Romanian tennis player
Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik Country (sports) Romania Residence Bucharest , RomaniaBorn (1990-05-03 ) 3 May 1990 (age 35) Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Turned pro 2005 Retired 2024 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$ 1,183,841 Singles Career record 503–377 Career titles 11ITF Highest ranking No. 59 (6 January 2014) Grand Slam singles results Australian Open 1R (2012 ,2013 ,2014 ) French Open 1R (2012 ,2013 ,2014 ) Wimbledon 2R (2013 ) US Open 1R (2012 ,2013 ) Doubles Career record 194–181 Career titles 1WTA , 12 ITF Highest ranking No. 101 (11 June 2012) Grand Slam doubles results Australian Open 1R (2014 ) French Open 1R (2012 ) Wimbledon 1R (2012 ) US Open 1R (2012 ,2013 )
Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik (néeCadanțu ; born 3 May 1990) is a Romanian former professionaltennis player.
On 6 January 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 59. Her best doubles ranking by theWTA is No. 101, achieved on 11 June 2012.
AtGrand Slam tournaments, Cadanțu-Ignatik won only one (main-draw) match, at the2013 Wimbledon Championships . Usually, she was playing on theITF Circuit .
In July 2021, Alexandra changed her name toCadanțu-Ignatik , after marrying fellow tennis playerUladzimir Ignatik .
Born in Bucharest, Cadanțu began playing tennis at age three. Her favourite surface was clay.
Cadanțu at the2013 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer Cadanțu started the year in Shenzhen but was defeated byBojana Jovanovski in the first round. Her next tournament was in Sydney, where she was defeated in the first qualifying round byOlga Puchkova . Alexandra then lost toHeather Watson in the Australian Open first round.
In February, she won her first match for the season in Cali, Colombia – defeatingLaura Pous Tió . Then she lost in the second round toSesil Karatantcheva in three sets, reached quarterfinals in Bogotá, Colombia, defeatingMaria Joao Koehler in the first andTereza Mrdeža in the second round. She then fell in the quarterfinals toJelena Janković . Then, in Acapulco, Mexico, Cadanțu was defeated bySara Errani in the first round. In March, she fell in Miami first qualifying round toStefanie Vögele . She then lost toMadison Keys in the first round of Charleston.
She reached the semifinals in Katowice, Poland, in April, where she lost toPetra Kvitová . On her road, she defeatedYuliya Beygelzimer ,Katarzyna Kawa ,Raluca Olaru ,Sabine Lisicki , each of them in straight sets, andIrina-Camelia Begu , andShahar Pe'er in three. She has also reached the semifinals at theBudapest Grand Prix , where she lost in straight sets to compatriotSimona Halep and eventual winner of the tournament.
Cadanțu started the year inAuckland where she had to retire in her first round, 1–6, 0–4 down againstKurumi Nara . She also fell at the first round inHobart (losing toOlivia Rogowska ), at the Australian Open (toFlavia Pennetta ), and in Rio (toTeliana Pereira ).
Then things started to improve with a quarterfinal at Florianópolis, beating wildcardGabriela Cé in the first round andDinah Pfizenmaier in the second before losing toYaroslava Shvedova , in straight sets. Cadanțu fell in the first round at Indian Wells and Miami, losing to rising starsCoCo Vandeweghe andZarina Diyas , respectively. In Katowice, she beatYanina Wickmayer before losing a tight three-set match to third seedCarla Suárez Navarro . She then had a nine-match losing streak, including the French Open and Wimbledon, which she snapped at the $100k Contrexéville. She won the doubles title at Bucharest alongside compatriotAna Bogdan ; they beatÇağla Büyükakçay andKarin Knapp in the final. Later in the year, she reached quarterfinals of the ITF events at Saint-Malo, Monterrey and Victoria.
Cadanțu-Ignatik announced her retirement from professional tennis in June 2024.[ 1]
Performance timelines [ edit ] (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.
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.
Current through the2023 French Open .
