Cătălina Cristea
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1975-06-02) 2 June 1975
Bucharest, Romania
Turned pro1990
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money$663,007
Singles
Career record239–225 (51.5%)
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 59 (21 July 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1994, 1999)
French Open3R (1995)
Wimbledon2R (2000)
US Open1R (1995, 1997–2000)
Doubles
Career record129–158 (44.9%)
Career titles1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 40 (17 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1999)
French Open2R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Wimbledon2R (1997, 2000)
US Open2R (1997, 1999)

Cătălina Cristea (born 2 June 1975) is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked No. 59 in singles (21 July 1997) and No. 40 in doubles (17 August 1998). She retired from professional tennis in September 2001, before returning in 2005; she ultimately retired September 2005 aged 30.

Playing for Romania Fed Cup team, Cristea has a win–loss record of 20–13.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles (0–1)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 1993 Australian Open Hard Sweden Åsa Carlsson Switzerland Joana Manta
Czech Republic Ludmila Richterová
3–6, 2–6

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III (0–2)
Tier IV & V (1–1)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partners Opponents Score
Loss 1. Feb 1998 Oklahoma City, U.S. Hard (i) Australia Kristine Kunce United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
5–7, 2–6
Loss 2. Apr 1998 Budapest, Hungary Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss 3. Jun 1998 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass Czech Republic Eva Melicharova Belgium Sabine Appelmans
Netherlands Miriam Oremans
7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7)
Win 1. May 1999 Warsaw, Poland Clay Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina France Amélie Cocheteux
Slovakia Janette Husárová
6–1, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–3)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 16 September 1991 Cluj, Romania Hard France Lea Ghirardi 2–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 29 September 1996 Bucharest, Romania Clay Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva 7–5, 3–6, 7–6
Runner-up 3. 15 April 2001 Dinan, France Clay (i) Netherlands Seda Noorlander 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 25 July 2004 Balș, Romania Clay Romania Simona Matei 1–6, 2–6

Doubles (6–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 16 September 1991 Cluj, Romania Hard Romania Diane Samungi Romania Mirela Buciu
France Lea Ghirardi
6–1, 6–1
Winner 2. 27 July 1992 Lohja, Finland Clay Austria Andrea Tunko Japan Miyako Ataka
Poland Monika Starosta
6–2, 7–6(4)
Winner 3. 18 July 1994 Bilbao, Spain Clay Netherlands Hanneke Ketelaars Spain Yolanda Clemot
Spain Cristina Torrens Valero
6–2, 6–1
Winners 4. 20 November 1994 Bad Gögging, Germany Carpet (i) Serbia and Montenegro Tatjana Ječmenica Czech Republic Kateřina Kroupová
Czech Republic Jana Pospíšilová
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner 5. 25 August 1996 Athens, Greece Clay Czech Republic Helena Vildová France Virginie Massart
Switzerland Emanuela Zardo
6–2, 6–4
Winner 6. 12 October 1997 Sedona, United States Hard United States Corina Morariu United States Liezel Huber
Argentina Paola Suárez
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 9 October 1999 Batumi, Georgia Carpet South Africa Surina De Beer Romania Magda Mihalache
Slovakia Zuzana Váleková
4–6, 6–3, 4–6

Head-to-head record

Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.


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