Cătălina Cristea

Cătălina Cristea (born 2 June 1975) is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked No. 59 in the singles (21 July 1997) and No. 40 in the doubles (17 August 1998). She retired from professional tennis in September 2001 before returning in 2005; she ultimately retired September 2005 age 30.

Cătălina Cristea
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1975-06-02) 2 June 1975
Bucharest, Romania
Turned pro1990
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money$663,007
Singles
Career record239–225
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 59 (21 July 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (1994, 1999)
French Open3R (1995)
Wimbledon2R (2000)
US Open1R (1995, 1997–2000)
Doubles
Career record129–158
Career titles1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 40 (17 August 1998)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (1999)
French Open2R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Wimbledon2R (1997, 2000)
US Open2R (1997, 1999)

Playing for Romania at the Fed Cup, Cristea has a win–loss record of 20–13.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 1993 Australian Open Hard Åsa Carlsson Joana Manta
Ludmila Richterová
3–6, 2–6

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

Legend: Before 2009Legend: Starting in 2009
Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0) Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0) Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (1) International (0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. Feb 1998 Oklahoma City, United States Hard (i) Kristine Kunce Serena Williams
Venus Williams
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 2. Apr 1998 Budapest, Hungary Clay Laura Montalvo Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. Jun 1998 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Eva Melicharova Sabine Appelmans
Miriam Oremans
7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Winner 1. May 1999 Warsaw, Poland Clay Irina Selyutina Amélie Cocheteux
Janette Husárová
6–1, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 16 September 1991 Cluj, Romania Hard Lea Ghirardi 2–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 29 September 1996 Bucharest, Romania Clay Mariana Díaz Oliva 7–5, 3–6, 7–6
Runner-up 3. 15 April 2001 Dinan, France Clay (i) Seda Noorlander 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 25 July 2004 Balș, Romania Clay Simona Matei 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 7 (6–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 16 September 1991 Cluj, Romania Hard Diane Samungi Mirela Buciu
Lea Ghirardi
6–1, 6–1
Winner 2. 27 July 1992 Lohja, Finland Clay Andrea Tunko Miyako Ataka
Monika Starosta
6–2, 7–6(4)
Winner 3. 18 July 1994 Bilbao, Spain Clay Hanneke Ketelaars Yolanda Clemot
Cristina Torrens Valero
6–2, 6–1
Winners 4. 20 November 1994 Bad Gögging, Germany Carpet (i) Tatjana Ječmenica Kateřina Kroupová
Jana Pospíšilová
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner 5. 25 August 1996 Athens, Greece Clay Helena Vildová Virginie Massart
Emanuela Zardo
6–2, 6–4
Winner 6. 12 October 1997 Sedona, United States Hard Corina Morariu Liezel Huber
Paola Suárez
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 9 October 1999 Batumi, Georgia Carpet Surina De Beer Magda Mihalache
Zuzana Váleková
4–6, 6–3, 4–6

Head-to-head record against other players

Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.


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