Irina Falconi
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Irina Falconi is a professional America
United States
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n tennis
Tennis
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 player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is World No. 119, which she reached on April 18, 2011. Her career high in doubles is World No. 205, which she reached on February 28, 2011. She is currently coached by Jeff Wilson.

2010

She was given a wild card into the 2010 US Open
2010 US Open (tennis)
The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States....

 qualifying tournament and managed to qualify defeating Mona Barthel
Mona Barthel
Mona Barthel is a German professional tennis player. She has won four ITF singles titles and one ITF doubles title. Barthel's highest singles ranking of World No. 67 was achieved on 31 October 2011, while her highest doubles ranking of World No...

, Anastasia Pivovarova
Anastasia Pivovarova
Anastasia Olegovna Pivovarova is a professional tennis player from Russia.Pivovarova was born in Moscow, Russia and is a right-handed player. She reached a career high of 115 in July 2010. During a successful junior career Pivovarova was ranked as high as number 2.- Biography :Anastasia Pivovarova...

 and Stéphanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in 2004 and she achieved a career-best ranking of No. 95 in the world on May 26, 2008.-2004–present:...

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2011

Falconi went out in the 1st Round of the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon.
The 2011 US Open was more successful for Falconi, who defeated Klara Zakopalova and Dominika Cibulkova
Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...

 before losing to Sabine Lisicki
Sabine Lisicki
Sabine Lisicki is a German professional tennis player of Polish background.Lisicki has won three WTA singles tournaments in her career and one doubles tournament . She reached the semifinals of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and also reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships...

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ITF Circuit singles finals (4–3)

$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
Los Mochis
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, Mexico
Hard   Maria Fernanda Alves
Maria Fernanda Alves
Maria Fernanda Barbato Alves , also known as Nanda Alves, is a Brazilian tennis player. She is currently coached by her father Carlos and former World No. 4 male tennis player Thomaz Koch. As of 1 March 2010, Alves is ranked World No. 262, and is the highest ranked Brazilian player...

6–2, 6–0
Winner 1. May 28, 2007 Monterrey
Monterrey
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, Mexico
Hard   Courtney Nagle
Courtney Nagle
Courtney Nagle is an American professional tennis player. Her career high doubles ranking is 97, set on April 20, 2009...

2–6 6–3 6–4
Winner 2. July 13, 2009 Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
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, United States
Hard   Jennifer Elie 6–0, 6–4
Winner 3. July 27, 2009 St. Joseph, United States Hard   Caitlin Whoriskey
Caitlin Whoriskey
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6–3, 6–3
Winner 4. July 12, 2010 Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
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, United States
Hard   Allie Will 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 2. October 18, 2010 Rock Hill
Rock Hill, South Carolina
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, United States
Hard   Camila Giorgi 6–3, 6–4
Runner–up 3. February 7, 2011 Midland
Midland, Michigan
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, United States
Hard   Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won ten WTA doubles titles. This total includes the 2011 French Open, in which she won her first Grand Slam title.-Career:...

6–4, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Tournament2009
2009 WTA Tour
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2010
2010 WTA Tour
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2011
2011 WTA Tour
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W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open
Australian Open
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A A 1R
2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but could not defend her title due to a foot injury sustained in the middle of the 2010 season.Kim Clijsters won her first Australian Open title and fourth Grand Slam overall by beating Li Na 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the final match...

0–1
French Open A A 1R
2011 French Open – Women's Singles
Francesca Schiavone was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Li Na, 6–4, 7–6, making Li the first Asian and Chinese Grand Slam singles champion.-Seeds:# Caroline Wozniacki # Kim Clijsters ...

0–1
Wimbledon A A 1R
2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but lost to 2007 finalist Marion Bartoli in the fourth round.For the first time since 1913, all eight quarter-finalists were European....

0–1
US Open LQ 1R
2010 US Open – Women's Singles
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, and successfully defended her 2009 title, after she won 6–2, 6–1, against Vera Zvonareva in the final. This match lasted only one hour.-Seeds:# Caroline Wozniacki # Kim Clijsters ...

3R
2011 US Open – Women's Singles
Kim Clijsters was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew due to an abdominal injury.Ninth seed Samantha Stosur won her first Grand Slam championship, defeating the favourite Serena Williams, a three-time US Open champion and the 28th seed, 6–2, 6–3 in the final...

2–2
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–4

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