Alexandra Cadanțu

Alexandra Cadanțu
Cadanțu 2018 in London
Nation:	Romania
Birthday:	May 3, 1990
Size:	170 cm
1st professional season:	2005
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 922,489
singles
Career record:	390: 302
Career title:	0 WTA , 9 ITF
Highest ranking:	59 (January 6, 2014)
Current placement:	292
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	174: 160
Career title:	1 WTA , 11 ITF
Highest ranking:	101 (June 11, 2012)
Current placement:	539
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

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

biography

Alexandra Cadanțu started playing tennis at the age of three, encouraged by her father, who pursued the sport as a hobby. She prefers to play on sand; So far she has won all of her individual titles on this surface.

When she was 15, she played her first tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit . After only moderate success, the then 18-year-old considered retiring from professional tennis in 2008. She applied for a scholarship in the USA . With the victory at a tournament in Bucharest, however, she was able to win new sponsors for herself.

Career

In 2006, Cadanțu achieved her first success on the professional tour when she defeated her compatriot Irina-Camelia Begu at a small ITF tournament in Bucharest .

The Romanian's ascent began in autumn 2010 when she reached the finals of several ITF tournaments and won a total of five titles over the course of the year.

2011 turned out to be a successful year for Cadanțu. She reached another five finals at ITF tournaments and won the highest endowed one in Biella, Italy, with a 6: 4, 6: 3 final victory over the Colombian Mariana Duque Mariño . In October she was able to qualify for a main field at the tournament in Luxembourg for the first time on the WTA Tour . In the first round she defeated Nastassja Jakimawa from Belarus 6: 1 and 6: 4, before she had to admit defeat to Lucie Hradecká 3: 6, 4: 6.

In the following week it was 100 for the first time in the top world ranking out. She reached her personal best in January 2014 with position 59.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 10, 2006	Bucharest	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Irina-Camelia Begu	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 3
2.	July 15, 2007	Bucharest	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Ioana Gaspar	6: 2, 6: 3
3.	May 23, 2010	Bucharest	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Diana Enache	6: 2, 6: 4
4th	May 30, 2010	Craiova	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Mădălina Gojnea	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 0
5.	October 24, 2010	Ain Suchna	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Zuzana Zlochová	6: 2, 6: 3
6th	November 20, 2010	Niterói	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Julia Cohen	6: 1, 1: 6, 6: 1
7th	4th December 2010	Rio de Janeiro	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Julia Cohen	6: 1, 6: 3
8th.	September 11, 2011	Biella	ITF $ 100,000	sand	Mariana Duque Mariño	6: 4, 6: 3
9.	June 8, 2015	Galați	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Cristina Dinu	6: 4, 6: 7 2 , 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	April 17, 2010	Bol	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Alexandra Damashin	Chantal Škamlová Romana Tabaková	6: 2, 1: 6, [10: 5]
2.	April 24, 2010	Šibenik	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Dalia Zafirova	Maria Abramović Mădălina Gojnea	6: 2, 6: 3
3.	May 29, 2010	Craiova	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Alexandra Damashin	Tanja Germanliewa Dessislava Mladenova	6: 3, 6: 3
4th	September 4, 2010	Balș	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Alexandra Damashin	Martina Gledacheva Valentina Sulpizio	6: 3, 7: 5
5.	July 1, 2011	Ystad	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Diana Enache	Mervana Jugic-Salkic Emma Laine	6: 4, 2: 6, [10: 5]
6th	September 3, 2011	Mamaia	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Elena Bogdan	Marina Shamayko Sopia Schapatawa	6: 2, 6: 2
7th	July 13, 2014	Bucharest	WTA International	sand	Elena Bogdan	Çağla Büyükakçay Karin Knapp	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 5]
8th.	22nd September 2014	Podgorica	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Stephanie Vogt	Xenia Knoll Arantxa Rus	6: 1, 3: 6, [10: 2]
9.	19th October 2015	Joué-lès-Tours	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court (hall)	Cristina Dinu	Viktorija Golubic Alice Matteucci	7: 5, 6: 3
10.	November 9, 2015	Équeurdreville	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Lesley Kerkhove	Elizaveta Ianchuk Shérazad Reix	6: 3, 6: 4
11.	19th February 2017	Altenkirchen	ITF $ 25,000	Carpet (hall)	Cornelia Lister	Tara Moore Conny Perrin	6: 2, 3: 6, [11: 9]
12.	13th July 2018	Budapest	ITF $ 100,000	sand	Chantal Škamlová	Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos	6: 1, 6: 3

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2012	2013	2014	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	1	1	1	0: 3	1
French Open	1	1	1	0: 3	1
Wimbledon	1	2	1	1: 3	2
US Open	1	1	-	0: 2	1

Double

competition	2012	2013	2014	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	-	1	0: 1	1
French Open	1	-	-	0: 1	1
Wimbledon	1	-	-	0: 1	1
US Open	1	1	-	0: 2	1

Web links

Commons : Alexandra Cadanțu  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Alexandra Cadanţu (English)
• ITF profile of Alexandra Cadanțu (English)
• ITF junior profile Alexandra Cadanţu (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview with Cadanțu at prosport.ro (Romanian)