Andreea Mitu

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Andreea Mitu
Mitu at the 2015 Madrid Open
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1991-09-22) 22 September 1991 (age 32)
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachMarius Cristian Onilă
Prize moneyUS$ 953,473
Singles
Career record400–215 (65.0%)
Career titles0 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 68 (8 June 2015)
Current rankingNo. 219 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2016)
French Open4R (2015)
Wimbledon1R (2014, 2015)
US Open1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record255–176 (59.2%)
Career titles4 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 69 (24 October 2016)
Current rankingNo. 148 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2021)
French Open3R (2020)
Wimbledon2R (2021)
US Open2R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup1–3
Last updated on: 4 March 2024.

Cristina-Andreea Mitu (born 22 September 1991) is a professional tennis player from Romania.

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[edit]

She 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]

WTA Tour career[edit]

Mitu at the 2015 Madrid Open.

2015-16: 4th round at Roland Garros[edit]

Not 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 WTA title[edit]

In 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[edit]

In 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[edit]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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[edit]

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ... 2022 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 Q2 Q2 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A Q2 Q1 4R Q3 A 0 / 1 3–1
Wimbledon A Q2 1R 1R Q2 A 0 / 2 0–2
US Open Q2 Q2 Q1 1R Q1 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 Open[a] A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Indian Wells Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
China Open 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[edit]

Tournament 2016 ... 2019 2020 2021 2022 W–L
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[edit]

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250[b] (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (4–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2015 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Romania Patricia Maria Țig Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2016 İstanbul Cup, Turkey International Clay Turkey İpek Soylu Switzerland Xenia Knoll
Montenegro Danka Kovinić
w/o
Win 2–1 Jul 2016 Bastad Open, Sweden International Clay Poland Alicja Rosolska Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove
Belarus Lidziya Marozava
6–3, 7–5
Win 3–1 Jul 2018 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Montenegro Danka Kovinić
Belgium Maryna Zanevska
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–1 Apr 2019 Ladies Open Lugano, Switzerland International Clay Romania Sorana Cîrstea Russia Veronika Kudermetova
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
1–6, 6–2, [10–8]

WTA Challenger finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (title)[edit]

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2020 Sparta Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Belarus Lidziya Marozava Italy Giulia Gatto Monticone
Argentina Nadia Podoroska
6–4, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 34 (20 titles, 14 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2007 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Simona Halep 6–7(5), 0–6
Win 1–1 May 2007 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay Italy Cristina Celani 6–0, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Jun 2007 ITF Pitești, Romania 10,000 Clay Russia Natalia Orlova 6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Loss 1–3 Sep 2007 ITF Brașov, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Irina-Camelia Begu 6–7(2), 2–6
Win 2–3 Jul 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Elora Dabija 7–5, 7–5
Loss 2–4 Nov 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Uzbekistan Vlada Ekshibarova 2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Aug 2011 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Cristina Dinu 6–7(5), 4–6
Win 3–5 Sep 2011 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Spain Inés Ferrer Suárez 6–3, 6–0
Win 4–5 Feb 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Japan Mana Ayukawa 6–3, 6–0
Win 5–5 May 2012 ITF Timișoara, Romania 10,000 Clay Slovakia Viktória Maľová 6–2, 6–0
Win 6–5 Jun 2012 ITF Přerov, Czech Republic 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Martina Kubičíková 6–2, 6–3
Loss 6–6 Jun 2012 ITF Craiova, Romania 50,000 Clay Spain María-Teresa Torró-Flor 3–6, 4–6
Win 7–6 Sep 2012 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Canada Sharon Fichman 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 8–6 Apr 2014 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo 6–4, 6–3
Win 9–6 Jul 2014 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay France Fiona Ferro 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win 10–6 Jul 2014 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Switzerland Viktorija Golubic 6–2, 6–1
Win 11–6 Aug 2014 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Tereza Martincová 6–2, 6–4
Win 12–6 Sep 2014 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Russia Victoria Kan 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 12–7 Sep 2014 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Russia Evgeniya Rodina 6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Win 13–7 Sep 2014 Royal Cup, Montenegro 25,000 Clay Russia Vitalia Diatchenko 6–1, 6–4
Loss 13–8 Feb 2015 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay Spain Laura Pous Tió 2–6, 2–6
Win 14–8 Feb 2015 ITF Campinas, Brazil 25,000 Clay Australia Olivia Rogowska 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 14–9 Nov 2015 Open Nantes Atlantique, France 50,000 Hard (i) France Mathilde Johansson 3−6, 4−6
Loss 14–10 Feb 2016 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo 5–7, 1–6
Win 15–10 Nov 2016 Slovak Open 25,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Denisa Allertová 6–2, 6–3
Win 16–10 Mar 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Turkey Ayla Aksu 6–2, 6–3
Loss 16–11 Jul 2018 ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania 15,000 Clay Romania Miriam Bulgaru 4–6, 5–7
Win 17–11 Jul 2018 ITF Focșani, Romania 15,000 Clay Romania Oana Georgeta Simion 6–4, 6–4
Loss 17–12 Aug 2018 ITF Arad, Romania 15,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović 3–6, 6–0, 4–6
Win 18–12 Aug 2019 ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium 15,000 Clay Austria Sinja Kraus 6–4, 6–3
Loss 18–13 Sep 2019 ITF Focșani, Romania 15,000 Clay Germany Laura Schaeder 2–6, 2–6
Win 19–13 Sep 2019 ITF Arad, Romania 25,000 Clay Spain Irene Burillo Escorihuela 6–7(5), 6–4, 6–4
Win 20–13 Sep 2023 ITF Prague, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Czech Republic Sara Bejlek 7–6(1), 2–6, 6–3
Loss 20–14 Oct 2023 ITF Heraklion, Greece 25,000 Clay Romania Irina Bara 2–6, 1-6

