Alice Pirsu (born 16 May 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Romania.

Biography

Born in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north ...

, Pirsu competed on the professional tour in the 1990s. As a junior, she had a top ranking of 24 and reached the second round at Wimbledon. Beginning on the ITF Circuit in 1994, she won her biggest title at Athens in 1997, defeating

Evgenia Kulikovskaya Evgenia Kulikovskaya ( Russian: Евгения Куликовская; born 21 December 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached her highest singles ranking of No. 91 in June 2003. She had more success in doubles, wi ...

in the final of a $25k tournament. She played five singles and five doubles rubbers for Romania's Fed Cup team across 1997 and 1998, in a total of seven ties. In 1998, her final year on tour, she reached her best singles ranking of 200 in the world. Pirsu left the professional tennis circuit to attend the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universit ...

. While studying for her economics degree she was a co-captain of the university's tennis team, the

Penn Quakers The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 33 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men's fencing and one in women's fencing. School colors There are sev ...

, earning the Ivy League Player of the Year award in both 2002 and 2003. She made the final eight of the

2003 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships The 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships were the 22nd annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. Hosts Florida defeated ...

, becoming the first Quakers player to have done so. She is now based in New York and runs an interior design company in Pelham.

ITF finals

Singles (1–3)

Doubles (1–6)

References

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