Cătălina Cristea (born 2 June 1975) is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked No. 59 in singles (21 July 1997) and No. 40 in doubles (17 August 1998). She retired from professional tennis in September 2001, before returning in 2005; she ultimately retired September 2005 aged 30.
Playing for Romania Fed Cup team, Cristea has a win–loss record of 20–13.
Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles (0–1) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1993 Australian Open Hard Åsa Carlsson Joana Manta Ludmila Richterová 3–6, 2–6
WTA career finals Doubles: 4 (1–3) LegendTier ITier IITier III (0–2)Tier IV & V (1–1)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnersOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Feb 1998 Oklahoma City, U.S. Hard (i) Kristine Kunce Serena Williams Venus Williams 5–7, 2–6Loss 0–2 Apr 1998 Budapest, Hungary Clay Laura Montalvo Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–4, 1–6, 1–6Loss 0–3 Jun 1998 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass Eva Melicharova Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans 7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7)Win 1–3 May 1999 Warsaw, Poland Clay Irina Selyutina Amélie Cocheteux Janette Husárová 6–1, 6–2
ITF Circuit finals Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Singles (1–3) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 16 September 1991 Cluj, Romania Hard Lea Ghirardi 2–6, 3–6Win 2. 29 September 1996 Bucharest, Romania Clay Mariana Díaz Oliva 7–5, 3–6, 7–6Loss 3. 15 April 2001 Dinan, France Clay (i) Seda Noorlander 4–6, 2–6Loss 4. 25 July 2004 Balș, Romania Clay Simona Matei 1–6, 2–6
Doubles (6–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 16 September 1991 Cluj, Romania Hard Diane Samungi Mirela Buciu Lea Ghirardi 6–1, 6–1Win 2. 27 July 1992 Lohja, Finland Clay Andrea Tunko Miyako Ataka Monika Starosta 6–2, 7–6(4)Win 3. 18 July 1994 Bilbao, Spain Clay Hanneke Ketelaars Yolanda Clemot Cristina Torrens Valero 6–2, 6–1Win 4. 20 November 1994 Bad Gögging, Germany Carpet (i) Tatjana Ječmenica Kateřina Kroupová Jana Pospíšilová 3–6, 6–3, 6–2Win 5. 25 August 1996 Athens, Greece Clay Helena Vildová Virginie Massart Emanuela Zardo 6–2, 6–4Win 6. 12 October 1997 Sedona, United States Hard Corina Morariu Liezel Huber Paola Suárez 7–5, 6–2Loss 7. 9 October 1999 Batumi, Georgia Carpet Surina De Beer Magda Mihalache Zuzana Váleková 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Head-to-head record Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.
Lindsay Davenport 0–2 Mary Pierce 0–3 Conchita Martínez 0–1 Natasha Zvereva 1–0 Jana Novotná 0–1 Elena Likhovtseva 0–4 Alexandra Fusai 0–2 Nathalie Tauziat 0–1 Corina Morariu 1–2 Lisa Raymond 0–1 Karina Habšudová 1–1 Ai Sugiyama 1–2 Amélie Mauresmo 1–0 Nadia Petrova 1–0
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