Sorana Cîrstea

Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea

Sorana Cîrstea posing for a photo at the 2011 BCR Open Romania Ladies
Country  Romania
Residence Târgovişte, Romania
Born April 7, 1990 (1990-04-07) (age 21)
Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 2006
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money USD $1,064,568
Singles
Career record 182—105
Career titles 1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 23 (August 17, 2009)
Current ranking No. 61 (October 24, 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2R (2010, 2011)
French Open QF (2009)
Wimbledon 3R (2009)
US Open 3R (2009)
Doubles
Career record 104—59
Career titles 4 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking No. 35 (March 9, 2009)
Current ranking No. 90 (July 25, 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2009)
French Open 3R (2008)
Wimbledon 2R (2008, 2009)
US Open 3R (2009)
Last updated on: July 25, 2011.

Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, (Romanian pronunciation: [soˈrana ˈkɨrste̯a]; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009,[1] after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open.[2]

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Playing style

Cîrstea has a neat, controlled style that minimises mistakes.[3] According to the Tennis Spy, she does not appear to be fast around the court, but actually is deceptively quick covering the ground with her long strides and good reading of the game.[3] As a good doubles player, she is also a very solid volleyer, and also has solid groundstrokes.[3] Forehand and backhands are delivered with plenty of zip and punch, whipping through the ball quickly on both sides.[3] Cîrstea seems lacking a little when it comes to delivering the final blow: in her third–round defeat to Victoria Azarenka at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, for example, she dominated the first set but was unable find the crucial points to wrap things up, and lost in a tie–break.[3] Despite her competence at the net, she often seems to lack the confidence to charge in and take control of the point.[3]

Early and personal life

Cîrstea was born to Mihai and Liliana in Bucharest,[4] but currently resides in Târgovişte.[5] She also has a brother, Mihnea, five years her junior.[4] Cîrstea was introduced to tennis at age of four by mother, "My mum and dad have always followed tennis and they encouraged me to start playing the sport when I was young. They're the reason I started to play tennis and I guess they are the ones I should thank for getting me into it".[5] She cited Steffi Graf and Roger Federer as her idols.[5] Cîrstea speaks Romanian, English and Spanish, and is improving her French.[4] Her good friends on the WTA Tour include Caroline Wozniacki, Ana Ivanovic, Sabine Lisicki, Maria Kirilenko and Sania Mirza.[6][7]

Career

2005–2006

She 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 Yucatán World Cup in 2005 and 2006, and in the Opus Nottinghill International in 2006.

2007–2008

In 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.

2009

Sorana Cîrstea in 2009.

Cîrstea began the year ranked 36th, losing to Dinara Safina at the Medibank International in Sydney 2–6 1–6. In the doubles tournament, she partnered with Vera Dushevina and reached the second round, defeating Kuznetsova/Petrova 6–2 3–6 10–6 and losing to Black/Huber 4–6 6–2 6–10. At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round of the singles tournament to Melinda Czink 2–6 2–6, but reached the second round of the doubles tournament with partner Monica Niculescu, defeating Ditty/Gullickson 6–3 2–6 6–3 and losing to Dechy/Santangelo 2–6 2–6.

As a singles player, Cîrstea lost in the first rounds of the 2009 Open GDF Suez and Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, to Natalie Dechy and Dominika Cibulková respectively. In doubles, she again partnered with Monica Niculescu for the Open GDF Suez, reaching the semifinals of the tournament before injury forced them to lose in a walkover to Peschke/Raymond. In Dubai, she partnered with Arina Rodionova and lost in the first round to Kirilenko/Radwańska 5–7 4–6.

Cîrstea received a bye in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, but lost in the second round to Elena Vesnina 5–7 6–2 6–3. In the doubles tournament, she partnered with Galina Voskoboeva, lost in the first round 2–6 2–6 to Matthek-Sands/Washington. Cîrstea finished her hardcourt season with a loss in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami to qualifier Mariya Koryttseva, 2–6 1–6. Her doubles effort in Miami with Caroline Wozniacki also ended in the first round with a loss to Kuznetsova/Mauresmo, 4–6 6–4 10–8.

Cîrstea's clay season began at the inaugural Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella, Spain. She reached the semifinals, defeating Ioana Olaru 6–4 6–2, Andreja Klepač 4–6 6–1 6–1, and Kaia Kanepi 6–4 2–6 7–5 before losing to Carla Suárez Navarro 6–2 6–7(5) 6–2. In doubles, she partnered with Ioana Olaru and reached the quarterfinals before losing to Hercog/Ulirova 6–1 6–0.

At the Barcelona Ladies Open in April, Cîrstea lost in the first round of the singles tournament to Anastasiya Yakimova 7–6(2) 7–6(5), but reached the finals of the doubles tournament with her partner Andreja Klepač. They defeated Groenefeld/Senoglu, Ani/Voráčová and Hlaváčková/Hradecká before falling to Vives/Sanchez in the final 3–6 6–2 10–8. A week later, at the Fes tournament, Cîrstea again lost in the first round of the singles tournament, this time to Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–3 6–4, and again reached the finals of the doubles tournament, this time with Maria Kirilenko. Cîrstea/Kirilenko defeated Fernandez-Brugues/Thorpe, Czink/Keothavong, and Hercog/Olaru before losing to Kleybanova/Makarova 6–3 2–6 10–8.

In May at the Estoril Open in Portugal, Cîrstea reached the quarterfinals of the singles tournament, defeating Kimiko Date Krumm and Maret Ani before falling to eventual champion Yanina Wickmayer 6–4 1–6 6–4. In doubles, she again partnered with Maria Kirilenko, defeating Ivanova/Yakimova before losing to Coin/Pelletier in the quarterfinals, 6–3 1–6 10–7. At the Madrid tournament, she lost in the first rounds of both the singles and doubles tournaments, falling to Alona Bondarenko 6–2 6–2 in the singles and partnering with Vladimíra Uhlířová in the doubles to lose to Makarova/Kudrayvtseva 2–6 7–6(2) 10–3.

Cîrstea then had her breakthrough tournament at the 2009 French Open. She began her campaign with wins over Carly Gullickson and an upset of the #21 seed Alizé Cornet. Having advanced to the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time, she defeated doubles partner Caroline Wozniacki, the #10 seed 7–6, 7–5. Cîrstea continued her unlikely run with a 3–6, 6–0, 9–7 upset over the #5 seeded Jelena Janković to advance to her first Grand Slam quarterfinal,[2] where she faced #30 seed Samantha Stosur, losing 6–1, 6–3. Her doubles effort with Wozniacki ended in the first round with a 4–6 4–6 loss to Pennetta/Kirilenko.

At the Ordina Open in the Netherlands, she defeated Monica Niculescu in the first round 5–7 6–3 6–3, but lost in second round to Yanina Wickmayer 4–6, 3–6. She paired with Dinara Safina for the doubles tournament, defeating Groenefeld/Niculescu in the first round and losing to Errani/Pennetta in the second round 7–6(4) 6–1. At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Cîrstea 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. In doubles, she again partnered with Wozniacki to lose in the second round to Koryttseva/Poutchek 4–6 7–6(8) 6–4.

Sorana Cîrstea at the 2009 US Open

After Wimbledon, Cîrstea entered the Swedish Open in Båstad, defeating qualifier Johanna Larsson in the first round before losing to Gisela Dulko in the second, 6–3 4–6 7–6(5). She partnered with Wozniacki yet again, losing in the second round to Kondratieva/Lefevre 4–6 6–4 10–8. Two weeks later, Cîrstea lost in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic to Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0 6–1. Her doubles effort with Maria Kirilenko reached the semifinals of the tournament, defeating Granville/Gullickson and Coin/Pelletier before losing to Chan/Niculescu 3–6 6–3 10–8.

Cîrstea had another improbable run at the LA Women's Championships in August, a warm-up to the US Open. Enroute to the semifinals, she upset No. 4 seed Wozniacki, again her doubles partner for the tournament, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6 and Radwańska 7–6(4), 1–6, 7–5, despite Radwańska serving for the match at 4–5 in the third set. In the semifinals, Cîrstea lost to Samantha Stosur 3–6, 2–6. Cîrstea/Wozniacki lost in the first round to Chang/Yan 1–6 6–4 10–5. Her performance at LA earned her the No.24 ranking going into the Cincinnati Masters, where she defeated Meghann Shaughnessy and Anna-Lena Grönefeld before losing to 4th seed Elena Dementieva 6–4 6–4. After Cincinnati on August 17, she achieved her career high ranking, No.23.

