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Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, (Romanian pronunciation: [soˈrana ˈkɨrste̯a]; born April 7, 1990) is a Romanian female tennis player. Her career high rank was #23, achieved on August 17, 2009.
[edit] Career[edit] 2005–2006She is a former ITF Junior Circuit top-ten player, reaching her highest ranking of number six on June 26, 2006. Her best results include a title in the 2005 German Junior Open (Grade 1) defeating Erika Zanchetta 6–2 6–7 6–3 in the final, a tournament she was finalist the year before and a runner-up place in the 2006 Trofeo Bonfiglio (Grade A) where she lost in the final to her compatriot Ioana Raluca Olaru after having defeated the then-top ranked world junior player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinals. Cîrstea lost in the finals of the doubles tournament at the 2007 French Open, when she and Alexa Glatch lost 6–1, 6–4 to the third seeds, Ksenia Milevskaya and Urszula Radwańska. She also made final appearances at the year-ending ITF Grade 1 juniors tournaments Eddie Herr International and Yucatan World Cup in 2005 and 2006, and in the Opus Nottinghill International in 2006. [edit] 2007 - 2008In April 2007, she reached the final of the Budapest Grand Prix, a Tier III event held in Budapest, Hungary, as a qualifier. During the tournament, all of her main draw matches were pushed to three sets. She beat Martina Müller in the second round, Eleni Daniilidou in the quarter-finals and Karin Knapp in the semi-finals before losing to Gisela Dulko in the final and won the first set, when Dulko won her first title by the scoreline of 6-7², 6–2, 6–2. By making it to the final, she became the first Romanian player to reach a Tour final since Ruxandra Dragomir in June 2000. During her run, she beat two players ranked inside the WTA top 40. In 2008 in Tashkent, she won her first WTA tour title. She defeated Sabine Lisicki in the final. [edit] 2009At the 2009 French Open, Cirstea began her campaign with wins over Carly Gullickson of the United States and an upset of the #21 seed Alize Cornet. Having advanced to the third round of a grand slam for the first time, she defeated Caroline Wozniacki, the #10 seed 7-6, 7-5. Cirstea continued her unlikely run with a 3-6, 6-0, 9-7 upset over the #5 seeded Jelena Jankovic to advance to her first grand slam quarterfinal[1], where she faced #30 seed Samantha Stosur but lost by 6-1, 6-3. She also participed at Ordina Open 2009 but lost in second round at Wickmayer with 4-6, 3-6. She paired with Dinara Safina in doubles, but lost to Errani/Pennetta.  At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Cirstea was seeded 28th. She defeated Edina Gallovits and Sania Mirza in the first two rounds but lost 6-7, 3-6 to #8 Victoria Azarenka in the third round. Cirstea participated in the LA Women's Championships, a warm-up to the US Open. Enroute to the semifinals, she upset No. 4 seed Caroline Wozniacki 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 and Agnieszka Radwańska 7-6(4), 1-6, 7-5, despite Radwanska serving for the match at 4-5 in the third. In the semifinals, Cirstea lost to Samantha Stosur 3-6, 2-6. At the 2009 US Open, Cirstea was seeded 24th. She defeated Ayumi Morita in the 1st round 6-1 6-3 and Stephanie Dubois of Canada in the 2nd round 6-4 5-7 6-4 before losing 3-6 2-6 in the third round to eventual finalist Caroline Wozniacki, the no. 9 seed. [edit] WTA Singles titles (1)
[edit] WTA Doubles wins (2)
[edit] ITF Circuit[edit] ITF Circuit Singles Wins (4)
[edit] ITF Circuit Doubles wins (9)
[edit] Singles performance timelineTo help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the French Open in Paris, France. Cirstea's involvement ended June 2, 2009.
1 Cirstea received a bye in the first round of Indian Wells 2009. [edit] References
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