Romanian tennis player
Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik Country (sports) Romania Residence Bucharest , RomaniaBorn (1990-05-03 ) 3 May 1990 (age 34) BucharestHeight 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Turned pro 2005 Retired 2024 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$1,183,841 Career record 498–363 Career titles 11 ITF Highest ranking No. 59 (6 January 2014) Current ranking No. 302 (5 February 2024) Australian Open 1R (2012 , 2013 , 2014 ) French Open 1R (2012 , 2013 , 2014 ) Wimbledon 2R (2013 ) US Open 1R (2012 , 2013 ) Career record 191–176 Career titles 1 WTA , 12 ITF Highest ranking No. 101 (11 June 2012) Current ranking No. 824 (5 February 2024) Australian Open 1R (2014 ) French Open 1R (2012 ) Wimbledon 1R (2012 ) US Open 1R (2012 , 2013 ) Last updated on: 6 February 2024.
Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik (née Cadanțu ; born 3 May 1990) is a Romanian former professional tennis player.
On 6 January 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 59. Her best doubles ranking by the WTA is No. 101, achieved on 11 June 2012.
At Grand Slam tournaments, Cadanțu-Ignatik has won only one (main-draw) match, at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships . Usually, she is playing on the ITF Circuit .
In July 2021, Alexandra changed her name to Cadanțu-Ignatik , after marrying fellow tennis player Uladzimir Ignatik .
Born in Bucharest, Cadanțu began playing tennis at age three. Her favourite surface is clay, her goal to reach the top 50.
Cadanțu at the 2013 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer
Cadanțu 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, Cadanțu 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 , each of them in straight sets, and Irina-Camelia Begu , and Shahar Pe'er in three. 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.
Cadanțu 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 (losing to Olivia Rogowska ), at the Australian Open (to Flavia Pennetta ), and in Rio (to Teliana Pereira ).
Then things started to improve with a quarterfinal at Florianópolis, beating wildcard Gabriela Cé in the first round and Dinah Pfizenmaier in the second before losing to Yaroslava Shvedova , in straight sets. Cadanțu 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 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 $100k 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 quarterfinals of the ITF events at Saint-Malo, Monterrey and Victoria.
Cadanțu-Ignatik announced her retirement from professional tennis in June 2024.[ 1]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Current through the 2023 French Open qualifying .
Singles: 1 (runner-up)[ edit ]
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Singles: 1 (runner-up)[ edit ]
Singles: 34 (11 titles, 23 runner–ups)[ edit ]
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Sep 2006
ITF Bucharest, Romania
10,000
Clay
Irina-Camelia Begu
6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Win
2–0
Jul 2007
ITF Bucharest, Romania
10,000
Clay
Ioana Gaspar
6–2, 6–3
Loss
2–1
Aug 2007
ITF Constanţa, Romania
10,000
Clay
Corina Corduneanu
6–7(5) , 6–3, 1–6
Loss
2–2
Sep 2007
ITF Hunedoara, Romania
10,000
Clay
Elora Dabija
6–7(4) , 6–4, 2–6
Loss
2–3
Mar 2008
ITF Cairo, Egypt
10,000
Clay
Elena Chalova
2–6, 3–6
Loss
2–4
Aug 2008
ITF Arad, Romania
10,000
Clay
Palma Kiraly
3–6, 2–6
Loss
2–5
Mar 2010
ITF Madrid, Spain
10,000
Clay
Elisa Balsamo
1–6, 4–6
Win
3–5
May 2010
ITF Bucharest, Romania
10,000
Clay
Diana Enache
6–2, 6–4
Win
4–5
May 2010
ITF Craiova, Romania
10,000
Clay
Mădălina Gojnea
5–7, 6–3, 6–0
Loss
4–6
Sep 2010
ITF Balş, Romania
10,000
Clay
Mihaela Buzărnescu
3–6, 2–6
Win
5–6
Oct 2010
ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt
10,000
Clay
Zuzana Zlochová
6–2, 6–3
Win
6–6
Nov 2010
ITF Niterói, Brazil
25,000
Clay
Julia Cohen
6–1, 1–6, 6–1
Loss
6–7
Nov 2010
ITF Barueri, Brazil
10,000
Hard
Conny Perrin
0–5 ret.
Win
7–7
Dec 2010
ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25,000
Clay
Julia Cohen
6–1, 6–3
Loss
7–8
Jan 2011
ITF Plantation, United States
25,000
Clay
Sharon Fichman
3–6, 6–7(2)
Loss
7–9
May 2011
Grado Tennis Cup , Italy
25,000
Clay
Ajla Tomljanović
2–6, 4–6
Loss
7–10
Jun 2011
ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden
25,000
Clay
Jana Čepelová
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win
8–10
Sep 2011
ITF Biella , Italy
100,000
Clay
Mariana Duque
6–4, 6–3
Loss
8–11
Oct 2011
Telavi Open , Georgia
50,000
Clay
Alexandra Panova
6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss
8–12
Jul 2012
ITS Cup , Czech Republic
100,000
Clay
María-Teresa Torró-Flor
2–6, 3–6
Loss
8–13
May 2013
ITF Prague Open , Czech Republic
100,000
Clay
Lucie Šafářová
6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Loss
8–14
Apr 2015
Chiasso Open , Switzerland
25,000
Clay
Réka Luca Jani
6–3, 3–6, 6–7(6)
Win
9–14
Jun 2015
ITF Galați, Romania
25,000
Clay
Cristina Dinu
6–4, 6–7(2) , 6–3
Loss
9–15
Sep 2015
ITF Bucha, Ukraine
25,000
Clay
Kristína Kučová
6–4, 6–7(5) , 0–6
Loss
9–16
Aug 2018
ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany
25,000
Clay
Laura Siegemund
4–6, 2–6
Loss
9–17
Apr 2019
ITF Pula, Italy
25,000
Clay
Kaja Juvan
1–6, 0–3 ret.
