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, plus one on

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Career overview

2015: First WTA-level finals

Țig made her

debut at the Bucharest Open where she received a wildcard into the singles main draw, and she won to

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(retired at 6–4, 3–1) in the first round, before losing 0–6, 2–6 to

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. In the doubles competition, paired to conational

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, Țig reached her first WTA final, but they lost. She then did much better in

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by defeating

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6–1, 6–3 to qualify, then in the main draw, qualifiers

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(6–4, 6–2) and

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(7–5, 6–4), and then

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(6–3, 6–2), and in the semifinals she defeated top seed and world No. 42,

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, 6–3, 6–2, thus reaching her first WTA singles final (without losing one set) and entering top 120 in the

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. She lost the final in three sets to

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2018: Inactivity status

After a period of struggling with her performances in the second half of 2017 season, she decided to focus on her health, citing back pain as the main source of discomfort. Her last played tournament was the ( Guangzhou Open) in September 2017. Țig became an inactive player on 24 September 2018, after not playing for 52 consecutive weeks.

2019: Back on the ITF Circuit, return to WTA competition

Țig returned to action in April 2019, after healing her injuries and giving birth to daughter Sofia in November 2018. She played a series of nine $15k tournaments over ten weeks in Cancún, Mexico. She retired or gave her opponent a walkover in three of the first four, as the inactivity led to injuries – including a recurrence of the knee issue. By the fifth tournament, she made the final. She did the same in the seventh, and won the last two. The Romanian would have preferred to start at the $25k level. But the new pro circuit rules instituted for 2019 made it impossible for her to gain entry with no ranking. She earned no ranking points for those results. "So we went there for nothing. I got, like, 30 points ''(actually, 37)'', which means I’m going to be around 500 (in the WTA rankings). So that doesn’t get me anywhere," she said in an interview. Țig will find them reinstated in August as the ITF partly rolls back the new circuit rules. She could gain as many as 25 more spots in the rankings when that occurs. Țig returned to the WTA Tour at the Bucharest Open as a wildcard into qualifying. She won her three rounds of qualifying to make it to the main draw where she defeated

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in the first round to advance to the last 16. In the second round, she defeated the top seed and defending champion

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, 6–2, 7–5. She went on to defeat

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and

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. In the final, she lost to

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. This was the second singles final in her career. She returned to rankings on July 22, at No. 264. At the

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, where she used her protected ranking, she defeated

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and

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, before losing to

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. Țig won the

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, a WTA 125 tournament, defeating

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and advancing back in the top 150, to No. 148.

2020: French Open third round, first WTA title & top 60 debut

After reaching semifinals at the Thailand Open, where she lost to

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, Țig reentered top 100, reaching No. 84. In September, she won her first WTA Tour title at

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. On 26 October she reached her career-high ranking of No. 56.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

2017 Citi Open Tennis Patricia Maria Tig (35927114640)

''Current after the

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WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

WTA 125 tournament finals

Singles: 1 title

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 25 (15 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Notes

References

External links

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