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 | ||||||||||||
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Double | |||||||||||||
Career record: | 174: 160 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 1 WTA , 11 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 101 (June 11, 2012) | ||||||||||||
Current placement: | 539 | ||||||||||||
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Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- WTA profile Alexandra Cadanţu (English)
- ITF profile of Alexandra Cadanțu (English)
- ITF junior profile Alexandra Cadanţu (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Cadanțu at prosport.ro (Romanian)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cadanțu, Alexandra |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucharest |