WTA Hamburg | 07/20 11:00 | 26 | [72] Maryna Zanevska v Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik [172] | 6-4,6-1 | |
WTA Hamburg | 07/18 11:35 | 25 | [172] Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik v Nao Hibino [259] | 6-3,2-6,6-2 | |
WTA Hamburg | 07/17 09:00 | - | [220] Anna-Lena Friedsam v Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik [176] | 7-5,5-7,6-7 | |
WTA Hamburg | 07/16 12:40 | 26 | Ella Seidel v Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik | 2-6,1-6 | |
WTA Lausanne | 07/11 11:05 | 19 | [126] Cristina Bucsa v Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik [176] | 1-6,6-3,6-2 | |
WTA Lausanne | 07/10 12:30 | 14 | [175] Oksana Selekhmeteva v Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik [172] | 6-7,3-6 | |
WTA Contrexeville | 07/07 10:50 | 26 | [172] Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik v Dalma Galfi [89] | 4-6,4-6 | |
WTA Contrexeville | 07/05 10:45 | 25 | [490] Margaux Rouvroy v Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik [172] | 4-6,1-6 | |
Wimbledon - nők | 06/22 15:40 | 15 | [172] Maja Chwalinska v Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik [174] | 6-2,5-7,6-2 | |
Wimbledon - nők | 06/21 14:20 | 14 | [263] Cristina Dinu v Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik [174] | 3-6,1-6 | |
ITF W60 Brasov | 06/03 11:55 | 27 | [198] Marina Melnikova v Alexandra Ignatik [150] | 4-6,6-2,6-3 | |
ITF W60 Brasov | 06/02 13:20 | 26 | [480] Isabella Kruger v Alexandra Ignatik [150] | 6-1,3-6,5-7 | |
ITF W60 Brasov | 06/01 10:30 | 25 | Sebastianna Scilipoti v Alexandra Ignatik | 1-6,3-6 | |
French Open - nők | 05/16 09:55 | 14 | [103] Jule Niemeier v Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik [152] | 6-1,6-1 | |
ITF W100 Bonita Springs | 05/06 14:30 | 27 | [121] Katie Volynets v Alexandra Ignatik [161] | 6-1,7-6 | |
ITF W100 Bonita Springs | 05/05 15:55 | 26 | [214] Francesca Di Lorenzo v Alexandra Ignatik [161] | 2-6,3-6 | |
ITF W100 Bonita Springs | 05/04 18:20 | 25 | [404] Chanelle Van Nguyen v Alexandra Ignatik [161] | 2-6,3-6 | |
ITF W100 Charleston | 04/27 15:45 | 25 | [161] Alexandra Ignatik v Emma Navarro [226] | 4-6,1-6 | |
ITF W25 Orlando | 04/24 15:00 | 29 | [155] Mirjam Bjorklund v Alexandra Ignatik [161] | 6-3,6-4 | |
ITF W25 Orlando | 04/23 14:50 | 28 | [187] Grace Min v Alexandra Ignatik [161] | 4-6,5-7 | |
ITF W25 Orlando | 04/22 15:20 | 27 | Reese Brantmeier v Alexandra Ignatik | 4-6,6-7 | |
ITF W25 Orlando | 04/21 17:25 | 26 | [497] Victoria Rodriguez v Alexandra Ignatik [161] | 2-6,4-6 | |
ITF W25 Orlando | 04/20 22:35 | 25 | [460] Elizabeth Halbauer v Alexandra Ignatik [161] | 7-6,1-6,3-6 | |
ITF W100 Palm Harbor | 04/14 17:25 | 26 | [165] Alexandra Ignatik v Xiyu Wang [150] | 5-7,1-6 | |
ITF W100 Palm Harbor | 04/13 14:00 | 25 | [167] Nao Hibino v Alexandra Ignatik [165] | 4-6,2-6 | |
ITF W25 Antalya | 03/18 07:00 | 27 | [159] Alexandra Ignatik v Elisabetta Cocciaretto [242] | 3-6,2-6 | |
ITF W25 Antalya | 03/17 07:00 | 26 | [159] Alexandra Ignatik v Mandy Minella [244] | 2-6,7-6,7-6 | |
ITF W25 Antalya | 03/15 07:00 | 25 | [159] Alexandra Ignatik v Brenda Fruhvirtova [390] | 6-2,6-7,6-2 | |
ITF W25 Antalya | 03/09 10:50 | 25 | [327] Leolia Jeanjean v Alexandra Ignatik [159] | Retired | |
ITF W25 Sharm El Sheikh | 02/13 08:00 | 29 | [223] Marina Melnikova v Alexandra Ignatik [198] | 6-0,3-6,3-6 |
Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik (née Cadanțu; born 3 May 1990) is a Romanian tennis player.
On 6 January 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 59. Her best doubles ranking by the WTA is No. 101, achieved on 11 June 2012.
At Grand Slam tournaments, Cadanțu-Ignatik has won only one (main-draw) match, at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. Usually, she is playing on the ITF Circuit.
In July 2021, Alexandra changed her name to Cadanțu-Ignatik, after marrying fellow tennis player Uladzimir Ignatik.
Born in Bucharest, Cadanțu began playing tennis at age three. Her favourite surface is clay, her goal to reach the top 50.
Cadanțu started the year in Shenzhen but was defeated by Bojana Jovanovski in the first round. Her next tournament was in Sydney, where she was defeated in the first qualifying round by Olga Puchkova. Alexandra then lost to Heather Watson in the Australian Open first round.
In February, she won her first match for the season in Cali, Colombia – defeating Laura Pous Tió. Then she lost in the second round to Sesil Karatantcheva in three sets, reached quarterfinals in Bogotá, Colombia, defeating Maria Joao Koehler in the first and Tereza Mrdeža in the second round. She then fell in the quarterfinals to Jelena Janković. Then, in Acapulco, Mexico, Cadanțu was defeated by Sara Errani in the first round. In March, she fell in Miami first qualifying round to Stefanie Vögele. She then lost to Madison Keys in the first round of Charleston.
She reached the semifinals in Katowice, Poland, in April, where she lost to Petra Kvitová. On her road, she defeated Yuliya Beygelzimer, Katarzyna Kawa, Raluca Olaru, Sabine Lisicki, each of them in straight sets, and Irina-Camelia Begu, and Shahar Pe'er in three. She has also reached the semifinals at the Budapest Grand Prix, where she lost in straight sets to compatriot Simona Halep and eventual winner of the tournament.
Cadanțu started the year in Auckland where she had to retire in her first round, 1–6, 0–4 down against Kurumi Nara. She also fell at the first round in Hobart (losing to Olivia Rogowska), at the Australian Open (to Flavia Pennetta), and in Rio (to Teliana Pereira).
Then things started to improve with a quarterfinal at Florianópolis, beating wildcard Gabriela Cé in the first round and Dinah Pfizenmaier in the second before losing to Yaroslava Shvedova, in straight sets. Cadanțu fell in the first round at Indian Wells and Miami, losing to rising stars CoCo Vandeweghe and Zarina Diyas, respectively. In Katowice, she beat Yanina Wickmayer before losing a tight three-set match to third seed Carla Suárez Navarro. She then had a nine-match losing streak, including the French Open and Wimbledon, which she snapped at the $100k Contrexéville. She won the doubles title at Bucharest alongside compatriot Ana Bogdan; they beat Çağla Büyükakçay and Karin Knapp in the final. Later in the year, she reached quarterfinals of the ITF events at Saint-Malo, Monterrey and Victoria.