[ edit ] Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (1–2)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (1–2) Carpet (0–0)
WTA Challenger finals [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] Legend $100,000 tournaments $50/60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Sep 2006 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Irina-Camelia Begu 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 Win 2–0 Jul 2007 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Ioana Gașpar 6–2, 6–3 Loss 2–1 Aug 2007 ITF Constanţa, Romania 10,000 Clay 6–7(5) , 6–3, 1–6 Loss 2–2 Sep 2007 ITF Hunedoara, Romania 10,000 Clay 6–7(4) , 6–4, 2–6 Loss 2–3 Mar 2008 ITF Cairo, Egypt 10,000 Clay Elena Chalova 2–6, 3–6 Loss 2–4 Aug 2008 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Palma Kiraly 3–6, 2–6 Loss 2–5 Mar 2010 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay Elisa Balsamo 1–6, 4–6 Win 3–5 May 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Diana Enache 6–2, 6–4 Win 4–5 May 2010 ITF Craiova, Romania 10,000 Clay Mădălina Gojnea 5–7, 6–3, 6–0 Loss 4–6 Sep 2010 ITF Balş, Romania 10,000 Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu 3–6, 2–6 Win 5–6 Oct 2010 ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt 10,000 Clay 6–2, 6–3 Win 6–6 Nov 2010 ITF Niterói, Brazil 25,000 Clay Julia Cohen 6–1, 1–6, 6–1 Loss 6–7 Nov 2010 ITF Barueri, Brazil 10,000 Hard Conny Perrin 0–5 ret. Win 7–7 Dec 2010 ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25,000 Clay 6–1, 6–3 Loss 7–8 Jan 2011 ITF Plantation, United States 25,000 Clay Sharon Fichman 3–6, 6–7(2) Loss 7–9 May 2011 Grado Tennis Cup , Italy25,000 Clay Ajla Tomljanović 2–6, 4–6 Loss 7–10 Jun 2011 ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden 25,000 Clay Jana Čepelová 4–6, 6–3, 4–6 Win 8–10 Sep 2011 ITF Biella , Italy100,000 Clay Mariana Duque 6–4, 6–3 Loss 8–11 Oct 2011 Telavi Open , Georgia50,000 Clay Alexandra Panova 6–4, 1–6, 1–6 Loss 8–12 Jul 2012 ITS Cup , Czech Republic100,000 Clay María Teresa Torró Flor 2–6, 3–6 Loss 8–13 May 2013 Prague Open , Czech Republic100,000 Clay Lucie Šafářová 6–3, 1–6, 1–6 Loss 8–14 Apr 2015 Chiasso Open , Switzerland25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(6) Win 9–14 Jun 2015 ITF Galați, Romania 25,000 Clay Cristina Dinu 6–4, 6–7(2) , 6–3 Loss 9–15 Sep 2015 ITF Bucha, Ukraine 25,000 Clay Kristína Kučová 6–4, 6–7(5) , 0–6 Loss 9–16 Aug 2018 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay Laura Siegemund 4–6, 2–6 Loss 9–17 Apr 2019 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Kaja Juvan 1–6, 0–3 ret. Win 10–17 Oct 2020 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Andreea Roșca 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 Loss 10–18 Nov 2020 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay 3–6, 6–1, 2–6 Loss 10–19 Aug 2021 Přerov Cup , Czech Republic60,000 Clay Linda Nosková 7–6(2) , 4–6, 3–6 Loss 10–20 Jan 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 25,000 Hard Lucrezia Stefanini 2–6, 0–3 ret. Win 11–20 Feb 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 25,000 Hard Marina Melnikova 0–6, 6–3, 6–3 Loss 11–21 Apr 2022 ITF Orlando Pro , United States25,000 Clay Mirjam Björklund 3–6, 4–6 Loss 11–22 Jun 2023 ITF Pörtschach, Austria 25,000 Clay Weronika Falkowska 6–4, 1–6, 1–6 Loss 11–23 Aug 2023 Internazionali di Cordenons, Italy 60,000 Clay Veronika Erjavec 3–6, 4–6
