Andreea Mitu

Andreea Mitu

Mitu at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Romania
Born	(1991-09-22) 22 September 1991 (age 30) Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$877,655
Singles
Career record	345–191 (64.4%)
Career titles	19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 68 (8 June 2015)
Current ranking	No. 508 (31 August 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2016)
French Open	4R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2014, 2015)
US Open	1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	196–135 (59.2%)
Career titles	4 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger, 19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 69 (24 October 2016)
Current ranking	No. 91 (12 October 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	3R (2020)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	2R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–2
Last updated on: 31 August 2020.

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

On 8 June 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 68, and her best doubles ranking is No. 69, reached on 24 October 2016. Mitu is also a member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On 19 April 2015, she beat then-ranked world No. 7, Eugenie Bouchard, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 in a Fed Cup match. She is coached by Marius Cristian Onilă.

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

WTA career[]

Mitu at the 2015 Mutua Madrid Open

2015-2016: First Grand Slam surprise - Round 4 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 titles: in April the İstanbul Cup, and in July at the Swedish Open.

2017-2018: Motherhood and third WTA title[]

In 2017, Mitu took a break from competition: In January 2018, she became the mother of a boy. In July 2018, she won the Bucharest Open doubles title partnering Irina-Camelia Begu, marking her overall third doubles title.

2019-2021: Second and third round at Grand Slams[]

In 2020, she reached third round at 2020 French Open – Women's Doubles, with Patricia Tig, and in 2021, she reached second round at 2021 Australian Open – Women's Doubles, with Raluca Olaru. These were her best Grand Slam doubles results so far.

Grand Slam performance timeline[]

Singles[]

Doubles[]

WTA career finals[]

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

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 125K series finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

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

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 32 (19 titles, 13 runner–ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2007	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Simona Halep	6–7(5–7), 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(2–7), 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(5–7), 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	Trofeul Popeci 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 Podgorica, 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	ITF Bratislava, 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		2–6, 2–6
Win	19–13	Sep 2019	ITF Arad, Romania	25,000	Clay	Irene Burillo Escorihuela	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 31 (20 titles, 11 runner–ups)[]

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(3–7)
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(3–7)
Loss	0–5	Jul 2009	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Ionela-Andreea Iova	Ioana Gaspar Simona Matei	6–7(6–8), 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(3–7), 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(6–8), [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(7–3), 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(7–5), 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 la Vienne, France	100,000	Hard (i)	Monica Niculescu	Stéphanie Foretz Amandine Hesse	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), [10–8]
Win	13–8	May 2016	ITF 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	ITF Grenoble, 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		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	ITF Altenkirchen, Germany	25,000	Carpet (i)	Laura Ioana Paar	Anna Popescu Chiara Scholl	7–5, 6–2
Win	20–11	Apr 2021	ITF Oeiras, Portugal	60,000	Clay	Lidziya Marozava	Marina Melnikova Conny Perrin	3–6, 6–4, [10–3]

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 ITF Dubai
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[]

#	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

References[]

External links[]

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