Alexandra Dulgheru (Romanian pronunciation: [alekˈsandra dulˈɡeru]; born 30 May 1989)[2] is a former professional tennis player from Romania.

[3] Her best junior result came at the 2006 Wimbledon girls' championship, where she was defeated in the quarterfinals by Tamira Paszek 6–4, 6–4.

5, Daniela Hantuchová, to reach her first WTA tournament final, in which she beat Alona Bondarenko in three sets.

In Bad Gastein, she suffered yet another opening-round exit at the hands of the fourth seeded Iveta Benešová.

In August 2009, she made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open losing in the first round to eighth seeded Victoria Azarenka.

At Linz, she won in the first round over Sybille Bammer in two sets, before she lost to third seeded and eventual champion, Yanina Wickmayer.

At the first Grand Slam championship of the year, the Australian Open, Dulgheru entered both the singles and the doubles events, these being her first appearances at Melbourne.

She defeated Sílvia Soler Espinosa, Sara Errani, Arantxa Parra Santonja, then lost in the semifinals to Roberta Vinci, 7–6, 1–6, 2–6.

Playing at the French Open for the first time, she defeated Lucie Hradecká in the first round, and Timea Bacsinszky in the second.

They lost in the first round 1–6, 2–6 to American-Kazakh team and eventual Wimbledon champions, Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova.

At the Paris Indoor Grand Prix, second seeded Alexandra reached her fourth semifinal of the year.

She won over Sandra Záhlavová, Anna Chakvetadze and Anastasija Sevastova being defeated in the semifinals by Hungarian Ágnes Szávay, in three sets.

Soon after the victory, she felt pain in her right knee and had to withdraw from the tournament ahead of her second-round match with Slovenian Polona Hercog.

In the second round, Dulgheru and her partner defeated Edina Gallovits and Klaudia Jans in straight sets.

After making semifinals and then becoming winner in two ITF tournaments in Antalya, Alexandra returned to the WTA Tour with a protected ranking in Indian Wells and defeated qualifier Michelle Larcher de Brito, before losing in the second round, 0–6, 6–4, 3–6 to 32nd seeded Peng Shuai.

Still as a qualifier at the Palermo Ladies Open, she had to retire in the first round at 1–5 in the first set with Lourdes Domínguez Lino due to right toe injury.

In Båstad, she started better, defeating Caroline Garcia in two sets, but she then lost to Virginie Razzano 6–3, 0–6, 4–6 in the second round.

With a protected ranking she received an entrance directly in the first round at the US Open, and first she defeated Varvara Lepchenko in a tough three-setter, before losing 2–6, 1–6 to 13th seeded Ana Ivanovic.

After inconsistent results on the WTA Tour, Dulgheru did very well in ITF tournaments, winning in Marseille and Dubai, and making semifinals in Campinas.

[8] In February, Dulgheru reached the final round of qualifying at the Dubai Championships where she was defeated by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni.

[9] Getting past qualifying in Qatar, she retired during her second-round match against third seed Caroline Wozniacki due to an upper respiratory tract infection.

[10] After she recovered from the infection, she made it to the third career final at the Malaysian Open but lost to top seed Caroline Wozniacki.

Following this performance, she entered the Miami Open and qualified for the event but lost in the first round to Elena Vesnina.

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.