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Catalina Cristea

ROM Age 51 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1992–2000

Catalina Cristea represented Romania on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 59. In TennisDB's records, Catalina Cristea finished with a career record of 49–99 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

59 (Jul 21, 1997)

Elo peak

1632 (44th percentile)

Singles record

49–99 (33.1%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$663,007

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Catalina Cristea's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Magdalena Maleeva #38	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 26, 2000*	R32	Luxembourg	WTA 250	Carpet
Rita Grande #59	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 22, 2000	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Ludmila Cervanova #131	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 13, 2000*	R32	Klagenfurt	WTA 250	Clay
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #44	7-5 6-7(5) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 2000*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Barbara Rittner #113	7-5 2-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2000*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Catalina Cristea's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Adriana Rikl Gersi	2	2	4	May 31, 2000	H2H
Elena Likhovtseva	0	4	4	Sep 1, 1999	H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	0	4	4	Jun 24, 1998	H2H
Barbara Rittner	2	1	3	Jun 28, 2000	H2H
Ai Sugiyama	1	2	3	May 8, 2000	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Catalina Cristea Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1996	Atlanta Olympics	First Round	0	1	Anke Huber #5 def. Catalina Cristea #205 2-6 6-4 6-2	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Catalina Cristea career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1992	17	0	1	1	0.0%	569	430
1993	18	5	4	9	55.6%	429	127
1994	19	2	9	11	18.2%	127	189
1995	20	5	10	15	33.3%	188	106
1996	21	6	13	19	31.6%	101	97
1997	22	11	19	30	36.7%	81	77
1998	23	11	17	28	39.3%	89	67
1999	24	5	15	20	25.0%	67	127
2000	25	4	11	15	26.7%	127	119
Career		49	99	148	33.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Catalina Cristea career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	18	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%
1994	19	2	7	9	22.2%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	9	11	18.2%
1995	20	3	8	11	27.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	5	10	15	33.3%
1996	21	1	5	6	16.7%	4	6	10	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	6	13	19	31.6%
1997	22	3	7	10	30.0%	7	8	15	46.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	11	19	30	36.7%
1998	23	2	6	8	25.0%	6	7	13	46.2%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	11	17	28	39.3%
1999	24	2	6	8	25.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	15	20	25.0%
2000	25	2	4	6	33.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	11	15	26.7%
Career	—	20	47	67	29.9%	23	35	58	39.7%	4	10	14	28.6%	2	7	9	22.2%	49	99	148	33.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Catalina Cristea career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	17	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	18	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	4	8	50.0%
1994	19	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	8	10	20.0%
1995	20	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	3	0	3	100.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
1996	21	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
1997	22	0	4	4	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	8	5	13	61.5%	2	3	5	40.0%	10	18	28	35.7%
1998	23	0	4	4	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	5	6	11	45.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	9	16	25	36.0%
1999	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	3	2	5	60.0%	5	14	19	26.3%
2000	25	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	1	8	9	11.1%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	11	15	26.7%
Career		1	15	16	6.2%	4	22	26	15.4%	22	42	64	34.4%	18	15	33	54.5%	45	94	139	32.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 139/148 (93.9%) of Catalina Cristea's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Catalina Cristea advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1992	17	1497	104.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	0–1	—	-0.23
1993	18	1559	105.5	—	—	—	—	+30	—	—	42.1%	-0.68	3–0 (100%)	1–0	—	+0.12
1994	19	1513	115.1	—	—	—	—	+40	—	—	28.0%	-1.60	0–3 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	98.5	-0.35
1995	20	1519	114.8	—	—	—	—	-17	+68	—	33.3%	-1.33	2–1 (67%)	1–0	—	-0.41
1996	21	1535	120.1	—	—	—	—	-48	+70	+46	37.0%	-0.93	3–5 (38%)	1–1	—	-0.65
1997	22	1566	121.5	—	—	—	—	-73	+71	-7	39.7%	-0.97	3–7 (30%)	4–3 (57%)	98.3	-0.25
1998	23	1618	121.7	—	—	—	—	-92	+40	-69	37.7%	-1.02	4–3 (57%)	2–1 (67%)	103.9	-1.32
1999	24	1521	107.5	—	—	—	—	-32	+88	—	30.4%	-1.39	2–4 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	97.3	+0.08
2000	25	1491	103.1	—	—	—	—	+1	+50	—	27.3%	-1.79	2–3 (40%)	1–1	—	-0.55
Career		1632	120.5	—	—	—	—	-27	+64	-16	34.8%	-1.19	19–26 (42%)	14–11 (56%)	102.1	-2.41

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Catalina Cristea Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1994	19	R64	R128	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1995	20	—	R32	—	R128	2–2 (50%)
1996	21	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
1997	22	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1998	23	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1999	24	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
2000	25	—	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
W-L		2–5 (29%)	4–7 (36%)	1–5 (17%)	0–5 (0%)	7–22 (24%)

WTA 1000

Catalina Cristea WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	BER	HIL	KEY	ZUR	W-L Win %
1994	19	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1996	21	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	22	R64	—	—	—	R64	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
1998	23	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	0–3 (0%)
1999	24	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	2–2 (50%)
2000	25	—	R128	R64	R32	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	4–13 (24%)

WTA 500

Catalina Cristea WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	HAM	IW	SDG	AME	CHI	OAK	W-L Win %
1994	19	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1995	20	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	1–3 (25%)
1996	21	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1997	22	—	R32	—	—	R64	R32	—	0–3 (0%)
1998	23	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1999	24	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–11 (27%)

WTA 250

Catalina Cristea WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BEI	BRI	EST	LIB	HKG	MAD	BEL	BIR	BOL	BOS	BUD	CAR	HOB	HOP	JAK	KLA	LUX	MAR	OKL	PAT	PRA	PRO	QUE	SAN	SAP	STR	SUR	TAI	TAR	TAS	WAR	W-L Win %
1992	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	18	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	5–4 (56%)
1994	19	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–4 (0%)
1995	20	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1996	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	5–7 (42%)
1997	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10–9 (53%)
1998	23	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	9–9 (50%)
1999	24	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–8 (11%)
2000	25	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	2–5 (29%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–5 (17%)	3–3 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	34–52 (40%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 21, 1997

First Top 100

Jun 12, 1995

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Catalina Cristea ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	571	533	504	569
1992	17	569	494	444	454	447	445	438	411	470	436	430	430
1993	18	427	417	391	376	260	261	252	164	167	123	127	127
1994	19	127	124	131	127	135	129	125	138	131	189	187	189
1995	20	189	183	173	172	160	94	93	106	102	100	103	106
1996	21	119	110	115	109	129	226	204	186	132	126	125	97
1997	22	78	67	72	77	71	60	61	71	87	85	73	77
1998	23	83	98	95	73	71	73	76	75	72	68	67	67
1999	24	70	60	64	69	81	97	117	117	109	110	127	127
2000	25	112	112	113	116	106	102	96	99	106	115	119	119
2001	26	147	149	152	161	204	233	289	298	298	320	342	344
2002	27	425	431	436	687	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Catalina Cristea's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Sung-Hee Park	KOR	57	1,626	81	29	52	35.8%	1993–1999	Match log
Francesca Lubiani	ITA	58	1,646	78	27	51	34.6%	1994–2000	Match log
Stephanie De Ville	BEL	61	1,587	26	9	17	34.6%	1996–1997	Match log
Flora Perfetti	ITA	54	1,600	90	31	59	34.4%	1992–1999	Match log
Kerry-Anne Guse	AUS	60	1,546	64	18	46	28.1%	1988–2000	Match log
Erika De Lone	USA	65	1,603	142	42	100	29.6%	1989–2002	Match log
Jana Nejedly	CAN	64	1,625	154	49	105	31.8%	1993–2002	Match log
Amelie Cocheteux	FRA	55	1,583	81	28	53	34.6%	1995–2000	Match log
Samantha Smith	GBR	55	1,626	74	22	52	29.7%	1989–2000	Match log
Katerina Kroupova	CZE	58	1,614	50	19	31	38.0%	1992–1996	Match log
Andrea Glass	GER	53	1,638	120	35	85	29.2%	1992–2002	Match log
Lubomira Bacheva	BUL	68	1,523	83	27	56	32.5%	1991–2004	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Catalina Cristea?: Catalina Cristea is 51 years old, born on June 2, 1975.
Which country does Catalina Cristea represent?: Catalina Cristea represents Romania in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Catalina Cristea?: Catalina Cristea is 178 cm / 5'10".
Does Catalina Cristea use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Catalina Cristea uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Catalina Cristea left-handed or right-handed?: Catalina Cristea plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Catalina Cristea won?: Catalina Cristea has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Catalina Cristea won?: TennisDB does not group any of Catalina Cristea's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Catalina Cristea's highest WTA ranking?: Catalina Cristea's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 59, first achieved on July 21, 1997.
What is Catalina Cristea's career win-loss record?: Catalina Cristea has a career WTA singles record of 49 wins and 99 losses (33.1%).
How much career prize money has Catalina Cristea earned?: Catalina Cristea has earned at least $663,007 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Catalina Cristea's career appear in TennisDB?: Catalina Cristea appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1992 through 2000.
On which surface does Catalina Cristea have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Catalina Cristea's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 39.7% (23–35).
Who has Catalina Cristea faced most often?: Catalina Cristea's most frequent opponent is Adriana Rikl Gersi, with a head-to-head record of 2–2 across 4 meetings.