Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik Explained

Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik
Residence:Bucharest, Romania
Birth Date:1990 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Bucharest
Height:1.70 m
Turnedpro:2005
Retired:2024
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$ 1,183,841
Singlestitles:11 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 59 (6 January 2014)
Australianopenresult:1R (2012, 2013, 2014)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2012, 2013, 2014)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2013)
Usopenresult:1R (2012, 2013)
Doublestitles:1 WTA, 12 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 101 (11 June 2012)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (2014)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (2012)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (2012)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (2012, 2013)

Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik (née Cadanțu; born 3 May 1990) is a Romanian former professional tennis player.

On 6 January 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 59. Her best doubles ranking by the WTA is No. 101, achieved on 11 June 2012.

At Grand Slam tournaments, Cadanțu-Ignatik won only one (main-draw) match, at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. Usually, she was playing on the ITF Circuit.

In July 2021, Alexandra changed her name to Cadanțu-Ignatik, after marrying fellow tennis player Uladzimir Ignatik.

Career

Born in Bucharest, Cadanțu began playing tennis at age three. Her favourite surface was clay.

2013

Cadanțu started the year in Shenzhen but was defeated by Bojana Jovanovski in the first round. Her next tournament was in Sydney, where she was defeated in the first qualifying round by Olga Puchkova. Alexandra then lost to Heather Watson in the Australian Open first round.

In February, she won her first match for the season in Cali, Colombia – defeating Laura Pous Tió. Then she lost in the second round to Sesil Karatantcheva in three sets, reached quarterfinals in Bogotá, Colombia, defeating Maria Joao Koehler in the first and Tereza Mrdeža in the second round. She then fell in the quarterfinals to Jelena Janković. Then, in Acapulco, Mexico, Cadanțu was defeated by Sara Errani in the first round. In March, she fell in Miami first qualifying round to Stefanie Vögele. She then lost to Madison Keys in the first round of Charleston.

She reached the semifinals in Katowice, Poland, in April, where she lost to Petra Kvitová. On her road, she defeated Yuliya Beygelzimer, Katarzyna Kawa, Raluca Olaru, Sabine Lisicki, each of them in straight sets, and Irina-Camelia Begu, and Shahar Pe'er in three. She has also reached the semifinals at the Budapest Grand Prix, where she lost in straight sets to compatriot Simona Halep and eventual winner of the tournament.

2014

Cadanțu started the year in Auckland where she had to retire in her first round, 1–6, 0–4 down against Kurumi Nara. She also fell at the first round in Hobart (losing to Olivia Rogowska), at the Australian Open (to Flavia Pennetta), and in Rio (to Teliana Pereira).

Then things started to improve with a quarterfinal at Florianópolis, beating wildcard Gabriela Cé in the first round and Dinah Pfizenmaier in the second before losing to Yaroslava Shvedova, in straight sets. Cadanțu fell in the first round at Indian Wells and Miami, losing to rising stars CoCo Vandeweghe and Zarina Diyas, respectively. In Katowice, she beat Yanina Wickmayer before losing a tight three-set match to third seed Carla 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 compatriot Ana Bogdan; they beat Çağla Büyükakçay and Karin Knapp in the final. Later in the year, she reached quarterfinals of the ITF events at Saint-Malo, Monterrey and Victoria.

2024: Retirement

Cadanțu-Ignatik announced her retirement from professional tennis in June 2024.[1]

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

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament2011201220132014...2017201820192020202120222023SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenA1R1R1RAQ1AAAQ2Q20 / 30–3
French OpenQ21R1R1RAQ1AAAQ1Q10 / 30–3
WimbledonQ11R2R1RAQ1Q1style=color:#767676NHAQ2A0 / 31–3
US OpenQ11R1RAQ1AQ1AAQ2A0 / 20–2
Win–loss0–00–41–40–30–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 111–11
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
Indian Wells OpenAAA1RAAAstyle=color:#767676NHAA0 / 10–1
Miami OpenAAQ11RAAAstyle=color:#767676NHAA0 / 10–1
Madrid OpenAAAQ1AAAstyle=color:#767676NHAA0 / 00–0
Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
Canadian OpenAAAAAAAstyle=color:#767676NHAA0 / 00–0
Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAQ1AAAAANH0 / 00–0
China OpenAAAAAAANH0 / 00–0
Guadalajara OpenNHA0 / 00–0
Career statistics
Tournaments1181817211012Career total: 61
Titles0000000000Career total: 0
Finals0100000000Career total: 1
Overall win-loss1–110–1816–183–171–20–10–10–00–11–20 / 6132–61
Year-end ranking969062235149269270261203171$1,115,142

