Alexandra Dulgheru (born May 30, 1989)[1] is a Romanian professional tennis player. She achieved a singles career high of World No. 50 on December 14, 2009. Her career high in doubles was world no. 201 on May 18, 2009.[1] She is coached by Daniel DobreEarly life
She started playing tennis at the age of 4.[1]
Junior
Her best junior result came at the 2006 Wimbledon Girls' Singles Championship, where she was defeated in the quarter finals by Tamira Paszek 4-6, 4-6. She also made the doubles final with Kristina Antoniychuk. They lost to the pairing of Alisa Kleybanova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1-6, 2-6.[2]
ITF
In April 2009, she finished runner-up to Kimiko Date-Krumm in a $75,000 tournament in Monzon.[3] Just over a fortnight later, she won a $25,000 tournament in Bari, where she defeated Sandra Zahlavova in the final.
WTA
She made her WTA debut as a qualifier in the 2009 Warsaw Open. She defeated fellow Romanian qualifier Agnes Szatmari 6-3, 6-4 in the first round. She followed that up with a 6-4, 6-3 win over 44th-ranked Sara Errani to advance to the quarterfinals. She made to the semi final after she beat 95th-ranked Galina Voskoboeva 6-1, 7-5. In the semifinal, she defeated world #36 and former world #5 Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-1 to reach her first WTA final; where she defeated Alona Bondarenko 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-0 for her first WTA tour title.
Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru
