Irina Falconi

Irina Falconi (born May 4, 1990) is a professional American tennis player, who was born in Portoviejo, Ecuador. Her highest WTA singles ranking is World No. 64, which she reached on September 14, 2015. Her career high in doubles is World No. 70, which she reached on June 10, 2013.

Professional career

2010

She was given a wild card into the 2010 US Open qualifying tournament and managed to qualify defeating Mona Barthel, Anastasia Pivovarova and Stéphanie Dubois.

2011

Falconi went out in the first round of the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon. The 2011 US Open was more successful for Falconi, who defeated Klára Zakopalová and Dominika Cibulková, before losing to Sabine Lisicki.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	17 April 2016	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Silvia Soler Espinosa	6–2, 2–6, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (3 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 August 2012	Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Chanelle Scheepers	Shuko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	24 August 2012	Texas Tennis Open, Dallas, United States	Hard	Līga Dekmeijere	Marina Erakovic Heather Watson	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	19 April 2015	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Shelby Rogers	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Beatriz Haddad Maia	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]

ITF career finals

Singles: 13 (5–8)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	May 1, 2007	Los Mochis, Mexico	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	6–2, 6–0
Winner	1.	May 28, 2007	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Courtney Nagle	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	July 13, 2009	Atlanta, United States	Hard	Jennifer Elie	6–0, 6–4
Winner	3.	July 27, 2009	St. Joseph, United States	Hard	Caitlin Whoriskey	6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	July 12, 2010	Atlanta, United States	Hard	Allie Will	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	October 18, 2010	Rock Hill, United States	Hard	Camila Giorgi	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	3.	February 7, 2011	Midland, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	4.	April 29, 2012	Charlottesville, Virginia, United States	Clay	Melanie Oudin	7-6^(7-0), 3-6, 1-6
Runner–up	5.	October 6, 2013	Perth, Australia	Hard	Arina Rodionova	5–7, 4–6
Runner–up	6.	October 13, 2013	Margaret River, Australia	Hard	Anett Kontaveit	2–6, 4–6
Runner–up	7.	September 21, 2014	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	2–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	November 2, 2014	New Braunfels, United States	Hard	Jennifer Brady	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Runner–up	8.	February 7, 2015	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Daria Gavrilova	5–7, 5–7

Doubles: 14 (3–11)

Outcome	NO	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	27 July 2009	St. Joseph, United States	Hard	Ashley Weinhold	Chelsea Orr Caitlin Whoriskey	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Runner-up	2.	12 July 2010	Atlanta, United States	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Kristy Frilling Julia Glushko	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	7 August 2010	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Amanda Fink	Chang Kai-chen Heidi El Tabakh	6–3, 3–6, [4–10]
Runner-up	4.	27 September 2010	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy	6–1, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	4 October 2010	Kansas City, United States	Hard	Lauren Albanese	Julie Ditty Abigail Spears	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner–up	6.	13 February 2011	Midland, United States	Hard	Alison Riske	Jamie Hampton Anna Tatishvili	Walkover
Runner-up	7.	17 September 2012	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Yasmin Schnack Asia Muhammad	2–6, 6–1, [10–12]
Runner-up	8.	15 April 2013	Dothan, United States	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Julia Cohen Tatjana Maria	4–6 6–4 [9–11]
Runner–up	9.	19 May 2013	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Eva Hrdinová	Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	10.	8 July 2013	Yakima, United States	Hard	Naomi Broady	Jan Abaza Allie Will	5–7, 6–3, [3–10]
Winner	11.	15 July 2013	Portland, United States	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Sanaz Marand Ashley Weinhold	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up	12.	24 March 2014	Osprey, United States	Clay	Eva Hrdinová	Hsieh Shu-ying Rika Fujiwara	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), [4–10]
Runner–up	13.	21 April 2014	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Maria Sanchez	Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend	3–6, 1–6
Winner	14.	8 February 2015	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Petra Martić	Han Xinyun Junri Namigata	6–2, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	R#	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	Q2	2R	2R	2R	3–5
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	Q3	Q1	3R	2R	4–4
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	Q3	Q3	1R	1R	0–4
US Open	LQ	1R	3R	1R	Q1	Q2	2R	1R	3–5
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	2–4	1–4	0–0	1–1	4–4	2–4	10–18

Doubles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	R#	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open		1R	2R	A	1R	2R	2–4
French Open			1R	A	A	1R	0–2
Wimbledon		2R	1R	A	1R	1R	1–4
US Open	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	A	1–4
Win–Loss	0–1	2–3	1–3	0–1	0–3	1–3	4–14

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