[ edit ] Legend $100,000 tournaments $50/60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 May 2008 ITF Galaţi, Romania 10,000 Clay Antonia Xenia Tout Valentina Sulpizio 0–6, 2–6 Loss 0–2 May 2009 Wiesbaden Open , Germany10,000 Clay Pauline Wong 1–6, 3–6 Loss 0–3 Dec 2009 ITF Benicarló, Spain 10,000 Clay Romina Oprandi Laura Pous Tió 4–6, 3–6 Win 1–3 Apr 2010 Bol Open, Croatia 10,000 Clay Chantal Škamlová Romana Tabaková 6–2, 1–6, [10–5] Win 2–3 Apr 2010 ITF Šibenik, Croatia 10,000 Clay Dalia Zafirova Maria Abramović Mădălina Gojnea 6–2, 6–3 Win 3–3 May 2010 ITF Craiova , Romania10,000 Clay Dessislava Mladenova 6–3, 6–3 Win 4–3 Sep 2010 ITF Balş, Romania 10,000 Clay Martina Gledacheva Valentina Sulpizio 6–3, 7–5 Win 5–3 Jun 2011 ITF Ystad, Sweden 25,000 Clay Mervana Jugić-Salkić Emma Laine 6–4, 2–6, [10–5] Win 6–3 Sep 2011 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Elena Bogdan Marina Shamayko Sofia Shapatava 6–2, 6–2 Loss 6–4 Sep 2011 Sofia Cup , Bulgaria100,000 Clay Raluca Olaru Nina Bratchikova Darija Jurak 4–6, 5–7 Loss 6–5 Feb 2012 Copa Bionaire , Colombia100,000 Clay Karin Knapp Mandy Minella 4–6, 3–6 Win 7–5 Sep 2014 Royal Cup , Montenegro25,000 Clay Stephanie Vogt Xenia Knoll Arantxa Rus 6–1, 3–6, [10–2] Win 8–5 Oct 2015 Open de Touraine , France50,000 Hard (i) Cristina Dinu Viktorija Golubic Alice Matteucci 7–5, 6–3 Win 9–5 Nov 2015 ITF Équeurdreville, France 25,000 Hard (i) Lesley Kerkhove Elizaveta Ianchuk Sherazad Reix 6–3, 6–4 Loss 9–6 Sep 2016 Open de Saint-Malo , France50,000 Clay Jaqueline Cristian Lina Gjorcheska Diāna Marcinkēviča 6–3, 3–6, [8–10] Loss 9–7 Oct 2016 Open de Touraine, France 50,000 Hard (i) Ivana Jorović Lesley Kerkhove 3–6, 5–7 Loss 9–8 Oct 2016 ITF Poitiers , France100,000 Hard (i) Nicola Geuer Nao Hibino Alicja Rosolska 0–6, 0–6 Loss 9–9 Feb 2017 Open de l'Isère , France25,000 Hard (i) Cornelia Lister Ilona Kremen Tereza Smitková 1–6, 5–7 Win 10–9 Feb 2017 AK Ladies Open , Germany25,000 Carpet (i) Tara Moore Conny Perrin 6–2, 3–6, [11–9] Loss 10–10 Sep 2017 Ladies Open Dunakeszi , Hungary60,000 Clay Irina Bara 6–7(7) , 4–6 Win 11–10 Jul 2018 Budapest Pro Ladies Open , Hungary100,000 Clay Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos 6–1, 6–3 Loss 11–11 Sep 2018 Zagreb Ladies Open , Croatia60,000 Clay Andrea Gámiz Aymet Uzcategui 3–6, 4–6 Loss 11–12 Sep 2018 Open de Saint-Malo, France 60,000 Clay Cristina Bucșa María Herazo González 6–4, 1–6, [8–10] Win 12–12 Sep 2020 ITF Tarvisio, Italy 25,000 Clay Marie Benoît Anna Bondár Paula Ormaechea 6–1, 6–3
Romania
Tímea Babos
Petra Cetkovská
Alexandra Panova
Çağla Büyükakçay
Karin Knapp
Katarzyna Piter
Jessica Moore
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
Aleksandra Krunić
Zuzana Zlochová
Julia Cohen
Conny Perrin
Sharon Fichman
Ajla Tomljanović
Mariana Duque
María Teresa Torró Flor
Laura Siegemund
Kaja Juvan
Mirjam Björklund
Leonie Mekel
Dalia Zafirova
Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Emma Laine
Sofia Shapatava
Mandy Minella
Stephanie Vogt
Elizaveta Ianchuk
Sherazad Reix
Lina Gjorcheska
Diāna Marcinkēviča
Nao Hibino
Ilona Kremen
Tara Moore
Giuliana Olmos
Andrea Gámiz
Marie Benoît
Paula Ormaechea
