Cristina Dinu

Cristina Dinu
	Dinu at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	18 January 1993 (age 31); Bucharest
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$396,213
Singles
Career record	524–305
Career titles	25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 179 (30 September 2013)
Current ranking	No. 261 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2022)
French Open	Q3 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2022)
US Open	Q1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	317–189
Career titles	32 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 153 (20 May 2019)
Current ranking	No. 310 (21 October 2024)
Fed Cup	0–8
	Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

Last updated November 14, 2024

Cristina Dinu (born 18 January 1993) is a professional Romanian tennis player.^[1]

Career

Junior years

She was ranked world's 11th female junior player in May 2010 and was part of the main singles and doubles draws for the last five Grand Slam tournaments: 2009 US Open, 2010 Australian Open, 2010 French Open, 2010 Wimbledon Championships, 2010 US Open and competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics also.

Professional tour

In July 2015, Dinu entered the Bucharest Open, and won the three consecutive qualifying rounds matches (defeating top seed Yaroslava Shvedova in the last round), eventually losing in the main draw to Denisa Allertova, in a thrilling match.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(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

Tournament	2013	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	Q3	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	Q1	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 39 (25 titles, 14 runner–ups)

Legend
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (23–14)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2009	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Anna Orlik	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–0	Oct 2010	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–0	Oct 2010	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Polina Vinogradova	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Dec 2010	ITF Vinaròs, Spain	10,000	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	2–6, 0–6
Win	4–1	Mar 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Diana Enache	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–1	Mar 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–2	Apr 2011	ITF Pomezia, Italy	10,000	Clay	Anna-Giulia Remondina	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Win	6–2	Aug 2011	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Andreea Mitu	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–4
Win	7–2	Jan 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Liana Ungur	7–5, 6–3
Win	8–2	Feb 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Diana Enache	6–1, 6–1
Win	9–2	Oct 2012	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win	10–2	Oct 2012	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Conny Perrin	6–3, 6–3
Win	11–2	Mar 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Lenka Juríková	6–4, 7–6
Win	12–2	Aug 2013	ITF Mamaia, Romania	25,000	Clay	Cindy Burger	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 7–5, 6–0
Loss	12–3	Sep 2013	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	1–6, 2–6
Loss	12–4	Jun 2014	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Cristina Ene	4–6, 3–6
Win	13–4	Mar 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	13–5	Jun 2015	ITF Galați, Romania	25,000	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	4–6, 7–6⁽²⁾, 3–6
Loss	13–6	Aug 2015	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	25,000	Clay	Romina Oprandi	3–6, 3−6
Loss	13–7	Aug 2015	ITF Mamaia, Romania	25,000	Clay	Ana Bogdan	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 2–6, 3–6
Win	14–7	Jan 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Katharina Gerlach	6–2, 6–1
Win	15–7	Feb 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Dejana Radanović	6–3, 6–3
Win	16–7	Jul 2017	ITF Bucharest, Romania	15,000	Clay	Georgia Crăciun	6–3, 6–3
Loss	16–8	Sep 2017	ITF Mamaia, Romania	25,000	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	16–9	Nov 2017	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Polona Hercog	1–6, 4–6
Win	17–9	Dec 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Tena Lukas	6–3, 6–3
Win	18–9	Mar 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Mai Hontama	6–2, 6–3
Win	19–9	May 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Gabriela Cé	6–3, 6–0
Win	20–9	May 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Zoë Kruger	6–3, 6–4
Win	21–9	Jul 2021	ITF Tarvisio, Italy	W25	Clay	Gabriela Cé	6–2, 6–0
Win	22–9	Aug 2021	Vrnjačka Banja Open, Serbia	W25	Clay	Anna Sisková	6–1, 7–5
Win	23–9	Sep 2021	ITF Vienna, Austria	W25	Clay	Sinja Kraus	6–3, 6–4
Loss	23–10	Aug 2022	Vrnjačka Banja Open, Serbia	W25	Clay	Mia Ristić	6–0, 5–7, 5–7
Loss	23–11	Jun 2023	ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia	W25	Clay	Dimitra Pavlou	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	23–12	Nov 2023	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W25	Clay	Ane Mintegi del Olmo	2–6, 3–6
Win	24–12	Jan 2024	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W35	Clay	Anastasiya Soboleva	6–3, 1–0 ret.
Win	25–12	Feb 2024	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W35	Clay	Carson Branstine	6–3, 3–0 ret.
Loss	25–13	Jul 2024	ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany	W35	Clay	Ella Seidel	4–6, 3–6
Loss	25–14	Oct 2024	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W35	Clay	Ekaterina Makarova	6–4, 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 58 (32 titles, 26 runner–ups)

Legend
W50/60 tournaments
W40 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (30–22)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2010	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Ionela-Andreea Iova	Vlada Ekshibarova Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss	1–1	Dec 2010	ITF Vinaròs, Spain	10,000	Clay	Ionela-Andreea Iova	Arabela Fernández-Rebener Anna Arina Marenko	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 5–7
Win	2–1	Apr 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Andreea Văideanu	Kristýna Hančarová Nikola Horáková	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–1	Aug 2011	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Camelia Hristea	Alexandra Damaschin Cristina Mitu	1–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, [10–4]
Loss	3–2	Oct 2011	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Laura Ioana Andrei	Diana Marcu Cristina Mitu	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	4–2	Jan 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Cristina Mitu	Diana Marcu Liana Ungur	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–2
Win	5–2	Jan 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Cristina Mitu	Yumi Nakano Ekaterina Yashina	w/o
Win	6–2	Mar 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Diana Buzean	Angelina Gabueva Margarita Lazareva	6–0, 5–7, [10–3]
Loss	6–3	May 2013	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Danka Kovinić Renata Voráčová	4–6, 6–7⁽⁷⁾
Loss	6–4	Jun 2013	ITF Padova, Italy	25,000	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	Paula Kania Irina Khromacheva	3–6, 1–6
Loss	6–5	Oct 2013	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Naomi Broady Emily Webley-Smith	6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	7–5	Jun 2015	ITF Galați, Romania	25,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Irina Bara Diana Buzean	6–4, 6–2
Win	8–5	Aug 2015	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	25,000	Clay	Diana Buzean	Despina Papamichail Maria Sakkari	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	9–5	Aug 2015	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Diana Buzean	Elena-Gabriela Ruse Oana Georgeta Simion	6–0, 6–2
Win	10–5	Oct 2015	Open de Touraine, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Alexandra Cadanțu	Viktorija Golubic Alice Matteucci	7–5, 6–3
Loss	10–6	Oct 2015	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Jana Fett	Başak Eraydın Polina Leykina	5–7, 7–6⁽²⁾, [5–10]
Win	11–6	Jan 2016	ITF Bertioga, Brazil	25,000	Hard	Indy de Vroome	Katarzyna Kawa Sandra Zaniewska	6–3, 6–3
Loss	11–7	Jun 2016	ITF Padua, Italy	25,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Katarzyna Piter Alice Matteucci	6–2, 6–7⁽¹⁾, [8–10]
Win	12–7	Jun 2016	Szeged Women's Open, Hungary	50,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Justyna Jegiołka Guadalupe Pérez Rojas	4–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss	12–8	Jan 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Laura Pigossi María Teresa Torró Flor	2–6, 4–6
Loss	12–9	Jan 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Cristina Ene	Başak Eraydın Karin Kennel	3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Loss	12–10	Aug 2017	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	25,000	Clay	Nicoleta Dascălu	Anna Kalinskaya İpek Soylu	2–6, 2–6
Win	13–10	Oct 2017	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Camilla Rosatello	Elena Bogdan Anita Husarić	6–2, 6–1
Win	14–10	Dec 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Mia Eklund	Dia Evtimova Paula Ormaechea	6–3, 6–2
Win	15–10	Jun 2018	ITF Brescia, Italy	60,000	Clay	Ganna Poznikhirenko	Alexandra Panova Anastasia Pribylova	6–3, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Win	16–10	Aug 2018	ITF Leipzig, Germany	25,000	Clay	Ganna Poznikhirenko	Petra Krejsová Jesika Malečková	4–6, 6–0, [10–5]
Win	17–10	Sep 2018	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Aymet Uzcátegui	Elena-Gabriela Ruse Jaqueline Cristian	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–2
Win	18–10	Oct 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Giorgia Marchetti Camilla Rosatello	3–6, 6–1, [13–11]
Loss	18–11	Oct 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Lea Bošković	Martina Colmegna Federica di Sarra	4–6, 6–7⁽¹⁾
Loss	18–12	Oct 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Camilla Rosatello	Valentina Ivakhnenko Anastasia Zarycká	2–6, 4–6
Win	19–12	Nov 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Andreea Mitu	Federica di Sarra Anastasia Grymalska	w/o
