索拉娜·科斯蒂亚
職業生涯 > 2011年: Re-entering Top 60

At the 2011 Australian Open, Cîrstea defeated 米里亚娜·卢契奇-巴罗尼 of Croatia 6–4, 6–2 before she was beaten by 莎哈爾·皮爾 of Israel in the second round 6–3, 6–2. In the doubles tournament, she played with 露絲·莎法洛法 of the Czech Republic and defeated the team of Sarah Borwell of Germany and Marie-Ève Pelletier of Canada 5–7, 6–2, 6–2. In the second round they lost to 卡拉·布莱克of Zimbabwe and 阿纳斯塔西娅·罗季奥诺娃 of Australia 6–4, 7–5.
In the 2011, Cellular South Cup, Cîrstea defeated 凯瑟琳·哈里森 in the first round 6–4, 6–2, before she lost to 莎哈爾·皮爾 3–6, 2–6 in the second round. In doubles she and her partner Anastasia Pivovarova lost in the first round to 安卓莉雅·哈拉瓦科娃/露絲·哈迪卡 6–3, 6–2. At the 2011 墨西哥公开赛, Cîrstea defeated 派翠西亞·麥耶·阿赫萊特訥 6–2, 6–4. In the second round she lost to Laura Pous Tió 6–2, 6–1. Sorana played doubles again now with Andreja Klepač as a partner. They won the first round by defeated 埃萊妮·達尼利都/Jasmin Wöhr 6–2, 6–0. They lost in the second round to 伊琳娜-卡梅利亞·貝古/亚历山德拉·帕诺娃 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]. Cîrstea qualified in singles for the 2011年法國巴黎銀行公開賽. In the first round she lost 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 to Alla Kudryavtseva. In the Sony Ericsson Open, Sorana received a wildcard in singles, but lost 3–6, 6–1, 7–6 in the first round to 郑洁 of China.
At the 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience, she lost in the first round 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 to Italian 薩拉·埃拉尼. Sorana paired with Maria Elena Camerin of Italy for the doubles tournament defeating Alberta Brianti/Aurélie Védy 6–4, 6–1. They lost in the second round to 薩拉·埃拉尼/羅貝塔·文琪 6–4, 6–7, [10–7]. In the next months Sorana didn't have good results. But she proved she is back in the form as she won 2011 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes in France. It was a $100,000+ tournament with a lot of top-100 players. She beat 帕蒂·施尼德 in the first round and compatriot 亚历山德拉·杜尔盖鲁 in the second in the 2011年法國網球公開賽 before losing 6–2, 6–2 to China's 李娜.
She then made it into the main draw of the 2011年溫布頓網球錦標賽, where she lost in straight sets to 保琳·巴曼迪耶. Sorana played doubles again with 森田步美 of Japan defeating 莊佳容/謝淑薇 6–4, 6–4. They won their second round 7–5, 6–3 against Sophie Lefèvre/ 葉夫根尼婭·羅金娜. They lost in third round to 萨比娜·利斯基/ 萨曼莎·斯托瑟 4–6, 3–6.
In Båstad, Sweden at the Collector Swedish Open Women, Cîrstea defeated 米里亚娜·卢契奇-巴罗尼 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 in the first round. She lost 3–6, 3–6 in the second round to Vesna Dolonts. In Palermo, Italy at the XXIV SNAI Open Internationali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo Sorana won her first round match against 安卓莉雅·哈拉瓦科娃 6–3, 6–2. She lost in second round to 茨薇塔娜·皮隆科娃 2–6, 6–1, 6–1. At the Bucharest ITF of Romania, Cîrstea beat her compatriots Diana Enache and Mădălina Gojnea, before losing in the third round to Laura Pous Tió. She then played in Carlsbad, California at the 圣迭戈网球公开赛. She was beat by 可可·范德韋 of the United States in the first round 7–5, 6–7, 6–3. Next tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio 辛辛那提公开赛 Sorana qualified in singles for the main draw. In the first round she defeated Ksenia Pervak 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, but lost in the second to Jill Craybas 6–4, 1–6, 7–6.
In Dallas, the inaugural tournament of 得克萨斯网球公开赛, Cîrstea beat 娅尔米拉·盖多绍娃 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the first round. In the second round she lost to 阿拉瓦內·雷扎伊 6–2, 7–6. Sorana played doubles for the first time with Alberta Brianti of Italy. In the first round they defeated 卡捷琳娜·邦达连科/阿廖娜·邦达连科 6–3, 3–6, [11–9]. In the second they beat Andreja Klepač/Tatiana Poutchek 7–6, 6–7, [12–10]. In the third or semi-final match they beat 索菲亞·阿維德森/凱西·德拉夸 6–3, 6–3. They won their final match and the title by defeating 阿莉泽·科尔内/保琳·巴曼迪耶 7–5, 6–3. Cîrstea won her fourth WTA doubles title, while Brianti won her second. At the US Open, Cîrstea lost in the first round to 雅尼娅·维克梅耶尔 of Belgium. She paired with 森田步美 of Japan in doubles. They defeated 凱西·德拉夸 and 雷内·斯塔布斯 in the first round, but lost in the second to 玛丽亚·何塞·马丁内斯·桑切斯 and 安娜貝爾·梅迪娜·加里格斯.
In Uzkebistan, she defeated 博亞娜·約娃諾絲琪 and 亞歷山德拉·克魯尼奇, but lost in the third round to Alla Kudryavtseva. Cîrstea played doubles too with 保琳·巴曼迪耶, but they lost in the first round to Iryna Brémond/曼迪·米內娜 6–2, 2–6, [10–8]. Cîrstea won the title in the Open GDF Suez de Bretagne in Saint-Malo, France. She defeated Estrella Cabeza Candela, Eva Fernández Brugués, Laura Pous Tió and 史蒂芬妮·沃格勒, before beating 西爾維婭·索勒·艾絲皮諾莎 in straight sets. In the 林茨女子网球赛, Asustria, Cîrstea played in the qualifying draw with great victories. In round of 32 or first round, Sorana beat Nikola Hofmanova 6–7, 6–0, 6–0. In round of 16 or second round, she beat 西爾維婭·索勒·艾絲皮諾莎 2–6, 6–1, 7–5. In quarters or third round, Sorana defeated 阿纳斯塔西娅·罗季奥诺娃 6–1, 6–2 to play in the main singles draw. In the first round, Sorana beat 塔米拉·帕謝克 7–5, 6–3. She defeated 安娜斯塔西亞·帕夫柳琴科娃 the 4th seed of the tournament 4–6, 6–0, 6–4 in second round. But lost in third round to 露絲·莎法洛法 5–7, 2–6. In France, Cîrstea won the Open GDF Suez Region Limousin, a $50,000+ Limoges ITF tournament featuring top 100 players. She defeated Paula Ormaechea, Stefanie Vögele, 米雪拉·克拉查克, Akgul Amanmuradova, and 索菲亞·阿維德森.
At the end of the year, she was in 60th place in the WTA rankings.