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Mihaela Buzărnescu

Mihaela Buzărnescu (born 4 May 1988) is a Romanian former tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 20, achieved on 6 August 2018. Her best doubles ranking of world No. 24, she reached on 22 October 2018. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

Mihaela Buzărnescu
Buzărnescu at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Romania
ResidenceBucharest, Romania
Born (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 36)
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2004
Retired(2022 last match played)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachArtemon Apostu-Efremov,
Mihai Buzărnescu (her father)
Prize money$2,728,834
Singles
Career record455–277
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 20 (6 August 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2018, 2019, 2021)
French Open4R (2018)
Wimbledon3R (2018)
US Open1R (2017, 2019, 2020)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record327–193
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 24 (22 October 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2019)
French OpenQF (2018)
WimbledonQF (2018)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2019)
French Open1R (2018, 2019)
Wimbledon2R (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup3–10
Scientific career
ThesisOptimizarea jocului de tenis la juniori U12-U14 prin dezvoltarea capacităţilor motrice şi psihomotrice (2016)
Doctoral advisorGheorghe Marinescu

Buzărnescu has a PhD in sports science from the National University of Physical Education and Sport.[1]

Career highlights

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Junior success

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Buzărnescu played her first professional match in 2004.[2] She then won the junior doubles title at the 2006 US Open with Raluca Olaru. Seeded No. 2, they defeated the top-seeded pair of Sharon Fichman and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final.[3]

Injuries and hiatus

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Shoulder and knee injuries (the latter prompting two surgeries) forced her off the pro tour for years, long enough that she went back to school,[4] graduating with a doctorate at the National University of Physical Education and Sport in December 2016.

2017: Major and top 100 debuts

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In 2017, she qualified to make her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2017 US Open (tennis). In October 2017, Buzărnescu got to the semifinals of the Linz Open. As a result, she reached the top 100 at world No. 89 on 16 October 2017.

2018: First Tour titles, top 20 in singles

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She reached the finals of the Hobart International and the Prague Open. At the Internationaux de Strasbourg, she surrendered a lead in the singles semifinals against Dominika Cibulková, eventually losing the match in three sets.[5] She showed more consistency in the doubles, winning the tournament and her first WTA title with compatriot Raluca Olaru in straight sets against Nadiia Kichenok and Anastasia Rodionova.[6]

In May, Buzărnescu then played in her first French Open, which was also the first Grand Slam tournament, she was seeded. She defeated Vania King in the first round for her first major win. Afterwards, she also won versus Rebecca Peterson. Against No. 4 seed Elina Svitolina in the third round, Buzărnescu won the match in straight sets. This was her biggest career victory and one of the tournament's bigger upsets. She faced No. 13 seed Madison Keys in the fourth round, and lost in two sets.

In the grass-court season, Buzărnescu reached the quarterfinals of the Nature Valley Open in Nottingham, losing to Naomi Osaka. She also played in the doubles tournament with British partner Heather Watson, losing in the final. At the 2018 Birmingham Classic, she once again defeated second seed Svitolina, before losing to eventual champion Petra Kvitová in the semifinals. Buzărnescu then played for a third consecutive week in Eastbourne. She reached the last 16 before losing to Jeļena Ostapenko. However, she reached the doubles final with partner Irina-Camelia Begu.

In August, Buzărnescu captured her first WTA Tour singles title winning in San Jose with a straight-sets victory over Maria Sakkari in the final. Later in August, she played Elina Svitolina once more in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal but suffered a serious ankle injury and was forced to retire. This injury kept her out of the game for two months including the US Open but she did reach her best ever ranking of No. 20 in the world, on 6 August 2018. Buzārnescu ended the year ranked 24.

2019

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Buzărnescu began her 2019 season at the Brisbane International. She lost in the first round to eventual finalist Lesia Tsurenko.[7] Seeded second and last year finalist at the Hobart International, she was defeated in the first round by Belinda Bencic.[8] Seeded 25th at the Australian Open, she lost her first-round match to seven-time Grand Slam winner, two-time finalist, and former world No. 1, Venus Williams.[9]

In February, Buzărnescu represented Romania in the Fed Cup tie against the Czech Republic. She lost both of her rubbers to Karolína Plíšková and Kateřina Siniaková. In the end, Romania still managed to win the tie over the Czech Republic 3–2.[10] At the Qatar Ladies Open, she was defeated in the first round by 2016 finalist Jeļena Ostapenko.[11] In Dubai, she lost in the first round to Sofia Kenin.[12] Seeded fourth at the Abierto Mexicano in Acapulco, she won her first match of the season by beating Daria Gavrilova in the first round.[13] She was defeated in the second round by Bianca Andreescu.[14] Seeded 29th at the Indian Wells Open, she suffered a second-round loss at the hands of Daria Gavrilova.[15] Seeded 30th in Miami, she lost in the second round to Alizé Cornet.[16]

Buzărnescu started her clay-court season at the Charleston Open. Seeded 12th, she reached the third round where she lost to fifth seed, 2011 champion, and eventual finalist, Caroline Wozniacki.[17]

2021-2022

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Partnering Fanny Stollár, Buzărnescu won the doubles title at the 2021 Budapest Grand Prix, defeating Aliona Bolsova and Tamara Korpatsch in the final.[18]

At the 2022 French Open, she entered the main draw as lucky loser but lost in the first round to Madison Brengle.[19] Playing at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, she entered the main draw by replacing Leylah Fernandez, and defeated qualifier Nastasja Schunk, in the first round,[20] before losing to 11th seed Coco Gauff.[21]

Buzărnescu recorded wins over Elisabetta Cocciaretto[22] and Yuan Yue[23] to reach the quarterfinals at the 2022 Swedish Open where she lost to Viktoriya Tomova.[24] At the 2022 Iași Open, she retired due to injury while leading by a set and a break against Cristina Dinu in the first round.[25][26]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[27]

Singles

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Current through the 2022 Prague Open.

Tournament 2011 2012 ... 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 A A Q2 1R 1R A 1R Q1 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open A Q2 A A A 4R 1R Q1 2R 1R 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Wimbledon A Q2 A A Q2 3R 2R NH 1R 2R 0 / 4 4–4 50%
US Open Q3 Q1 Q1 A 1R A 1R 1R Q3 A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 5–3 1–4 0–1 1–3 1–2 0 / 14 8–14 36%
Year-end championships
WTA Elite Trophy[a] DNQ Alt DNQ NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH A NH 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[b] A A A A A 3R 1R A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A 1R 2R NH A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami Open A A A A A 1R 2R NH 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A 1R 2R NH A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Italian Open A A A A A 1R 3R A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Canadian Open A A A A A 2R Q2 NH A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A 1R A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 0 3 23 23 1 12 3 Career total: 65
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 Career total: 3
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 36–22 13–26 0–1 7–14 1–4 1 / 65 60–70 46%
Win (%) – – – – 50% 62% 33% 0% 33% 20% Career total: 46%
Year-end ranking[c] 155 248 260 377 72 24 109 136 121

Doubles

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Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R A 1R A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open QF 1R A 1R A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Wimbledon QF 1R NH A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
US Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 6–3 1–3 0–0 0–2 0–0 0 / 8 7–8 47%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[b] 2R 1R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Indian Wells Open 1R 1R NH A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami Open A 1R NH A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open 1R QF NH A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Italian Open A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open 1R A NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open 2R A NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
Titles 1 0 0 1 Career total: 2
Finals 4 0 0 2 Career total: 6

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 2018 2019 ... 2022 W–L
Australian Open A 1R A 0–1
French Open 1R 1R A 0–2
Wimbledon 2R A A 1–1
US Open A A A 0–0
Win–loss 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–4

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2018 Hobart International, Australia International[d] Hard Belgium  Elise Mertens 1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 0–2 May 2018 Prague Open, Czech Republic International Clay Czech Republic  Petra Kvitová 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2018 Silicon Valley Classic, United States Premier[e] Hard Greece  Maria Sakkari 6–1, 6–0

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (0–1)
WTA 250 (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2018 Prague Open, Czech Republic International Clay Belarus  Lidziya Marozava United States  Nicole Melichar
Czech Republic  Květa Peschke 		4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 2018 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay Romania  Raluca Olaru Ukraine  Nadiia Kichenok
Australia  Anastasia Rodionova 		7–5, 7–5
Loss 1–2 June 2018 Nottingham Open,
United Kingdom 		International Grass United Kingdom  Heather Watson Poland  Alicja Rosolska
United States  Abigail Spears 		3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1–3 June 2018 Eastbourne International, UK Premier Grass Romania  Irina-Camelia Begu Canada  Gabriela Dabrowski
China  Xu Yifan 		3–6, 5–7
Loss 1–4 Apr 2021 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia WTA 250 Clay Germany  Anna-Lena Friedsam France  Elixane Lechemia
United States  Ingrid Neel 		3–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Jul 2021 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary WTA 250 Clay Hungary  Fanny Stollár Spain  Aliona Bolsova
Germany  Tamara Korpatsch 		6–4, 6–4

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2022 Båstad Open, Sweden Clay Russia  Irina Khromacheva Japan  Misaki Doi
Sweden  Rebecca Peterson 		w/o

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 31 (23 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (8–3)
Clay (14–4)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2004 ITF Pitești, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania  Liana Balaci 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–0 Jun 2004 ITF Brașov, Romania 10,000 Clay Argentina  Andrea Benítez 6–3, 7–5
Win 3–0 May 2006 ITF La Palma, Spain 25,000 Hard Croatia  Nadja Pavić 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Loss 3–1 May 2007 ITF Rabat, Morocco 10,000 Clay Russia  Yuliya Kalabina 1–6, 1–6
Win 4–1 Jun 2008 ITF Pitești, Romania 10,000 Clay Hungary  Palma Kiraly 6–0, 6–3
Win 5–1 Jun 2008 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Italy  Federica di Sarra 6–2, 6–2
Loss 5–2 Mar 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ukraine  Valentyna Ivakhnenko 3–6, 0–6
Win 6–2 Aug 2010 ITF Oneşti, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania  Ionela-Andreea Iova 6–0, 6–1
Loss 6–3 Aug 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania  Ingrid-Alexandra Radu 5–7, 6–1, 3–6
Win 7–3 Aug 2010 ITF Balş, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania  Alexandra Cadanţu 6–3, 6–2
Loss 7–4 Dec 2010 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates 10,000 Hard Russia  Marta Sirotkina 0–6, 0–6
Win 8–4 May 2011 ITF İzmir, Turkey 25,000 Hard United Kingdom  Naomi Broady 7–5, 6–4
Win 9–4 July 2011 ITF Craiova, Romania 25,000 Clay Italy  Annalisa Bona 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Win 10–4 July 2011 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium 25,000 Clay Netherlands  Bibiane Schoofs 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 11–4 Sep 2014 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania  Simona Ionescu 6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Win 12–4 Mar 2015 ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia 10,000 Hard France  Lou Brouleau 6–0, 6–1
Win 13–4 Apr 2015 ITF Port El Kantaoui 10,000 Hard Slovenia  Natalija Sipek 6–1, 6–0
Win 14–4 Aug 2015 ITF Westende, Belgium 25,000 Hard France  Océane Dodin 6−1, 6–1
Loss 14–5 Nov 2015 ITF Zawada, Poland 25,000 Carpet (i) Serbia  Ivana Jorović 2–6, 2–6
Win 15–5 Dec 2015 ITF Cairo, Egypt 25,000 Clay Russia  Valentyna Ivakhnenko 6–0, 6–3
Win 16–5 Jun 2017 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open,
Hungary 		60,000 Clay Montenegro  Danka Kovinić 6–2, 6–1
Win 17–5 Jun 2017 İzmir Cup, Turkey 60,000 Hard Japan  Eri Hozumi 6–1, 6–0
Win 18–5 Jul 2017 ITF Getxo, Spain 25,000 Clay Mexico  Renata Zarazúa 6–2, 6–2
Win 19–5 Jul 2017 Reinert Open, Germany 60,000 Clay Austria  Barbara Haas 6–0, 6–2
Loss 19–6 Aug 2017 GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK 25,000 Hard Italy  Jasmine Paolini 4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win 20–6 Sep 2017 Open de Biarritz, France 80,000 Clay Switzerland  Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–3
Win 21–6 Oct 2017 Internationaux de Poitiers, France 100,000 Hard (i) Belgium  Alison Van Uytvanck 6–4, 6–2
Loss 21–7 Nov 2017 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan 100,000 Hard China  Zhang Shuai 4–6, 0–6
Win 22–7 Nov 2017 Toyota World Challenge, Japan 60,000+H Carpet (i) Slovenia  Tamara Zidanšek 6–0, 6–1
Loss 22–8 Sep 2021 Open de Valencia, Spain 80,000 Clay Netherlands  Arantxa Rus 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 23–8 Oct 2021 ITF Le Neubourg, France 80,000+H Hard Hungary  Anna Bondár 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 56 (34 titles, 22 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (7–7)
Clay (26–15)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2004 ITF Constanța, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania  Gabriela Niculescu Romania  Bianca Bonifate
Romania  Diana Gae 		6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jun 2004 ITF Pitești, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania  Gabriela Niculescu Argentina  Andrea Benítez
Uruguay  Estefanía Craciún 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Apr 2005 ITF Mumbai, India 10,000 Hard India  Sanaa Bhambri Chinese Taipei  Chan Chin-wei
Russia  Julia Efremova 		2–6, 1–6
Loss 2–2 Jul 2006 ITF Båstad, Sweden 25,000 Clay Romania  Magda Mihalache Argentina  Erica Krauth
France  Aurélie Védy 		6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Aug 2006 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Clay Russia  Evgeniya Rodina Russia  Maria Kondratieva
Russia  Ekaterina Makarova 		6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 2–4 Apr 2007 ITF Split, Croatia 10,000 Clay Romania  Antonia Xenia Tout Poland  Olga Brózda
Poland  Natalia Kołat 		2–6, 1–6
Win 3–4 Apr 2007 ITF Hvar, Croatia 10,000 Clay Poland  Magdalena Kiszczyńska France  Émilie Bacquet
Serbia  Karolina Jovanović 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–5 Apr 2007 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Sweden  Nadja Roma Czech Republic  Iveta Gerlová
Czech Republic  Lucie Kriegsmannová 		3–6, 5–7
Win 4–5 May 2007 ITF Rabat, Morocco 10,000 Clay Austria  Melanie Klaffner Italy  Silvia Disderi
Algeria  Samia Medjahdi 		6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–6 Aug 2007 ITF Bucharest, Romania 25,000 Clay Romania  Monica Niculescu Romania  Sorana Cîrstea
Romania  Ágnes Szatmári 		w/o
Loss 4–7 Aug 2007 ITF Penza, Russia 50,000 Clay Ukraine  Veronika Kapshay France  Sophie Lefèvre
Romania  Ágnes Szatmári 		1–6, 2–6
Win 5–7 Sep 2007 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Poland  Magdalena Kiszczyńska Brazil  Joana Cortez
Brazil  Teliana Pereira 		6–4, 6–7(2–7), [10–4]
Win 6–7 Sep 2007 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia 25,000 Hard Serbia  Vojislava Lukić Russia  Vasilisa Davydova
Russia  Marina Shamayko 		6–2, 6–4
Win 7–7 Jun 2008 ITF Pitești, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania  Laura Ioana Andrei Romania  Simona Matei
Italy  Valentina Sulpizio 		7–5, 3–6, [10–2]
Win 8–7 Jun 2008 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania  Laura Ioana Andrei Italy  Benedetta Davato
Italy  Valentina Sulpizio 		6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss 8–8 Jul 2008 Bella Cup Toruń, Poland 25,000 Clay Russia  Anastasia Pivovarova Poland  Olga Brózda
Poland  Magdalena Kiszczyńska 		6–4, 4–6, [2–10]
Win 9–8 Jul 2008 ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine 25,000 Clay Georgia (country)  Oksana Kalashnikova Ukraine  Kristina Antoniychuk
Ukraine  Lesia Tsurenko 		6–1, 6–4
Win 10–8 Jun 2009 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania  Elora Dabija Romania  Laura Ioana Andrei
Romania  Ioana Gașpar 		1–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win 11–8 Oct 2009 ITF Belek, Turkey 10,000 Clay Czech Republic  Kateřina Vaňková Portugal  Magali de Lattre
Morocco  Fatima El Allami 		6–1, 6–1
Win 12–8 Nov 2009 ITF Le Havre, France 10,000 Clay Russia  Marina Melnikova France  Amandine Hesse
France  Alizé Lim 		6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win 13–8 Nov 2009 ITF Cairo, Egypt 25,000 Clay France  Laura Thorpe Oman  Fatma Al-Nabhani
Russia  Galina Fokina 		6–4, 6–0
Loss 13–9 Mar 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Australia  Alenka Hubacek Ukraine  Yuliya Beygelzimer
Greece  Anna Gerasimou 		w/o
Win 14–9 Apr 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Bulgaria  Dalia Zafirova Czech Republic  Veronika Chvojková
Czech Republic  Martina Kubičíková 		7–6(7–1), 7–5
Win 15–9 Apr 2010 ITF Vic, Spain 10,000 Clay Romania  Cristina Stancu Poland  Olga Brózda
Poland  Barbara Sobaszkiewicz 		7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 16–9 Aug 2010 ITF Oneşti, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania  Laura Ioana Andrei Romania  Camelia Hristea
Bulgaria  Biljana Pavlova 		7–6(9–7), 6–2
Win 17–9 Aug 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania  Laura Ioana Andrei Romania  Diana Enache
Romania  Camelia Hristea 		6–1, 6–3
Win 18–9 Sep 2010 Royal Cup Podgorica,
Montenegro 		25,000 Clay Romania  Irina-Camelia Begu Russia  Valeriya Solovyeva
Ukraine  Maryna Zanevska 		5–7, 7–5, [12–10]
Loss 18–10 Oct 2010 ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine 25,000 Clay Russia  Marina Shamayko Ukraine  Anna Piven
Ukraine  Anastasiya Vasylyeva 		4–6, 4–6
Win 19–10 May 2011 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 10,000 Clay Australia  Karolina Wlodarczak Germany  Dejana Raickovic
Netherlands  Ghislaine van Baal 		6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 19–11 May 2011 ITF İzmir, Turkey 25,000 Hard Croatia  Tereza Mrdeža United Kingdom  Naomi Broady
United Kingdom  Lisa Whybourn 		6–3, 6–7(4–7), [7–10]
Win 20–11 Jun 2011 ITF Florence, Italy 10,000 Clay Slovakia  Zuzana Zlochová Italy  Nicole Clerico
Italy  Valentina Sulpizio 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 20–12 Jul 2011 ITF Craiova, Romania 25,000 Clay Romania  Elena Bogdan Romania  Diana Enache
Netherlands  Daniëlle Harmsen 		6–4, 6–7(5–7), [6–10]
Win 21–12 Jul 2011 ITF Samsun, Turkey 25,000 Hard Slovenia  Tadeja Majerič Turkey  Çağla Büyükakçay
Turkey  Pemra Özgen 		6–1, 6–4
Win 22–12 Sep 2011 Saransk Cup, Russia 50,000 Clay Serbia  Teodora Mirčić Czech Republic  Eva Hrdinová
Ukraine  Veronika Kapshay 		6–3, 6–1
Loss 22–13 Sep 2011 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia 50,000 Clay Croatia  Maria Abramović Portugal  Maria João Koehler
Hungary  Katalin Marosi 		0–6, 3–6
Win 23–13 Oct 2011 Telavi Open, Georgia 50,000 Clay Romania  Elena Bogdan Georgia (country)  Ekaterine Gorgodze
Italy  Anastasia Grymalska 		1–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Loss 23–14 Feb 2012 ITF Surprise, United States 25,000 Hard Russia  Valeriya Solovyeva United States  Maria Sanchez
United States  Yasmin Schnack 		4–6, 3–6
Win 24–14 July 2012 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium 25,000 Clay Germany  Nicola Geuer Netherlands  Kim Kilsdonk
Netherlands  Nicolette van Uitert 		7–6(7–5), 1–6, [10–4]
Win 25–14 Sep 2012 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France 25,000 Clay Switzerland  Timea Bacsinszky Brazil  Teliana Pereira
Bulgaria  Aleksandrina Naydenova 		6–4, 6–1
Loss 25–15 Mar 2015 ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia 10,000 Hard Ukraine  Olena Kyrpot Portugal  Inês Murta
Norway  Melanie Stokke 		1–6, 5–7
Win 26–15 Mar 2015 ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia 10,000 Hard Ukraine  Olena Kyrpot Republic of Ireland  Jennifer Claffey
Liechtenstein  Kathinka von Deichmann 		6–4, 6–2
Win 27–15 Apr 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Romania  Irina Bara Italy  Corinna Dentoni
Italy  Claudia Giovine 		6–3, 2–6, [10–4]
Win 28–15 Oct 2015 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Poland  Justyna Jegiołka Canada  Sharon Fichman
United States  Maria Sanchez 		7–6(8–6), 4–6, [10–7]
Win 29–15 Nov 2015 ITF Zawada, Poland 25,000 Carpet (i) Poland  Justyna Jegiołka Germany  Kim Grajdek
Russia  Ekaterina Yashina 		6–2, 6–3
Loss 29–16 Sep 2016 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Romania  Irina Bara Slovakia  Vivien Juhászová
Czech Republic  Kateřina Kramperová 		6–7(3–7), 6–2, [7–10]
Loss 29–17 Sep 2016 ITF Bucha, Ukraine 25,000 Clay Moldova  Alexandra Perper Russia  Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Russia  Anastasiya Komardina 		3–6, 1–6
Win 30–17 Oct 2016 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Romania  Elena Bogdan Canada  Bianca Andreescu
Canada  Charlotte Robillard-Millette 		6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
Win 31–17 Oct 2016 Abierto Tampico, Mexico 50,000 Hard Belgium  Elise Mertens United States  Usue Maitane Arconada
United Kingdom  Katie Swan 		6–0, 6–2
Loss 31–18 Nov 2016 Waco Showdown, U.S. 50,000 Hard Mexico  Renata Zarazúa Netherlands  Michaëlla Krajicek
United States  Taylor Townsend 		w/o
Win 32–18 May 2017 Dunakeszi Open, Hungary 25,000 Clay Romania  Irina Bara Romania  Daiana Negreanu
Romania  Oana Georgeta Simion 		1–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Loss 32–19 Jul 2017 Prague Open,
Czech Republic 		80,000 Clay Ukraine  Alona Fomina Russia  Anastasia Potapova
Ukraine  Dayana Yastremska 		2–6, 2–6
Loss 32–20 Aug 2017 GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK 25,000 Hard Poland  Justyna Jegiołka Romania  Laura Ioana Andrei
Czech Republic  Petra Krejsová 		6–4, 2–6, [9–11]
Win 33–20 Sep 2017 Open de Biarritz, France 80,000 Clay Romania  Irina Bara Spain  Cristina Bucșa
Australia  Isabelle Wallace 		6–3, 6–1
Loss 33–21 Sep 2017 Open de Saint-Malo, France 60,000 Clay Romania  Irina Bara Latvia  Diāna Marcinkēviča
Chile  Daniela Seguel 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 33–22 Oct 2017 Internationaux de Poitiers, France 100,000 Hard (i) Germany  Nicola Geuer Switzerland  Belinda Bencic
Belgium  Yanina Wickmayer 		6–7(7–9), 3–6
Win 34–22 Dec 2017 Dubai Tennis Challenge, U.A.E. 100,000+H Hard Russia  Alena Fomina Netherlands  Lesley Kerkhove
Belarus  Lidziya Marozava 		6–4, 6–3

Head-to-head records

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Record against top 10 players

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Buzărnescu's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.[28]

Player Record Win% Hard Clay Grass Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Poland  Iga Świątek 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (1–6, 0–6) at 2022 BJKC QR
United States  Serena Williams 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (3–6, 7–5, 1–6) at 2021 French Open
Spain  Garbiñe Muguruza 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2012 Acapulco Qualifying
Romania  Simona Halep 0–2 0% – 0–1 0–1 Lost (3–6, 6–4, 2–6) at 2019 Wimbledon
Japan  Naomi Osaka 0–2 0% – 0–1 0–1 Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2019 Rome
Russia  Maria Sharapova 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 – Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2018 Madrid
United States  Venus Williams 0–2 0% 0–1 – 0–1 Lost (5–7, 6–4, 3–6) at 2021 Wimbledon
Denmark  Caroline Wozniacki 0–3 0% 0–2 0–1 – Lost (4–6, 6–3, 3–6) at 2019 Charleston
Czech Republic  Karolína Plíšková 0–4 0% 0–1 – 0–3 Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2019 Birmingham
Number 2 ranked players
Estonia  Anett Kontaveit 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (7–6(10–8), 6–3) at 2017 Linz
Spain  Paula Badosa 2–2 50% 1–0 1–2 – Lost (0–6, 4–6) at 2021 Belgrade
Belarus  Aryna Sabalenka 1–2 33% 0–1 0–1 1–0 Won (6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–4) at 2018 Wimbledon
Russia  Svetlana Kuznetsova 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2019 Prague
Czech Republic  Barbora Krejčíková 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2015 Bursa
Czech Republic  Petra Kvitová 0–2 0% – 0–1 0–1 Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2018 Birmingham
Number 3 ranked players
Greece  Maria Sakkari 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–1, 6–0) at 2018 San Jose
Ukraine  Elina Svitolina 2–1 67% 0–1 1–0 1–0 Lost (3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–4, ret.) at 2018 Montréal
United States  Sloane Stephens 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2020 US Open
Number 4 ranked players
Netherlands  Kiki Bertens 1–1 50% – 0–1 1–0 Won (3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3) at 2018 Eastbourne
Canada  Bianca Andreescu 1–2 33% 1–2 – – Lost (2–6, 6–4, 3–6) at 2021 Australian Open
Switzerland  Belinda Bencic 1–2 33% 1–2 – – Lost (6–4, 3–6, 5–7) at 2019 Hobart
Slovakia  Dominika Cibulková 0–2 0% – 0–2 – Lost (6–2, 6–7(5–7), 1–6) at 2018 Strasbourg
France  Caroline Garcia 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 – Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2021 Miami
United States  Sofia Kenin 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (3–6, 0–6) at 2019 Dubai
Number 5 ranked players
Latvia  Jeļena Ostapenko 2–3 40% 1–1 1–0 0–2 Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2019 Eastbourne
Italy  Sara Errani 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (6–3, 6–7(5–7), 2–6) at 2018 Charleston
Number 7 ranked players
Switzerland  Patty Schnyder 3–0 100% – 3–0 – Won (1–6, 6–2, 6–3) at 2017 Saint-Malo
United States  Madison Keys 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2018 French Open
Number 9 ranked players
United States  CoCo Vandeweghe 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–2) at 2021 Guadalajara
Germany  Julia Görges 1–2 33% 0–1 1–1 – Won (6–4, 3–6, 4–4, ret.) at 2019 Rome
Germany  Andrea Petkovic 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 – Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2019 US Open
Number 10 ranked players
Russia  Daria Kasatkina 0–2 0% 0–2 – – Lost (1–6, 1–6) at 2021 Melbourne
France  Kristina Mladenovic 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (7–5, 5–7, 2–6) at 2021 Lyon
Total 17–50 25% 7–21
(25%) 		7–20
(26%) 		3–9
(25%) 		last updated 23 December 2021

Top 10 wins

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Season 2018 Total
Wins 3 3
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2018
1. Latvia  Jeļena Ostapenko No. 6 Qatar Ladies Open Hard 2R 6–1, 6–3
2. Ukraine  Elina Svitolina No. 4 French Open Clay 3R 6–3, 7–5
3. Ukraine  Elina Svitolina No. 5 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass QF 6–3, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2006 US Open Hard Romania  Raluca Olaru Canada  Sharon Fichman
Russia  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 		7–5, 6–2

Notes

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  1. ^ WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
  2. ^ a b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  3. ^ WTA ranking: 2013–n/a, 2014–891.
  4. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  5. ^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

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