Cristina-Andreea Mitu (born 22 September 1991) is a professional tennis player from Romania.

Andreea Mitu
Mitu at the 2015 Madrid Open
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1991-09-22) 22 September 1991 (age 33)
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachMarius Cristian Onilă
Prize moneyUS$ 993,227
Singles
Career record409–226
Career titles0 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 68 (8 June 2015)
Current rankingNo. 204 (19 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2016)
French Open4R (2015)
Wimbledon1R (2014, 2015)
US Open1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record261–180
Career titles4 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 69 (24 October 2016)
Current rankingNo. 169 (19 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2021)
French Open3R (2020)
Wimbledon2R (2021)
US Open2R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup1–3
Last updated on: 13 July 2024.

She achieved her career-high singles ranking of 68 on 8 June 2015, and her highest doubles ranking of world No. 69 on 24 October 2016. Mitu is a member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On 19 April 2015, she beat then world No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard in a Fed Cup match.

Personal life and background

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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, the 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] In 2018, she gave birth to a son named Adam.[2]

Career

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Mitu at the 2015 Madrid Open.

2015-16: Fourth round at Roland Garros

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ... 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 Q2 Q2 1R A A Q1 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A Q2 Q1 4R Q3 A A Q1 0 / 1 3–1
Wimbledon A Q2 1R 1R Q2 A A Q1 0 / 2 0–2
US Open Q2 Q2 Q1 1R Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 0 / 5 3–5
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Ladies Open[a] A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A A A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
China Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 2 15 8 25
Overall win-loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 11–15 2–8 13–25

Doubles

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Tournament 2016 ... 2019 2020 2021 2022 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 2R A 1–1
French Open A 1R 3R 2R A 3–3
Wimbledon Q2 1R NH 2R A 1–2
US Open 1R A A 2R A 1–2
Win–loss 0–1 0–2 2–1 4–4 0–0 6–8

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250[b] (4–1)
Finals by surface
Clay (4–1)
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2015 Bucharest Open,
Romania
International Clay   Patricia Maria Țig   Oksana Kalashnikova
  Demi Schuurs
2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2016 İstanbul Cup,
Turkey
International Clay   İpek Soylu   Xenia Knoll
  Danka Kovinić
w/o
Win 2–1 Jul 2016 Bastad Open,
Sweden
International Clay   Alicja Rosolska   Lesley Kerkhove
  Lidziya Marozava
6–3, 7–5
Win 3–1 Jul 2018 Bucharest Open,
Romania
International Clay   Irina-Camelia Begu   Danka Kovinić
  Maryna Zanevska
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–1 Apr 2019 Ladies Open Lugano, Switzerland International Clay   Sorana Cîrstea   Veronika Kudermetova
  Galina Voskoboeva
1–6, 6–2, [10–8]

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2020 Sparta Prague Open,
Czech Republic
Clay   Lidziya Marozava   Giulia Gatto-Monticone
  Nadia Podoroska
6–4, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 34 (20 titles, 14 runner–ups)

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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   Cristina Celani 6–0, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Jun 2007 ITF Pitești, Romania 10,000 Clay   Natalia Orlova 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   Elora Dabija 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   Mana Ayukawa 6–3, 6–0
Win 5–5 May 2012 ITF Timișoara, Romania 10,000 Clay   Viktória Maľová 6–2, 6–0
Win 6–5 Jun 2012 ITF Přerov, Czech Republic 10,000 Clay   Martina Kubičíková 6–2, 6–3
Loss 6–6 Jun 2012 ITF Craiova, Romania 50,000 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, Montenegro 25,000 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, France 50,000 Hard (i)   Mathilde Johansson 3−6, 4−6
Loss 14–10 Feb 2016 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Sara Sorribes Tormo 5–7, 1–6
Win 15–10 Nov 2016 Slovak Open, Slovakia 25,000 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   Laura Schaeder 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 Prague Open, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay   Sára 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: 39 (25 titles, 14 runner–ups)

