Stories
Biography
- Coached by Max Pace...Favorite surface was clay...Parents are Dumitru, a modern pentathlon coach, and Georgeta, a designer; has younger brother, Daniel...Enjoys listening to music, swimming, soccer and watching NBA basketball...Speaks fluent Italian...Favorites include the book Gone With the Wind, the color red and Italian foods...Likes to visit Switzerland because of its beautiful mountains and lakes...Admired Steffi Graf when growing up...Picks Carl Lewis as world's best athlete.
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
7Height
5'9" (1.75 m)Birthday
Mar 26, 1974 March 26, 1974Birthplace
Bucharest, RomaniaCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (4): 1998 - Strasbourg; 1996 - Amelia Island; 1995 - Palermo; 1994 - Palermo.
Finalist (6): 1999 - Cairo; 1998 - Hilton Head; 1997 - Indian Wells; 1995 - Jakarta; 1994 - Taranto; 1993 - Sapporo.
DOUBLES
Winner (6): 1999 - Paris [Indoors], Luxembourg, Linz (all w/Vis); 1996 - Rome (w/Sanchez-Vicario); 1995 - Jakarta (w/Porwik); 1994 - Taranto (w/van Lottum).
Finalist (7): 1999 - Gold Coast (w/Kunce), Cairo (w/Vis); 1998 - Leipzig (w/Bollegraf); 1997 - Madrid (w/Gorrochategui); 1996 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/de Swardt), Oakland (w/Tauziat); 1995 - Zagreb (w/L. Golarsa).
ADDITIONAL
Romanian Fed Cup Team 1991-92. Romanian Olympic Team 1992.