WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached 2r at Hobart (l. to Halep); won first WTA doubles title at Hobart (w/Niculescu); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to Suarez Navarro).

FEBRUARY - Reached SF at Acapulco (l. to Pennetta).

MARCH - Reached 2r at Indian Wells (l. to Kirilenko); fell 1r at Miami (l. to Scheepers).

APRIL - Withdrew from Charleston w/right elbow injury; fell 1r at Barcelona (l. to Errani); reached QF at Fes (l. to Pous-Tio); fell 1r at Budapest (l. to Brianti).

MAY - Fell 1r at Madrid (l. to Sharapova); fell 1r at Strasbourg (l. to Hsieh).

2005 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Romania.

2006 - Won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Won four singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2009 - Played first WTA main draw at Budapest, falling 1r (as LL, l. to Peer); fell in qualifying six times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open).

2010 - Fell 1r once and in qualifying twice (incl. Wimbledon); won one singles title and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2011 - Breakthrough first Top 100 season (finishing No.40); reached first two WTA finals at Marbella (as qualifier in third WTA main draw; l. to Azarenka) and Budapest (l. to Vinci); SF at Dallas (l. to Lisicki); QF at Palermo; reached 2r three times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r four times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open) and in qualifying twice (incl. Australian Open); made Top 100 debut on April 11 (rose from No.138 to No.97) and Top 50 debut on July 25 (rose from No.56 to No.46); retired in Beijing 1r and withdrew from Luxembourg w/right shoulder injury.

SINGLES
Winner: 2011 - ITF/Cali-COL, ITF/Bucharest 2-ROU; 2010 - ITF/Podgorica-MON; 2008 - ITF/Brasov-ROU, ITF/Budapest 2-HUN, ITF/Jounieh 2-LIB, ITF/Glasgow-GBR; 2007 - ITF/Brasov-ROU.
Finalist (2): 2011 - Marbella, Budapest.

DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2012 - Hobart (w/Niculescu); 2011 - ITF/Cali-COL, ITF/Bucharest 2-ROU (both w/Bogdan), ITF/Marseille-FRA (w/Bratchikova); 2010 - ITF/Incheon-KOR (w/Sema), ITF/Bucharest 4-ROU, ITF/Bucharest 6-ROU (both w/Bogdan), ITF/Hechingen-GER (w/Laurendon), ITF/Podgorica-MON (w/Buzarnescu); 2009 - ITF/Bucharest-ROU (w/Halep); 2008 - ITF/Bucharest 5-ROU (w/Gaspar), ITF/Hunedoara-ROU (w/Dabua), ITF/Bucharest 6-ROU, ITF/Brasov-ROU, ITF/Budapest 2-HUN (all w/Andrei); 2007 - ITF/Bucharest 2-ROU (w/Halep); 2006 - ITF/Galati-ROU (w/Tibuleac).
Finalist (1): 2012 - Fès (w/Cadantu).

Currently without a coach ... Mother is Steluta (civil servant); father is Paul (electrician); brother is Andrei ... Started playing tennis at age 3 with aunt, who was a coach ... Favorite surface is clay ... Did gymnastics and played handball when younger ... Idol growing up was Martina Hingis ... Best tennis memory was winning European 16 & Under title in 2006 ... Favorite city is New York; favorite tournament is Marbella.

- Has one WTA Player Award: Newcomer Of The Year (2011).