Irina Bara

Irina Maria Bara (born 18 March 1995) is a professional tennis player from Romania.[1]

Irina Bara
Irina Bara at the French Open in 2018
Full nameIrina Maria Bara
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1995-03-18) 18 March 1995
Ștei, Romania
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,008,510
Singles
Career record321–216 (59.8%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 104 (18 April 2022)
Current rankingNo. 104 (18 April 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French Open3R (2020)
WimbledonQ2 (2018, 2019)
US OpenQ2 (2017)
Doubles
Career record275–146 (65.3%)
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 56 (13 May 2019)
Current rankingNo. 65 (11 April 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2019)
French OpenQF (2018)
Wimbledon1R (2018, 2019)
US Open1R (2018)
Last updated on: 19 November 2021.

She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 104, achieved on 18 April 2022. On 13 May 2019, she peaked at No. 56 in the WTA doubles rankings. She won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the 2021 Transylvania Open, partnering Ekaterine Gorgodze. Bara has also won four doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour and nine singles titles and 29 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, most of them on clay. In singles, she reached three finals at $60k events and also one $80k final, but lost all of them, having $25k as her highest category that she won. In doubles, she won a couple of $60k and $80k tournaments, but also won one $100k event, the 2016 Soho Square Tournament in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt.

Bara is better known for her performances in doubles, in which she also was inside the top 100. Her most significant result so far is her quarterfinal-entry at the 2018 French Open, partnering with Mihaela Buzărnescu.[2] In 2019, she reached quarterfinals of the Madrid Open, again with Buzărnescu.[3] In singles, her best result so far is third round of the 2020 French Open, at her Grand Slam singles debut; there she also marked her first Grand Slam singles win. The highest round she reached in singles is quarterfinals, at the 2019 Baltic Open,[4] while in doubles, she reached a couple of semifinals, but never reaching a final. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Bucharest Open in the doubles event, partnering Buzărnescu, while her first match in a singles event was two years later, on the same tournament, when she, as a wildcard player, lost in the first round to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.[1]

Career review

2017–19: WTA Tour debut, first quarterfinal and, top 200
Bara at the 2019 French Open

Bara made her WTA Tour debut in singles at the 2017 Bucharest Open, when she lost as a wildcard player in the first round to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.[5]

Her next WTA tournament was also there, in 2018; she realized her first WTA Tour singles match-win, defeating Viktoriya Tomova in the first round, and then lost to Polona Hercog.[6][7] At the 2018 Moscow River Cup, she defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova before she was eliminated by Anastasija Sevastova in the second round.[8]

In 2019, at the Baltic Open in Jūrmala, she reached her first and so far only quarterfinal, where she beat two Russian players, Margarita Gasparyan and Valentina Ivakhnenko, in the first two rounds, before losing to Sevastova.[9] Her other WTA Tour performances that year were unsuccessful, losing in the first round in Acapulco to Beatriz Haddad Maia, in Bogotá to Sara Errani, in İstanbul to fellow Romanian Sorana Cîrstea, in Rabat to Hercog, and finally in Bucharest to Jaimee Fourlis.

On 17 July 2017, Bara entered top 200 for the first time, getting to No. 199. On 2 July 2018, she entered the top 150, reaching No. 150. On 13 August 2018, she rose to No. 139, her highest singles ranking until 2020.[10] Until 2020, Bara was unsuccessful in her attempt to reach a main-draw at any Grand Slam tournament. She failed in qualifying at all four events, in both 2018 and 2019, as well as at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2017.

2020: Grand Slam debut

In March, Bara entered the main draw of the Lyon Open, passing through qualifying. In the main draw, she beat Tímea Babos, and then lost to Daria Kasatkina in the second round.[11][12] In late September, Bara played the qualifying for the French Open, where she for the first time qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.[4] Not the only significant thing there, but she also marked her first win, defeating 26th seed Donna Vekić in straight sets. She passed second round, after the retirement of Alison Van Uytvanck. In the third round against No. 3 seed Sofia Kenin, she could win only two games.[13] Two weeks later, Bara reached a new career-high singles ranking, as world No. 115.[10]

2021: First WTA title, three more Challenger titles; best singles final

In May, Bara played her first $100K final, which she lost to Katie Volynets. She played in the main draw at the French Open, but lost to Astra Sharma. On 28 June, she reached a new career-high singles ranking, as world No. 112. In September, Irina played her best doubles final, when she won her first WTA Challenger title, partnering with Ekaterine Gorgodze. In October, Bara won her first WTA Tour title, playing again with Gorgodze.

