Miriam Bulgaru

Miriam Bulgaru
Bulgaru at 2021 Winners Open
Full nameMiriam Bianca Bulgaru
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1998-10-08) 8 October 1998
Alba Iulia,[1] Romania
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 316,585
Singles
Career record297–202
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 176 (14 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 176 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2025)
French OpenQ3 (2025)
WimbledonQ1 (2024, 2025)
US OpenQ1 (2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record68–74
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 371 (14 June 2021)
Current rankingNo. 1,598 (23 September 2024)
Last updated on: 23 September 2024.

Miriam Bianca Bulgaru (born 8 October 1998) is a Romanian tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 176.

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]

She won the 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy defeating Kathinka von Deichmann in the final. It was her first title at the WTA 125 level.[5][6]

Bulgaru made her debut for the Romania Billie Jean King Cup team against Canada in the 2025 qualifying round held in Tokyo, losing to Victoria Mboko in the opening singles match.[7]

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

Current through the 2025 Wimbledon.

Tournament 2023 2024 2025 W–L
Australian Open A Q1 Q2 0–0
French Open Q2 Q2 Q3 0–0
Wimbledon A Q1 Q1 0–0
US Open Q1 Q1 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result W-L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2024 Open Romania Ladies, Romania Clay Kathinka von Deichmann 6–3, 1–6, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

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

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2016 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay Alexandra Perper 2–6, 6–1, 6–7(5)
Win 1–1 May 2016 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay Oana Georgeta Simion 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Jul 2017 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania 15,000 Clay Gaia Sanesi 1–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Sep 2017 ITF Varna, Bulgaria 15,000 Clay Cristina Adamescu 6–0, 7–6(5)
Loss 2–3 Nov 2017 ITF Vinaròs, Spain 15,000 Clay Irene Burillo Escorihuela 2–6, 5–7
Win 3–3 Jul 2018 ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania 15,000 Clay Andreea Mitu 6–4, 7–5
Loss 3–4 Feb 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Lara Michel 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–5 Sep 2019 ITF Vienna, Austria 25,000 Clay Tena Lukas 7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win 4–5 Feb 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Park So-hyun 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–5 Sep 2022 ITF Otočec, Slovenia 25,000 Clay Paula Ormaechea 7–5, 6–4
Loss 5–6 Oct 2022 ITF Otočec, Slovenia 25,000 Clay Iryna Shymanovich 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 5–7 Nov 2022 ITF Heraklion, Greece 25,000 Clay Lina Gjorcheska 3–6, 4–6
Loss 5–8 Apr 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Andreea Prisăcariu 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 5–9 May 2023 ITF Annenheim, Austria 25,000 Clay Jesika Malečková 2–6, 0–6
Loss 5–10 Sep 2023 Vienna Ladies Open, Austria 60,000 Clay Tena Lukas 5–7, 1–6

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

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Elena Bogdan Britt Geukens
Magali Kempen 		3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 Jun 2017 ITF Bucharest, Romania 15,000 Clay Elena Bogdan Cristina Ene
Alexandra Perper 		6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 1–2 Nov 2018 ITF Sant Cugat, Spain 25,000 Clay Nicoleta Dascălu Andreea Roșca
Renata Zarazúa 		6–1, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 2–2 Feb 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Cristina Ene Andrea Lázaro García
Despina Papamichail 		6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss 2–3 Feb 2020 ITF Mâcon, France 25,000 Hard (i) Estelle Cascino Audrey Albié
Marine Partaud 		6–3, 6–7(3), [10–12]
Loss 2–4 Sep 2020 ITF Marbella, Spain 25,000 Clay Victoria Muntean Alina Charaeva
Oksana Selekhmeteva 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Mar 2021 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard Riya Bhatia Rutuja Bhosale
Emily Webley-Smith 		2–6, 5–7
Win 3–5 Jun 2022 ITF Klosters, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Brenda Fruhvirtová Tayisiya Morderger
Yana Morderger 		6–0, 6–1

References

  1. ^ "Miriam Bulgaru, noul transfer al celor de la CSM Unirea Alba". alba24.ro (in Romanian).
  2. ^ "BRD Bucharest Open: Miriam Bulgaru, învinsă la debutul în circuitul WTA". HotNewsRo (in Romanian).
  3. ^ "Wild card Bulgaru claims first career WTA main-draw win in Cluj-Napoca".
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Miriam Bulgaru a câștigat turneul Țiriac Foundation, sub privirile Nadiei Comăneci și ale Simonei Halep" (in Romanian).
  6. ^ "Bulgaru wins WTA 125 Bucharest with Halep on site; Teichmann wins Ljubljana". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Canada 3-0 Romania: Stakusic wraps up Canadian victory". billiejeankingcup.com. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
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