Irina
Bara

Career Highlights

DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2021 - Cluj-Napoca [Transylvanian Open] (w/Gorgodze).

Finalist (1): 2025 - Bogotá (w/Pigossi).

Career in Review

In 2023, played WTA Tour level only four times falling in 1r of qualifying at Australian Open (l. Jeanjean), Bogota (l. Alves), Wimbledon (l. Townsend) and reached Q2 at US Open (l. Uchijima).

In doubles, made semifinal at Bogota (w/Errani) and quarterfinal at Cluj-Napoca (w/Cristian).

Best Tour-level results of 2022 were 2r showings at Budapest, Gdynia, Cluj-Napoca [Winners Open] and Cluj-Napoca [Transylvania Open]

Elsewhere in 2022, made SF at WTA 125K Series event in Bol and produced R-Up finish at $100k Bonita Springs-FL, USA

Enjoyed doubles success in 2021, winning three WTA 125K Series titles at Karlsruhe, Buenos Aires and Montevideo (all w/Gorgodze)
Reached 3r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2020 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Kenin). Also last year was R-Up at $80K ITF/Cagnes-sur-Mer-FRA (l. No.1 seed Sorribes Tormo)

Highlight of 2019 was reaching career first WTA QF at Jurmala (l. eventual champion Sevastova)

Also in 2019, advanced through qualifying four times, at Acapulco (l. Haddad Maia in 1r), Bogota (l. Errani in 1r), Istanbul (l. Cirstea in 1r) and Rabat (as LL, l. Hercog in 1r)

Advanced to one singles final on ITF Circuit in 2019, at $60K ITF/Szekesfehervar-HUN (l.Dascalu in F)

Won her first Tour-level match at 2018 Bucharest (as qualifier, d. Tomova in 1r, l. Hercog in 2r)

Advanced to doubles QF at 2018 Roland-Garros (w/Buzarnescu)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Bucharest (as WC, l. Sasnovich in 1r)

Competed in her Grand Slam at 2017 US Open ,falling in qualifying

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2015 Bucharest

Owns nine singles and 29 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2010 in Romania