Andreea Mitu

Cristina-Andreea Mitu (born 22 September 1991) is an inactive 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

2015-16: WTA Tour doubles titles, French Open singles 4th round 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 doubles titles, in April the |İstanbul Cup with İpek Soylu, and in July the 2016 Swedish Open, where she trained up with Alicja Rosolska.

2017-19: Motherhood, two more career doubles titles 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. Alongside Sorana Cîrstea, she won her fourth WTA Tour doubles title at the 2019 Ladies Open Lugano.

2020-21: Second and third round at majors

In 2020, she reached the third round at the French Open, with Patricia Tig, and in 2021, she reached second round at the Australian Open, with Raluca Olaru - her best major doubles performance so far.

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (4–1)Finals by surfaceClay (4–1)

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (title) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinSparta Prague Open, Czech RepublicClay Lidziya Marozava Giulia Gatto-Monticone Nadia Podoroska6–4, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 34 (20 titles, 14 runner-ups) Legend$50/60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournaments

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

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 PlayerRankEventSurfaceRoundScore2015 1. Eugenie BouchardNo. 7Fed Cup, CanadaHardPlay-offs 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 2. Lucie ŠafářováNo. 7 Linz Open, AustriaHard (i)1st round 6–3, 6–4