Coached by Gonzalo Lopez ... Father is Dumitru (pilot); mother is Doina (airline coordinator); sister is Bianca (assistant hotel manager); has a German Shepherd named Ciavi ...Started playing tennis at age 4 ... Baseliner who prefers clay; favorite shot is high backhand (Rios style) ... Speaks Romanian, English, Spanish ... Studying economics at ASE University ... Enjoys reading, movies, music, dancing, painting, drawing (would like to be a designer or architect after tennis) ... Favorite actor is Johnny Depp; favorite movie is Meet Joe Black ... Favorite type of music is pop; favorite artists are Céline Dion, Backstreet Boys ... Favorite book is Harry Potter ... Favorite foods are Chinese, Romanian; favorite drinks are lemonade, hot chocolate ... Admires Henin, Federer ... After winning first WTA title at Warsaw in 2009, was named Person of the Day by daily Romanian newspaper Jurnalul National; also got awards from Confidential (TV show) and President of the Romanian Tennis Federation, Ruxandra Dragomir-Ilie.
