Cătălina Cristea

Cătălina Cristea
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	2 June 1975 (age 49); Bucharest, Romania
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money	US$663,007
Singles
Career record	239 - 225
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (21 July 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1994, 1999)
French Open	3R (1995)
Wimbledon	2R (2000)
US Open	1R (1995,97,98,99,200)
Doubles
Career record	129 - 158
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 40 (17 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1999)
French Open	2R (1998,99,2000)
Wimbledon	2R (1997, 2000)
US Open	2R (1997, 1999)

Cătălina Cristea (born 2 June 1975) is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked 59 in the singles 21 July 1997 and 40 in the doubles 17 August 1998 WTA Tour. She retired from professional tennis in September 2001 before returning in 2005; after that, she retired September 2005 age 30.

Playing for Romania at the Fed Cup, Cristea has a win–loss record of 20–13.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (1-3)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Olympic Gold (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0-0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0-2)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (1-1)	International (0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	23 February 1998	Oklahoma City, United States	Hard	Kristine Kunce	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6-5, 6-2
Runner-up	2.	20 April 1998	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	15 June 1998	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Eva Melicharova	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	7-6 6-7 6-7
Winner	4.	3 May 1999	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Irina Selyutina	Amélie Cocheteux Janette Husárová	6–1, 6–2