Everything you wanted to know about Sorana Cirstea (but never had time to find out)
Born in Romania, Sorana Cirstea is a two-time Grand Slam quarter-finalist and a two-time WTA titlist. Here’s all you need to know about the popular Romanian.
Sorana Cirstea, Dubai 2024
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Who is Sorana Cirstea?
Sorana Cirstea is a Romanian tennis player who competes on the WTA Tour.
Where was Sorana Cirstea born?
Sorana Cirstea was born in Bucharest, Romania, on April 7, 1990. That makes her 34 years old, as of May 2024.
How tall is Sorana Cirstea?
Cirstea is listed as 5′ 9″ tall on the WTA Tour website.
Who is Sorana Cirstea’s coach?
Cirstea does not currently have a coach as per the WTA Tour website. She was most recently working with former Australian Open champion Thomas Johannson. The two joined forces at the end of the 2022 season and the Romanian credited the Swede with changing the way she approached the game.
“The way I’m playing right now is because of him,” Cirstea said as per the WTA Tour website. “He’s improving so many areas of my game and helping me see the tennis with different eyes, to be smarter on the court. This is the reason why I’m playing so good. I’m really happy with the way I’m working with him. I think as a player, he could read the game really well and read the opponents really well. So he started to teach me that a little bit. Also, I told him to teach me a little bit of the men’s mentality, the way men handle situations, and hopefully that can help me in the women’s game.”
Who are Sorana Cirstea’s parents?
Cirstea’s mother is Liliana, who instriduced her to tennis at the age of four, and her father is Mihai. She also has a younger brother, Mihnea.
How many singles titles has Sorana Cirstea won?
Cirstea has won two singles titles on the WTA tour so far: in Tashkent in 2008, and Istanbul in 2021.
What is Cirstea’s best performance at the Grand Slams?
Cirstea has reached the quarter-finals at the Grand Slams on two occasions. The first came at Roland-Garros in 2009, where she scored wins over 21st seed Alize Cornet, 10th seed Caroline Wozniacki and fifth seed Jelena Jankovic before going down to Sam Stosur.
Her second one came over 14 years later at the 2023 US Open, where she beat fourth seed Elena Rybakina and 15th seed Belinda Bencic before falling to 10th seed Karolína Muchova.
She has also reached the fourth round of the Australian Open on two occasions (2017 and 2022) and the third round at Wimbledon on five occasions, the most recent one in 2023).
What is Sorana Cirstea’s career-high ranking?
Cirstea’s career-high ranking so far is world No 21, which she achieved on August 12, 2013. You can find her current ranking and rankings history on her WTA Tour profile page.
How much prize money has Sorana Cirstea won?
Cirstea has won $9.4 million in prize money, as of May 4, 2024. You can find her updated prize money stats on her WTA Tour profile page.
Is Sorana Cirstea on social media?
Yes, she is on Instagram where she has over 200K followers as of early May 2024. The Romanian also posts on X (formerly Twitter) where she is followed by more than 160,700 followers and on Facebook where she has more than 350,00 followers.