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win/loss records.[14]

Singles

Current through the 2022 Copa Colsanitas.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A Q3 Q1 3R 1R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Wimbledon Q1 Q2 Q2 NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q2 Q1 Q1 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0 / 2 2–3 40%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A A Q1 A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A NH A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A Q1 Q2 NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 2 6 2 10 3 Career total: 25
Overall win–loss 0–2 2–2 2–6 3–2 4–11 2–3 0 / 25 13–26 33%
Year-end ranking 214 141 161 119 132 $916,880

Doubles

Current after the 2022 Qatar Open.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 3R 1R A 1R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
French Open QF 1R 1R A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Wimbledon 1R 1R NH A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 3–3 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–1 0 / 9 5–9 36%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A 2R A A 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Madrid Open A QF NH A 0 / 1 2–1 67%

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2021 Transylvania Open, Romania WTA 250 Hard (i) Ekaterine Gorgodze Aleksandra Krunić
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove		 4–6, 6–1, [11–9]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2021 WTA 125 Karlsruhe, Germany Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze Katarzyna Piter
Mayar Sherif		 6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Win 2–0 Nov 2021 WTA 125 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze María Lourdes Carlé
Despina Papamichail		 5–7, 7–5, [10–4]
Win 3–0 Nov 2021 WTA 125 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze Carolina Alves
Marina Bassols Ribera		 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–0 Apr 2022 WTA 125 Marbella, Spain Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze Vivian Heisen
Katarzyna Kawa		 6–4, 3–6, [10–6]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 21 (9 titles, 12 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (0–3)
$25,000 tournaments (3–1)
$10,000 tournaments (6–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (9–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2013 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Laura Ioana Andrei 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–0 Dec 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Hikari Yamamoto 6–4, 6–1
Loss 2–1 Jul 2014 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay Patricia Maria Țig 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 2–6
Win 3–1 Nov 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Melis Sezer 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3–2 Nov 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Kristína Schmiedlová 3–6, 2–6
Win 4–2 Apr 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Stefania Rubini 6–1, 7–5
Win 5–2 May 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay María Fernanda Álvarez Terán 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–0
Loss 5–3 Jun 2015 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay Diana Buzean 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 5–4 Sep 2015 ITF Varna, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Isabella Shinikova 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 5–5 Mar 2016 ITF Tarragona, Spain 10,000 Clay Joséphine Boualem 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–1), 2–6
Loss 5–6 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Isabella Shinikova 1–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Win 6–6 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Tamara Zidanšek 6–3, 6–3
Win 7–6 Sep 2016 ITF Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary 25,000 Clay Dejana Radanović 7–5, 6–4
Loss 7–7 Apr 2017 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Win 8–7 May 2017 ITF Båstad, Sweden 25,000 Clay Kathinka von Deichmann 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–2
Win 9–7 Nov 2017 ITF Valencia, Spain 25,000 Clay Olga Danilović 5–7, 6–4, 6–0
Loss 9–8 Apr 2018 ITF Indian Harbor Beach, U.S. 60,000 Clay Caroline Dolehide 4–6, 5–7
Loss 9–9 Jun 2018 ITF Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary 60,000 Clay Mariana Duque Mariño 6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 9–10 Oct 2019 ITF Székesfehérvár, Hungary 60,000 Clay (i) Nicoleta Dascălu 5–7, 2–6
Loss 9–11 Sep 2020 ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 80,000 Clay Sara Sorribes Tormo 3–6, 4–6
Loss 9–12 May 2021 ITF Bonita Springs, U.S. 100,000 Clay Katie Volynets 7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 1–6