Doubles

Tournament201220132014W–L
Australian OpenAA1R0–1
French Open1RAA0–1
Wimbledon1RAA0–1
US Open1R1RA0–2
Win–loss0–30–10–10–5

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Rabat Grand Prix, MoroccoInternationalClay Irina-Camelia Begu Petra Cetkovská
Alexandra Panova		6–3, 6–7(5–7), [9–11]
Win1–1Bucharest Open, RomaniaInternationalClay Elena Bogdan Çağla Büyükakçay
Karin Knapp		6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss1–2Bucharest Open, RomaniaInternationalClay Katarzyna Piter Jessica Moore
Varatchaya Wongteanchai		3–6, 6–7(5–7)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 34 (11 titles, 23 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 2006ITF Bucharest, Romania10,000Clay Irina-Camelia Begu6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Win2–0Jul 2007ITF Bucharest, Romania10,000Clay Ioana Gașpar6–2, 6–3
Loss2–1Aug 2007ITF Constanţa, Romania10,000Clay Corina Corduneanu6–7(5), 6–3, 1–6
Loss2–2Sep 2007ITF Hunedoara, Romania10,000Clay Elora Dabija6–7(4), 6–4, 2–6
Loss2–3Mar 2008ITF Cairo, Egypt10,000Clay Elena Chalova2–6, 3–6
Loss2–4Aug 2008ITF Arad, Romania10,000Clay Palma Kiraly3–6, 2–6
Loss2–5Mar 2010ITF Madrid, Spain10,000Clay Elisa Balsamo1–6, 4–6
Win3–5May 2010ITF Bucharest, Romania10,000Clay Diana Enache6–2, 6–4
Win4–5May 2010ITF Craiova, Romania10,000Clay Mădălina Gojnea5–7, 6–3, 6–0
Loss4–6Sep 2010ITF Balş, Romania10,000Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu3–6, 2–6
Win5–6Oct 2010ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt10,000Clay Zuzana Zlochová6–2, 6–3
Win6–6Nov 2010ITF Niterói, Brazil25,000Clay Julia Cohen6–1, 1–6, 6–1
Loss6–7Nov 2010ITF Barueri, Brazil10,000Hard Conny Perrin0–5 ret.
Win7–7Dec 2010ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil25,000Clay Julia Cohen6–1, 6–3
Loss7–8Jan 2011ITF Plantation, United States25,000Clay Sharon Fichman3–6, 6–7(2)
Loss7–9May 2011Grado Tennis Cup, Italy25,000Clay Ajla Tomljanović2–6, 4–6
Loss7–10Jun 2011ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden25,000Clay Jana Čepelová4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win8–10Sep 2011ITF Biella, Italy100,000Clay Mariana Duque6–4, 6–3
Loss8–11Oct 2011Telavi Open, Georgia50,000Clay Alexandra Panova6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss8–12Jul 2012ITS Cup, Czech Republic100,000Clay María Teresa Torró Flor2–6, 3–6
Loss8–13May 2013Prague Open, Czech Republic100,000Clay Lucie Šafářová6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Loss8–14Apr 2015Chiasso Open, Switzerland25,000Clay Réka Luca Jani6–3, 3–6, 6–7(6)
Win9–14Jun 2015ITF Galați, Romania25,000Clay Cristina Dinu6–4, 6–7(2), 6–3
Loss9–15Sep 2015ITF Bucha, Ukraine25,000Clay Kristína Kučová6–4, 6–7(5), 0–6
Loss9–16Aug 2018ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany25,000Clay Laura Siegemund4–6, 2–6
Loss9–17Apr 2019ITF Pula, Italy25,000Clay Kaja Juvan1–6, 0–3 ret.
Win10–17Oct 2020ITF Heraklion, Greece15,000Clay Andreea Roșca4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss10–18Nov 2020ITF Heraklion, Greece15,000Clay Romy Kölzer3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Loss10–19Aug 2021Přerov Cup, Czech Republic60,000Clay Linda Nosková7–6(2), 4–6, 3–6
Loss10–20Jan 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt25,000Hard Lucrezia Stefanini2–6, 0–3 ret.
Win11–20Feb 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt25,000Hard Marina Melnikova0–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss11–21Apr 2022ITF Orlando Pro, United States25,000Clay Mirjam Björklund3–6, 4–6
