Mara Gae

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Mara Gae
Transylvania Open 2024 - Alize Cornet vs Mara Gae 6-2, 6-2 (53506868604).jpg
Gae in 2024
Country (sports)Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Born (2005-09-14) 14 September 2005 (age 18)
Bucharest
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysRight-handed
CoachAndrei Mlendea
Prize money$6,892
Singles
Career record11–7 (61.1%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1078 (11 December 2023)
Current rankingNo. 1083 (25 December 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  JuniorQ2 (2023)
French Open  Junior1R (2023)
Wimbledon  Junior1R (2023)
US Open  Junior1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record10–5 (66.7%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 1053 (4 December 2023)
Current rankingNo. 1061 (25 December 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  Junior1R (2023)
French Open  JuniorQF (2023)
Wimbledon  Junior1R (2023)
US Open  JuniorW (2023)
Last updated on: 25 December 2023.

Mara Gae (born 14 September 2005) is a Romanian tennis player. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Gae and her partner Anastasiia Gureva won the 2023 US Open girls' doubles title beating Sara Saito and Nanaka Sato in the final. [4]

Personal life

Gae was given her first tennis racquet on her sixth birthday, a gift from family friend, tennis professional Ruxandra Dragomir. [5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
$15,000 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2023ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000HardFlag placeholder.svg Milana Zhabrailova2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (titles)

Legend
$15,000 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jun 2023ITF Bucharest, Romania15,000Clay Flag of Romania.svg Ștefania Bojică Flag of Romania.svg Ilinca Amariei
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Linda Ševčíková
6–3, 6–4
Win2–0Nov 2023ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rose Marie Nijkamp Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Yidi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Chengyiyi
3–6, 6–3, [11–9]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2023 US Open HardFlag placeholder.svg Anastasiia Gureva Flag of Japan.svg Sara Saito
Flag of Japan.svg Nanaka Sato
1–6, 7–5, [10–8]

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References

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