Corina Maria Morariu (born January 26, 1978) is an American former professional
tennis
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player.
Morariu (pronounced: mo-RA-R'ju) was born in
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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and is of
Romanian descent. She turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a
doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at
Wimbledon
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in 1999 with
Lindsay Davenport
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. She also won the mixed-doubles title at the
2001 Australian Open with
Ellis Ferreira. She reached the
Australian Open
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women's doubles final with Davenport in 2005. She also reached the world No. 1 ranking in doubles in 2000.
In 2001, Morariu was diagnosed with
leukemia
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and began a program of
chemotherapy
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.
During this time,
Jennifer Capriati dedicated her 2001 French Open victory to Morariu. After recovering from cancer, along with shoulder surgery, Morariu was largely restricted to doubles play.
[ The WTA then created the Corina Comeback Award, which was presented to Morariu by Capriati.][ Following her retirement, she began working as a commentator for Tennis Channel.]
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Mixed doubles: 1 (title)
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 4 (1–3)
Doubles: 20 (13–7)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (5–0)
Doubles (9–4)
Doubles performance timeline
Awards
* The Corina Comeback Award (established by the WTA and named after her; she was the first recipient)[
* The 2002 WTA Tour Comeback Player of the Year Award][
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References
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1978 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Australian Open (tennis) champions
Tennis players from Boca Raton, Florida
American people of Romanian descent
American tennis commentators
Tennis players from Detroit
Wimbledon champions
French Open junior champions
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
American memoirists
American women memoirists
21st-century American women
WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players