Alexandra Cadanțu
Alexandra Cadantu (born 3 May 1990 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian tennis player.
Biography
Alexandra Cadantu began at the age of three years playing tennis, inspired by her father, who has operated the sport as a hobby. She loves to play on sand; on this surface, it has so far won all their titles.
At 15, she played her first tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit. Following only modest successes considered the then 18 -year-old in 2008 her retirement from professional tennis. She applied for a scholarship in the USA. However, with the victory in a tournament in Bucharest they could attract new sponsors for themselves.
Career
2006 succeeded Cadantu the first success on the ITF level, as she defeated her compatriot Irina -Camelia Begu at a small tournament in Bucharest.
In the fall of 2010, the rise of the Romanian started when she reached the final in several ITF tournaments and during the year won a total of five titles.
2011 was a successful year for Cadantu. She arrived at ITF tournaments another five finals and was the highest prize in the Italian Biella with a 6-4 -, 6-3 final win over the Colombian Mariana Duque Mariño decide for themselves. In October, she managed at the WTA tournament in Luxembourg for the first time to qualify for a main field on the WTA Tour. In the first round she defeated Anastasia Yakimova of Belarus 6-1, 6-4 before she Lucie Hradecká was beaten 3:6, 4:6 itself.
In the following week, she was out for the first time in the top 100 in the world tennis rankings. Your personal best she reached in January 2014 with the 59th position