Doubles: 38 (24 titles, 14 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$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
Loss 0–1 Aug 2008 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Elora Dabija Romania Laura Ioana Andrei
Romania Diana Enache
6–2, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 0–2 Dec 2008 ITF Benicarló, Spain 10,000 Clay Romania Simona Matei Serbia Neda Kozić
Bulgaria Biljana Pavlova
4–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 0–3 May 2009 ITF Pitești, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Diana Enache Romania Alexandra Damaschin
Romania Camelia Hristea
1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Jun 2009 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Simona Matei Romania Laura Ioana Andrei
Romania Ioana Gaspar
3–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 0–5 Jul 2009 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Ionela Andreea Iova Romania Ioana Gaspar
Romania Simona Matei
6–7(6), 1–6
Win 1–5 Aug 2009 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Diana Enache Romania Ionela Andreea Iova
Romania Ioana Ivan
6–3, 7–5
Win 2–5 Mar 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Romania Diana Enache Italy Evelyn Mayr
Italy Julia Mayr
6–7(3), 6–1, [11–9]
Loss 2–6 May 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Diana Enache Romania Laura Ioana Andrei
Romania Mădălina Gojnea
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 3–6 Jul 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Diana Enache Bulgaria Dessislava Mladenova
Bulgaria Dalia Zafirova
6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–7 Aug 2011 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Alexandra Damaschin Romania Cristina Dinu
Romania Camelia Hristea
6–1, 6–7(6), [4–10]
Win 4–7 Oct 2011 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Romania Diana Marcu Romania Laura Ioana Andrei
Romania Cristina Dinu
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 5–7 Jan 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Romania Cristina Dinu Romania Diana Marcu
Romania Liana Ungur
7–6(3), 6–2
Win 6–7 Jan 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Romania Cristina Dinu Japan Yumi Nakano
Russia Ekaterina Yashina
w/o
Win 7–7 May 2012 ITF Timișoara, Romania 10,000 Clay Serbia Teodora Mirčić North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska
Bulgaria Dalia Zafirova
6–1, 6–2
Loss 7–8 Nov 2013 Kemer Cup Istanbul, Turkey 50,000 Hard (i) Slovenia Tadeja Majerič Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova
Italy Maria Elena Camerin
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win 8–8 Apr 2014 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Romania Stefana Andrei France Audrey Albié
France Manon Peral
7–6(5), 6–2
Win 9–8 Aug 2014 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Romania Irina Bara Romania Georgia Crăciun
Romania Patricia Maria Țig
6–4, 6–1
Win 10–8 Sep 2014 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Romania Irina Bara Hungary Réka Luca Jani
Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova
7–5, 7–6
Win 11–8 Feb 2015 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay Montenegro Danka Kovinić Argentina Tatiana Búa
Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves
6–2, 7–5
Win 12–8 Oct 2015 ITF Poitiers, France 100,000 Hard (i) Romania Monica Niculescu France Stéphanie Foretz
France Amandine Hesse
6–7(5), 7–6(2), [10–8]
Win 13–8 May 2016 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 100,000 Clay Netherlands Demi Schuurs Switzerland Xenia Knoll
Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
6–4, 7–5
Win 14–8 Jul 2018 ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania 15,000 Clay United States Elizabeth Mandlik Italy Anna Turati
Italy Bianca Turati
6–4, 7–5
Win 15–8 Jul 2018 ITF Focșani, Romania 15,000 Clay Romania Oana Georgeta Simion Romania Selma Stefania Cadar
Russia Anastasia Kharitonova
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 16–8 Sep 2018 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse Brazil Laura Pigossi
Belgium Maryna Zanevska
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 17–8 Nov 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Romania Cristina Dinu Italy Federica di Sarra
Italy Anastasia Grymalska
w/o
Loss 17–9 Jan 2019 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 60,000 Hard (i) Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse Sweden Cornelia Lister
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
1–6, 2–6
Loss 17–10 Feb 2019 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard (i) Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse France Estelle Cascino
France Elixane Lechemia
2–6, 2–6
Loss 17–11 Sep 2019 ITF Focșani, Romania 15,000 Clay Romania Gabriela Nicole Tătăruș Romania Oana Gavrilă
Romania Andreea Roșca
6–1, 2–6, [4–10]
Win 18–11 Sep 2019 ITF Arad, Romania 25,000 Clay Turkey Başak Eraydın Romania Oana Gavrilă
Romania Andreea Roșca
6–0, 6–1
Win 19–11 Feb 2020 AK Ladies Open, Germany 25,000 Carpet (i) Romania Laura Ioana Paar United Kingdom Anna Popescu
United States Chiara Scholl
7–5, 6–2
Win 20–11 Apr 2021 Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal 60,000 Clay Belarus Lidziya Marozava Russia Marina Melnikova
Switzerland Conny Perrin
3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win 21–11 Feb 2022 ITF Mâcon, France 25,000 Hard (i) Switzerland Xenia Knoll United Kingdom Emily Appleton
United Kingdom Ali Collins
6–1, 6–1
Loss 21–12 Mar 2023 Maribor Open, Slovenia 40,000 Clay Romania Irina Bara Sofya Lansere
Anastasia Tikhonova
3–6, 2–6
Win 22–12 Apr 2023 Murska Sobota Open, Slovenia 40,000 Hard United Kingdom Harriet Dart Belgium Magali Kempen
Switzerland Xenia Knoll
w/o
Loss 22–13 Apr 2023 Chiasso Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Argentina Nadia Podoroska United Kingdom Emily Appleton
Germany Julia Lohoff
1–6, 2–6
Win 23–13 Apr 2023 Koper Open, Slovenia 60,000 Clay Romania Irina Bara Netherlands Suzan Lamens
Australia Kaylah McPhee
6–2, 6–3
Loss 23–14 Jul 2023 Montpellier Open, France 60,000 Clay Germany Julia Lohoff Amina Anshba
Sofya Lansere
3–6, 4–6
Win 24–14 Nov 2023 Open de Valencia, Spain 100,000 Clay Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou Spain Aliona Bolsova
Georgia (country) Natela Dzalamidze
7–5, 6–4

