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Alexandra Dulgheru

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Residence: Bucharest, Romania
DOB: May 30, 1989
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Height: 5' 8" (1.72 m)
Weight: 134 lbs. (61 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (May 5, 2005)
JANUARY - Fell 1r at Auckland (l. to McHale); reached 2r at Sydney (l. to Kvitova); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to Zvonareva).
2004 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Romania.

2005 - Won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Played first WTA qualifying at Portoroz.

2008 - Fell in WTA qualiying once; also played on ITF Circuit.

2009 - Breakthrough first Top 100 season (near-Top 50 season, finishing No.51); won first WTA title at Warsaw (d. A.Bondarenko in final; was first WTA main draw); made Top 100 debut afterwards on May 25 (rose from No.201 to No.83); reached 2r once; fell 1r four times (incl. US Open) and in qualifying five times; won three singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2010 - First Top 30 season (finishing No.29); won second WTA title at Warsaw (d. Zheng in final); SF three times, at Barcelona (l. to Vinci), 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Henin) and Budapest (l. to Szavay); QF at Tashkent; reached 3r five times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open and Madrid - l. to Safarova 67(4) 61 76(6); held mp at 6-5 third set) and 2r seven times; fell 1r nine times (incl. Australian Open); made Top 50 debut on March 22 (rose from No.51 to No.49).

2011 - Third straight Top 100 season; QF three times, at Miami, Marbella and Brussels; reached 2r eight times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open); fell 1r 10 times (incl. Australian Open); set career-high No.26 on April 11 (after Marbella); struggled w/bilateral knee injury throughout season, withdrawing from five summer events (Bastad, Palermo, Carlsbad, Toronto and Cincinnati) then retiringed in Beijing 1r and withdrawing from Linz in fall w/same injury.
SINGLES
Winner (2): 2010 - Warsaw; 2009 - Warsaw, ITF/Bari-ITA, ITF/Sofia-BUL, ITF/Jounieh-LIB; 2005 - ITF/Bucharest 1-ROU.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2010 - ITF/Monzon-ESP (w/Tanasugarn); 2006 - ITF/Cairo 3-EGY, ITF/Cairo 4-EGY (both w/Koek).
Finalist (1): 2010 - Tashkent (w/Rybarikova).

ADDITIONAL
Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010.
Coached by Daniel Dobre ... Father, Dumitru, is a pilot; mother, Doina, is an airline coordinator; sister, Bianca, is an assistant hotel manager; has a German Shepard named Ciavi ...Started playing tennis at age 4 when introduced to the sport by parents ... Baseliner who prefers clay; favorite shot is high backhand (Rios style) ... Speaks Romanian, English, Spanish ... Studying economics at ASE University ... Enjoys reading, movies, music, dancing, painting, drawing (would like to be a designer or achitect after tennis) ... Favorite actor is Johnny Depp; favorite movie is Meet Joe Black ... Favorite type of music is pop; favorite artists are Céline Dion, Backstreet Boys ... Favorite book is Harry Potter ... Favorite foods are Chinese, Romanian; favorite drinks are lemonade, hot chocolate ... Admires Justine Henin, Roger Federer.
- After winning first WTA title at Warsaw in May 2009, named Person of the Day by daily Romanian newspaper 'Jurnalul National; also received awards from Confidential (TV show) and President of the Romanian Tennis Federation, Ruxandra Dragomir, for the Warsaw title.