Loss	19–13	Feb 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Irina Fetecău	Gaia Sanesi Camilla Scala	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	19–14	Mar 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Daria Mishina Ksenia Palkina	3–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Loss	19–15	Mar 2019	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Alena Fomina Valentina Ivakhnenko	5–7, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	19–16	Jun 2019	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	25,000	Clay	Akgul Amanmuradova	Anna Danilina Réka Luca Jani	2–6, 3–6
Loss	19–17	May 2019	ITF Rome, Italy	25,000	Clay	Gabriela Cé	Arina Rodionova Storm Sanders	2–6, 3–6
Win	20–17	Jun 2019	ITF Padova, Italy	25,000	Clay	Angelica Moratelli	Carolina Alves Gabriela Cé	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	21–17	Aug 2019	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	60,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Olga Danilović Georgina García Pérez	4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win	22–17	Sep 2019	ITF Trieste, Italy	25,000	Clay	Angelica Moratelli	Dalma Gálfi Valentini Grammatikopoulou	4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win	23–17	Sep 2020	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	W15	Clay	Ioana Loredana Roșca	Oana Gavrilă Andreea Roșca	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	23–18	Dec 2020	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Viktoriia Dema	Andreea Prisăcariu Andreea Roșca	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	24–18	Feb 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	María Herazo González Yuliana Lizarazo	6–1, 6–3
Win	25–18	May 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Gabriela Cé	Katharina Hering Natalia Siedliska	7–5, 6–1
Win	26–18	Aug 2021	ITF Pescara, Italy	W25	Clay	Ioana Loredana Roșca	Victoria Bosio Angelica Moratelli	6–2, 5–7, [10–3]
Loss	26–19	Aug 2022	ITF Brașov, Romania	W25	Clay	Andreea Roșca	Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie Oana Georgeta Simion	5–7, 3–6
Win	27–19	Aug 2022	Vrnjačka Banja Open, Serbia	W25	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	Emily Appleton Prarthana Thombare	6–1, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss	27–20	Sep 2022	Vrnjačka Banja Open 2, Serbia	W60	Clay	Nika Radišić	Darya Astakhova Ekaterina Reyngold	6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	27–21	Oct 2022	ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria	W25	Hard	Lu Jiajing	Ma Yexin Yang Ya-yi	3–6, 1–6
Loss	27–22	Oct 2022	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W25	Hard (i)	Sofia Shapatava	Ekaterina Yashina Jasmijn Gimbrère	1–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win	28–22	Feb 2023	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W25	Clay	Nika Radišić	Sandra Samir Cody Wong	7–5, 6–2
Win	29–22	Jul 2023	ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia	W25	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	Polina Leykina Julia Stamatova	4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	30–22	Sep 2023	ITF Pazardzhik, Bulgaria	W40	Clay	Radka Zelníčková	Daniela Vismane Gergana Topalova	1–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss	30–23	Oct 2023	ITF Seville, Spain	W25	Clay	Sapfo Sakellaridi	Maryna Kolb Nadyia Kolb	1–6, 1–6
Win	31–23	Jan 2024	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W35	Clay	Nika Radišić	Amina Anshba Valeriya Strakhova	6–2, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss	31–24	Feb 2024	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W35	Clay	Oleksandra Oliynykova	Ángela Fita Boluda Daniela Vismane	4–6, 0–6
Loss	31–25	Mar 2024	ITF Larnaca, Cyprus	W35	Clay	Francesca Curmi	Tena Lukas Kristina Mladenovic	4–6, 5–7
Win	32–25	Jul 2024	ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany	W35	Clay	Nika Radišić	Jasmijn Gimbrère Stéphanie Visscher	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	32–26	Sep 2024	Serbian Tennis Tour, Serbia	W75	Clay	Lia Karatancheva	Amina Anshba Noma Noha Akugue	2–6, 6–7⁽²⁾

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References

↑ "Cristina Dinu consigue el puesto de los cuartos de final a costa de Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie". Infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2022.

External links

Cristina Dinu at the Women's Tennis Association
Cristina Dinu at the International Tennis Federation
Cristina Dinu at the Billie Jean King Cup

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