Win
10–17
Oct 2020
ITF Heraklion, Greece
15,000
Clay
Andreea Roșca
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss
10–18
Nov 2020
ITF Heraklion, Greece
15,000
Clay
Romy Kölzer
3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Loss
10–19
Aug 2021
Zubr Cup , Czech Republic
60,000
Clay
Linda Nosková
7–6(2) , 4–6, 3–6
Loss
10–20
Jan 2022
ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
25,000
Hard
Lucrezia Stefanini
2–6, 0–3 ret.
Win
11–20
Feb 2022
ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
25,000
Hard
Marina Melnikova
0–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss
11–21
Apr 2022
ITF Orlando Pro , United States
25,000
Clay
Mirjam Björklund
3–6, 4–6
Loss
11–22
Jun 2023
ITF Pörtschach, Austria
25,000
Clay
Weronika Falkowska
6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss
11–23
Aug 2023
ITF Cordenons, Italy
60,000
Clay
Veronika Erjavec
3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 24 (12 titles, 12 runner–ups)[ edit ]
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
May 2008
ITF Galaţi, Romania
10,000
Clay
Antonia Xenia Tout
Kristína Kučová Valentina Sulpizio
0–6, 2–6
Loss
0–2
May 2009
Wiesbaden Open , Germany
10,000
Clay
Alexandra Stuparu
Leonie Mekel Pauline Wong
1–6, 3–6
Loss
0–3
Dec 2009
ITF Benicarló, Spain
10,000
Clay
Diana Enache
Romina Oprandi Laura Pous Tió
4–6, 3–6
Win
1–3
Apr 2010
Bol Open, Croatia
10,000
Clay
Alexandra Damaschin
Chantal Škamlová Romana Tabaková
6–2, 1–6, [10–5]
Win
2–3
Apr 2010
ITF Šibenik, Croatia
10,000
Clay
Dalia Zafirova
Maria Abramović Mădălina Gojnea
6–2, 6–3
Win
3–3
May 2010
ITF Craiova , Romania
10,000
Clay
Alexandra Damaschin
Tanya Germanlieva Dessislava Mladenova
6–3, 6–3
Win
4–3
Sep 2010
ITF Balş, Romania
10,000
Clay
Alexandra Damaschin
Martina Gledacheva Valentina Sulpizio
6–3, 7–5
Win
5–3
Jun 2011
ITF Ystad, Sweden
25,000
Clay
Diana Enache
Mervana Jugić-Salkić Emma Laine
6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Win
6–3
Sep 2011
ITF Mamaia, Romania
25,000
Clay
Elena Bogdan
Marina Shamayko Sofia Shapatava
6–2, 6–2
Loss
6–4
Sep 2011
Sofia Cup , Bulgaria
100,000
Clay
Raluca Olaru
Nina Bratchikova Darija Jurak
4–6, 5–7
Loss
6–5
Feb 2012
Copa Bionaire , Colombia
100,000
Clay
Raluca Olaru
Karin Knapp Mandy Minella
4–6, 3–6
Win
7–5
Sep 2014
Royal Cup , Montenegro
25,000
Clay
Stephanie Vogt
Xenia Knoll Arantxa Rus
6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Win
8–5
Oct 2015
Open de Touraine , France
50,000
Hard (i)
Cristina Dinu
Viktorija Golubic Alice Matteucci
7–5, 6–3
Win
9–5
Nov 2015
ITF Équeurdreville, France
25,000
Hard (i)
Lesley Kerkhove
Elizaveta Ianchuk Sherazad Reix
6–3, 6–4
Loss
9–6
Sep 2016
Open de Saint-Malo , France
50,000
Clay
Jaqueline Cristian
Lina Gjorcheska Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss
9–7
Oct 2016
Open de Touraine, France
50,000
Hard (i)
Ekaterina Yashina
Ivana Jorović Lesley Kerkhove
3–6, 5–7
Loss
9–8
Oct 2016
ITF Poitiers , France
100,000
Hard (i)
Nicola Geuer
Nao Hibino Alicja Rosolska
0–6, 0–6
Loss
9–9
Feb 2017
Open de l'Isère , France
25,000
Hard (i)
Cornelia Lister
Ilona Kremen Tereza Smitková
1–6, 5–7
Win
10–9
Feb 2017
AK Ladies Open , Germany
25,000
Carpet (i)
Cornelia Lister
Tara Moore Conny Perrin
6–2, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss
10–10
Sep 2017
Ladies Open Dunakeszi , Hungary
60,000
Clay
Tereza Smitková
Irina Bara Chantal Škamlová
6–7(7) , 4–6
Win
11–10
Jul 2018
Budapest Pro Ladies Open , Hungary
100,000
Clay
Chantal Škamlová
Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos
6–1, 6–3
Loss
11–11
Sep 2018
Zagreb Ladies Open , Croatia
60,000
Clay
Elena Bogdan
Andrea Gamiz Aymet Uzcategui
3–6, 4–6
Loss
11–12
Sep 2018
Open de Saint-Malo, France
60,000
Clay
Diāna Marcinkēviča
Cristina Bucșa María Herazo González
6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Win
12–12
Sep 2020
ITF Tarvisio, Italy
25,000
Clay
Marie Benoît
Anna Bondár Paula Ormaechea
6–1, 6–3