The Romanian tennis pro – Sorana Cirstea turned pro in 2006 and has won 2 singles titles and 5 doubles titles in her career as of now.
Sorana Cirstea Personal life
Sorana Mihaela Cirstea was born on 7 April 1990, to Mihai and Liliana in Bucharest, Romania. Her mother Liliana introduced her to tennis when she was just four years old. There was no looking back for the future World No. 21.
Cirstea’s father owns an ice cream factory in Targoviste. She also resides in Targoviste and has a younger brother named Mihnea.
Sorana Cirstea Career
She became an ITF Junior Circuit top-ten player and reached the highest combined ranking of No. 6 in 2006. Cirstea won the 2005 German Junior Open after finishing runner-up in the previous edition.
After turning professional in 2006, she ended the year at No. 353 in the WTA rankings. Cirstea did not take too long to win her first WTA title.
In October 2008, Cirstea won at Tashkent defeating fourth seed and world No. 64, Sabine Lisicki, in three sets. She also won her first two WTA titles in the doubles circuit that year. Earlier in the year, she represented Romania in the women’s singles event at the 2008 Summer Olympics but lost in the first round to Shahar Pe’er. She ended 2008 as the No. 36 ranked singles player and the Romanian No. 1 at the age of just 18.
In 2013, she reached her career-best ranking of 21. She reached the semifinals at the Pattaya Open, where she lost to eventual champion Maria Kirilenko. She made it to the third round of the French Open but couldn’t progress further as she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams. The Romanian tennis pro reached her second semifinal in 2013 at the Bank of the West Classic. Her standout performance in 2013 came at the Rogers Cup. She reached her first final in five years before losing to Serena Williams. However, during the campaign, Cirstea beat two former number-one players, Caroline Wozniacki and Jelena Janković, and former Grand Slam champions Petra Kvitová and Li Na.
Cirstea’s inconsistency and some injuries made her wait 13 years for her second singles title. In the 2021 Istanbul Cup, she defeated top seed Elisa Mertens in straight sets to bag the title.
In 2022, she reached the fourth round at the Australian Open. At the Lyon Open, she made it to the semifinals before losing to Dayana Yastremska. Cirstea also made it to the semifinals at the Istanbul Open and the Birmingham Classic.
Sorana Cirstea Career in Numbers
Sorana Cirstea has won 548 matches in her singles career and lost 423 with a win percentage of 56. She won two titles and reached a career-high ranking of No. 21 on 12 August 2013.
In doubles, she has won 152 matches and lost 127. She won 5 titles and achieved a career-high ranking of 35 on 9 March 2009.
Sorana Cirstea Net Worth
Sorana Cirstea has an estimated net worth of $5 million USD (approx.) and will look to build on it over the next few years. She is one of the richest Tennis players in history. New Balance, Babolat, Adidas, and Yonex are her main endorsements. She has a property in Targoviste, Romania. In Tennis, Sorana Cirstea has received US$ 9,917,226 as a prize money.
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