Miriam Bulgaru Explained

Miriam Bulgaru
Full Name:Miriam Bianca Bulgaru
Birth Date:1998 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Alba Iulia,[1] Romania
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$ 265,128
Singlestitles:5 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 183 (18 September 2023)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 188 (19 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:Q1 (2024)
Frenchopenresult:Q2 (2023, 2024)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (2024)
Usopenresult:Q1 (2023, 2024)
Doublestitles:3 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 371 (14 June 2021)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 1574 (19 August 2024)
Updated:23 July 2024

Miriam Bianca Bulgaru (born 8 October 1998) is a Romanian tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 183.

Career

Bulgaru made her WTA Tour debut at the 2018 Bucharest Open, after having received a wildcard into the singles draw. She lost her first-round match to Wang Yafan.[2]

She had her first WTA Tour win as a wildcard at the 2023 Transylvania Open in Cluj Napoca, defeating Turkish lucky loser İpek Öz.[3]

At the 2024 Iași Open, she recorded another WTA win in straight sets over second seed Tatjana Maria as a wildcard.[4]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2024 Wimbledon.

Tournament20232024W–L
Australian OpenA0–0
French OpenQ2Q20–0
WimbledonAQ10–0
US OpenQ10–0
Win–loss0–00–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (5 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 2016ITF Galați, Romania10,000Clay Alexandra Perper2–6, 6–1, 6–7(5)
Win1–1May 2016ITF Galați, Romania10,000Clay Oana Georgeta Simion6–3, 6–1
Loss1–2Jul 2017ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania15,000Clay Gaia Sanesi1–6, 2–6
Win2–2Sep 2017ITF Varna, Bulgaria15,000Clay Cristina Adamescu6–0, 7–6(5)
Loss2–3Nov 2017ITF Vinaròs, Spain15,000Clay Irene Burillo Escorihuela2–6, 5–7
Win3–3Jul 2018ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania15,000Clay Andreea Mitu6–4, 7–5
Loss3–4Feb 2019ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Lara Michel2–6, 3–6
Loss3–5Sep 2019ITF Vienna, Austria25,000Clay Tena Lukas7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win4–5Feb 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Park So-hyun6–2, 6–3
Win5–5Sep 2022ITF Otočec, Slovenia25,000Clay Paula Ormaechea7–5, 6–4
Loss5–6Oct 2022ITF Otočec, Slovenia25,000Clay Iryna Shymanovich3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss5–7Nov 2022ITF Heraklion, Greece25,000Clay Lina Gjorcheska3–6, 4–6
Loss5–8Apr 2023ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy25,000Clay Andreea Prisăcariu6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss5–9May 2023ITF Annenheim, Austria25,000Clay Jesika Malečková2–6, 0–6
Loss5–10Sep 2023Vienna Ladies Open, Austria60,000Clay Tena Lukas5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Feb 2017ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Elena Bogdan Britt Geukens
Magali Kempen
3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss0–2Jun 2017ITF Bucharest, Romania15,000Clay Elena Bogdan Cristina Ene
Alexandra Perper
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win1–2Nov 2018ITF Sant Cugat, Spain25,000Clay Nicoleta Dascălu Andreea Roșca
Renata Zarazúa
6–1, 4–6, [10–7]
Win2–2Feb 2019ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Cristina Ene Andrea Lázaro García
Despina Papamichail
6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss2–3Feb 2020ITF Mâcon, France25,000Hard (i) Estelle Cascino Audrey Albié
Marine Partaud
6–3, 6–7(3), [10–12]
Loss2–4Sep 2020ITF Marbella, Spain25,000Clay Victoria Muntean Alina Charaeva
Oksana Selekhmeteva
3–6, 2–6
Loss2–5Mar 2021ITF Pune, India25,000Hard Riya Bhatia Rutuja Bhosale
Emily Webley-Smith
2–6, 5–7
Win3–5Jun 2022ITF Klosters, Switzerland 25,000Clay Brenda Fruhvirtová Tayisiya Morderger
Yana Morderger
6–0, 6–1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miriam Bulgaru, noul transfer al celor de la CSM Unirea Alba . alba24.ro . ro.
  2. Web site: BRD Bucharest Open: Miriam Bulgaru, învinsă la debutul în circuitul WTA . HotNewsRo . ro.
  3. Web site: Wild card Bulgaru claims first career WTA main-draw win in Cluj-Napoca.
  4. Web site: Miriam Bulgaru, Anca Todoni, Gabriela Ruse and Jaqueline Cristian play on Tuesday for a place in the quarters at the UniCredit Iasi Open.. 23 July 2024.