Loss11–22Jun 2023ITF Pörtschach, Austria25,000Clay Weronika Falkowska6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss11–23Aug 2023Internazionali di Cordenons, Italy60,000Clay Veronika Erjavec3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 24 (12 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 2008ITF Galaţi, Romania10,000Clay Antonia Xenia Tout Kristína Kučová
Valentina Sulpizio		0–6, 2–6
Loss0–2May 2009Wiesbaden Open, Germany10,000Clay Alexandra Stuparu Leonie Mekel
Pauline Wong		1–6, 3–6
Loss0–3Dec 2009ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000Clay Diana Enache Romina Oprandi
Laura Pous Tió		4–6, 3–6
Win1–3Apr 2010Bol Open, Croatia10,000Clay Alexandra Damaschin Chantal Škamlová
Romana Tabaková		6–2, 1–6, [10–5]
Win2–3Apr 2010ITF Šibenik, Croatia10,000Clay Dalia Zafirova Maria Abramović
Mădălina Gojnea		6–2, 6–3
Win3–3May 2010ITF Craiova, Romania10,000Clay Alexandra Damaschin Tanya Germanlieva
Dessislava Mladenova		6–3, 6–3
Win4–3Sep 2010ITF Balş, Romania10,000Clay Alexandra Damaschin Martina Gledacheva
Valentina Sulpizio		6–3, 7–5
Win5–3Jun 2011ITF Ystad, Sweden25,000Clay Diana Enache Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Emma Laine		6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Win6–3Sep 2011ITF Mamaia, Romania25,000Clay Elena Bogdan Marina Shamayko
Sofia Shapatava		6–2, 6–2
Loss6–4Sep 2011Sofia Cup, Bulgaria100,000Clay Raluca Olaru Nina Bratchikova
Darija Jurak		4–6, 5–7
Loss6–5Feb 2012Copa Bionaire, Colombia100,000Clay Raluca Olaru Karin Knapp
Mandy Minella		4–6, 3–6
Win7–5Sep 2014Royal Cup, Montenegro25,000Clay Stephanie Vogt Xenia Knoll
Arantxa Rus		6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Win8–5Oct 2015Open de Touraine, France50,000Hard (i) Cristina Dinu Viktorija Golubic
Alice Matteucci		7–5, 6–3
Win9–5Nov 2015ITF Équeurdreville, France25,000Hard (i) Lesley Kerkhove Elizaveta Ianchuk
Sherazad Reix		6–3, 6–4
Loss9–6Sep 2016Open de Saint-Malo, France50,000Clay Jaqueline Cristian Lina Gjorcheska
Diāna Marcinkēviča		6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss9–7Oct 2016Open de Touraine, France50,000Hard (i) Ekaterina Yashina Ivana Jorović
Lesley Kerkhove		3–6, 5–7
Loss9–8Oct 2016ITF Poitiers, France100,000Hard (i) Nicola Geuer Nao Hibino
Alicja Rosolska		0–6, 0–6
Loss9–9Feb 2017Open de l'Isère, France25,000Hard (i) Cornelia Lister Ilona Kremen
Tereza Smitková		1–6, 5–7
Win10–9Feb 2017AK Ladies Open, Germany25,000Carpet (i) Cornelia Lister Tara Moore
Conny Perrin		6–2, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss10–10Sep 2017Ladies Open Dunakeszi, Hungary60,000Clay Tereza Smitková Irina Bara
Chantal Škamlová		6–7(7), 4–6
Win11–10Jul 2018Budapest Pro Ladies Open, Hungary100,000Clay Chantal Škamlová Kaitlyn Christian
Giuliana Olmos		6–1, 6–3
Loss11–11Sep 2018Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia60,000Clay Elena Bogdan Andrea Gámiz
Aymet Uzcategui		3–6, 4–6
Loss11–12Sep 2018Open de Saint-Malo, France60,000Clay Diāna Marcinkēviča Cristina Bucșa
María Herazo González		6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Win12–12Sep 2020ITF Tarvisio, Italy25,000Clay Marie Benoît Anna Bondár
Paula Ormaechea		6–1, 6–3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dinu. Remus. 23 June 2024 . Tenismena din România, fost număr 59 WTA, și-a anunțat retragerea: „E oficial! Mi-e greu, sunt atâtea amintiri frumoase!”. 13 January 2024 . Gazeta Sporturilor. ro.

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