Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell in Hobart and Australian Open qualifying.

FEBRUARY - Fell in Paris [Indoors] qualifying; reached QF at Bogota (d. No.8 seed Dominguez Lino en route; l. to Mayr); fell 1r at Acapulco (l. to No.5 seed Dulko).

MARCH - Fell in Indian Wells and Miami qualifying.

APRIL - Fell 1r at Marbella (l. to No.7 seed Cirstea); fell 1r at Fes (l. to No.6 seed Makarova).

MAY - Reached QF at Warsaw (as qualifier, l. to Keothavong); fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. to No.27 seed Pavlyuchenkova).

JUNE - Won ITF/Marseille-FRA singles title; reached 2r at Wimbledon (l. to No.8 seed Azarenka).

JULY - Reached 2r at Budapest (l. to No.6 seed A.Bondarenko in 3s); fell 1r at Prague (l. to Barrois); reached first Tour singles final at Bad Gastein (d. No.3 seed Bammer, No.6 seed Rybarikova and top seed Cornet en route; l. to Petkovic).

AUGUST - Fell in Toronto qualifying; fell 1r at New Haven (as qualifier, l. to No.3 seed Pennetta); fell 1r at US Open (l. to No.18 seed Li).

SEPTEMBER - Fell 1r at Tashkent (as No.3 seed, l. to Bychkova).

OCTOBER - Reached QF at Linz (l. to top seed Pennetta); fell 1r at Moscow (l. to top seed Zvonareva).

2003 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Won three singles titles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Played first three Tour main draws (all as qualifier), falling 1r at Rabat, Seoul and Québec City; fell in Tour qualifying once; won three singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2007 - First Top 100 season (almost Top 50); SF twice, at Memphis (l. to V.Williams) and Fès (l. to Sequera); were only fourth and fifth Tour main draws of career; QF twice, at Guangzhou and Tashkent; reached 3r twice (Roland Garros, US Open) and 2r once; fell 1r three times and in Tour qualifying four times; won one singles title on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on June 11 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.122 to No.79).

2008 - QF at Tashkent; reached 2r four times (incl. US Open); fell 1r eight times (incl. other three majors) and in Tour qualifying twice; won first Tour title in doubles at Tashkent (w/Savchuk); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

SINGLES
Winner: 2009 - ITF/Marseille-FRA; 2008 - ITF/Contrexeville-FRA; 2007 - ITF/Torrent-ESP; 2006 - ITF/Bucharest 1-ROU, ITF/Rabat-MAR, ITF/Toronto-CAN; 2005 - ITF/Herceg Novi 1-MNE, ITF/Bucharest 4-ROU, ITF/Bucharest 5-ROU.
Finalist (1): 2009 - Bad Gastein.
Semifinalist (2): 2007 - Memphis, Fès.
Quarterfinalist (5): 2009 - Bogotá, Warsaw; 2008 - Tashkent; 2007 - Guangzhou, Tashkent.

DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2008 - Tashkent (w/Savchuk); 2006 - ITF/Makarska-CRO (w/Tout), ITF/Mont-de-Marsan-FRA (w/Chakhnashvili); 2005 - ITF/Herceg Novi 1-MNE (w/Tout), ITF/Arad-ROU, ITF/Bucharest 5-ROU (both w/Corduneanu); 2004 - ITF/Cluj-Napoca-ROU (w/Corduneanu).
Finalist (1): 2008 - Budapest (w/Henke).

Coached by Michael Schapers ... Introduced to tennis at age 7 by her parents Adrian and Doina ... Has one sister, Cristina ... Graduated from high school in July 2007 ... Speaks Romanian, English, French and some Spanish ... Favorite surface is clay; favorite shot is backhand down the line ... Self-described as ambitious, sociable and funny ... Enjoys reading, listening to music, watching movies ... Person most admired is Kim Clijsters for "being a very nice person and for knowing what she wants".

- Junior highlights include runner-up finishes at 2005 Roland Garros, in both singles (l. to Szavay) and doubles (w/Rakhim; l. to Azarenka/Szavay) and winning 2006 US Open doubles title (w/Buzarnescu; d. Fichman/Pavlyuchenkova in final).