Patricia Maria Țig
Țig at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1994-07-27) 27 July 1994
Caransebeș, Caraș-Severin, Romania
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,375,364
Singles
Career record288–175 (62.2%)
Career titles1 WTA, 1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 56 (26 October 2020)
Current rankingNo. 700 (28 August 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2017, 2021, 2023)
French Open3R (2020)
Wimbledon1R (2016, 2021)
US Open2R (2020, 2023)
Doubles
Career record81–81 (50.0%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 155 (14 November 2016)
Current rankingNo. 1391 (3 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2021)
French Open3R (2020)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
Last updated on: 8 October 2022.

Patricia Maria Țig (born 27 July 1994) is a Romanian tennis player.

Țig has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 56, achieved on 26 October 2020.[1] Her best doubles ranking of world No. 155, she achieved on 14 November 2016.[2] Țig has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, plus one on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 14 singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[3]

Career overview

2015: First WTA-level finals

Țig made her WTA Tour debut at the Bucharest Open where she received a wildcard into the singles main draw, and she won to Sílvia Soler Espinosa (retired at 6–4, 3–1) in the first round, before losing 0–6, 2–6 to Polona Hercog. In the doubles competition, paired to co-national Andreea Mitu, Țig reached her first WTA final, but they lost.[4]

She then did much better in Baku by defeating Oksana Kalashnikova 6–1, 6–3 to qualify, then in the main draw, qualifiers Olga Ianchuk (6–4, 6–2) and Olga Savchuk (7–5, 6–4), and then Donna Vekić (6–3, 6–2), and in the semifinals she defeated top seed and world No. 42, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6–3, 6–2, thus reaching her first WTA singles final (without losing one set) and entering top 120 in the WTA rankings. She lost the final in three sets to Margarita Gasparyan.

2018: Inactivity status

After a period of struggling with her performances in the second half of 2017 season, she decided to focus on her health, citing back pain as the main source of discomfort. Her last played tournament was the (Guangzhou Open) in September 2017. Țig became an inactive player on 24 September 2018, after not playing for 52 consecutive weeks.[5][6]

2019: Back on the ITF Circuit, return to WTA competition

Țig returned to action in April 2019, after healing her injuries and giving birth to daughter Sofia in November 2018.[7] She played a series of nine $15k tournaments over ten weeks in Cancún, Mexico. She retired or gave her opponent a walkover in three of the first four, as the inactivity led to injuries – including a recurrence of the knee issue. By the fifth tournament, she made the final. She did the same in the seventh, and won the last two.

The Romanian would have preferred to start at the $25k level. But the new pro circuit rules instituted for 2019 made it impossible for her to gain entry with no ranking. She earned no ranking points for those results. "So we went there for nothing. I got, like, 30 points (actually, 37), which means I'm going to be around 500 (in the WTA rankings). So that doesn't get me anywhere", she said in an interview.[7] Țig will find them reinstated in August as the ITF partly rolls back the new circuit rules.[8] She could gain as many as 25 more spots in the rankings when that occurs.

Țig returned to the WTA Tour at the Bucharest Open as a wildcard into qualifying. She won her three rounds of qualifying to make it to the main draw where she defeated Anna Bondár in the first round to advance to the last 16. In the second round, she defeated the top seed and defending champion Anastasija Sevastova, 6–2, 7–5. She went on to defeat Kristýna Plíšková and Laura Siegemund. In the final, she lost to Elena Rybakina. This was the second singles final in her career. She returned to rankings on July 22, at No. 264.[7]

At the Baltic Open, where she used her protected ranking, she defeated Ankita Raina and Anhelina Kalinina, before losing to Anastasia Potapova.

Țig won the Karlsruhe Open, a WTA 125 tournament, defeating Alison Van Uytvanck and advancing back in the top 150, to No. 148.

2020: French Open third round, first WTA title & top 60 debut

After reaching semifinals at the Thailand Open, where she lost to Magda Linette, Țig reentered top 100, reaching No. 84.

In September, she won her first WTA Tour title at Istanbul.[9] On 26 October she reached her career-high ranking of No. 56.

2023: Comeback

She came back at the 2023 Hobart International and at the 2023 Australian Open using protected ranking after a year and a half of inactivity on the WTA tour (since Wimbledon 2021).

She also entered the Italian Open using protected ranking, but later withdrew before the start of the tournament.

She reached the quarterfinals in Bucharest in June in an ITF event, then also the quarterfinals in Bacău a month later. Also in July, Tig entered two WTA 250 tournaments, in Lausanne and Prague, but lost each time in the first round. She also entered the 2023 Transylvania Open with protected ranking.

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.

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.[10]

Singles

Patricia Țig at the 2017 Washington Open

Current after the 2023 Cincinnati Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win
Grand Slam
Australian Open Q1 Q1 1R A A Q1 1R A 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open Q2 Q1 1R A A 3R 1R A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon Q1 1R Q1 A Q1 NH 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open Q2 1R Q1 A Q1 2R A A 2R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–3 0–0 1–2 0 / 11 4–11 27%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Indian Wells Open A Q1 1R A A NH A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A Q1 3R A A NH A A A 0 / 1 2–1 0%
Madrid Open A QF A A A NH A A A 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Italian Open A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A Q2 A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open 1R A A A A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open Q1 A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 4 10 10 0 4 6 9 0 2 Career total: 45
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Career total: 3
Overall win–loss 5–4 8–10 3–10 0–0 8–4 11–5 3–9 0–0 0–2 1 / 45 38–44 46%
Win (%) 56% 44% 23%  –  67% 69% 25%  –  0% Career total: 46%
Year-end ranking 115 112 175 N/A 111 56 222 796 $1,372,560

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
International / WTA 250 (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2015 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan International Hard Russia Margarita Gasparyan 3–6, 7–5, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2019 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 2–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2020 İstanbul Cup, Turkey International Clay Canada Eugenie Bouchard 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(4)

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
International / WTA 250 (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2015 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Romania Andreea Mitu Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
Netherlands Demi Schuurs		 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2016 Luxembourg Open International Hard (i) Romania Monica Niculescu Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson		 6–4, 5–7, [9–11]

WTA 125 tournament finals

Singles: 1 title

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2019 Karlsruhe Open, Germany Clay Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck 3–6, 6–1, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 25 (15 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (12–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ukraine Viktoriya Kutuzova 6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2012 ITF Balș, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Alexandra Damaschin 6–4, 7–5
Win 2–1 Jul 2012 ITF Iași, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Raluca Elena Platon 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Sep 2012 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Canada Sharon Fichman 3–6, 7–6(5), 3–6
Win 3–2 Nov 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Romania Raluca Elena Platon 6–2, 4–2 ret.
Win 4–2 Nov 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Martina Kubiciková 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–2
Win 5–2 Dec 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Switzerland Conny Perrin 6–2, 7–5
Win 6–2 Feb 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ukraine Alyona Sotnikova 5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Win 7–2 Feb 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Georgia (country) Sofia Kvatsabaia 6–3, 6–2
Win 8–2 May 2014 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Croatia Tena Lukas 6–2, 7–5
Win 9–2 Jun 2014 ITF Sibiu, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Nicoleta Dascălu 6–2, 6–4
Win 10–2 Jul 2014 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Irina Bara 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–2
Win 11–2 Sep 2014 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay Ukraine Elizaveta Ianchuk 6–3, 6–3
Win 12–2 Dec 2014 ITF Mérida, Mexico 25,000 Hard Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 12–3 Feb 2015 St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia 50,000 Hard (i) Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 12–4 Nov 2016 Shenzhen Open, China 100,000 Hard China Peng Shuai 6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 12–5 May 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard Mexico Marcela Zacarías 3–6, 3–6
Loss 12–6 Jun 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard Brazil Thaisa Grana Pedretti 4–6, 4–6
Win 13–6 Jun 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard Mexico Fernanda Contreras 6–0, 6–0
Win 14–6 Jun 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard Argentina Melany Krywoj 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 14–7 Oct 2019 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus 4–6, 4–6
Loss 14–8 Jan 2020 Canberra International, Australia[lower-alpha 2] 25,000 Hard Poland Magdalena Fręch w/o
Loss 14–9 Feb 2020 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Romania Irina Fetecău 3–6, 0–0 ret.
Win 15–9 Sep 2022 ITF Varna, Bulgaria 15,000 Clay Croatia Lucija Ćirić Bagarić 6–1, 6–0
Loss 15–10 Oct 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Romania Anca Alexia Todoni 2–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (4–6)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Romania Patricia Chirea Russia Anastasia Frolova
Russia Eugeniya Pashkova		 4–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 0–2 Jun 2012 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Alexandra Damaschin Slovakia Viktora Malova
North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska		 w/o
Win 1–2 Jul 2012 ITF Iași, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Alexandra Damaschin Czech Republic Martina Kubicikova
Czech Republic Tereza Malikova		 6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss 1–3 Feb 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Romania Elena-Teodora Cadar Italy Alice Savoretti
Greece Despina Papamichail		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Aug 2013 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Raluca Elena Platon Romania Ioana Loredana Roșca
Romania Irina Bara		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Dec 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Romania Gabriela Talabă Romania Irina Bara
Switzerland Conny Perrin		 3–6, 1–6
Loss 1–6 Feb 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Romania Gabriela Talabă China Li Yihong
China Zhu Lin		 2–6, ret.
Win 2–6 May 2014 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Pernilla Mendesova Romania Raluca Elena Platon
Romania Irina Bara		 w/o
Win 3–6 Jun 2014 ITF Galați, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Camelia Hristea Ukraine Maryna Kolb
Ukraine Nadiya Kolb		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–7 Aug 2014 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Romania Georgia Crăciun Romania Irina Bara
Romania Andreea Mitu		 4–6, 1–6
Win 4–7 Oct 2014 ITF Victoria, Mexico 25,000 Hard Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves Mexico Carolina Betancourt
Slovakia Lenka Wienerová		 6–1, 6–2
Loss 4–8 Nov 2014 Asunción Open, Paraguay 50,000 Clay Russia Anastasia Pivovarova Argentina Guadalupe Pérez Rojas
Argentina Sofía Luini		 3–6, 3–6
Win 5–8 Sep 2022 ITF Varna, Bulgaria 15,000 Clay Romania Maria Toma Turkey Melis Sezer
Bulgaria Julia Stamatova		 6–4, 6–4

