Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Did not play.

FEBRUARY - Played on ITF Circuit.

MARCH - Played on ITF Circuit.

APRIL - Won ITF/Bari-ITA singles title.

MAY - Fell in Estoril qualifying; won first Tour singles title at Warsaw (as No.201 qualifier in first career Tour main draw, d. No.5 seed Errani and No.6 seed Hantuchova en route to final, then d. No.8 seed A.Bondarenko; was fifth non-Top 200 player ever to win a Tour singles title, after No.579 Widjaja at 2001 Bali, No.285 Zuluaga at 2002 Bogotá, No.259 Paszek at 2006 Portoroz and No.234 Davenport at 2007 Bali); made Top 100 debut afterwards on May 25 (rose from No.201 to No.83).

JUNE - Fell in Birmingham qualifying.

JULY - Fell 1r at Prague (l. to No.4 seed Suarez Navarro in 3s); fell 1r at Bad Gastein (l. to No.4 seed Benesova).

AUGUST - Fell in Cincinnati and Toronto and New Haven qualifying; fell 1r at US Open (l. to No.8 seed Azarenka).

SEPTEMBER - Won ITF/Sofia-BUL singles title; won ITF/Jounieh-LIB singles title.

OCTOBER - Reached 2r at Linz (l. to No.3 seed and eventual champion Wickmayer in 3s); fell 1r at Luxembourg (l. to No.5 seed Wickmayer).

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 Tour qualifying at Portoroz; also played on ITF Circuit.

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

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2009 - Warsaw, ITF/Bari-ITA, ITF/Sofia-BUL, ITF/Jounieh-LIB; 2005 - ITF/Bucharest 1-ROU.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2006 - ITF/Cairo 3-EGY, ITF/Cairo 4-EGY (both w/Koek).

Coached by Daniel Dobre ... Father is Dumitru (a pilot); mother is Doina (airline coordinator); sister is Bianca (assistant hotel manager, also plays tennis); 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, painting, watching movies, listening to music, dancing ... 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 ... Superstition is turning back after leaving somewhere ... Tennis players most admired are Justine Henin, Roger Federer ... Favorite tournament is Warsaw.

- After winning first Tour 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.