Aurora Gima

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

Aurora Gima

Country (sports)	Romania  United States
Born	(1974-11-07)November 7, 1974 Constanța, Romania
Died	October 7, 2000(2000-10-07) (aged 25) New York, United States
Prize money	$44,840
Singles
Career record	107–112
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 164 (October 5, 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (1993)
US Open	Q3 (1992)
Doubles
Career record	29–48
Highest ranking	No. 399 (May 11, 1992)

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.

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	June 16, 1991	Largo, United States	Clay	Rachel Ann Jensen	2–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	November 24, 1991	Okada, Nigeria	Hard	Siobhán Nicholson	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	May 31, 1992	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Katarína Studeníková	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	November 3, 1996	Tamaulipas. Mexico	Hard	Milagros Sequera	6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	November 24, 1991	Okada, Nigeria	Hard	Amanda Evans	Caroline Billingham Virginia Humphreys-Davies	6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	October 27, 1996	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Ana Paola González	Claudia Muciño María Dolores Campana	1–6, 3–6