Personal life

Țig met her future husband Răzvan Sabău when she began coming to his academy for training around 2015. However, as time passed, the two began liking each other and eventually started dating. Born in 1994, Tig is 17 years younger than Sabău.[11] Under his guidance, Tig made tremendous progress despite recurring injuries, which forced her out of the court once for nearly two years in the late 2010s. Tig achieved a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 56 on 26 October 2020.[11]

They had a daughter named Sofia in November 2018. Tig and Sabău were not married at the time of their daughter’s birth, but they eventually did.[11] The couple ended their relationship in 2021. Although Sabău had initially taken Sofia with him, Tig later won custody of her daughter.[11] Sabău left coaching tennis following this separation from Tig and began living in Cyprus, where he began to play professional poker.[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ↑ Tournament was moved from Canberra to Bendigo due to the smoke affecting Canberra from the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.

References

  1. ↑ "Highest Singles Ranking on the WTA". WTA.
  2. ↑ "Highest Doubles Ranking on the WTA". WTA.
  3. ↑ "Patricia Maria Tig's ITF & WTA titles". ITF.
  4. ↑ "Debut appearance of Patricia Maria Tig on WTA Tour, at 2015 Bucharest Open". Tennis Explorer.
  5. ↑ WTA. În 2016, făcea senzație la Madrid WTA.
  6. ↑ Patricia e la răscruce. Cum gândește și se vede pe sine Patricia Țig, jucătoarea cu tenisul de viitor, dar încă neaccesat
  7. 1 2 3 Myles, Stephanie (2019-07-20). "A triumphant return for Patricia Tig in Bucharest". Tennis.life. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  8. ↑ "ITF, WTA and ATP deliver optimised pro tennis structure". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  9. ↑ Robin Bairner (September 13, 2020). "Tig seals Istanbul title after Bouchard thriller". WTA Tennis. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Patricia Maria Țig [ROU] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Patricia Tig Husband Razvan Sabau: Married Life And Kids". playersbio.com. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  12. ↑ "În proces cu Patricia Țig! Cu ce se mai ocupă Răzvan Sabău, fostul campion la juniori de la Wimbledon? S-a regăsit într-un alt sport" [In process with Patricia Țig! What does Răzvan Sabau, the former Wimbledon junior champion, do? He found himself in another sport]. www.prosport.ro (in Romanian). 7 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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