Andreea Mitu

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.

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

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

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. In 2018, she gave birth to a son named Adam.

Career

Mitu at the 2015 Madrid Open.

2015-16: Fourth round 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 Tour titles, in April the İstanbul Cup, and in July the Swedish Open.

2017-18: Motherhood and third career title

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (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

Doubles: 1 (title)

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

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

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)

Legend
$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

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 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

# 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

  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

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