title: Cătălina Cristea
text: # Cătălina Cristea
  
  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)
  
  | Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Runner-up | 1993 | Australian Open | Hard | Åsa Carlsson | Joana Manta Ludmila Richterová | 3–6, 2–6 |
  
  ## WTA career finals
  
  ### Doubles: 4 (1–3)
  
  * Legend
  * Tier I
  * Tier II
  * Tier III (0–2)
  * Tier IV & V (1–1)
  
  | Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partners | Opponents | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Loss | 1. | Feb 1998 | Oklahoma City, U.S. | Hard (i) | Kristine Kunce | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 5–7, 2–6 |
  | Loss | 2. | Apr 1998 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6–4, 1–6, 1–6 |
  | Loss | 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. | 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)
  
  | Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Runner-up | 1. | 16 September 1991 | Cluj, Romania | Hard | Lea Ghirardi | 2–6, 3–6 |
  | Winner | 2. | 29 September 1996 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Mariana Díaz Oliva | 7–5, 3–6, 7–6 |
  | Runner-up | 3. | 15 April 2001 | Dinan, France | Clay (i) | Seda Noorlander | 4–6, 2–6 |
  | Runner-up | 4. | 25 July 2004 | Balș, Romania | Clay | Simona Matei | 1–6, 2–6 |
  
  ### Doubles (6–1)
  
  | Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Winner | 1. | 16 September 1991 | Cluj, Romania | Hard | Diane Samungi | Mirela Buciu Lea Ghirardi | 6–1, 6–1 |
  | Winner | 2. | 27 July 1992 | Lohja, Finland | Clay | Andrea Tunko | Miyako Ataka Monika Starosta | 6–2, $7–6^{(4)}$ |
  | Winner | 3. | 18 July 1994 | Bilbao, Spain | Clay | Hanneke Ketelaars | Yolanda Clemot Cristina Torrens Valero | 6–2, 6–1 |
  | Winners | 4. | 20 November 1994 | Bad Gögging, Germany | Carpet (i) | Tatjana Ječmenica | Kateřina Kroupová Jana Pospíšilová | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
  | Winner | 5. | 25 August 1996 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Helena Vildová | Virginie Massart Emanuela Zardo | 6–2, 6–4 |
  | Winner | 6. | 12 October 1997 | Sedona, United States | Hard | Corina Morariu | Liezel Huber Paola Suárez | 7–5, 6–2 |
  | Runner-up | 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
  