At the 2009 US Open, Cîrstea was seeded 24th. She defeated Ayumi Morita in the 1st round 6–1 6–3 and Stéphanie 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 and her doubles partner. Cîrstea/Wozniacki defeated Bammer/Schruff and Azarenka/Zvonareva before losing 4–6 2–6 in the third round to eventual champions Williams/Williams.

After the US Open, Cîrstea lost her next five matches, posting first-round losses in the Hansol Korea Open, Toray Pan Pacific Open, China Open, Generali Ladies and Kremlin Cup. She finished 2009 ranked 43rd in the world with a 21–24 match record.

2010

Sorana Cîrstea at the 2010 US Open

Cîrstea began 2010 ranked 45th in the world. In the 2010 Hopman Cup in early January, she played on behalf of Romania with Victor Hănescu. Romania was seeded sixth and finished last in their group, winning against the Australian team of Samantha Stosur and Lleyton Hewitt, but losing to the Spanish team of María José Martínez Sánchez and Tommy Robredo, the eventual champions, and the American team of Melanie Oudin and John Isner. Cîrstea posted a 3–6 6–4 6–3 win over Stosur and, with Hanescu, a 7–5 6–1 win over Stosur and Hewitt to win the Australian match. She lost in straight sets to Sanchez and Oudin. Leading up to the Australian Open, she lost in the first round of the Hobart tournament to Shuai Peng 1–6 4–6. At the Australian Open in January, she defeated Olivia Rogowska in the first round 6–3 2–6 6–2, but lost in the second round to Alisa Kleybanova 4–6 3–6. She partnered with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the doubles tournament, losing to Kirilenko/Radwańska in the first round 6–0 6–7 (4) 6–2. Her next tournament was the Open GDF Suez in Paris, where she fell to Melanie Oudin 3–6 0–6. She lost in straight sets in the first rounds of the Dubai, Acapulco, and Monterrey tournaments, to Francesca Schiavone, Sharon Fichman, and Sara Errani, respectively. At the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, she reached the second round, first defeating Kaia Kanepi 6–7(1) 6–3 6–4, but ultimately losing to Jie Zheng 3–6 5–7. In Miami two weeks later at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Cîrstea defeated Michelle Larcher de Brito in a two-set thriller 7–5 7–6(9) before losing in the second round to 3rd seed Venus Williams 6–4, 6–3. Moving into the clay season, Cîrstea prevailed over 6th seed Maria Kirilenko in the first round of the 2010 Andalucia Tennis Experience 4–6 7–6(2) 6–4. She then lost in the second round to fellow Romanian Simona Halep 4–6 6–7. At the 2010 Barcelona Ladies Open she defeated Tamira Paszek 6–4, 7–6(6), but lost in the second round to Iveta Benešová 1–6, 4–6. Cîrstea was seeded 2nd at the 2010 Estoril Open and defeated compatriat Ioana Raluca Olaru 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 in the first round and Michelle Larcher de Brito 7–5, 7–5 in the second. In the quarterfinals, she beat Arantxa Rus 6–4, 6–1, but fell to Arantxa Parra Santonja, 6–1, 6–4 in the semifinals. In doubles, she partnered with Anabel Medina Garrigues to win the tournament, receiving a bye in the first round and posting wins over Peng/Zhang, Manasieva/Olaru and Diatchenko/Vedy. Cîrstea lost to Flavia Pennetta 1–6 6–1 1–6 in the first round of the Madrid tournament in May. Two weeks later, she qualified for the Strasbourg tournament, losing to Elena Baltacha 3–6 5–7 in the first round. At the 2010 French Open, she lost in the first round to defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 3–6 1–6. At the 2010 AEGON International she defeated seed 2 Francesca Schiavone losing in the second round to Svetlana Kuznetsova with the score 4–6 7–6(6) 7–6(4). At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships she was defeated by defending semifinalist Petra Kvitová with the score 2–6, 2–6. At the 2010 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix she lost in the first round to a qualifing player Zuzana Ondrášková with the score 4–6, 2–6. She lost in the quarterfinal at tne turnaments 2010 İstanbul Cup to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and 2010 e-Boks Danish Open to Klára Zakopalová. At the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open were she qualifing to tournament she lost in the first round to Sybille Bammer with the score 6–7, 2–6.

2011

Sorana Cîrstea at the 2011 BCR Open Romania Ladies

At the 2011 Australian Open, Cîrstea defeated Mirjana Lučić of Croatia 6–4, 6–2 before she was beaten by Shahar Peer of Israel in the second round 6–3, 6–2.[8] In the doubles tournament, she played with Lucie Šafářová of the Czech Republic and defeated the team of Sarah Borwell of Germany and Marie-Eve Pelletier of Canada 5–7, 6–2, 6–2. In the second round they lost to Cara Blackof Zimbabwe and Anastasia Rodionova of Australia 6–4, 7–5.[9]

In the 2011, Cellular South Cup, Sorana defeated Catherine Harrison (USA) in the first round 6–4, 6–2, before she lost to Shahar Peer (ISR) 3–6, 2–6 in the second round. In doubles she and her partner Anastasia Pivovarova (RUS) lost in the first round to Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)/Lucie Hradecká (CZE) 6–3, 6–2.

At 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Sorana defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 6–2, 6–4. In the second round she lost to Laura Pous-Tio (ESP) 6–2, 6–1. Sorana played doubles again now with Andreja Klepač (SLO) as a partner. They won the first round by defeated Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)/Jasmin Woehr (GER) 6–2, 6–0. They lost in the second round to Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/Alexandra Panova (RUS) 6–4, 3–6, 10–7.[10]

Cirstea qualified in singles for the 2011 BNP Paribas Open. In the first round she lost 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 to Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS).[11]

In the Sony Ericsson Open, Sorana received a wildcard in singles, but lost 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(2) in the first round to Jie Zheng of China.[12]

At the 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience, she lost in the first round 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 to Italian Sara Errani. Sorana paired with Maria Elena Camerin of Italy for the doubles tournament defeating Alberta Brianti (ITA)/Aurelie Vedy (FRA) 6–4, 6–1. They lost in the second round to Sara Errani (ITA)/Roberta Vinci (ITA) 6–4, 6–7 (4), 10–7.[13]

In the next months Sorana didn't have good results. But she proved she is back in the form as she won 2011 Open GDF SUEZ de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes in France.It was a 100.000$+ tournament with lot of top 100 players.

She beat Patty Schnyder in the first round and compatriot Alexandra Dulgheru in the second in the 2011 French Open before losing 6–2 6–2 to China's Li Na.

She then made it into the main draw of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, where she lost in straight sets to Pauline Parmentier. Sorana played doubles again with Ayumi Morita of Japan defeating Chia-Jung Chuang (JPE)/Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 6-4, 6-4. They won their second round 7-5, 6-3 against Sophie Lefevre (FRA)/ Eugeniya Rodina (RUS). They lost in third round to Sabine Lisicki (GER)/ Samantha Stosur (AUS) 4-6, 3-6.

In Bastad, Sweden at the Collector Swedish Open Women Sorana defeated Mirjana Lucic (CRO) 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 in the first round. She lost 3-6, 3-6 in the second round to Vesna Dolonts (RUS).

In Palermo, Italy at the XXIV SNAI Open Internationali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo Sorana won her first round match against Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 6-3, 6-2. She lost in second round to Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Now in home at Bucharest ITF of Romania, Sorana beat her compatriots Diana Enache 6-3, 6-4 in first round and Madalina Gojnea 6-1, 6-3 in second round. She lost in third round to Laura Pous-Tio (ESP) 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-4.

After that hard lost in her country, she played in Carlsbad, California at the Mercury Insurance Open. She was beat by Coco Vandeweghe of the United States in the first round 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-3. Next tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio Western & Southern Open Sorana qualified in singles for the main draw. In the first round she defeated Ksenia Pervak 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, but lost in the second to Jill Craybas (USA) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (3).[14]

In Dallas, the inaugural tournament of Texas Tennis Open, Sorana beat Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the first round. In the second round she lost to Aravane Rezai (FRA) 6-2, 7-6 (4). Sorana played doubles for the first time with Alberta Brianti of Italy. In the first round they defeated Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)/Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 6-3, 3-6, 11-9. In the second they beat Andreja Klepac (SLO)/Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 7-6 (2), 6-7 (0), 12-10. In the third or semi-final match they beat Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 6-3, 6-3. They won their final match and the title by defeating Alize Cornet (FRA)/Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 7-5, 6-3. Sorana won her fourth WTA doubles title. Brianti won her second.[14][15]

