Alexandra Cadanțu
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Country (sports) |
Romania |
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Residence |
Bucharest |
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Born |
(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 Bucharest |
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Height |
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
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Plays |
Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
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Prize money |
869,485 |
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Singles |
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Career record |
359–270 |
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Career titles |
0 WTA, 9 ITF |
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Highest ranking |
No. 59 (6 January 2014) |
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Current ranking |
No. 265 (8 October 2018) |
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Grand Slam Singles results |
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Australian Open |
1R (2012, 2013, 2014) |
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French Open |
1R (2012, 2013) |
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Wimbledon |
2R (2013) |
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US Open |
1R (2012, 2013) |
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Doubles |
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Career record |
165–145 |
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Career titles |
1 WTA, 11 ITF |
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Highest ranking |
No. 101 (11 June 2012) |
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Current ranking |
No. 211 (8 October 2018) |
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Grand Slam Doubles results |
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French Open |
1R (2012) |
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Wimbledon |
1R (2012) |
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US Open |
1R (2012) |
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Last updated on: 8 October 2018. |
Alexandra Cadanțu (born 3 May 1990) is a Romanian tennis player. On 6 January 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 59. Her highest doubles ranking was No. 101 on 11 June 2012. She started tennis at the age of three and is coached by Emil Negoita.
At Grand Slam tournaments, Cadanțu has won only one match, at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. Usually, she is playing on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Personal life
Alexandra Cadantu was born in Bucharest, Romania. She began playing tennis at age three. Her favourite surface is clay, her goal to reach the top 50.
Career
2013
Cadantu started the year in Shenzhen but was defeated by Bojana Jovanovski in the first round. Her next tournament was in Sydney, where she was defeated in the first qualifying round by Olga Puchkova. Alexandra then lost to Heather Watson in the Australian Open first round.
In February, she won her first match for the season in Cali, Colombia – defeating Laura Pous Tió. Then she lost in the second round to Sesil Karatantcheva in three sets, reached quarterfinals in Bogotá, Colombia, defeating Maria Joao Koehler in the first and Tereza Mrdeža in the second round. She then fell in the quarterfinals to Jelena Janković. Then, in Acapulco, Mexico, Cadantu was defeated by Sara Errani in the first round. In March, she fell in Miami first qualifying round to Stefanie Vögele. She then lost to Madison Keys in the first round of Charleston.
She reached the semifinals in Katowice, Poland, in April, where she lost to Petra Kvitová. On her road, she defeated Yuliya Beygelzimer (7–5, 6–2), Katarzyna Kawa (6–2, 6–3), Raluca Olaru (6–0, 6–0), Sabine Lisicki (7–5, 6–2), Irina-Camelia Begu (4–6, 6–3, 6–4), and Shahar Pe'er (5–7, 6–3, 6–3). She has also reached the semifinals at the Budapest Grand Prix, where she lost in straight sets (2–6, 6–7) to compatriot Simona Halep and eventual winner of the tournament.
2014
Cadantu started the year in Auckland when she had to retire in her first round 1–6, 0–4 down against Kurumi Nara. She also fell at the first round in Hobart (losing to Olivia Rogowska), at the Australian Open (losing to Flavia Pennetta), and in Rio de Janeiro (losing to Teliana Pereira).