Doubles: 47 (29 titles, 18 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$80,000 tournaments (2–0)
$60,000 tournaments (4–1)
$25,000 tournaments (7–6)
$10,000 tournaments (15–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (27–16)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ioana Loredana Roșca Justine De Sutter
Katerina Stewart		 5–7, 4–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Diana Buzean Beatriz Haddad Maia
Bárbara Luz		 7–5, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Apr 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Diana Buzean Andrea Benítez
Carla Forte		 2–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Jul 2013 ITF Iași, Romania 10,000 Clay Diana Buzean Anita Husarić
Kateryna Sliusar		 6–2, 6–1
Win 3–2 Aug 2013 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Diana Buzean Cristina Adamescu
Ana Bianca Mihăilă		 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–2 Aug 2013 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Ioana Loredana Roșca Raluca Elena Platon
Patricia Maria Țig		 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–2 Oct 2013 ITF Ruse, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Eva Wacanno Lina Gjorcheska
Camelia Hristea		 6–1, 6–2
Win 6–2 Dec 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Conny Perrin Gabriela Talabă
Patricia Maria Țig		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 6–3 Jan 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Diana Buzean Sviatlana Pirazhenka
Alyona Sotnikova		 5–7, 6–1, [7–10]
Loss 6–4 May 2014 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Raluca Elena Platon Pernilla Mendesova
Patricia Maria Țig		 w/o
Loss 6–5 Jul 2014 ITF Palić, Serbia 10,000 Clay Camelia Hristea Lina Gjorcheska
Elizaveta Ianchuk		 4–6, 1–6
Win 7–5 Aug 2014 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Diana Buzean Lina Gjorcheska
Camelia Hristea		 4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Win 8–5 Aug 2014 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Andreea Mitu Georgia Crăciun
Patricia Maria Țig		 6–4, 6–1
Win 9–5 Sep 2014 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Andreea Mitu Réka Luca Jani
Isabella Shinikova		 7–5, 7–6
Win 10–5 Nov 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Melis Sezer Lisa Ponomar
Shakhlo Saidova		 w/o
Loss 10–6 Nov 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Melis Sezer Valeria Prosperi
Arina Folts		 6–3, 6–7(4–7), [5–10]
Win 11–6 Dec 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Diana Buzean Magdalena Stoilkovska
Elke Tiel		 6–2, 6–4
Loss 11–7 Feb 2015 ITF Palma Nova, Spain 10,000 Clay Ágnes Bukta Amanda Carreras
Alice Savoretti		 4–6, 1–6
Win 12–7 Feb 2015 ITF Palma Nova, Spain 10,000 Clay Ágnes Bukta Ana Bianca Mihăilă
Gabriela Pantůčková		 6–1, 6–1
Win 13–7 Feb 2015 ITF Palma Nova, Spain 10,000 Clay Ágnes Bukta Kim Grajdek
Akvilė Paražinskaitė		 6–2, 6–4
Loss 13–8 Mar 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Lilla Barzó Claudia Giovine
Kimberley Zimmermann		 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 14–8 Apr 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Oana Georgeta Simion Margot Yerolymos
Kimberley Zimmermann		 7–5, 6–4
Win 15–8 Apr 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu Corinna Dentoni
Claudia Giovine		 6–3, 2–6, [10–4]
Loss 15–9 May 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Tea Faber Francesca Palmigiano
Carla Touly		 4–6, 0–6
Loss 15–10 Jun 2015 ITF Galați, Romania 25,000 Clay Diana Buzean Cristina Dinu
Lina Gjorcheska		 4–6, 2–6
Win 16–10 Sep 2015 ITF Varna, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Isabella Shinikova Julieta Lara Estable
Ana Victoria Gobbi Monllau		 7–5, 4–6, [10–4]
Win 17–10 Mar 2016 ITF Tarragona, Spain 10,000 Clay Alyona Sotnikova Georgina García Pérez
Olga Sáez Larra		 7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Win 18–10 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Alice Bacquie Inès Ibbou
Kelia Le Bihan		 6–1, 6–0
Loss 18–11 May 2016 ITF Båstad, Sweden 10,000 Clay Melanie Stokke Emilie Francati
Cornelia Lister		 2–6, 4–6
Loss 18–12 Jun 2016 ITF Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary 25,000 Clay Lina Gjorcheska Laura Pigossi
Nadia Podoroska		 3–6, 0–6
Loss 18–13 Jun 2016 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Elyne Boeykens Tadeja Majerič
Aleksandrina Naydenova		 5–7, 6–1, [8–10]
Win 19–13 Jul 2016 ITF Toruń, Poland 25,000 Clay Valeria Savinykh Akgul Amanmuradova
Valentina Ivakhnenko		 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 20–13 Aug 2016 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay Oleksandra Korashvili Nicola Geuer
Anna Zaja		 7–5, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss 20–14 Sep 2016 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu Vivien Juhászová
Kateřina Kramperová		 6–7(3–7), 6–2, [7–10]
Loss 20–15 Sep 2016 ITF Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary 25,000 Clay Elena Bogdan Conny Perrin
Chantal Škamlová		 4–6, 2–6
Win 21–15 Oct 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 100,000 Hard Alena Fomina Guadalupe Pérez Rojas
Jil Teichmann		 6–2, 6–1
Loss 21–16 Feb 2017 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Prarthana Thombare Junri Namigata
Riko Sawayanagi		 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [9–11]
Win 22–16 Apr 2017 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Tereza Mrdeža Sara Cakarevic
Nicoleta Dascălu		 6–4, 6–2
Win 23–16 May 2017 ITF Dunakeszi, Hungary 25,000 Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu Daiana Negreanu
Oana Georgeta Simion		 1–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Win 24–16 Sep 2017 ITF Dunakeszi, Hungary 60,000 Clay Chantal Škamlová Alexandra Cadanțu
Tereza Smitková		 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Win 25–16 Sep 2017 ITF Biarritz, France 80,000 Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu Cristina Bucșa
Isabelle Wallace		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 25–17 Sep 2017 ITF Saint Malo, France 60,000 Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu Diāna Marcinkēviča
Daniela Seguel		 3–6, 3–6
Win 26–17 Apr 2018 ITF Indian Harbor Beach, U.S. 60,000 Clay Sílvia Soler Espinosa Jessica Pegula
Maria Sanchez		 6–4, 6–2
Win 27–17 Sep 2018 ITF Biarritz, France (2) 80,000 Clay Valentina Ivakhnenko Ysaline Bonaventure
Helène Scholsen		 6–4, 6–1
Win 28–17 Sep 2019 ITF Valencia, Spain 60,000 Clay Rebeka Masarova Andrea Gámiz
Seone Mendez		 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win 29–17 Oct 2019 ITF Székesfehérvár, Hungary 60,000 Clay (i) Maryna Zanevska Akgul Amanmuradova
Elena Bogdan		 3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Loss 29–18 Apr 2022 ITF Palm Harbour, United States 100,000 Clay Lucrezia Stefanini Sophie Chang
Angela Kulikov		 4–6, 6–3, [8–10]

Notes
  1. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

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