Romanian tennis player
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 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] [2]
Career Mitu at the 2015 Madrid Open . 2015-16: Fourth round at Roland Garros 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 career title 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 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 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 Doubles WTA Tour finals Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250[b]
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 , RomaniaInternational Clay Patricia Maria Țig Oksana Kalashnikova Demi Schuurs 2–6, 2–6 Win 1–1 Apr 2016 İstanbul Cup , TurkeyInternational Clay İpek Soylu Xenia Knoll Danka Kovinić w/o Win 2–1 Jul 2016 Bastad Open , SwedenInternational Clay Alicja Rosolska Lesley Kerkhove Lidziya Marozava 6–3, 7–5 Win 3–1 Jul 2018 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Irina-Camelia Begu Maryna Zanevska 6–3, 6–4 Win 4–1 Apr 2019 Ladies Open Lugano , SwitzerlandInternational Clay Sorana Cîrstea Veronika Kudermetova Galina Voskoboeva 1–6, 6–2, [10–8]
WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 34 (20 titles, 14 runner–ups) 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 Simona Halep 6–7(5) , 0–6 Win 1–1 May 2007 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay 6–0, 7–5 Loss 1–2 Jun 2007 ITF Pitești, Romania 10,000 Clay 6–4, 5–7, 5–7 Loss 1–3 Sep 2007 ITF Brașov, Romania 10,000 Clay Irina-Camelia Begu 6–7(2) , 2–6 Win 2–3 Jul 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay 7–5, 7–5 Loss 2–4 Nov 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Vlada Ekshibarova 2–6, 6–4, 2–6 Loss 2–5 Aug 2011 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Cristina Dinu 6–7(5) , 4–6 Win 3–5 Sep 2011 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Inés Ferrer Suárez 6–3, 6–0 Win 4–5 Feb 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay 6–3, 6–0 Win 5–5 May 2012 ITF Timișoara, Romania 10,000 Clay 6–2, 6–0 Win 6–5 Jun 2012 ITF Přerov, Czech Republic 10,000 Clay 6–2, 6–3 Loss 6–6 Jun 2012 ITF Craiova , Romania50,000 Clay María-Teresa Torró-Flor 3–6, 4–6 Win 7–6 Sep 2012 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Sharon Fichman 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 Win 8–6 Apr 2014 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Sara Sorribes Tormo 6–4, 6–3 Win 9–6 Jul 2014 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay Fiona Ferro 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 Win 10–6 Jul 2014 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Viktorija Golubic 6–2, 6–1 Win 11–6 Aug 2014 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Tereza Martincová 6–2, 6–4 Win 12–6 Sep 2014 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Victoria Kan 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 Loss 12–7 Sep 2014 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Evgeniya Rodina 6–3, 5–7, 3–6 Win 13–7 Sep 2014 Royal Cup , Montenegro25,000 Clay Vitalia Diatchenko 6–1, 6–4 Loss 13–8 Feb 2015 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay Laura Pous Tió 2–6, 2–6 Win 14–8 Feb 2015 ITF Campinas, Brazil 25,000 Clay Olivia Rogowska 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 Loss 14–9 Nov 2015 Open Nantes Atlantique , France50,000 Hard (i) Mathilde Johansson 3−6, 4−6 Loss 14–10 Feb 2016 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay 5–7, 1–6 Win 15–10 Nov 2016 Slovak Open , Slovakia25,000 Hard (i) Denisa Allertová 6–2, 6–3 Win 16–10 Mar 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Ayla Aksu 6–2, 6–3 Loss 16–11 Jul 2018 ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania 15,000 Clay Miriam Bulgaru 4–6, 5–7 Win 17–11 Jul 2018 ITF Focșani, Romania 15,000 Clay Oana Georgeta Simion 6–4, 6–4 Loss 17–12 Aug 2018 ITF Arad, Romania 15,000 Clay Nefisa Berberović 3–6, 6–0, 4–6 Win 18–12 Aug 2019 ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium 15,000 Clay Sinja Kraus 6–4, 6–3 Loss 18–13 Sep 2019 ITF Focșani, Romania 15,000 Clay 2–6, 2–6 Win 19–13 Sep 2019 ITF Arad, Romania 25,000 Clay Irene Burillo Escorihuela 6–7(5) , 6–4, 6–4 Win 20–13 Sep 2023 ITF Prague, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Sara Bejlek 7–6(1) , 2–6, 6–3 Loss 20–14 Oct 2023 ITF Heraklion, Greece 25,000 Clay Irina Bara 2–6, 1–6
