Mariana Simionescu (born 27 November 1956) is a retired tennis player from Romania.

Career

Simionescu won the

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Junior Championships in 1974. She played on the

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from 1973 to 1980. Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon in

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. She won one singles title and one doubles title. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 36 in 1978. Simionescu married

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on 24 July 1980, but the marriage ended in 1984. She never remarried, but lived with former F1 racer J.-L. Schlesser for a few years, with whom she has a son (Anthony).Andru Nenciu (26 October 2015)
O viaţă ca-n poveşti şi un gol în suflet. "Aud şi acum vocea Florenţei Mihai. Cine îmi va mai spune mie Zuza!?". Mariana Simionescu, despre româncele din tenis, Bjorn Borg, Monte Carlo şi comunism
Prosport.ro

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

*Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

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* * * 1956 births Living people French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles People from Târgu Neamț Romanian female tennis players {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub