Cristina Dinu

Cristina Dinu
Country (sports) Romania
ResidenceBucharest, Romania
Born (1993-01-18) 18 January 1993
Bucharest
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$401,717
Singles
Career record533–312
Career titles25 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 179 (30 September 2013)
Current rankingNo. 392 (17 March 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2022)
French OpenQ3 (2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2022)
US OpenQ1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record319–192
Career titles32 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 153 (20 May 2019)
Current rankingNo. 414 (17 March 2025)
Fed Cup0–8
Last updated on: 17 March 2025.

Cristina Dinu (born 18 January 1993) is a professional Romanian tennis player.[1] On 30 September 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 179. On 20 May 2019, she peaked at No. 153 in the doubles rankings.

Dinu has won 25 singles and 32 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

Junior years

She was ranked world's 11th female junior player in May 2010 and was part of the main singles and doubles draws for the last five Grand Slam tournaments: 2009 US Open, 2010 Australian Open, 2010 French Open, 2010 Wimbledon Championships, 2010 US Open and competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics also.

Professional tour

In July 2015, Dinu entered the Bucharest Open, and won the three consecutive qualifying rounds matches (defeating top seed Yaroslava Shvedova in the last round), eventually losing in the main draw to Denisa Allertova, in a thrilling match.

In 2022, Cristina Dinu joined the Sportsin Arad Club.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Singles

Tournament 2013 ... 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Australian Open A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 39 (25 titles, 14 runner–ups)

Legend
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (23–14)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2009 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Anna Orlik 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Barbara Sobaszkiewicz 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–0 Oct 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Polina Vinogradova 6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–1 Dec 2010 ITF Vinaròs, Spain 10,000 Clay Lara Arruabarrena 2–6, 0–6
Win 4–1 Mar 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Diana Enache 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–1 Mar 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani 6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–2 Apr 2011 ITF Pomezia, Italy 10,000 Clay Anna-Giulia Remondina 7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Win 6–2 Aug 2011 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Andreea Mitu 7–6(5), 6–4
Win 7–2 Jan 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Liana Ungur 7–5, 6–3
Win 8–2 Feb 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Diana Enache 6–1, 6–1
Win 9–2 Oct 2012 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Chanel Simmonds 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win 10–2 Oct 2012 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Conny Perrin 6–3, 6–3
Win 11–2 Mar 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Lenka Juríková 6–4, 7–6
Win 12–2 Aug 2013 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Cindy Burger 6–7(5), 7–5, 6–0
Loss 12–3 Sep 2013 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 1–6, 2–6
Loss 12–4 Jun 2014 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Cristina Ene 4–6, 3–6
Win 13–4 Mar 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 13–5 Jun 2015 ITF Galați, Romania 25,000 Clay Alexandra Cadanțu 4–6, 7–6(2), 3–6
Loss 13–6 Aug 2015 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay Romina Oprandi 3–6, 3−6
Loss 13–7 Aug 2015 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Ana Bogdan 7–6(5), 2–6, 3–6
Win 14–7 Jan 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Katharina Gerlach 6–2, 6–1
Win 15–7 Feb 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Dejana Radanović 6–3, 6–3
Win 16–7 Jul 2017 ITF Bucharest, Romania 15,000 Clay Georgia Crăciun 6–3, 6–3
Loss 16–8 Sep 2017 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Jaqueline Cristian 2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 16–9 Nov 2017 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Polona Hercog 1–6, 4–6
Win 17–9 Dec 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Tena Lukas 6–3, 6–3
Win 18–9 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Mai Hontama 6–2, 6–3
Win 19–9 May 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Gabriela Cé 6–3, 6–0
Win 20–9 May 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Zoë Kruger 6–3, 6–4
Win 21–9 Jul 2021 ITF Tarvisio, Italy W25 Clay Gabriela Cé 6–2, 6–0
Win 22–9 Aug 2021 Vrnjačka Banja Open, Serbia W25 Clay Anna Sisková 6–1, 7–5
Win 23–9 Sep 2021 ITF Vienna, Austria W25 Clay Sinja Kraus 6–3, 6–4
Loss 23–10 Aug 2022 Vrnjačka Banja Open, Serbia W25 Clay Mia Ristić 6–0, 5–7, 5–7
Loss 23–11 Jun 2023 ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia W25 Clay Dimitra Pavlou 3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 23–12 Nov 2023 ITF Heraklion, Greece W25 Clay Ane Mintegi del Olmo 2–6, 3–6
Win 24–12 Jan 2024 ITF Antalya, Turkey W35 Clay Anastasiya Soboleva 6–3, 1–0 ret.
Win 25–12 Feb 2024 ITF Antalya, Turkey W35 Clay Carson Branstine 6–3, 3–0 ret.
Loss 25–13 Jul 2024 ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany W35 Clay Ella Seidel 4–6, 3–6
Loss 25–14 Oct 2024 ITF Heraklion, Greece W35 Clay Ekaterina Makarova 6–4, 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 59 (32 titles, 27 runner–ups)

Legend
W50/60 tournaments
W40 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (30–23)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ionela-Andreea Iova Vlada Ekshibarova
Barbara Sobaszkiewicz
1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss 1–1 Dec 2010 ITF Vinaròs, Spain 10,000 Clay Ionela-Andreea Iova Arabela Fernández-Rebener
Anna Arina Marenko
6–7(4), 5–7
Win 2–1 Apr 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Andreea Văideanu Kristýna Hančarová
Nikola Horáková
6–3, 6–2
Win 3–1 Aug 2011 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Camelia Hristea Alexandra Damaschin
Cristina Mitu
1–6, 7–6(6), [10–4]
Loss 3–2 Oct 2011 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Laura Ioana Andrei Diana Marcu
Cristina Mitu
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 4–2 Jan 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Cristina Mitu Diana Marcu
Liana Ungur
7–6(3), 6–2
Win 5–2 Jan 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Cristina Mitu Yumi Nakano
Ekaterina Yashina
w/o
Win 6–2 Mar 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Diana Buzean Angelina Gabueva
Margarita Lazareva
6–0, 5–7, [10–3]
Loss 6–3 May 2013 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay Elena Bogdan Danka Kovinić
Renata Voráčová
4–6, 6–7(7)
Loss 6–4 Jun 2013 ITF Padova, Italy 25,000 Clay Maša Zec Peškirič Paula Kania
Irina Khromacheva
3–6, 1–6
Loss 6–5 Oct 2013 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Fatma Al-Nabhani Naomi Broady
Emily Webley-Smith
6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 7–5 Jun 2015 ITF Galați, Romania 25,000 Clay Lina Gjorcheska Irina Bara
Diana Buzean
6–4, 6–2
Win 8–5 Aug 2015 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay Diana Buzean Despina Papamichail
Maria Sakkari
2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 9–5 Aug 2015 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Diana Buzean Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Oana Georgeta Simion
6–0, 6–2
Win 10–5 Oct 2015 Open de Touraine, France 50,000 Hard (i) Alexandra Cadanțu Viktorija Golubic
Alice Matteucci
7–5, 6–3
Loss 10–6 Oct 2015 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Jana Fett Başak Eraydın
Polina Leykina
5–7, 7–6(2), [5–10]
Win 11–6 Jan 2016 ITF Bertioga, Brazil 25,000 Hard Indy de Vroome Katarzyna Kawa
Sandra Zaniewska
6–3, 6–3
Loss 11–7 Jun 2016 ITF Padua, Italy 25,000 Clay Lina Gjorcheska Katarzyna Piter
Alice Matteucci
6–2, 6–7(1), [8–10]
Win 12–7 Jun 2016 Szeged Women's Open, Hungary 50,000 Clay Lina Gjorcheska Justyna Jegiołka
Guadalupe Pérez Rojas
4–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss 12–8 Jan 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Yana Sizikova Laura Pigossi
María Teresa Torró Flor
2–6, 4–6
Loss 12–9 Jan 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Cristina Ene Başak Eraydın
Karin Kennel
3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Loss 12–10 Aug 2017 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay Nicoleta Dascălu Anna Kalinskaya
İpek Soylu
2–6, 2–6
Win 13–10 Oct 2017 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Camilla Rosatello Elena Bogdan
Anita Husarić
6–2, 6–1
Win 14–10 Dec 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Mia Eklund Dia Evtimova
Paula Ormaechea
6–3, 6–2
Win 15–10 Jun 2018 ITF Brescia, Italy 60,000 Clay Ganna Poznikhirenko Alexandra Panova
Anastasia Pribylova
6–3, 7–6(6)
Win 16–10 Aug 2018 ITF Leipzig, Germany 25,000 Clay Ganna Poznikhirenko Petra Krejsová
Jesika Malečková
4–6, 6–0, [10–5]
Win 17–10 Sep 2018 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Aymet Uzcátegui Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Jaqueline Cristian
7–6(3), 6–2
Win 18–10 Oct 2018 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani Giorgia Marchetti
Camilla Rosatello
3–6, 6–1, [13–11]
Loss 18–11 Oct 2018 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Lea Bošković Martina Colmegna
Federica di Sarra
4–6, 6–7(1)
Loss 18–12 Oct 2018 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Camilla Rosatello Valentina Ivakhnenko
Anastasia Zarycká
2–6, 4–6
Win 19–12 Nov 2018 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Andreea Mitu Federica di Sarra
