Andreea Mitu Biography

Romanian tennis player

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

On 8 June 2015, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of 68, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 69, reached on 24 October 2016. Mitu is a member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On 19 April 2015, she beat then-ranked world No. 7, Eugenie Bouchard, in a Fed Cup match, in three sets.

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

WTA Tour career

Mitu at the 2015 Madrid Open.

2015-16: 4th round at Roland Garros

Not having won a single WTA Tour *le, 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 *les: in April the İstanbul Cup, and in July the Swedish Open.

2017-18: Motherhood and third WTA *le

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

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

(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

Doubles

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 5 (4 *les, 1 runner-up)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (*le)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 34 (20 *les, 14 runner–ups)

Doubles: 38 (24 *les, 14 runner–ups)

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:

Top 10 wins

Notes

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andreea Mitu.

• Andreea Mitu at the Women's Tennis *ociation
• Andreea Mitu at the International Tennis Federation
• Andreea Mitu at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Andreea Mitu at ESPN.com