Corina Morariu
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| Country |
 United States |
| Residence |
Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
| Born |
January 26, 1978 (1978-01-26) (age 33)
Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Turned pro |
1994 |
| Retired |
2007 |
| Singles |
| 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 had over 70 percent chance of survival due to her fit physique and young age, but the chemotherapy caused another serious side-effect, an accumulation of white cells resulting in the clogging of the lung—a condition that ended being life-threatening for Corina, she struggled between the life and the death for a month. While she was in this situation Jennifer Capriati dedicated her Roland Garros victory to her, she also received an inspirational letter from Lance Armstrong, a cancer survivor. 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 September 19, 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, US Open and the 2010 Australian Open.
Awards
Corina Morariu hitting a forehand.
- 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
Singles finals (4)
Win (1)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (0) |
| Tier IV (1) |
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 |
| Australian Open girls’ doubles champions |
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1969 Pat Edwards / Evonne Goolagong • 1970 Janet Fallis / Janet Young • 1971 Pat Edwards / Janice Whyte • 1972 Sally Irvine / Pam Whytcross • 1973 Jenny Dimond / Dianne Fromholtz • 1974 Nerida Gregory / Julia Hanrahan • 1975 Diane Evers / Nerida Gregory • 1976 Jan Morton / Jan Wilton • 1977 (Jan) Keryn Pratt / Amanda Tobin • 1977 (Dec) Keryn Pratt / Amanda Tobin • 1978 Debbie Freeman / Kathy Mantle • 1979 Linda Cassell / Sue Leo • 1980 Anne Minter / Miranda Yates • 1981 Maree Booth / Sharon Hodgkin • 1982 Annette Gulley / Kim Staunton • 1983 Bernadette Randall / Kim Staunton • 1984 Louise Field / Larisa Savchenko • 1985 Jenny Byrne / Janine Thompson • 1987 Ann Devries / Nicole Provis • 1988 Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan • 1989 Andrea Strnadová / Eva Sviglerova • 1990 Rona Mayer / Limor Zaltz • 1991 Karina Habšudová / Barbara Rittner • 1992 Lindsay Davenport / Nicole London • 1993 Joana Manta / Ludmila Richterova • 1994 Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmuzova • 1995 Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmuzova • 1996 Michaela Paštiková / Jitka Schonfeldova • 1997 Mirjana Lučić / Jasmin Wöhr • 1998 Evie Dominikovic / Alicia Molik • 1999 Eleni Daniilidou / Virginie Razzano • 2000 Anikó Kapros / Christina Wheeler • 2001 Petra Cetkovská / Barbora Strýcová • 2002 Gisela Dulko / Angelique Widjaja • 2003 Casey Dellacqua / Adriana Szili • 2004 Yung-Jan Chan / Sheng-Nan Sun • 2005 Victoria Azarenka / Marina Erakovic • 2006 Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova • 2007 Yevgeniya Rodina / Arina Rodionova • 2008 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Ksenia Lykina • 2009 Christina McHale / Ajla Tomljanović • 2010 Jana Čepelová / Chantal Škamlová • 2011 An-Sophie Mestach / Demi Schuurs
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| French Open girls’ doubles champions |
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1981 Sophie Amiach / Corinne Vanier • 1982 Beth Herr / Janet Lagasse • 1983 Carin Anderholm / Helena Olsson • 1984 Digna Ketelaar / Simone Schilder • 1985 Mariana Perez-Roldan / Patricia Tarabini • 1986 Leila Meskhi / Natalia Zvereva • 1987 Natalia Medvedeva / Natalia Zvereva • 1988 Alexia Dechaume / Emmanuelle Derly • 1989 Nicole Pratt / Wang Shi-ting • 1990 Ruxandra Dragomir / Irina Spîrlea • 1991 Eva Bes / Inés Gorrochategui • 1992 Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber • 1993 Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber • 1994 Martina Hingis / Henrieta Nagyová • 1995 Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmuzova • 1996 Alice Canepa / Giulia Casoni • 1997 Cara Black / Irina Selyutina • 1998 Kim Clijsters / Jelena Dokić • 1999 Flavia Pennetta / Roberta Vinci • 2000 Maria José Martínez / Anabel Medina • 2001 Petra Cetkovská / Renata Voráčová • 2002 Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Barbora Strýcová • 2003 Adriana Gonzalez-Peñas / Marta Fraga • 2004 Katerina Bohmova / Michaëlla Krajicek • 2005 Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay • 2006 Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova • 2007 Ksenia Milevskaya / Urszula Radwańska • 2008 Jessica Moore / Polona Hercog • 2009 Elena Bogdan / Noppawan Lertcheewakarn • 2010 Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens • 2011 Irina Khromacheva / Maryna Zanevska
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| US Open girls' doubles champions |
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1982 Penny Barg / Beth Herr • 1983 Ann Hulbert / Bernadette Randall • 1984 Mercedes Paz / Gabriela Sabatini • 1985 Andrea Holíková / Radka Zrubáková • 1986 Jana Novotná / Radka Zrubáková • 1987 Meredith McGrath / Kimberly Po • 1988 Meredith McGrath / Kimberly Po • 1989 Jennifer Capriati / Meredith McGrath • 1990 Kristin Godridge / Nicole Pratt • 1991 Kristin Godridge / Kirrily Sharpe • 1992 Lindsay Davenport / Nicole London • 1993 Nicole London / Julie Steven • 1994 Surina de Beer / Chantal Reuter • 1995 Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmuzova • 1996 Surina de Beer / Jessica Steck • 1997 Marissa Irvin / Alexandra Stevenson • 1998 Kim Clijsters / Eva Dyrberg • 1999 Dája Bedáňová / Iroda Tulyaganova • 2000 Gisela Dulko / María Emilia Salerni • 2001 Galina Fokinā / Svetlana Kuznetsova • 2002 Elke Clijsters / Kirsten Flipkens • 2004 Marina Erakovic / Michaëlla Krajicek • 2005 Nikola Frankova / Alisa Kleybanova • 2006 Raluca Olaru / Mihaela Buzărnescu • 2007 Urszula Radwańska / Ksenia Milevskaya • 2008 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Sandra Roma • 2009 Valeria Solovieva / Maryna Zanevska • 2010 Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens • 2011 Demi Schuurs / Irina Khromacheva
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| Wimbledon (Open Era) ladies' doubles champions |
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| Australian Open mixed doubles champions |
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| Women's Tennis Association (WTA) World No. 1 doubles players |
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| WTA rankings incepted on September 4, 1984 · (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) · current No. 1 in bold, as of September 12, 2011 |
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Morariu, Corina |
| Alternative names |
"Shemale" |
| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
January 26, 1978 |
| Place of birth |
Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Date of death |
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Categories: 1978 births | Living people | American female tennis players | Australian Open (tennis) champions | French Open champions | Sportspeople from Detroit, Michigan | People from Boca Raton, Florida | American people of Romanian descent | Tennis commentators | Tennis people from Florida | Tennis people from Michigan | Wimbledon champions
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