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C?t?lina Cristea

Country (sports)	Romania
Born	(1975-06-02) 2 June 1975 (age 44) Bucharest, Romania
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$663,007
Singles
Career record	239-225
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (21 July 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1994, 1999)
French Open	3R (1995)
Wimbledon	2R (2000)
US Open	1R (1995, 1997-2000)
Doubles
Career record	129-158
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 40 (17 August 1998)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1999)
French Open	2R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Wimbledon	2R (1997, 2000)
US Open	2R (1997, 1999)

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

Playing for Romania at the Fed Cup, Cristea has a win-loss record of 20-13.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0-1)

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

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (1-3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	Feb 1998	Oklahoma City, United States	Hard (i)	Kristine Kunce	Serena Williams Venus Williams	5-7, 2-6
Runner-up	2.	Apr 1998	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6-4, 1-6, 1-6
Runner-up	3.	Jun 1998	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Eva Melicharova	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	7-6, 6-7, 6-7
Winner	1.	May 1999	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Irina Selyutina	Amélie Cocheteux Janette Husárová	6-1, 6-2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (1-3)

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

Doubles: 7 (6-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 September 1991	Cluj, Romania	Hard	Diane Samungi	Mirela Buciu Lea Ghirardi	6-1, 6-1
Winner	2.	27 July 1992	Lohja, Finland	Clay	Andrea Tunko	Miyako Ataka Monika Starosta	6-2, 7-6(4)
Winner	3.	18 July 1994	Bilbao, Spain	Clay	Hanneke Ketelaars	Yolanda Clemot Cristina Torrens Valero	6-2, 6-1
Winners	4.	20 November 1994	Bad Gögging, Germany	Carpet (i)	Tatjana Je?menica	Kate?ina Kroupová Jana Pospí?ilová	3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Winner	5.	25 August 1996	Athens, Greece	Clay	Helena Vildová	Virginie Massart Emanuela Zardo	6-2, 6-4
Winner	6.	12 October 1997	Sedona, United States	Hard	Corina Morariu	Liezel Huber Paola Suárez	7-5, 6-2
Runner-up	7.	9 October 1999	Batumi, Georgia	Carpet	Surina De Beer	Magda Mihalache Zuzana Váleková	4-6, 6-3, 4-6

Head-to-head record against other players

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

External links

• C?t?lina Cristea at the Women's Tennis Association
• C?t?lina Cristea at the International Tennis Federation
• C?t?lina Cristea at the Fed Cup

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