Cristina-Andreea Mitu (born 22 September 1991) is a professional tennis player from Romania.
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Born | Bucharest, Romania | 22 September 1991
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Marius Cristian Onilă |
Prize money | US$ 993,227 |
Singles | |
Career record | 409–226 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 20 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 68 (8 June 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 204 (19 August 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2016) |
French Open | 4R (2015) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2014, 2015) |
US Open | 1R (2015) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 261–180 |
Career titles | 4 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger |
Highest ranking | No. 69 (24 October 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 169 (19 August 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2021) |
French Open | 3R (2020) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2021) |
US Open | 2R (2021) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 1–3 |
Last updated on: 13 July 2024. |
On 8 June 2015, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of 68, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 69, reached on 24 October 2016. Mitu is a member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On 19 April 2015, she beat then-ranked world No. 7, Eugenie Bouchard, in a Fed Cup match, in three sets.
Personal life and background
editShe is coached by Adrian Marcu. Her parents are Petre and Ania. She also has a brother named Alex, who is a soccer player. She has an aggressive style of play. Andreea's favorite surface is hard (but loves grass too), while her favorite shot is forehand. She started playing tennis at age 7. Her tennis idols growing up were Jelena Dokic, Patty Schnyder, Williams sisters, Jennifer Capriati and Martina Hingis. She also enjoys shopping, hanging out with friends and getting nails done. She stated that if weren't a tennis player, she would be a lawyer.[1] In 2018, she gave birth to a son named Adam.[2]
Career
edit2015-16: Fourth round at Roland Garros
editNot having won a single WTA Tour title, Mitu made it to the fourth round of 2015 French Open defeating world No. 12, Karolína Plíšková, in the second round, and former champion Francesca Schiavone in the third round. After this performance, Mitu rose to a career-high ranking of 68.
In 2016, Mitu won two WTA Tour titles, in April the İstanbul Cup, and in July the Swedish Open.
2017-18: Motherhood and third career title
editIn 2017, Mitu took a break from competition: In January 2018, she became mother of a boy. In July 2018, she won the Bucharest Open doubles title partnering Irina-Camelia Begu, marking her overall third doubles title.
2019-21: Second and third round at majors
editIn 2020, she reached third round at Roland Garros, with Patricia Tig, and in 2021, she reached second round at Melbourne, with Raluca Olaru - her best major doubles performance so far.
Performance timelines
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
editTournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ... | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
French Open | A | Q2 | Q1 | 4R | Q3 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | |
Wimbledon | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
US Open | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | |||
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||
Dubai / Qatar Ladies Open[a] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
China Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Career statistics | |||||||||||
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 25 | |||||
Overall win-loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 11–15 | 2–8 | 13–25 |
Doubles
editTournament | 2016 | ... | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1–1 | |
French Open | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | A | 3–3 | |
Wimbledon | Q2 | 1R | NH | 2R | A | 1–2 | |
US Open | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | 1–2 | |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 6–8 |
WTA Tour finals
editDoubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2015 | Bucharest Open, Romania |
International | Clay | Patricia Maria Țig | Oksana Kalashnikova Demi Schuurs |
2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Apr 2016 | İstanbul Cup, Turkey |
International | Clay | İpek Soylu | Xenia Knoll Danka Kovinić |
w/o |
Win | 2–1 | Jul 2016 | Bastad Open, Sweden |
International | Clay | Alicja Rosolska | Lesley Kerkhove Lidziya Marozava |
6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 3–1 | Jul 2018 | Bucharest Open, Romania |
International | Clay | Irina-Camelia Begu | Danka Kovinić Maryna Zanevska |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 4–1 | Apr 2019 | Ladies Open Lugano, Switzerland | International | Clay | Sorana Cîrstea | Veronika Kudermetova Galina Voskoboeva |
1–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
WTA Challenger finals
editDoubles: 1 (title)
editResult | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2020 | Sparta Prague Open, Czech Republic |
Clay | Lidziya Marozava | Giulia Gatto-Monticone Nadia Podoroska |
6–4, 6–4 |
ITF Circuit finals
editSingles: 34 (20 titles, 14 runner–ups)
editLegend |
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$50/60,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10/15,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2007 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Simona Halep | 6–7(5), 0–6 |
Win | 1–1 | May 2007 | ITF Galați, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Cristina Celani | 6–0, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jun 2007 | ITF Pitești, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Natalia Orlova | 6–4, 5–7, 5–7 |
Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2007 | ITF Brașov, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Irina-Camelia Begu | 6–7(2), 2–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Jul 2010 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Elora Dabija | 7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 2–4 | Nov 2010 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Vlada Ekshibarova | 2–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | Aug 2011 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Cristina Dinu | 6–7(5), 4–6 |
Win | 3–5 | Sep 2011 | ITF Mamaia, Romania | 25,000 | Clay | Inés Ferrer Suárez | 6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 4–5 | Feb 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Mana Ayukawa | 6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 5–5 | May 2012 | ITF Timișoara, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Viktória Maľová | 6–2, 6–0 |
Win | 6–5 | Jun 2012 | ITF Přerov, Czech Republic | 10,000 | Clay | Martina Kubičíková | 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 6–6 | Jun 2012 | ITF Craiova, Romania | 50,000 | Clay | María-Teresa Torró-Flor | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 7–6 | Sep 2012 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | Sharon Fichman | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Win | 8–6 | Apr 2014 | ITF Pula, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 9–6 | Jul 2014 | ITF Denain, France | 25,000 | Clay | Fiona Ferro | 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 10–6 | Jul 2014 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Viktorija Golubic | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 11–6 | Aug 2014 | ITF Mamaia, Romania | 25,000 | Clay | Tereza Martincová | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 12–6 | Sep 2014 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | Victoria Kan | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 12–7 | Sep 2014 | ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | Evgeniya Rodina | 6–3, 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 13–7 | Sep 2014 | Royal Cup, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | Vitalia Diatchenko | 6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 13–8 | Feb 2015 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | Laura Pous Tió | 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 14–8 | Feb 2015 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | Olivia Rogowska | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 14–9 | Nov 2015 | Open Nantes Atlantique, France | 50,000 | Hard (i) | Mathilde Johansson | 3−6, 4−6 |
Loss | 14–10 | Feb 2016 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 5–7, 1–6 |
Win | 15–10 | Nov 2016 | Slovak Open, Slovakia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Denisa Allertová | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 16–10 | Mar 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | Ayla Aksu | 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 16–11 | Jul 2018 | ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Miriam Bulgaru | 4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 17–11 | Jul 2018 | ITF Focșani, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Oana Georgeta Simion | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 17–12 | Aug 2018 | ITF Arad, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Nefisa Berberović | 3–6, 6–0, 4–6 |
Win | 18–12 | Aug 2019 | ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium | 15,000 | Clay | Sinja Kraus | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 18–13 | Sep 2019 | ITF Focșani, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Laura Schaeder | 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 19–13 | Sep 2019 | ITF Arad, Romania | 25,000 | Clay | Irene Burillo Escorihuela | 6–7(5), 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 20–13 | Sep 2023 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | 60,000 | Clay | Sára Bejlek | 7–6(1), 2–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 20–14 | Oct 2023 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | 25,000 | Clay | Irina Bara | 2–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 39 (25 titles, 14 runner–ups)
editLegend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$50/60,000 tournaments |
$40,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10/15,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2008 | ITF Arad, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Elora Dabija | Laura Ioana Andrei Diana Enache |
6–2, 2–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 0–2 | Dec 2008 | ITF Benicarló, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Simona Matei | Neda Kozić Biljana Pavlova |
4–6, 6–7(3) |
Loss | 0–3 | May 2009 | ITF Pitești, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Diana Enache | Alexandra Damaschin Camelia Hristea |
1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Jun 2009 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Simona Matei | Laura Ioana Andrei Ioana Gaspar |
3–6, 6–7(3) |
Loss | 0–5 | Jul 2009 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Ionela Andreea Iova | Ioana Gaspar Simona Matei |
6–7(6), 1–6 |
Win | 1–5 | Aug 2009 | ITF Arad, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Diana Enache | Ionela Andreea Iova Ioana Ivan |
6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 2–5 | Mar 2010 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Diana Enache | Evelyn Mayr Julia Mayr |
6–7(3), 6–1, [11–9] |
Loss | 2–6 | May 2010 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Diana Enache | Laura Ioana Andrei Mădălina Gojnea |
4–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
Win | 3–6 | Jul 2010 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Diana Enache | Dessislava Mladenova Dalia Zafirova |
6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 3–7 | Aug 2011 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Alexandra Damaschin | Cristina Dinu Camelia Hristea |
6–1, 6–7(6), [4–10] |
Win | 4–7 | Oct 2011 | ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | Diana Marcu | Laura Ioana Andrei Cristina Dinu |
4–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
Win | 5–7 | Jan 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Cristina Dinu | Diana Marcu Liana Ungur |
7–6(3), 6–2 |
Win | 6–7 | Jan 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Cristina Dinu | Yumi Nakano Ekaterina Yashina |
w/o |
Win | 7–7 | May 2012 | ITF Timișoara, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Teodora Mirčić | Lina Gjorcheska Dalia Zafirova |
6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 7–8 | Nov 2013 | Kemer Cup Istanbul, Turkey | 50,000 | Hard (i) | Tadeja Majerič | Nigina Abduraimova Maria Elena Camerin |
3–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
Win | 8–8 | Apr 2014 | ITF Pula, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Stefana Andrei | Audrey Albié Manon Peral |
7–6(5), 6–2 |
Win | 9–8 | Aug 2014 | ITF Mamaia, Romania | 25,000 | Clay | Irina Bara | Georgia Crăciun Patricia Maria Țig |
6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 10–8 | Sep 2014 | ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | Irina Bara | Réka Luca Jani Isabella Shinikova |
7–5, 7–6 |
Win | 11–8 | Feb 2015 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | Danka Kovinić | Tatiana Búa Paula Cristina Gonçalves |
6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 12–8 | Oct 2015 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | 100,000 | Hard (i) | Monica Niculescu | Stéphanie Foretz Amandine Hesse |
6–7(5), 7–6(2), [10–8] |
Win | 13–8 | May 2016 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | 100,000 | Clay | Demi Schuurs | Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić |
6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 14–8 | Jul 2018 | ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Elizabeth Mandlik | Anna Turati Bianca Turati |
6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 15–8 | Jul 2018 | ITF Focșani, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Oana Georgeta Simion | Selma Stefania Cadar Anastasia Kharitonova |
4–6, 6–2, [10–6] |
Win | 16–8 | Sep 2018 | Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | Laura Pigossi Maryna Zanevska |
4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Win | 17–8 | Nov 2018 | ITF Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Cristina Dinu | Federica di Sarra Anastasia Grymalska |
w/o |
Loss | 17–9 | Jan 2019 | Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | Cornelia Lister Renata Voráčová |
1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 17–10 | Feb 2019 | Open de l'Isère, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | Estelle Cascino Elixane Lechemia |
2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 17–11 | Sep 2019 | ITF Focșani, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Gabriela Nicole Tătăruș | Oana Gavrilă Andreea Roșca |
6–1, 2–6, [4–10] |
Win | 18–11 | Sep 2019 | ITF Arad, Romania | 25,000 | Clay | Başak Eraydın | Oana Gavrilă Andreea Roșca |
6–0, 6–1 |
Win | 19–11 | Feb 2020 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | W25 | Carpet (i) | Laura Ioana Paar | Anna Popescu Chiara Scholl |
7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 20–11 | Apr 2021 | Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal | W60 | Clay | Lidziya Marozava | Marina Melnikova Conny Perrin |
3–6, 6–4, [10–3] |
Win | 21–11 | Feb 2022 | ITF Mâcon, France | W25 | Hard (i) | Xenia Knoll | Emily Appleton Ali Collins |
6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 21–12 | Mar 2023 | Branik Maribor Open, Slovenia | W40 | Hard (i) | Irina Bara | Sofya Lansere Anastasia Tikhonova |
3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 22–12 | Apr 2023 | Murska Sobota Open, Slovenia | W40 | Hard | Harriet Dart | Magali Kempen Xenia Knoll |
w/o |
Loss | 22–13 | Apr 2023 | Chiasso Open, Switzerland | W60 | Clay | Nadia Podoroska | Emily Appleton Julia Lohoff |
1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 23–13 | Apr 2023 | Koper Open, Slovenia | W60 | Clay | Irina Bara | Suzan Lamens Kaylah McPhee |
6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 23–14 | Jul 2023 | Montpellier Open, France | W60 | Clay | Julia Lohoff | Amina Anshba Sofya Lansere |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 24–14 | Nov 2023 | Open de Valencia, Spain | W100 | Clay | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | Aliona Bolsova Natela Dzalamidze |
7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 25–14 | Jun 2024 | Open de Biarritz, France | W100 | Clay | Irina Bara | Estelle Cascino Carole Monnet |
6–3, 3–6, [10–7] |
Head-to-head record
editRecord against top 10 players
editMitu's win–loss record against certain players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher is as follows:
Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last match |
No. 1 ranked players | ||||||
Karolína Plíšková | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4) at 2015 French Open |
Garbiñe Muguruza | 1–1 | 50% | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | Loss (2–6, 2–6) at 2016 Summer Olympics |
Simona Halep | 0–2 | 0% | – | 0–2 | – | Loss (0–6, 3–6) at 2008 ITF Bucharest |
No. 2 ranked players | ||||||
Agnieszka Radwańska | 0–1 | 0% | – | – | 0–1 | Loss (2–6, 1–6) at 2014 Wimbledon |
No. 4 ranked players | ||||||
Kimiko Date-Krumm | 0–1 | 67% | 0–1 | – | – | Loss (3–6, 6–1, 0–6) at 2014 Dubai Challenge |
Francesca Schiavone | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (7–5, 6–4) at 2015 French Open |
No. 5 ranked players | ||||||
Eugenie Bouchard | 1–0 | 50% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (4–6, 6–4, 6–1) at 2015 Fed Cup |
Lucie Šafářová | 1–1 | 50% | – | 1–1 | – | Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2015 Linz Open |
No. 7 ranked players | ||||||
Madison Keys | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Loss (2–6, 0–6) at 2015 Charleston |
Total | 5–6 | 45% | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | – |
Top 10 wins
edit# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score |
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2015 | ||||||
1. | Eugenie Bouchard | No. 7 | Fed Cup, Canada | Hard | Play-offs | 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
2. | Lucie Šafářová | No. 7 | Linz Open, Austria | Hard (i) | 1st round | 6–3, 6–4 |
Notes
edit- ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
- ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.