Player Overview

A 2023 quarterfinalist, Sorana Cirstea will make her 14th and final appearance at Indian Wells after announcing she will retire at the end of the 2026 season. Despite peaking at World No. 21 back in 2013, she has enjoyed a late-career resurgence. In 2025, she won her first hard-court title in 17 years in Cleveland, reached the semifinals in Dubai and captured her first doubles title in six years at the WTA 1000 in Madrid alongside Anna Kalinskaya. A two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist, she reached the final eight at the 2009 Roland Garros and the 2023 US Open.