13 Facts About Irina Bara

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Irina Maria Bara was born on 18 March 1995 and is a professional tennis player from Romania.

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Irina Bara has a career-high singles ranking of world No 104, achieved on 18 April 2022.

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Irina Bara won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the 2021 Transylvania Open, partnering Ekaterine Gorgodze.

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Irina Bara is better known for her performances in doubles, reaching the top 100.

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Irina Bara's most significant result so far is a quarterfinal at the 2018 French Open, partnering with Mihaela Buzarnescu.

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Irina Bara made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Bucharest Open in the doubles event, partnering Buzarnescu, while her first match in a singles event was two years later, at the same tournament, when she, as a wildcard player, lost in the first round to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

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Irina 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.

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On 17 July 2017, Irina Bara entered top 200 for the first time, getting to No 199.

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Until 2020, Irina Bara was unsuccessful in her attempt to reach a main-draw at any Grand Slam tournament.

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Irina Bara failed in qualifying at all four events, in both 2018 and 2019, as well as at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2017.

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Irina Bara won in the second round, after the retirement of Alison Van Uytvanck.

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Two weeks later, Irina Bara reached a new career-high singles ranking, as world No 115.

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Irina Bara played in the main draw at the French Open, but lost to Astra Sharma.