Doubles: 38 (24 titles, 14 runner–ups) 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 Laura Ioana Andrei Diana Enache 6–2, 2–6, [6–10] Loss 0–2 Dec 2008 ITF Benicarló, Spain 10,000 Clay Simona Matei Neda Kozić Biljana Pavlova 4–6, 6–7(3) Loss 0–3 May 2009 ITF Pitești, Romania 10,000 Clay Camelia Hristea 1–6, 4–6 Loss 0–4 Jun 2009 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Ioana Gaspar 3–6, 6–7(3) Loss 0–5 Jul 2009 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay 6–7(6) , 1–6 Win 1–5 Aug 2009 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Ioana Ivan 6–3, 7–5 Win 2–5 Mar 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Evelyn Mayr Julia Mayr 6–7(3) , 6–1, [11–9] Loss 2–6 May 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Mădălina Gojnea 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] Win 3–6 Jul 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Dessislava Mladenova Dalia Zafirova 6–3, 6–1 Loss 3–7 Aug 2011 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Cristina Dinu Camelia Hristea 6–1, 6–7(6) , [4–10] Win 4–7 Oct 2011 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] Win 5–7 Jan 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Liana Ungur 7–6(3) , 6–2 Win 6–7 Jan 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ekaterina Yashina w/o Win 7–7 May 2012 ITF Timișoara, Romania 10,000 Clay Teodora Mirčić Lina Gjorcheska Dalia Zafirova 6–1, 6–2 Loss 7–8 Nov 2013 Kemer Cup Istanbul , Turkey50,000 Hard (i) Nigina Abduraimova Maria Elena Camerin 3–6, 6–2, [8–10] Win 8–8 Apr 2014 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Audrey Albié 7–6(5) , 6–2 Win 9–8 Aug 2014 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Irina Bara Georgia Crăciun Patricia Maria Țig 6–4, 6–1 Win 10–8 Sep 2014 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani Isabella Shinikova 7–5, 7–6 Win 11–8 Feb 2015 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay Danka Kovinić Tatiana Búa Paula Cristina Gonçalves 6–2, 7–5 Win 12–8 Oct 2015 ITF Poitiers , France100,000 Hard (i) Monica Niculescu Stéphanie Foretz Amandine Hesse 6–7(5) , 7–6(2) , [10–8] Win 13–8 May 2016 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer , France100,000 Clay Demi Schuurs Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić 6–4, 7–5 Win 14–8 Jul 2018 ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania 15,000 Clay Elizabeth Mandlik Bianca Turati 6–4, 7–5 Win 15–8 Jul 2018 ITF Focșani, Romania 15,000 Clay Oana Georgeta Simion 4–6, 6–2, [10–6] Win 16–8 Sep 2018 Montreux Ladies Open , Switzerland60,000 Clay Elena-Gabriela Ruse Laura Pigossi Maryna Zanevska 4–6, 6–3, [10–4] Win 17–8 Nov 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Federica di Sarra Anastasia Grymalska w/o Loss 17–9 Jan 2019 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon , France60,000 Hard (i) Cornelia Lister Renata Voráčová 1–6, 2–6 Loss 17–10 Feb 2019 Open de l'Isère , France25,000 Hard (i) Estelle Cascino Elixane Lechemia 2–6, 2–6 Loss 17–11 Sep 2019 ITF Focșani, Romania 15,000 Clay Oana Gavrilă Andreea Roșca 6–1, 2–6, [4–10] Win 18–11 Sep 2019 ITF Arad, Romania 25,000 Clay Başak Eraydın 6–0, 6–1 Win 19–11 Feb 2020 AK Ladies Open , Germany25,000 Carpet (i) Laura Ioana Paar Chiara Scholl 7–5, 6–2 Win 20–11 Apr 2021 Oeiras Ladies Open , Portugal60,000 Clay Lidziya Marozava Marina Melnikova Conny Perrin 3–6, 6–4, [10–3] Win 21–11 Feb 2022 ITF Mâcon, France 25,000 Hard (i) Emily Appleton Ali Collins 6–1, 6–1 Loss 21–12 Mar 2023 Branik Maribor Open , Slovenia40,000 Hard (i) Sofya Lansere Anastasia Tikhonova 3–6, 2–6 Win 22–12 Apr 2023 Murska Sobota Open, Slovenia 40,000 Hard Harriet Dart Magali Kempen w/o Loss 22–13 Apr 2023 Chiasso Open , Switzerland60,000 Clay Nadia Podoroska Julia Lohoff 1–6, 2–6 Win 23–13 Apr 2023 Koper Open , Slovenia60,000 Clay Suzan Lamens Kaylah McPhee 6–2, 6–3 Loss 23–14 Jul 2023 Montpellier Open, France 60,000 Clay Amina Anshba 3–6, 4–6 Win 24–14 Nov 2023 Open de Valencia , Spain100,000 Clay Valentini Grammatikopoulou Aliona Bolsova Natela Dzalamidze 7–5, 6–4
Head-to-head record Record against top 10 players 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 Karolína Plíšková 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (2–6, 7–6(7–5) , 6–4) at 2015 French Open Garbiñe Muguruza 1–1 50% 0–1 1–0 – Loss (2–6, 2–6) at 2016 Summer Olympics Simona Halep 0–2 0% – 0–2 – Loss (0–6, 3–6) at 2008 ITF Bucharest No. 2 ranked players Agnieszka Radwańska 0–1 0% – – 0–1 Loss (2–6, 1–6) at 2014 Wimbledon No. 4 ranked players Kimiko Date-Krumm 0–1 67% 0–1 – – Loss (3–6, 6–1, 0–6) at 2014 Dubai Challenge Francesca Schiavone 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (7–5, 6–4) at 2015 French Open No. 5 ranked players Eugenie Bouchard 1–0 50% 1–0 – – Won (4–6, 6–4, 6–1) at 2015 Fed Cup Lucie Šafářová 1–1 50% – 1–1 – Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2015 Linz Open No. 7 ranked players 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 Notes References External links
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Oksana Kalashnikova 
Demi Schuurs
İpek Soylu
Xenia Knoll 
Danka Kovinić
Alicja Rosolska
Lidziya Marozava
Maryna Zanevska
Veronika Kudermetova 
Galina Voskoboeva
Giulia Gatto-Monticone 
Nadia Podoroska
Vlada Ekshibarova
Inés Ferrer Suárez
Mana Ayukawa
Viktória Maľová
Martina Kubičíková
Sharon Fichman
Fiona Ferro
Olivia Rogowska
Nefisa Berberović
Sinja Kraus
Laura Schaeder
Neda Kozić 
Biljana Pavlova
Lina Gjorcheska 
Tadeja Majerič
Réka Luca Jani 
Paula Cristina Gonçalves
Elizabeth Mandlik
Cornelia Lister 
Anna Popescu 
Sofya Lansere 
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
