Aurora Gima

Aurora Gima
Country (sports) Romania
 United States
Born(1974-11-07)November 7, 1974
Constanța, Romania
DiedOctober 7, 2000(2000-10-07) (aged 25)
New York, United States
Prize money$44,840
Singles
Career record107–112
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 164 (October 5, 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (1993)
US OpenQ3 (1992)
Doubles
Career record29–48
Highest rankingNo. 399 (May 11, 1992)

Aurora Gima (November 7, 1974 – October 7, 2000)[1] was a Romanian-born American professional tennis player.

Gima, originally from the Black Sea city of Constanța in Romania, was raised in New York from the mid-1980s.[2] She competed on the professional tour in the 1990s and reached a career high singles ranking of 164, winning a $25,000 ITF title in Nigeria in 1991. At the 1992 US Open she won through to the final qualifying round, defeating Miriam Oremans en route. She also won two qualifying matches at the 1993 Australian Open, over Kristine Radford and Katarína Studeníková. Her only WTA Tour main draw appearance came as a doubles player, at Québec in 1993.

  1. ^ "Aurora Gima - Obituary". www.legacy.com. October 17, 2000.
  2. ^ Williams, Joe (June 17, 1991). "Jensen Beats Gima for Harbor Hills Title". Orlando Sentinel.