Anastasia Grymalska
w/o
Loss 19–13 Feb 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Irina Fetecău Gaia Sanesi
Camilla Scala
7–6(4), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 19–14 Mar 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Lina Gjorcheska Daria Mishina
Ksenia Palkina
3–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Loss 19–15 Mar 2019 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay Réka Luca Jani Alena Fomina
Valentina Ivakhnenko
5–7, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss 19–16 Jun 2019 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy W25 Clay Akgul Amanmuradova Anna Danilina
Réka Luca Jani
2–6, 3–6
Loss 19–17 May 2019 ITF Rome, Italy W25 Clay Gabriela Cé Arina Rodionova
Storm Sanders
2–6, 3–6
Win 20–17 Jun 2019 ITF Padova, Italy W25 Clay Angelica Moratelli Carolina Alves
Gabriela Cé
7–6(7), 3–6, [10–8]
Win 21–17 Aug 2019 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany W60 Clay Lina Gjorcheska Olga Danilović
Georgina García Pérez
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win 22–17 Sep 2019 ITF Trieste, Italy W25 Clay Angelica Moratelli Dalma Gálfi
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win 23–17 Sep 2020 ITF Varna, Bulgaria W15 Clay Ioana Loredana Roșca Oana Gavrilă
Andreea Roșca
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 23–18 Dec 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Viktoriia Dema Andreea Prisăcariu
Andreea Roșca
6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 24–18 Feb 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Chantal Škamlová María Herazo González
Yuliana Lizarazo
6–1, 6–3
Win 25–18 May 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Gabriela Cé Katharina Hering
Natalia Siedliska
7–5, 6–1
Win 26–18 Aug 2021 ITF Pescara, Italy W25 Clay Ioana Loredana Roșca Victoria Bosio
Angelica Moratelli
6–2, 5–7, [10–3]
Loss 26–19 Aug 2022 ITF Brașov, Romania W25 Clay Andreea Roșca Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie
Oana Georgeta Simion
5–7, 3–6
Win 27–19 Aug 2022 Vrnjačka Banja Open, Serbia W25 Clay Valeriya Strakhova Emily Appleton
Prarthana Thombare
6–1, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss 27–20 Sep 2022 Vrnjačka Banja Open 2, Serbia W60 Clay Nika Radišić Darya Astakhova
Ekaterina Reyngold
6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss 27–21 Oct 2022 ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria W25 Hard Lu Jiajing Ma Yexin
Yang Ya-yi
3–6, 1–6
Loss 27–22 Oct 2022 ITF Istanbul, Turkey W25 Hard (i) Sofia Shapatava Ekaterina Yashina
Jasmijn Gimbrère
1–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win 28–22 Feb 2023 ITF Antalya, Turkey W25 Clay Nika Radišić Sandra Samir
Cody Wong
7–5, 6–2
Win 29–22 Jul 2023 ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia W25 Clay Valeriya Strakhova Polina Leykina
Julia Stamatova
4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 30–22 Sep 2023 ITF Pazardzhik, Bulgaria W40 Clay Radka Zelníčková Daniela Vismane
Gergana Topalova
1–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss 30–23 Oct 2023 ITF Seville, Spain W25 Clay Sapfo Sakellaridi Maryna Kolb
Nadiia Kolb
1–6, 1–6
Win 31–23 Jan 2024 ITF Antalya, Turkey W35 Clay Nika Radišić Amina Anshba
Valeriya Strakhova
6–2, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss 31–24 Feb 2024 ITF Antalya, Turkey W35 Clay Oleksandra Oliynykova Ángela Fita Boluda
Daniela Vismane
4–6, 0–6
Loss 31–25 Mar 2024 ITF Larnaca, Cyprus W35 Clay Francesca Curmi Tena Lukas
Kristina Mladenovic
4–6, 5–7
Win 32–25 Jul 2024 ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany W35 Clay Nika Radišić Jasmijn Gimbrère
Stéphanie Visscher
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 32–26 Sep 2024 Serbian Tennis Tour, Serbia W75 Clay Lia Karatancheva Amina Anshba
Noma Noha Akugue
2–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 32–27 Mar 2025 ITF Antalya, Turkiye W35 Clay Ilinca Amariei Makenna Jones
Lia Karatancheva
2–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ "Cristina Dinu consigue el puesto de los cuartos de final a costa de Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie". Infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2022.