%	6	7	13	46.2%	17	6	23	73.9%	9	0	9	100.0%	37	25	62	59.7%
1999	25	2	7	9	22.2%	3	8	11	27.3%	14	7	21	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	20	23	43	46.5%
2000	26	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	11	15	26.7%
Career		18	50	68	26.5%	42	41	83	50.6%	90	45	135	66.7%	42	8	50	84.0%	192	144	336	57.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 336/361 (93.1%) of Irina Spirlea's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Irina Spirlea advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1991	17	1484	99.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	—	—	+0.13
1992	18	1453	107.3	—	—	—	—	—	+22	—	14.3%	-2.43	0–1	1–0	—	-0.10
1993	19	1596	127.6	—	—	—	—	+26	-23	—	58.3%	+0.78	5–1 (83%)	2–0	—	+1.20
1994	20	1704	142.8	—	—	—	—	-144	+172	-133	54.0%	+0.51	6–7 (46%)	3–3 (50%)	99.5	+1.37
1995	21	1824	148.4	—	—	—	—	-135	+178	-266	63.2%	+1.06	8–9 (47%)	7–4 (64%)	102.5	+1.60
1996	22	1939	163.3	—	—	—	—	-92	+125	-308	62.5%	+1.04	6–2 (75%)	3–4 (43%)	104.9	+0.50
1997	23	1993	165.9	—	—	—	—	+13	+5	-200	65.4%	+1.01	12–8 (60%)	13–7 (65%)	107.9	+0.60
1998	24	1943	159.8	—	—	—	—	-18	+100	-41	60.3%	+0.63	6–10 (38%)	11–8 (58%)	94.0	-0.82
1999	25	1758	144.0	—	—	—	—	+18	+164	+59	48.5%	-0.19	5–8 (38%)	8–3 (73%)	97.7	-1.87
2000	26	1667	123.5	—	—	—	—	+76	+126	—	35.3%	-1.15	0–4 (0%)	1–0	—	-1.19
Career		2018	159.2	—	—	—	—	-35	+121	-147	58.2%	+0.61	48–51 (48%)	49–29 (63%)	104.8	+0.40

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Irina Spirlea Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1992	18	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	20	R128	R16	R64	R128	4–4 (50%)
1995	21	R16	R32	R32	R128	7–4 (64%)
1996	22	R64	R16	R64	R32	7–4 (64%)
1997	23	QF	R16	R16	SF	15–4 (79%)
1998	24	R128	R128	R16	R16	6–4 (60%)
1999	25	R128	R32	R128	R32	4–4 (50%)
2000	26	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		8–7 (53%)	13–8 (62%)	10–7 (59%)	12–6 (67%)	43–28 (61%)

WTA 1000

Irina Spirlea WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	BER	CAN	BER	HIL	KEY	KRE	PHI	PAN	ZUR	W-L Win %
1994	20	—	—	SF	—	R64	—	R64	R128	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1995	21	—	—	R16	—	R16	SF	R16	R32	—	QF	—	R32	13–7 (65%)
1996	22	R16	—	SF	—	R64	—	QF	QF	—	—	R16	R16	12–7 (63%)
1997	23	F	—	QF	R16	R64	—	R16	QF	QF	—	R16	R16	14–9 (61%)
1998	24	R16	—	R16	QF	R16	—	F	R64	R32	—	QF	SF	16–9 (64%)
1999	25	R32	—	R16	R64	R64	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	R16	5–7 (42%)
2000	26	R64	R64	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
W-L		8–5 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	15–7 (68%)	3–4 (43%)	3–6 (33%)	4–1 (80%)	11–6 (65%)	7–6 (54%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	6–5 (55%)	65–47 (58%)

WTA 500

Irina Spirlea WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	EAS	HAM	HOU	MAD	PAR	SDG	TKY	AME	BRI	CHI	ESS	POR	HAN	LEI	LIN	MAN	OAK	PHI	STA	SYD	W-L Win %
1993	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1994	20	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–6 (14%)
1995	21	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	4–5 (44%)
1996	22	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	W	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	SF	—	—	R16	16–6 (73%)
1997	23	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	R32	9–6 (60%)
1998	24	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	SF	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	5–9 (36%)
1999	25	—	R16	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	QF	R32	—	R32	R32	R32	4–11 (27%)
2000	26	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	8–4 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	3–4 (43%)	4–2 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	43–49 (47%)

