Cătălina Cristea


Cătălina Cristea is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked No. 59 in the singles and No. 40 in the doubles. She retired from professional tennis in September 2001 before returning in 2005; she ultimately retired September 2005 age 30.
Playing for Romania at the Fed Cup, Cristea has a win–loss record of 20–13.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0-1)

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.Feb 1998Oklahoma City, United StatesHard Kristine Kunce Serena Williams
Venus Williams
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up2.Apr 1998Budapest, HungaryClay Laura Montalvo Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up3.Jun 1998's-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsGrass Eva Melicharova Sabine Appelmans
Miriam Oremans
7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Winner1.May 1999Warsaw, PolandClay Irina Selyutina Amélie Cocheteux
Janette Husárová
6–1, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Doubles: 7 (6–1)

Head-to-head record against other players

Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.