Then things started to improve with a quarterfinal at Florinopolis beating wildcard Gabriela Cé 6–1, 6–3 in the first round and Dinah Pfizenmaier 6–2, 6–3 in the second before losing to Yaroslava Shvedova 3–6, 3–6. She fell in the first round at Indian Wells and Miami, losing to rising stars CoCo Vandeweghe and Zarina Diyas respectively. In Katowice she beat Yanina Wickmayer 3–6, 6–1, 6–1 before losing a tight three-set match to the third seed Carla Suárez Navarro. She then had a nine-match losing streak which included the French Open and Wimbledon which she snapped at the 100,000 Contrexéville. She won the doubles title at Bucharest alongside countrywoman Ana Bogdan in her home city; they beat Çağla Büyükakçay and Karin Knapp in the final. Later in the year she reached the quarterfinals at ITF Saint-Malo, Monterrey and Victoria.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend |
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
Tier II / Premier (0–0) |
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1) |
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Finals by surface |
Hard (0–1) |
Grass (0–0) |
Clay (0–0) |
Carpet (0–0) |
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Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Legend |
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
Tier II / Premier (0–0) |
Tier III, IV & V / International (1–2) |
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Finals by surface |
Hard (0–0) |
Grass (0–0) |
Clay (1–2) |
Carpet (0–0) |
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ITF finals
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 25 (9–16)
Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
Winner |
1. |
10 September 2006 |
Bucharest 6, Romania |
Clay |
Irina-Camelia Begu |
6–3, 1–6, 6–3 |
Winner |
2. |
15 July 2007 |
Bucharest 5, Romania |
Clay |
Ioana Gaspar |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
1. |
19 August 2007 |
Constanţa, Romania |
Clay |
Corina Corduneanu |
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 1–6 |
Runner-up |
2. |
2 September 2007 |
Hunedoara, Romania |
Clay |
Elora Dabija |
6–7(4–7), 6–4, 2–6 |
Runner-up |
3. |
16 March 2008 |
Cairo 1, Egypt |
Clay |
Elena Chalova |
2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up |
4. |
3 August 2008 |
Arad, Romania |
Clay |
Pálma Király |
3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up |
5. |
7 March 2010 |
Madrid 2, Spain |
Clay |
Elisa Balsamo |
1–6, 4–6 |
Winner |
3. |
23 May 2010 |
Bucharest 1, Romania |
Clay |
Diana Enache |
6–2, 6–4 |
Winner |
4. |
30 May 2010 |
Craiova, Romania |
Clay |
Mădălina Gojnea |
5–7, 6–3, 6–0 |
Runner-up |
6. |
5 September 2010 |
Balş, Romania |
Clay |
Mihaela Buzărnescu |
3–6, 2–6 |
Winner |
5. |
24 October 2010 |
Ain Sukhna, Egypt |
Clay |
Zuzana Zlochová |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner |
6. |
21 November 2010 |
Niterói, Brazil |
Clay |
Julia Cohen |
6–1, 1–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up |
7. |
27 November 2010 |
Barueri, Brazil |
Hard |
Conny Perrin |
0–5 ret. |
Winner |
7. |
5 December 2010 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Clay |
Julia Cohen |
6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
8. |
16 January 2011 |
Plantation, Florida, United States |
Clay |
Sharon Fichman |
3–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Runner-up |
8. |
29 May 2011 |
Grado, Italy |
Clay |
Ajla Tomljanović |
2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up |
10. |
25 June 2011 |
Kristinehamn, Sweden |
Clay |
Jana Čepelová |
4–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Winner |
8. |
11 September 2011 |
Biella, Italy |
Clay |
Mariana Duque |
6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
11. |
2 October 2011 |
Telavi, Georgia |
Clay |
Alexandra Panova |
6–4, 1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up |
12. |
29 July 2012 |
Olomouc, Czech Republic |
Clay |
María-Teresa Torró-Flor |
2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up |
13. |
19 May 2013 |
Prague, Czech Republic |
Clay |
Lucie Šafářová |
6–3, 1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up |
14. |
6 April 2015 |
Chiasso, Switzerland |
