Full name | Alexandra Cadanțu |
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Country (sports) | Romania |
Residence | Bucharest, Romania |
Born |
Bucharest, Romania |
3 May 1990
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Retired | Active |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $732,372 |
Singles | |
Career record | 254–175 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 59 (January 6, 2014) |
Current ranking | No. 286 (August 17, 2015) |
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 | 100–101 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 101 (June 11, 2012) |
Current ranking | No. 332 (August 17, 2014) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2012) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2012) |
US Open | 1R (2012) |
Last updated on: 15 July 2013. |
Alexandra Cadanțu (born 3 May 1990) is a professional Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. In January 2014, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 59. Her highest doubles ranking was No. 101 on 11 June 2012. She started tennis at the age of 3 and she is coached by Bogdan Popovici.
At the Grand Slam tennis tournaments, Cadanțu has won only one match, at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.
Alexandra Cadantu was born in Bucharest, Romania. She began playing tennis at age 3 and she's coached by Emil Negoita. Her favourite surface is clay. Speaks Romanian, English and Spanish. Alexandra's goal is to reach Top 50 soon.
Cadantu started the year in Shenzhen. But was defeated by Bojana Jovanovski in the first round, 6–3 6–1. Her next tournament was in Sydney where she was defeated in the first qualifying round by Olga Puchkova, 6–2 6–4. Alexandra then lost to Heather Watson in the Australian Open first round, 2–6 6–3 6–2.
In February, she won her first match for the season in Cali, Colombia – defeating Laura Pous Tió, 3–6 6–3 6–1. But then she lost in the second round to Sesil Karatantcheva, 6–4 5–7 6–2. Reached quarter-finals in Bogotá, Colombia, defeating Maria Joao Koehler in the first round, 6–0 6–3, and Tereza Mrdeža in the second round, 4–6 6–3 6–4. She then fell in the QFs to Jelena Janković, 6–2 6–1. Then, in Acapulco, Mexico, Cadantu was defeated by Sara Errani in the first round, 6–3 6–2. In March, she fell in Miami first qualifying round to Stefanie Vögele, 6–3 6–3. She then lost to Madison Keys in the first round of Charleston, USA, 7–6 6–4.
She reached the SFs in Katowice, Poland in April, where she lost to Petra Kvitová, 6–0 6–4. On her road to the SFs, she defeated Yuliya Beygelzimer (7–5 6–2), Katarzyna Kawa (6–2 6–3), Raluca Olaru (6–0 6–0), Sabine Lisicki (7–5 6–2), Irina-Camelia Begu (4–6 6–3 6–4), and Shahar Pe'er (5–7 6–3 6–3). She has also reached the semifinals at the 2013 Budapest Grand Prix, where she lost in straight sets (2–6 6–7) to compatriot Simona Halep and eventual winner of the tournament.