Alexandra Cadanțu

Alexandra Cadanțu (born 3 May 1990) is a Romanian tennis player.

Alexandra Cadanțu
Country (sports) Romania
ResidenceBucharest, Romania
Born (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 922,489
Singles
Career record390–302 (56.4%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 59 (6 January 2014)
Current rankingNo. 292 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2012, 2013, 2014)
French Open1R (2012, 2013)
Wimbledon2R (2013)
US Open1R (2012, 2013)
Doubles
Career record174–160 (52.1%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 101 (11 June 2012)
Current rankingNo. 539 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open1R (2012)
Wimbledon1R (2012)
US Open1R (2012)
Last updated on: 25 April 2020.

On 6 January 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 59. Her best doubles ranking is No. 101, achieved on 11 June 2012.

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.

Career

Born in Bucharest, Cadantu began playing tennis at age three. Her favourite surface is clay, her goal to reach the top 50.

2013
Cadanțu at the 2013 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes

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 where 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 wild card 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 third seed Carla Suárez Navarro. She then had a nine-match losing streak, including the French Open and Wimbledon, which she snapped at the $100,000 Contrexéville. She won the doubles title at Bucharest alongside compatriot Ana Bogdan; they beat Çağla Büyükakçay and Karin Knapp in the final. Later in the year, she reached the quarterfinals of the ITF events at Saint-Malo, Monterrey and Victoria.

Grand Slam performance timelines
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.

Singles
Tournament201220132014W–L
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R 0–3
French Open 1R 1R 1R 0–3
Wimbledon 1R 2R 1R 1–3
US Open 1R 1R A 0–2
Win–Loss 0–4 1–4 0–3 1–11

Doubles
Tournament201220132014W–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

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2012 Monterrey Open, Mexico International Hard Tímea Babos 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2012 Morocco Open, Morocco International Clay Irina-Camelia Begu Petra Cetkovská
Alexandra Panova		 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [9–11]
Win 1–1 Jul 2014 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Elena Bogdan Çağla Büyükakçay
Karin Knapp		 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss 1–2 Jul 2016 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Katarzyna Piter Jessica Moore
Varatchaya Wongteanchai		 3–6, 6–7(5–7)

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2017 Bol Open, Croatia Clay Aleksandra Krunić 3–6, 0–3 ret.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 26 (9 titles, 17 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2006 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Irina-Camelia Begu 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2007 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Ioana Gaspar 6–2, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Aug 2007 ITF Constanţa, Romania 10,000 Clay Corina Corduneanu 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 1–6
Loss 2–2 Sep 2007 ITF Hunedoara, Romania 10,000 Clay Elora Dabija 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Mar 2008 ITF Cairo, Egypt 10,000 Clay Elena Chalova 2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Aug 2008 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Pálma Király 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Mar 2010 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay Elisa Balsamo 1–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 May 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Diana Enache 6–2, 6–4
Win 4–5 May 2010 ITF Craiova, Romania 10,000 Clay Mădălina Gojnea 5–7, 6–3, 6–0
Loss 4–6 Sep 2010 ITF Balş, Romania 10,000 Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu 3–6, 2–6
Win 5–6 Oct 2010 ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt 10,000 Clay Zuzana Zlochová 6–2, 6–3
Win 6–6 Nov 2010 ITF Niterói, Brazil 25,000 Clay Julia Cohen 6–1, 1–6, 6–1
Loss 6–7 Nov 2010 ITF Barueri, Brazil 10,000 Hard Conny Perrin 0–5 ret.
Win 7–7 Dec 2010 ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25,000 Clay Julia Cohen 6–1, 6–3
Loss 7–8 Jan 2011 ITF Plantation, United States 25,000 Clay Sharon Fichman 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 7–9 May 2011 ITF Grado, Italy 25,000 Clay Ajla Tomljanović 2–6, 4–6
Loss 7–10 Jun 2011 ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden 25,000 Clay Jana Čepelová 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 8–10 Sep 2011 Piemonte Internazionale, Italy 100,000 Clay Mariana Duque 6–4, 6–3
Loss 8–11 Oct 2011 Telavi Open, Georgia 50,000 Clay Alexandra Panova 6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss 8–12 Jul 2012 ITS Cup, Czech Republic 100,000 Clay María-Teresa Torró-Flor 2–6, 3–6
Loss 8–13 May 2013 WTA Prague Open, Czech Republic 100,000 Clay Lucie Šafářová 6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Loss 8–14 Apr 2015 ITF Chiasso, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 9–14 Jun 2015 ITF Galați, Romania 25,000 Clay Cristina Dinu 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
Loss 9–15 Sep 2015 ITF Bucha, Ukraine 25,000 Clay Kristína Kučová 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 0–6
Loss 9–16 Aug 2018 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay Laura Siegemund 4–6, 2–6
Loss 9–17 Apr 2019 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Kaja Juvan 1–6, 0–3 ret.