Clay |
Réka Luca Jani |
6–3, 3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Winner |
9. |
14 June 2015 |
Galați, Romania |
Clay |
Cristina Dinu |
6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–3 |
Runner-up |
15. |
26 September 2015 |
Bucha, Ukraine |
Clay |
Kristína Kučová |
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 0–6 |
Runner-up |
16. |
5 August 2018 |
Bad Saulgau, Germany |
Clay |
Laura Siegemund |
4–6, 2–6 |
Doubles finals: 22 (11–11)
Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
Runner-up |
1. |
25 May 2008 |
Galaţi, Romania |
Clay |
Antonia Xenia Tout |
Kristína Kučová Valentina Sulpizio |
0–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up |
2. |
10 May 2009 |
Wiesbaden, Germany |
Clay |
Alexandra Stuparu |
Leonie Mekel Pauline Wong |
1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up |
3. |
12 December 2009 |
Benicarló, Spain |
Clay |
Diana Enache |
Romina Oprandi Laura Pous Tió |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner |
1. |
18 April 2010 |
Bol, Croatia |
Clay |
Alexandra Damaschin |
Chantal Škamlová Romana Tabaková |
6–2, 1–6, [10–5] |
Winner |
2. |
25 April 2010 |
Šibenik, Croatia |
Clay |
Dalia Zafirova |
Maria Abramović Mădălina Gojnea |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner |
3. |
28 May 2010 |
Craiova, Romania |
Clay |
Alexandra Damaschin |
Tanya Germanlieva Dessislava Mladenova |
6–3, 6–3 |
Winner |
4. |
3 September 2010 |
Balş, Romania |
Clay |
Alexandra Damaschin |
Martina Gledacheva Valentina Sulpizio |
6–3, 7–5 |
Winner |
5. |
30 June 2011 |
Ystad, Sweden |
Clay |
Diana Enache |
Mervana Jugić-Salkić Emma Laine |
6–4, 2–6, [10–5] |
Winner |
6. |
2 September 2011 |
Mamaia, Romania |
Clay |
Elena Bogdan |
Marina Shamayko Sofia Shapatava |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up |
4. |
16 September 2011 |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Clay |
Raluca Olaru |
Nina Bratchikova Darija Jurak |
4–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up |
5. |
11 February 2012 |
Cali, Colombia |
Clay |
Raluca Olaru |
Karin Knapp Mandy Minella |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner |
7. |
26 September 2014 |
Podgorica, Montenegro |
Clay |
Stephanie Vogt |
Xenia Knoll Arantxa Rus |
6–1, 3–6, [10–2] |
Winner |
8. |
25 October 2015 |
Joué-lès-Tours, France |
Hard (i) |
Cristina Dinu |
Viktorija Golubic Alice Matteucci |
7–5, 6–3 |
Winner |
9. |
9 November 2015 |
Équeurdreville, France |
Hard (i) |
Lesley Kerkhove |
Elizaveta Ianchuk Sherazad Reix |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
6. |
24 September 2016 |
Saint-Malo, France |
Clay |
Jaqueline Cristian |
Lina Gjorcheska Diāna Marcinkēviča |
6–3, 3–6, [8–10] |
Runner-up |
7. |
23 October 2016 |
Joué-lès-Tours, France |
Hard (i) |
Ekaterina Yashina |
Ivana Jorović Lesley Kerkhove |
3–6, 5–7 |
Runners-up |
8. |
30 October 2016 |
Poitiers, France |
Hard (i) |
Nicola Geuer |
Nao Hibino Alicja Rosolska |
0–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up |
9. |
3 February 2017 |
Grenoble, France |
Hard (i) |
Cornelia Lister |
Ilona Kremen Tereza Smitková |
1–6, 5–7 |
Winner |
10. |
18 February 2017 |
Altenkirchen, Germany |
Carpet (i) |
Cornelia Lister |
Tara Moore Conny Perrin |
6–2, 3–6, [11–9] |
Runner-up |
10. |
1 September 2017 |
Dunakeszi, Hungary |
Clay |
Tereza Smitková |
Irina Bara Chantal Škamlová |
6–7(7-9), 4–6 |
Winner |
11. |
13 July 2018 |
Budapest, Hungary |
Clay |
Chantal Škamlová |
Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos |
6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
11. |
8 September 2018 |
Zagreb, Croatia |
Clay |
Elena Bogdan |
Andrea Gamiz Aymet Uzcategui |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up |
11. |
23 September 2018 |
Saint Malo, France |
Clay |
Diāna Marcinkēviča |
Cristina Bucsa Maria Fernanda Herazo Gonzalez |
6–4, 1–6, [8–10} |
Key
W |
F |
SF |
QF |
#R |
RR |
Q# |
A |
NH |
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Doubles
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L |
Australian Open |
A |
A |
1R |
0–1 |
French Open |
1R |
A |
A |
0–1 |
Wimbledon |
1R |
A |
A |
0–1 |
US Open |
1R |
1R |
A |
0–2 |
Win–Loss |
0–3 |
0–1 |
0–1 |
0–5 |