At the US Open, Sorana lost in the first round to Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-1, 7-5. Sorana paired with Ayumi Morita of Japan in doubles. They defeated Casey Dellaqua (AUS)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in the first round. They lost in the second round to Maria Jose Sanchez (ESP)/Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.[14]

In Uzkebistan, the Tashkent Open Sorana have good results. She won her first round match by defeating Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 6-3, 6-1. Sorana in the second round beat Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia 6-3, 6-4, but lost in the third set 6-7 (5), 4-6 to Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS). Sorana played doubles too with Pauline Parmentier (FRA), but they lost in the first round to Iryna Bremond (FRA)/Mandy Minella (LUX) 6-2, 2-6, 10-8. [14]

At Saint Malo, France in 16' Open GDF SUEZ de Bretagne, Sorana played great tennis. Usually she is getting better results playing on clay surfaces. Sorana defeated Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-1 in the first round. In the second she beat Eva Fernandez-Brugues (ESP) 6-4, 6-3. In quarterfinals, Sorana won by beating Laura Pous-Tio (ESP) 6-3, 6-1. She defeated Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 in the semifinal match. It was an interesting and close match. Voegele served for the match twice and was two points away from defeating Cirstea. Lucky Sorana have her father cheering for her during that match. Sorana won the title by defeating Silvia Soler Espinosa (ESP) 6-2, 6-2.[14][16]

In Generali Ladies Linz, Asustria, Sorana played in the qualifiying draw with great victories. In round of 32 or first round, Sorana beat Nikola Hofmanova (AUT) 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-0. In round of 16 or second round, she beat Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 2-6, 6-1, 7-5. In quarters or third round, Sorana defeated Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 6-1, 6-2 to play in the main singles draw. In the first round, Sorana beat Tamira Paszek (AUT) 7-5, 6-3. She defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) the 4th seed of the tournament 4-6, 6-0,6-4 in second round. But lost in third round to Lucie Safarova (CZE) 5-7, 2-6. [14]

Sorana next tournament was an ITF tournament in France, Open GDF SUEZ Region Limousin. A tournament of 50,000$+ Limoges with top 100 players. In round of 32 or first round Sorana defeated Paula Ormachea (ARG) 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-3. In round of 16 or second round, She beat Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 7-5, 6-3. In quarterfinals, Sorana defeated Michaella Krajicek (NED) 6-3, 7-6 (2). During semifinals Sorana beat Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 7-5, 6-1. In the final, She defeated Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-2, 6-3. According to Sorana own words this match was the best she played in the tournament. Also she wrote this on her facebook page: "Its funny how tennis works when u think about it.From being match point down in my 1st round match here i am winning the tournament!!!!Well a bit similar to life :)" - Sorana Cirstea. Another great tournament for Cirstea, her third title on French territory in 2011.[14]

Career statistics

Main article: Sorana Cîrstea career statistics

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v · d · eWomen's Tennis Association: Romania Top ten Romanian female singles tennis players as of November 21, 2011
1. Monica Niculescu (30 steady) · 2. Irina-Camelia Begu (40 steady) · 3. Simona Halep (53 steady) · 4. Sorana Cîrstea (60 steady) · 5. Alexandra Dulgheru (70 steady)
6. Alexandra Cadanțu (96 steady) · 7. Edina Gallovits-Hall (124 steady) · 8. Mihaela Buzărnescu (157 decrease1) · 9. Mădălina Gojnea (183 decrease3) · 10. Elena Bogdan (199 decrease4) 
v · d · eWomen's Tennis Association: Romania Top ten Romanian female doubles tennis players as of November 21, 2011
1. Monica Niculescu (50 steady) · 2. Alexandra Dulgheru (59 steady) · 3. Irina-Camelia Begu (62 steady) · 4. Sorana Cîrstea (69 steady) · 5. Elena Bogdan (97 decrease1)
6. Ioana Raluca Olaru (117 steady) · 7. Edina Gallovits-Hall (124 increase1) · 8. Mihaela Buzărnescu (177 steady) · 9. Simona Halep (201 decrease2) · 10. Alexandra Cadanțu (210 increase1)

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