Doubles: 23 (11 titles, 12 runner–ups)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2008 ITF Galaţi,
Romania		 10,000 Clay Antonia Xenia Tout Kristína Kučová
Valentina Sulpizio		 0–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 May 2009 Wiesbaden Open,
Germany		 10,000 Clay Alexandra Stuparu Leonie Mekel
Pauline Wong		 1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Dec 2009 ITF Benicarló,
Spain		 10,000 Clay Diana Enache Romina Oprandi
Laura Pous Tió		 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–3 Apr 2010 ITF Bol,
Croatia		 10,000 Clay Alexandra Damaschin Chantal Škamlová
Romana Tabaková		 6–2, 1–6, [10–5]
Win 2–3 Apr 2010 ITF Šibenik,
Croatia		 10,000 Clay Dalia Zafirova Maria Abramović
Mădălina Gojnea		 6–2, 6–3
Win 3–3 May 2010 Trofeul Popeci,
Romania		 10,000 Clay Alexandra Damaschin Tanya Germanlieva
Dessislava Mladenova		 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–3 Sep 2010 ITF Balş,
Romania		 10,000 Clay Alexandra Damaschin Martina Gledacheva
Valentina Sulpizio		 6–3, 7–5
Win 5–3 Jun 2011 ITF Ystad,
Sweden		 25,000 Clay Diana Enache Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Emma Laine		 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Win 6–3 Sep 2011 ITF Mamaia,
Romania		 25,000 Clay Elena Bogdan Marina Shamayko
Sofia Shapatava		 6–2, 6–2
Loss 6–4 Sep 2011 Allianz Cup,
Bulgaria		 100,000 Clay Raluca Olaru Nina Bratchikova
Darija Jurak		 4–6, 5–7
Loss 6–5 Feb 2012 Copa Bionaire,
Colombia		 100,000 Clay Raluca Olaru Karin Knapp
Mandy Minella		 4–6, 3–6
Win 7–5 Sep 2014 Royal Cup NLB,
Montenegro		 25,000 Clay Stephanie Vogt Xenia Knoll
Arantxa Rus		 6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Win 8–5 Oct 2015 Open de Touraine,
France		 50,000 Hard (i) Cristina Dinu Viktorija Golubic
Alice Matteucci		 7–5, 6–3
Win 9–5 Nov 2015 ITF Équeurdreville,
France		 25,000 Hard (i) Lesley Kerkhove Elizaveta Ianchuk
Sherazad Reix		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 9–6 Sep 2016 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo,
France		 50,000 Clay Jaqueline Cristian Lina Gjorcheska
Diāna Marcinkēviča		 6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 9–7 Oct 2016 Open de Touraine,
France		 50,000 Hard (i) Ekaterina Yashina Ivana Jorović
Lesley Kerkhove		 3–6, 5–7
Loss 9–8 Oct 2016 Internationaux de la Vienne,
France		 100,000 Hard (i) Nicola Geuer Nao Hibino
Alicja Rosolska		 0–6, 0–6
Loss 9–9 Feb 2017 ITF Grenoble,
France		 25,000 Hard (i) Cornelia Lister Ilona Kremen
Tereza Smitková		 1–6, 5–7
Win 10–9 Feb 2017 ITF Altenkirchen,
Germany		 25,000 Carpet (i) Cornelia Lister Tara Moore
Conny Perrin		 6–2, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss 10–10 Sep 2017 Dunakeszi Open,
Hungary		 60,000 Clay Tereza Smitková Irina Bara
Chantal Škamlová		 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win 11–10 Jul 2018 Hungarian Pro Circuit Open,
Hungary		 100,000 Clay Chantal Škamlová Kaitlyn Christian
Giuliana Olmos		 6–1, 6–3
Loss 11–11 Sep 2018 Zagreb Ladies Open,
Croatia		 60,000 Clay Elena Bogdan Andrea Gamiz
Aymet Uzcategui		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 11–12 Sep 2018 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo,
France		 60,000 Clay Diāna Marcinkēviča Cristina Bucșa
Maria Fernanda Herazo Gonzalez		 6–4, 1–6, [8–10}
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