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Miriam Bulgaru

Miriam Bulgaru
Full nameMiriam Bianca Bulgaru
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 (age 26)
Alba Iulia,[1] Romania
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 316,585
Singles
Career record297–202
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 176 (14 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 176 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French OpenQ2 (2023, 2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2024)
US OpenQ1 (2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record68–74
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 371 (14 June 2021)
Current rankingNo. 1,598 (23 September 2024)
Last updated on: 23 September 2024.

Miriam Bianca Bulgaru (born 8 October 1998) is a Romanian tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 176.

Career

Bulgaru made her WTA Tour debut at the 2018 Bucharest Open, after having received a wildcard into the singles draw. She lost her first-round match to Wang Yafan.[2]

She had her first WTA Tour win as a wildcard at the 2023 Transylvania Open in Cluj Napoca, defeating Turkish lucky loser İpek Öz.[3]

At the 2024 Iași Open, she recorded another WTA win in straight sets over second seed Tatjana Maria as a wildcard.[4]

She won the 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy defeating Kathinka von Deichmann in the final. It was her first title at the WTA 125 level.[5][6]

Grand Slam 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.

Singles

Current through the 2024 Wimbledon.

Tournament 2023 2024 W–L
Australian Open A Q1 0–0
French Open Q2 Q2 0–0
Wimbledon A Q1 0–0
US Open Q1 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (5 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2016 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay Moldova Alexandra Perper 2–6, 6–1, 6–7(5)
Win 1–1 May 2016 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Oana Georgeta Simion 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Jul 2017 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania 15,000 Clay Italy Gaia Sanesi 1–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Sep 2017 ITF Varna, Bulgaria 15,000 Clay Romania Cristina Adamescu 6–0, 7–6(5)
Loss 2–3 Nov 2017 ITF Vinaròs, Spain 15,000 Clay Spain Irene Burillo Escorihuela 2–6, 5–7
Win 3–3 Jul 2018 ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania 15,000 Clay Romania Andreea Mitu 6–4, 7–5
Loss 3–4 Feb 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Switzerland Lara Michel 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–5 Sep 2019 ITF Vienna, Austria 25,000 Clay Croatia Tena Lukas 7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win 4–5 Feb 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay South Korea Park So-hyun 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–5 Sep 2022 ITF Otočec, Slovenia 25,000 Clay Argentina Paula Ormaechea 7–5, 6–4
Loss 5–6 Oct 2022 ITF Otočec, Slovenia 25,000 Clay Iryna Shymanovich 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 5–7 Nov 2022 ITF Heraklion, Greece 25,000 Clay North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska 3–6, 4–6
Loss 5–8 Apr 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Romania Andreea Prisăcariu 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 5–9 May 2023 ITF Annenheim, Austria 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Jesika Malečková 2–6, 0–6
Loss 5–10 Sep 2023 Vienna Ladies Open, Austria 60,000 Clay Croatia Tena Lukas 5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Romania Elena Bogdan Belgium Britt Geukens
Belgium Magali Kempen
3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 Jun 2017 ITF Bucharest, Romania 15,000 Clay Romania Elena Bogdan Romania Cristina Ene
Moldova Alexandra Perper
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 1–2 Nov 2018 ITF Sant Cugat, Spain 25,000 Clay Romania Nicoleta Dascălu Romania Andreea Roșca
Mexico Renata Zarazúa
6–1, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 2–2 Feb 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Romania Cristina Ene Spain Andrea Lázaro García
Greece Despina Papamichail
6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss 2–3 Feb 2020 ITF Mâcon, France 25,000 Hard (i) France Estelle Cascino France Audrey Albié
France Marine Partaud
6–3, 6–7(3), [10–12]
Loss 2–4 Sep 2020 ITF Marbella, Spain 25,000 Clay France Victoria Muntean Russia Alina Charaeva
Russia Oksana Selekhmeteva
3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Mar 2021 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard India Riya Bhatia India Rutuja Bhosale
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith
2–6, 5–7
Win 3–5 Jun 2022 ITF Klosters, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Brenda Fruhvirtová Germany Tayisiya Morderger
Germany Yana Morderger
6–0, 6–1

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