Miriam Bulgaru

Miriam Bulgaru

Bulgaru at 2021 Winners Open
Full name	Miriam Bianca Bulgaru
Country (sports)	Romania
Born	(1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 (age 26) Alba Iulia, [1] Romania
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 316,585
Singles
Career record	297–202
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 176 (14 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 176 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 ( 2025 )
French Open	Q2 (2023, 2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2024)
US Open	Q1 (2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record	68–74
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 371 (14 June 2021)
Current ranking	No. 1,598 (23 September 2024)
Last updated on: 23 September 2024.

Miriam Bianca Bulgaru (born 8 October 1998) is a Romanian tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 176.

Career

Bulgaru made her WTA Tour debut at the 2018 Bucharest Open, after having received a wildcard into the singles draw. She lost her first-round match to Wang Yafan. ^[2]

She had her first WTA Tour win as a wildcard at the 2023 Transylvania Open in Cluj Napoca, defeating Turkish lucky loser İpek Öz. ^[3]

At the 2024 Iași Open, she recorded another WTA win in straight sets over second seed Tatjana Maria as a wildcard. ^[4]

She won the 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy defeating Kathinka von Deichmann in the final. It was her first title at the WTA 125 level. ^{[5] [6]}

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

Current through the 2024 Wimbledon.

Tournament	2023	2024	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q1	0–0
French Open	Q2	Q2	0–0
Wimbledon	A	Q1	0–0
US Open	Q1		0–0
Win–loss	0–0		0–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (5 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2016	ITF Galați, Romania	10,000	Clay	Alexandra Perper	2–6, 6–1, 6–7(5)
Win	1–1	May 2016	ITF Galați, Romania	10,000	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Jul 2017	ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania	15,000	Clay	Gaia Sanesi	1–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Sep 2017	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	15,000	Clay	Cristina Adamescu	6–0, 7–6(5)
Loss	2–3	Nov 2017	ITF Vinaròs, Spain	15,000	Clay	Irene Burillo Escorihuela	2–6, 5–7
Win	3–3	Jul 2018	ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania	15,000	Clay	Andreea Mitu	6–4, 7–5
Loss	3–4	Feb 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Lara Michel	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Sep 2019	ITF Vienna, Austria	25,000	Clay	Tena Lukas	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win	4–5	Feb 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Park So-hyun	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–5	Sep 2022	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	25,000	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	7–5, 6–4
Loss	5–6	Oct 2022	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	25,000	Clay	Iryna Shymanovich	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	5–7	Nov 2022	ITF Heraklion, Greece	25,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–8	Apr 2023	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Andreea Prisăcariu	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	5–9	May 2023	ITF Annenheim, Austria	25,000	Clay	Jesika Malečková	2–6, 0–6
Loss	5–10	Sep 2023	Vienna Ladies Open, Austria	60,000	Clay	Tena Lukas	5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Elena Bogdan	Britt Geukens Magali Kempen	3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Jun 2017	ITF Bucharest, Romania	15,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Cristina Ene Alexandra Perper	6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win	1–2	Nov 2018	ITF Sant Cugat, Spain	25,000	Clay	Nicoleta Dascălu	Andreea Roșca Renata Zarazúa	6–1, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	2–2	Feb 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Cristina Ene	Andrea Lázaro García Despina Papamichail	6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss	2–3	Feb 2020	ITF Mâcon, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Estelle Cascino	Audrey Albié Marine Partaud	6–3, 6–7(3), [10–12]
Loss	2–4	Sep 2020	ITF Marbella, Spain	25,000	Clay	Victoria Muntean	Alina Charaeva Oksana Selekhmeteva	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–5	Mar 2021	ITF Pune, India	25,000	Hard	Riya Bhatia	Rutuja Bhosale Emily Webley-Smith	2–6, 5–7
Win	3–5	Jun 2022	ITF Klosters, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Brenda Fruhvirtová	Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger	6–0, 6–1

References

1. "Miriam Bulgaru, noul transfer al celor de la CSM Unirea Alba". alba24.ro (in Romanian).
2. "BRD Bucharest Open: Miriam Bulgaru, învinsă la debutul în circuitul WTA". HotNewsRo (in Romanian).
3. "Wild card Bulgaru claims first career WTA main-draw win in Cluj-Napoca".
4. "Miriam Bulgaru, Anca Todoni, Gabriela Ruse and Jaqueline Cristian play on Tuesday for a place in the quarters at the UniCredit Iasi Open". 23 July 2024.
5. "Miriam Bulgaru a câștigat turneul Țiriac Foundation, sub privirile Nadiei Comăneci și ale Simonei Halep" (in Romanian).
6. "Bulgaru wins WTA 125 Bucharest with Halep on site; Teichmann wins Ljubljana". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.

External links

• Miriam Bulgaru at the Women's Tennis Association
• Miriam Bulgaru at the International Tennis Federation