Alexandra Cadanțu

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

Alexandra Cadanțu

Cadanțu at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 922,489
Singles
Career record	390–302 (56.4%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 59 (6 January 2014)
Current ranking	No. 292 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2013, 2014)
French Open	1R (2012, 2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2013)
US Open	1R (2012, 2013)
Doubles
Career record	174–160 (52.1%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 101 (11 June 2012)
Current ranking	No. 539 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2012)
US Open	1R (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 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, Katarzyna Kawa, Raluca Olaru, Sabine Lisicki, each of them in straight sets, and Irina-Camelia Begu, and Shahar Pe'er in three. She has also reached the semifinals at the Budapest Grand Prix, where she lost in straight sets 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 in the first round and Dinah Pfizenmaier in the second before losing to Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets. 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 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 $100k 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

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	W–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

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

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (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 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (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/$80,000 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	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}

External links

• Alexandra Cadanțu at the Women's Tennis Association
• Alexandra Cadanțu at the International Tennis Federation