Cristina-Andreea Mitu (born 22 September 1991) is a professional

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player from Romania. On 8 June 2015, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of 68, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 69, reached on 24 October 2016. Mitu is a member of the

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. On 19 April 2015, she beat then-ranked world No. 7,

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, in a Fed Cup match, in three sets.

Personal life and background

She is coached by

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. 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

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and

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. 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.

WTA career

2015-16: 4th round at Roland Garros

Not having won a single WTA Tour title, Mitu made it to the fourth round of

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defeating world No. 12,

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, in the second round, and former champion

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in the third round. After this performance, Mitu rose to a career-high ranking of 68. In 2016, Mitu won two WTA titles: in April the

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, and in July the

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2017-18: Motherhood and third WTA title

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

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, marking her overall third doubles title.

2019-21: Second and third round at majors

In 2020, she reached third round at Roland Garros, with

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, and in 2021, she reached second round at

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, with

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- her best major doubles results so far.

Performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

WTA career finals

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 32 (19 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Doubles: 32 (21 titles, 11 runner–ups)

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

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitu, Andreea 1991 births Living people Tennis players from Bucharest Romanian female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Romania Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics