Mihaela Buzărnescu

Mihaela Buzărnescu (born 4 May 1988) is an inactive Romanian tennis player.

Mihaela Buzărnescu

Buzărnescu at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	(1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 36) Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Artemon Apostu-Efremov, Mihai Buzărnescu (her father)
Prize money	US$2,728,834
Singles
Career record	455–277 (62.2%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 20 (6 August 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2018, 2019, 2021)
French Open	4R (2018)
Wimbledon	3R (2018)
US Open	1R (2017, 2019, 2020)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	327–193 (62.9%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 24 (22 October 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2019)
French Open	QF (2018)
Wimbledon	QF (2018)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
French Open	1R (2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–10
Scientific career
Thesis	Optimizarea jocului de tenis la juniori U12-U14 prin dezvoltarea capacităţilor motrice şi psihomotrice (2016)
Doctoral advisor	Gheorghe Marinescu
Last updated on: 17 September 2023.

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 has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

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

Career highlights

Junior success

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

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

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 WTA titles, top 20

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 Grand Slam 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 Birmingham Classic, she once again defeated No. 2 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

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]

2022

In January at the Australian Open, she lost her singles qualifying first-round match to Ysaline Bonaventure. In May at the French Open, she entered the main draw as lucky loser but lost in the first round to Madison Brengle. At Wimbledon, she entered the main draw by replacing Leylah Fernandez where she defeated first-time qualifier, 18 year-old Nastasja Schunk, in the first round.

Performance timelines

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.^[18]

Singles

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

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

Tournament	2018	2019	...	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	1R		A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	1R	1R		A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	2R	A		A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
US Open	A	A		A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	1–2	0–2		0–0	0 / 4	1–4	20%

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

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

WTA Tour career finals

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

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	Elise Mertens	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0–2	May 2018	Prague Open, Czech Republic	International	Clay	Petra Kvitová	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2018	Silicon Valley Classic, United States	Premier^[e]	Hard	Maria Sakkari	6–1, 6–0

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

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	Lidziya Marozava	Nicole Melichar   Květa Peschke	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	May 2018	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Nadiia Kichenok   Anastasia Rodionova	7–5, 7–5
Loss	1–2	June 2018	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	International	Grass	Heather Watson	Alicja Rosolska   Abigail Spears	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	1–3	June 2018	Eastbourne International, UK	Premier	Grass	Irina-Camelia Begu	Gabriela Dabrowski   Xu Yifan	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–4	Apr 2021	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	WTA 250	Clay	Anna-Lena Friedsam	Elixane Lechemia   Ingrid Neel	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Jul 2021	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	WTA 250	Clay	Fanny Stollár	Aliona Bolsova   Tamara Korpatsch	6–4, 6–4

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 31 (23 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

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

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

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (7–7) Clay (26–15) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

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

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

Buzărnescu's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.^[19]

Player	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Iga Świątek	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 0–6) at 2022 BJKC QR
Serena Williams	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 7–5, 1–6) at 2021 French Open
Garbiñe Muguruza	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2012 Acapulco Qualifying
Simona Halep	0–2	0%	–	0–1	0–1	Lost (3–6, 6–4, 2–6) at 2019 Wimbledon
Naomi Osaka	0–2	0%	–	0–1	0–1	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2019 Rome
Maria Sharapova	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2018 Madrid
Venus Williams	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (5–7, 6–4, 3–6) at 2021 Wimbledon
Caroline Wozniacki	0–3	0%	0–2	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 6–3, 3–6) at 2019 Charleston
Karolína Plíšková	0–4	0%	0–1	–	0–3	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2019 Birmingham
Number 2 ranked players
Anett Kontaveit	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (7–6^(10–8), 6–3) at 2017 Linz
Paula Badosa	2–2	50%	1–0	1–2	–	Lost (0–6, 4–6) at 2021 Belgrade
Aryna Sabalenka	1–2	33%	0–1	0–1	1–0	Won (6–7^(3–7), 6–1, 6–4) at 2018 Wimbledon
Svetlana Kuznetsova	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2019 Prague
Barbora Krejčíková	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2015 Bursa
Petra Kvitová	0–2	0%	–	0–1	0–1	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2018 Birmingham
Number 3 ranked players
Maria Sakkari	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–1, 6–0) at 2018 San Jose
Elina Svitolina	2–1	67%	0–1	1–0	1–0	Lost (3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–4, ret.) at 2018 Montréal
Sloane Stephens	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2020 US Open
Number 4 ranked players
Kiki Bertens	1–1	50%	–	0–1	1–0	Won (3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3) at 2018 Eastbourne
Bianca Andreescu	1–2	33%	1–2	–	–	Lost (2–6, 6–4, 3–6) at 2021 Australian Open
Belinda Bencic	1–2	33%	1–2	–	–	Lost (6–4, 3–6, 5–7) at 2019 Hobart
Dominika Cibulková	0–2	0%	–	0–2	–	Lost (6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 1–6) at 2018 Strasbourg
Caroline Garcia	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2021 Miami
Sofia Kenin	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 0–6) at 2019 Dubai
Number 5 ranked players
Jeļena Ostapenko	2–3	40%	1–1	1–0	0–2	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2019 Eastbourne
Sara Errani	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 2–6) at 2018 Charleston
Number 7 ranked players
Patty Schnyder	3–0	100%	–	3–0	–	Won (1–6, 6–2, 6–3) at 2017 Saint-Malo
Madison Keys	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2018 French Open
Number 9 ranked players
CoCo Vandeweghe	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(5–7), 6–2) at 2021 Guadalajara
Julia Görges	1–2	33%	0–1	1–1	–	Won (6–4, 3–6, 4–4, ret.) at 2019 Rome
Andrea Petkovic	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2019 US Open
Number 10 ranked players
Daria Kasatkina	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (1–6, 1–6) at 2021 Melbourne
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

Season	2018	Total
Wins	3	3

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

Notes

1. WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
2. 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.
6. The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.

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