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$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   Elora Dabija   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   Diana Enache   Alexandra Damaschin
  Camelia Hristea
1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Jun 2009 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Simona Matei   Laura Ioana Andrei
  Ioana Gaspar
3–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 0–5 Jul 2009 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Ionela Andreea Iova   Ioana Gaspar
  Simona Matei
6–7(6), 1–6
Win 1–5 Aug 2009 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay   Diana Enache   Ionela Andreea Iova
  Ioana Ivan
6–3, 7–5
Win 2–5 Mar 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Diana Enache   Evelyn Mayr
  Julia Mayr
6–7(3), 6–1, [11–9]
Loss 2–6 May 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Diana Enache   Laura Ioana Andrei
  Mădălina Gojnea
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 3–6 Jul 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Diana Enache   Dessislava Mladenova
  Dalia Zafirova
6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–7 Aug 2011 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Alexandra Damaschin   Cristina Dinu
  Camelia Hristea
6–1, 6–7(6), [4–10]
Win 4–7 Oct 2011 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay   Diana Marcu   Laura Ioana Andrei
  Cristina Dinu
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 5–7 Jan 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Cristina Dinu   Diana Marcu
  Liana Ungur
7–6(3), 6–2
Win 6–7 Jan 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Cristina Dinu   Yumi Nakano
  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, Turkey 50,000 Hard (i)   Tadeja Majerič   Nigina Abduraimova
  Maria Elena Camerin
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win 8–8 Apr 2014 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay   Stefana Andrei   Audrey Albié
  Manon Peral
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   Irina Bara   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 Internationaux de Poitiers, France 100,000 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, France 100,000 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   Anna Turati
  Bianca Turati
6–4, 7–5
Win 15–8 Jul 2018 ITF Focșani, Romania 15,000 Clay   Oana Georgeta Simion   Selma Stefania Cadar
  Anastasia Kharitonova
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 16–8 Sep 2018 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland 60,000 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   Cristina Dinu   Federica di Sarra
  Anastasia Grymalska
w/o
Loss 17–9 Jan 2019 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 60,000 Hard (i)   Elena-Gabriela Ruse   Cornelia Lister
  Renata Voráčová
1–6, 2–6
Loss 17–10 Feb 2019 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Elena-Gabriela Ruse   Estelle Cascino
  Elixane Lechemia
2–6, 2–6
Loss 17–11 Sep 2019 ITF Focșani, Romania 15,000 Clay   Gabriela Nicole Tătăruș   Oana Gavrilă
  Andreea Roșca
6–1, 2–6, [4–10]
Win 18–11 Sep 2019 ITF Arad, Romania 25,000 Clay   Başak Eraydın   Oana Gavrilă
  Andreea Roșca
6–0, 6–1
Win 19–11 Feb 2020 AK Ladies Open, Germany W25 Carpet (i)   Laura Ioana Paar   Anna Popescu
  Chiara Scholl
7–5, 6–2
Win 20–11 Apr 2021 Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal W60 Clay   Lidziya Marozava   Marina Melnikova
  Conny Perrin
3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win 21–11 Feb 2022 ITF Mâcon, France W25 Hard (i)   Xenia Knoll   Emily Appleton
  Ali Collins
6–1, 6–1
Loss 21–12 Mar 2023 Branik Maribor Open, Slovenia W40 Hard (i)   Irina Bara   Sofya Lansere
  Anastasia Tikhonova
3–6, 2–6
Win 22–12 Apr 2023 Murska Sobota Open, Slovenia W40 Hard   Harriet Dart   Magali Kempen
  Xenia Knoll
w/o
Loss 22–13 Apr 2023 Chiasso Open, Switzerland W60 Clay   Nadia Podoroska   Emily Appleton
  Julia Lohoff
1–6, 2–6
Win 23–13 Apr 2023 Koper Open, Slovenia W60 Clay   Irina Bara   Suzan Lamens
  Kaylah McPhee
6–2, 6–3
Loss 23–14 Jul 2023 Montpellier Open, France W60 Clay   Julia Lohoff   Amina Anshba
  Sofya Lansere
3–6, 4–6
Win 24–14 Nov 2023 Open de Valencia, Spain W100 Clay   Valentini Grammatikopoulou   Aliona Bolsova
  Natela Dzalamidze
7–5, 6–4
Win 25–14 Jun 2024 Open de Biarritz, France W100 Clay   Irina Bara   Estelle Cascino
  Carole Monnet
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]

Head-to-head record

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Record against top 10 players

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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

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# Player Rank Event Surface Round Score
2015
1.   Eugenie Bouchard No. 7 Fed Cup, Canada Hard Play-offs 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
2.   Lucie Šafářová No. 7 Linz Open, Austria Hard (i) 1st round 6–3, 6–4

Notes

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  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

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  1. ^ "Andreea Mitu Bio".
  2. ^ "Andreea Mitu a născut un băiețel. Iată prima fotografie a acestuia - FOTO".
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