Cătălina Cristea

Cătălina Cristea (born 2 June 1975) is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked No. 59 in singles (21 July 1997) and No. 40 in doubles (17 August 1998). She retired from professional tennis in September 2001, before returning in 2005; she ultimately retired September 2005 aged 30.

Cătălina Cristea

Country (sports)	Romania
Born	(1975-06-02) 2 June 1975 Bucharest, Romania
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money	$663,007
Singles
Career record	239–225 (51.5%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (21 July 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1994, 1999)
French Open	3R (1995)
Wimbledon	2R (2000)
US Open	1R (1995, 1997–2000)
Doubles
Career record	129–158 (44.9%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 40 (17 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1999)
French Open	2R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Wimbledon	2R (1997, 2000)
US Open	2R (1997, 1999)

Playing for Romania Fed Cup team, Cristea has a win–loss record of 20–13.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles (0–1)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1993	Australian Open	Hard	Åsa Carlsson	Joana Manta Ludmila Richterová	3–6, 2–6

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III (0–2)
Tier IV & V (1–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partners	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Feb 1998	Oklahoma City, U.S.	Hard (i)	Kristine Kunce	Serena Williams Venus Williams	5–7, 2–6
Loss	2.	Apr 1998	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	3.	Jun 1998	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Eva Melicharova	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7)
Win	1.	May 1999	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Irina Selyutina	Amélie Cocheteux Janette Husárová	6–1, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	16 September 1991	Cluj, Romania	Hard	Lea Ghirardi	2–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	29 September 1996	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Mariana Díaz Oliva	7–5, 3–6, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	15 April 2001	Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Seda Noorlander	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	25 July 2004	Balș, Romania	Clay	Simona Matei	1–6, 2–6

Doubles (6–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 September 1991	Cluj, Romania	Hard	Diane Samungi	Mirela Buciu Lea Ghirardi	6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	27 July 1992	Lohja, Finland	Clay	Andrea Tunko	Miyako Ataka Monika Starosta	6–2, 7–6(4)
Winner	3.	18 July 1994	Bilbao, Spain	Clay	Hanneke Ketelaars	Yolanda Clemot Cristina Torrens Valero	6–2, 6–1
Winners	4.	20 November 1994	Bad Gögging, Germany	Carpet (i)	Tatjana Ječmenica	Kateřina Kroupová Jana Pospíšilová	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	5.	25 August 1996	Athens, Greece	Clay	Helena Vildová	Virginie Massart Emanuela Zardo	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	12 October 1997	Sedona, United States	Hard	Corina Morariu	Liezel Huber Paola Suárez	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	9 October 1999	Batumi, Georgia	Carpet	Surina De Beer	Magda Mihalache Zuzana Váleková	4–6, 6–3, 4–6

Head-to-head record

Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

• Lindsay Davenport 0–2
• Mary Pierce 0–3
• Conchita Martínez 0–1
• Natasha Zvereva 1–0
• Jana Novotná 0–1
• Elena Likhovtseva 0–4
• Alexandra Fusai 0–2
• Nathalie Tauziat 0–1
• Corina Morariu 1–2
• Lisa Raymond 0–1
• Karina Habšudová 1–1
• Ai Sugiyama 1–2
• Amélie Mauresmo 1–0
• Nadia Petrova 1–0

External links

• Cătălina Cristea at the Women's Tennis Association
• Cătălina Cristea at the International Tennis Federation
• Cătălina Cristea at the Billie Jean King Cup