Corina Morariu

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**Corina Morariu**

Country	United States
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Date of birth	January 26, 1978 (1978-01-26) (age 30)
Place of birth	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height	5' 8 1/4 (1.74 m)
Weight	130 lbs. (59 kg)
Turned pro	-
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$1,733,916
Singles
Career record:	160-134
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 29 (August 24, 1998)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2r (1998)
French Open	2r (1998, 2000, 2003)
Wimbledon	3r (1998, 1999)
US Open	2r (1997)
Doubles
Career record:	248-158
Career titles:	13
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (April 3, 2000)
Infobox last updated on: December 22, 2007.

Corina Marie Morariu (born January 26, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American female professional tennis player of Romanian heritage.

Morariu (pronounced: mo-RAR-yoo) turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport. She also won the mixed doubles title at the 2001 Australian Open with Ellis Ferreira. She reached the Australian Open women's doubles final with Davenport in 2005.

Morariu was formerly ranked the world's number one female doubles player.

In 2001, Morariu was diagnosed with leukemia and began a programme of chemotherapy. She has since made a full recovery and has returned to competition.

After a loss in the quarter-finals of the women's doubles at the US Open 2007 on Sept. 19th, Corina announced her retirement. She was also dating Justin Gimelstob.

1 Singles finals (4)
- 1.1 Wins (1)
- 1.2 Runner-ups (3)
2 External links

[edit] Singles finals (4)

[edit] Wins (1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (1)

#	Date	Tournament	Tier/GS	Surface	Opponents in final	Score
1.	April 26, 1999	Bol, Croatia	IV	Clay	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–2, 6–0

[edit] Runner-ups (3)

#	Date	Tournament	Tier/GS	Surface	Opponents in final	Score
1.	April 28, 1997	Bol, Croatia	IV	Clay	Mirjana Lučić	7–5, 6–7(7), 7–6(5)
2.	April 28, 1997	Tokyo, Japan	III	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–3
3.	April 27, 1998	Bol, Croatia	IV	Clay	Mirjana Lučić	6–2, 6–4