Sorana Cirstea is a Romanian professional tennis player who has ranked 21 positions in the world in singles in 2013. And, Sorana Cirstea was 35th position in 2009. Moreover, she was also a quarterfinalist in the French Open 2009. In the Rogers Cup 2013, she was a finalist.
Table of Biography
Early life
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea best known as Sorana Cirstea was born on 7th April, 1990, in Bucharest, Romania. As of now, she is 31 years old and she is a citizen of Romania. Moreover, she has a birth sign of Aries and she is a Christian by religion. Talking about her parents, she is the daughter of Mihai Cirstea (father) and Liliana Cirstea (mother). Her father has an ice cream factory in Targobiste.
She has a younger brother whose name is Mihnea Cirstea. Roger Federer and Steffi Graf are her idols. Regarding her academic qualification, there is no information regarding her academic qualification. We can presume that she has completed her graduation from her hometown.
Caption: Sorana Cirstea posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
Professional career
As her mother introduced her to tennis when she was four years old. Sorana was a top 10 player on the ITF Junior Circuit. Moreover, she reached the final of the Budapest Grand Prix in April 2007. Since Ruxandra Dragomir in June 2000, she is the first Romanian to reach a WTA Tour final.
In addition, she represented Romania in the women’s singles at the 2008 Summer Olympics, losing in the first round to Shahar Pe’er. That year, she also won her first two WTA doubles titles. She was the No. 36 WTA singles player and the No. 1 Romanian at the end of 2008, although she was just 18 years old.
Caption: Sorana Cirstea playing tennis at the tournament (Source: Instagram)
In 2009, she reached the quarterfinals of the singles tournament at the Estoril Open, defeating Kimiko Date-Krumm and Maret Ani before losing to eventual champion Yanina Wickmayer.
In the 2009 season, she was ranked 43 in the world. She was eliminated in the first round of the French Open 2010 in Eastbourne by defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova. Petra Kvitová beat her in the first round. At the GDF Suez Grand Prix, she lost in the first round to qualifier Zuzana Ondráková, and at Wimbledon, she lost in the first round to qualifier Zuzana Ondráková.
She had a poor year in 2015, falling out of the top 100 in the WTA rankings and finishing the year ranked 244th in the world. She was able to return to the top 100 of the WTA rankings the following year after a run of excellent performances. Then her skills dropped again, and she barely managed to stay in the top 100 of the WTA rankings in 2019-2020.
Brand Endorsements
Sorana has partnered with New Balance, a well-known sportswear company, and Yonex, a tennis equipment company. She worked with the sportswear company Adidas and the racket company Wilson, Babolat, earlier in her career.
Awards and Net Worth
As of now, Sorana Cirstea has not received any major awards and recognition for her works. But, nearby future, she will receive some of them.
Sorana Cirstea has earned a huge amount of sum as a tennis player. Moreover, her net worth is estimated at around $7 million which she earned from her tennis profession and brand endorsements. In the year 2021, she earned $733,340 prize money from 37 matches in various tournaments.
Relationship Status
As of now, Sorana Cirstea is unmarried and single. Moreover, there is no news regarding her past and present relationship. She is currently focusing on her career. In addition, Sorana is not part of the controversy nor got rumors to the date.
Body measurement and Social media
The tennis player is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs around 73 kg. More than that, she has black hair and black hair in color. Apart from this, there is no more detail regarding Sorana’s other body measurements.
Caption: Sorana Cirstea body measurement (Source: Instagram)
Sorana Cirstea is very active on social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. On her Instagram, there are more than 151k followers and on Twitter, there are more than 161k followers. And there are more than 344k followers on Facebook.
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