Head-to-head record[edit]

Record against top 10 players[edit]

Mitu'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
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 1–0 100% 1–0 Won (2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4) at 2015 French Open
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 1–1 50% 0–1 1–0 Loss (2–6, 2–6) at 2016 Summer Olympics
Romania Simona Halep 0–2 0% 0–2 Loss (0–6, 3–6) at 2008 ITF Bucharest
No. 2 ranked players
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 0–1 0% 0–1 Loss (2–6, 1–6) at 2014 Wimbledon
No. 4 ranked players
Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm 0–1 67% 0–1 Loss (3–6, 6–1, 0–6) at 2014 Dubai Challenge
Italy Francesca Schiavone 1–0 100% 1–0 Won (7–5, 6–4) at 2015 French Open
No. 5 ranked players
Canada Eugenie Bouchard 1–0 50% 1–0 Won (4–6, 6–4, 6–1) at 2015 Fed Cup
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 1–1 50% 1–1 Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2015 Linz Open
No. 7 ranked players
United States 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
2015
1. Canada Eugenie Bouchard No. 7 Fed Cup, Canada Hard Play-offs 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
2. Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová No. 7 Linz Open, Austria Hard (i) 1st round 6–3, 6–4

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Andreea Mitu Bio".
  2. ^ "Andreea Mitu a născut un băiețel. Iată prima fotografie a acestuia - FOTO".

External links[edit]