索拉娜·科斯蒂亚
職業生涯 > 2012年: Ascent to Top 30

Cîrstea began 2012 ranked 60 in the world.Her first tournament was in Auckland, New Zealand the ASB Classic. Sorana lost in first round to 弗拉维娅·佩内塔. In doubles she partnered with Darija Jurak of Croatia; they lost a first-round match to Kristina Barrois/安娜-莱娜·歌恩菲特. At the 霍巴特国际赛 Australia, Cîrstea defeated Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan in first round . In second round Cîrstea beat 比丹妮·瑪迪克-辛特斯 of the United States of America. In third round Cîrstea lost to 安潔莉克·克伯 despite having two match points. In doubles, she paired again with Darija Jurak of Croatia. They beat Kristina Barrois/Jasmin Wöhr in straight sets. Cîrstea/Jurak lost in second round to 伊琳娜-卡梅利亞·貝古/莫妮卡·尼古列斯庫. At the 2012 Australian Open, Cîrstea eliminated 6th seed Sam Stosur in the first round. In second round she beat Urszula Radwańska. She lost in third round to 薩拉·埃拉尼 in a match harmed by an early back injury. In doubles Sorana played with 露絲·莎法洛法 again, but they lost to 9th seeds 納塔麗·葛丁/弗拉基米爾·尤里洛娃.
At the 2012 PTT Pattaya Open, Cîrstea was seeded 7th. She defeated Erika Sema in the first round and then 土居美咲 in the second by the same scoreline. In the quarterfinals, she defeated top seeded and world number 8 薇拉·兹沃纳列娃 when Zvonareva was forced to retire with a hip injury in the third set. She lost in the semifinals to Maria Kirilenko. In Doha, Cîrstea beat 娅尔米拉·盖多绍娃 in the first round 6–4, 6–1. In the second round she lost 4–6, 6–7 to 萨曼莎·斯托瑟 the 3rd seed.Sorana paired with Anne Keothavong in doubles, but they lost in first round to 安娜貝爾·梅迪娜·加里格斯 and 安娜斯塔西亞·帕夫柳琴科娃 . At the Whirlpool Abierto de Monterrey, Cîrstea was the third seed in the tournament and received a wildcard in singles. In the first round she defeated 史蒂芬妮·沃格勒 in three sets. Sorana lost in second round to eventual champion 巴包斯·蒂美阿. Cîrstea was the 48th seed at the BNP Paribas Open. She defeated 伊韋塔·梅爾澤 in the first round, losing in the second to Agnieszka Radwańska. In Miami, she lost a first-round match to wildcard 希瑟·沃特森 in three sets.
In Spain, at the Barcelona Ladies Open her first tournament in clay, Sorana was the 47th seed. In the first round she beat 波洛娜·赫爾科格 after she retired due to dizziness. Sorana defeated Lourdes Domínguez Lino in the second round. In quarter- finals, Cîrstea beat 奧爾加·歌弗索娃. She lost in her first semi-final of the tournament to 多米尼卡·齐布尔科娃. In Stuttgart at the 保時捷網球大獎賽 in Germany, Cîrstea lost in the first round to 安娜·查克韋塔澤 1–6, 0–6. In Estoril, Portugal at the Estoril Open, in the first round she lost 4–6, 4–6 to 西爾維婭·索勒·艾絲皮諾莎. At the 马德里公开赛 in Madrid, Sorana upset seventh seed 瑪麗昂·巴托利(FRA) in the first round 6–7(6), 6–4, 6–3. She lost in the second round to 安娜貝爾·梅迪娜·加里格斯 6–1, 3–6, 7–5. In Rome at the 意大利公开赛 Cîrstea defeated 耶萊娜·揚科維奇 in the first round 6–3,4–6, 7–6(4). Sorana beat 索菲亞·阿維德森 in the second round 6–3, 6–1. She lost in the third round to 4th seed 彼得拉·科维托娃 6–2, 5–7, 6–2. At the 2012 French Open in Roland Garros, Sorana lost in the first round to 李娜 the defending champion 2–6, 1–6. In doubles, she partnered with 森田步美 and they lost in first round to 弗拉维娅·佩内塔 / 弗蘭切斯卡·斯基亞沃內  2–6, 0–2 because of retirement. Morita had health problems.
In Birmingham, Great Britain at the 伯明翰精英赛, her first tournament in grass, Cîrstea as the No. 10 seed lost in the first round to qualifier 梅拉妮·奧丁. In doubles Sorana partnered with Anne Keothavong and they lost in first round to Shuai Zhang  / 郑洁. In Eastbourne, Great Britain at the 伊斯特本国际赛, Sorana lost in the first round to defending champion No. 4 seed 瑪麗昂·巴托利. At the 2012 温布尔登网球锦标赛, Cîrstea defeated 保琳·巴曼迪耶 in the first round. Sorana beat the 11th seed 李娜 in the second round but lost to 玛丽亚·基里连科 in the third round. In doubles, Sorana and 森田步美 lost in first round to 凱西·德拉夸/萨曼莎·斯托瑟.
At the 硅谷网球精英赛, Sorana as the 9th seed in the tournament beat Vania King in the first round and lucky loser 鄭賽賽 in the second. In the third round she defeated 3rd seed 多米尼卡·齐布尔科娃 in three sets. Cîrstea lost in the semi-finals to 塞雷娜·威廉姆斯 in straight sets. At the US Open, Cîrstea defeated 16th seed 萨比娜·利斯基 in the first round. In the second round, she lost to Georgian 安娜·塔提什維利 in three sets.  In the 2012 Guangzhou Open Cîrstea advanced to the semi-finals before losing to 勞拉·羅布森.