WTA 250

Irina Spirlea WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAR	BRI	EAS	MAD	BIR	CAI	CUR	HOB	HOP	JAK	LUX	PAL	PRA	SAP	STR	TAR	ZAG	W-L Win %
1991	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	18	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1993	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	F	—	—	—	9–3 (75%)
1994	20	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	F	—	12–3 (80%)
1995	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	F	—	W	—	—	—	—	SF	12–3 (80%)
1996	22	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1997	23	—	—	—	QF	QF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–3 (70%)
1998	24	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	W	—	—	8–2 (80%)
1999	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–3 (70%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	5–2 (71%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	4–1 (80%)	2–2 (50%)	13–3 (81%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	4–0 (100%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	56–22 (72%)

WTA Finals

Irina Spirlea WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1996	22	R16	0–1 (0%)
1997	23	SF	2–1 (67%)
1998	24	SF	2–1 (67%)
W-L		4–3 (57%)	4–3 (57%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Oct 13, 1997

First Top 100

Oct 4, 1993

First Top 50

May 9, 1994

First Top 20

Apr 15, 1996

First Top 10

Dec 23, 1996

Ranking History Matrix

Irina Spirlea ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1990	16	—	—	—	443	453	449	429	398	391	307	309	316
1991	17	316	333	397	413	416	220	200	188	197	211	208	212
1992	18	209	141	143	137	145	154	160	165	159	165	176	167
1993	19	168	228	248	242	242	229	145	148	135	74	63	61
1994	20	66	64	66	64	41	38	36	33	33	42	43	43
1995	21	30	26	29	27	27	31	23	24	24	22	21	21
1996	22	23	23	24	18	18	16	19	21	19	17	11	10
1997	23	10	11	9	11	13	12	12	12	9	7	8	8
1998	24	8	10	12	11	9	9	9	8	14	14	15	15
1999	25	14	15	15	17	20	21	21	20	19	26	35	33
2000	26	41	37	37	53	60	69	68	73	105	167	169	165
2001	27	165	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Barbara Schett	AUT	#7	1,976	487	259	228	53.2%	$3,109,510	3	0	1991–2005	Rivalries	Match log
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Dominique Monami	BEL	#9	1,974	366	208	158	56.8%	$2,013,032	4	0	1991–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Chanda Rubin	USA	#6	2,042	577	345	232	59.8%	$4,470,180	7	0	1990–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Sandrine Testud	FRA	#9	2,003	546	309	237	56.6%	$3,782,307	3	0	1990–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Andrea Temesvari	HUN	#7	2,022	364	185	179	50.8%	$1,162,635	5	0	1981–1997	Rivalries	Match log
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Ai Sugiyama	JPN	#8	1,951	782	416	366	53.2%	$8,128,126	6	0	1992–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Natasha Zvereva	BLR	#5	2,074	629	393	236	62.5%	$7,792,503	4	0	1986–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Paola Suarez	ARG	#9	1,913	406	224	182	55.2%	$5,217,775	4	0	1993–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Patty Schnyder	SUI	#7	1,994	844	495	349	58.6%	$8,570,479	11	1	1995–2018	Rivalries	Match log
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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Irina Spirlea?: Irina Spirlea is 52 years old, born on March 26, 1974.
Which country does Irina Spirlea represent?: Irina Spirlea represents Romania in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Irina Spirlea?: Irina Spirlea is 175 cm / 5'9".
Is Irina Spirlea left-handed or right-handed?: Irina Spirlea plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Irina Spirlea won?: Irina Spirlea has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Irina Spirlea won?: TennisDB does not group any of Irina Spirlea's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Irina Spirlea won?: Irina Spirlea has won 4 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Strasbourg in 1998.
What is Irina Spirlea's highest WTA ranking?: Irina Spirlea's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 7, first achieved on October 13, 1997.
What is Irina Spirlea's career win-loss record?: Irina Spirlea has a career WTA singles record of 211 wins and 150 losses (58.4%).
How much career prize money has Irina Spirlea earned?: Irina Spirlea has earned at least $2,652,068 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Irina Spirlea's career appear in TennisDB?: Irina Spirlea appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1991 through 2000.
On which surface does Irina Spirlea have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Irina Spirlea's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 66.7% (90–45).
Who has Irina Spirlea faced most often?: Irina Spirlea's most frequent opponent is Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, with a head-to-head record of 5–5 across 10 meetings.