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Corina Morariu
Singles

Country	United States
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, United States^[1]
Date of birth	January 26, 1978 (1978-01-26) (age 31)
Place of birth	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2007
Grand Slam results
French Open	2r (1998, 2000, 2003)
Wimbledon	3r (1998, 1999)
US Open	2r (1997)
Doubles
Career record	248–158
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 1 (April 3, 2000)
Last updated on: December 22, 2007.

Corina Marie Morariu (born January 26, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former American female professional tennis player of Romanian heritage.

Morariu (pronounced: mo-RA-RHEE-yoo) turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport. She also won the mixed doubles title at the 2001 Australian Open with Ellis Ferreira. She reached the Australian Open women's doubles final with Davenport in 2005.

Morariu was formerly ranked the world's number one female doubles player.

In 2001, Morariu was diagnosed with leukemia and began a programme of chemotherapy. She has since made a full recovery and returned to competition.

After a loss in the quarter-finals of the women's doubles at the US Open 2007 on Sept. 19th, Corina announced her retirement.

She is an International Sports Ambassador for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

She currently works as a commentator for Tennis Channel, having covered the 2009 French Open and US Open.

1 Awards
2 Singles finals (4)
- 2.1 Win (1)
- 2.2 Runner-ups (3)
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Awards

The Corina Morariu Courage Award (established by the WTA, and named after her, she was the first recipient)
The 2003 WTA Tour Comeback Player of the Year Award

[edit] Singles finals (4)

[edit] Win (1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (1)

#	Date	Tournament	Tier/GS	Surface	Opponents in final	Score
1.	April 26, 1999	Bol, Croatia	IV	Clay	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–2, 6–0

[edit] Runner-ups (3)

#	Date	Tournament	Tier/GS	Surface	Opponents in final	Score
1.	April 28, 1997	Bol, Croatia	IV	Clay	Mirjana Lučić	7–5, 6–7(7), 7–6(5)
2.	April 28, 1997	Tokyo, Japan	III	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–3
3.	April 27, 1998	Bol, Croatia	IV	Clay	Mirjana Lučić	6–2, 6–4

[edit] References

^ http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Player/Info/0,,12781~5433,00.html

[edit] External links

Corina Morariu profile on the WTA Tour's official website
Fed Cup profile

Australian Open girls’ doubles champions

2009 Christina McHale / Ajla Tomljanović • 2008 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Ksenia Lykina • 2007 Yevgeniya Rodina / Arina Rodionova • 2006 Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova • 2005 Victoria Azarenka / Marina Erakovic • 2004 Yung-Jan Chan / Sheng-Nan Sun • 2003 Casey Dellacqua / Adriana Szili • 2002 Gisela Dulko / Angelique Widjaja • 2001 Petra Cetkovská / Barbora Strýcová • 2000 Anikó Kapros / Christina Wheeler • 1999 Eleni Daniilidou / Virginie Razzano • 1998 Evie Dominikovic / Alicia Molik • 1997 Mirjana Lučić / Jasmin Wöhr • 1996 Michaela Paštiková / Jitka Schonfeldova • 1995 Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmuzova • 1994 Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmuzova • 1993 Joana Manta / Ludmila Richterova • 1992 Lindsay Davenport / Nicole London • 1991 Karina Habšudová / Barbara Rittner • 1990 Rona Mayer / Limor Zaltz • 1989 Andrea Strnadová / Eva Sviglerova • 1988 Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan • 1987 Ann Devries / Nicole Provis • 1985 Jenny Byrne / Janine Thompson • 1984 Louise Field / Larisa Savchenko • 1983 Bernadette Randall / Kim Staunton • 1982 Annette Gulley / Kim Staunton • 1981 Maree Booth / Sharon Hodgkin • 1980 Anne Minter / Miranda Yates • 1979 Linda Cassell / Sue Leo • 1978 Debbie Freeman / Kathy Mantle • 1977 (Jan) Keryn Pratt / Amanda Tobin • 1977 (Dec) Keryn Pratt / Amanda Tobin • 1976 Jan Morton / Jan Wilton • 1975 Diane Evers / Nerida Gregory • 1974 Nerida Gregory / Julia Hanrahan • 1973 Jenny Dimond / Dianne Fromholtz • 1972 Sally Irvine / Pam Whytcross • 1971 Pat Edwards / Janice Whyte • 1970 Janet Fallis / Janet Young • 1969 Pat Edwards / Evonne Goolagong •