Alexandra Cadanțu
Alexandra Cadanțu is a Romanian tennis player.
On 6 January 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 59. Her best doubles ranking is No. 101, achieved on 11 June 2012.
At Grand Slam tournaments, Cadanțu has won only one match, at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. Usually, she is playing on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Career
Born in Bucharest, Cadantu began playing tennis at age three. Her favourite surface is clay, her goal to reach the top 50.2013
Cadantu 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, Cadantu 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, Irina-Camelia Begu, and Shahar Pe'er. 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
Cadantu 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, at the Australian Open, and in Rio de Janeiro.Then things started to improve with a quarterfinal at Florinopolis beating wild card Gabriela Cé 6–1, 6–3 in the first round and Dinah Pfizenmaier 6–2, 6–3 in the second before losing to Yaroslava Shvedova 3–6, 3–6. She 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 3–6, 6–1, 6–1 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 $100,000 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 the quarterfinals of the ITF events at Saint-Malo, Monterrey and Victoria.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 2012 Monterrey Open – Singles| | Monterrey Open, Mexico | International | Hard |  Tímea Babos | 4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles| | Morocco Open, Morocco | International | Clay |  Irina-Camelia Begu |  Petra Cetkovská  Alexandra Panova | 6–3, 6–7, |
| Win | 1–1 | 2014 BRD Bucharest Open – Doubles| | Bucharest Open, Romania | International | Clay | Elena Bogdan |  Çağla Büyükakçay  Karin Knapp | 6–4, 3–6, |
| Loss | 1–2 | 2016 BRD Bucharest Open – Doubles| | Bucharest Open, Romania | International | Clay |  Katarzyna Piter |  Jessica Moore  Varatchaya Wongteanchai | 3–6, 6–7 |