Kansas State University Athletics

2016 Women's Tennis

Livia Cirnu

Livia Cirnu

  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    LPS Nicolae Rotaru

Cirnu's Career Records

Overall Career Singles Record: 70-55*
Career Singles Record in Tournaments: 22-25
Career Singles Record in Dual Matches: 48-30
Career Singles Record in Big 12 Matches: 10-12

Career Singles Record in Two-Set Matches: 46-40 (9-10 Big 12)
Career Singles Record in Three-Set Matches: 20-15 (1-2 Big 12)

* - three wins due to injury

Career Record vs. ITA Ranked Opponents: 0-2

Overall Career Doubles Record: 39-57
Career Doubles Record in Tournaments: 18-19
Career Doubles Record in Dual Matches: 21-38
Career Doubles Record in Big 12 Matches: 8-18

Career Positional Record
Singles
No. 1: N/A
No. 2: N/A
No. 3: 5-1 (0-1 Big 12)
No. 4: 12-12 (3-5 Big 12)
No. 5: 16-8 (2-4 Big 12)
No. 6: 18-8 (5-2 Big 12)

Doubles
No. 1: 4-0 (0-0 Big 12)
No. 2: 4-9 (3-4 Big 12)
No. 3: 13-29 (3-13 Big 12)

Cirnu's Trophy Case
• Three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2014, 2015, 2016)
• Two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2015-16)
• 2014 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team
• Eight-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll

JUNIOR (2015-16)
Compiled 18 wins in overall singles, which were the second-most on the team … Went 13-6 in dual singles, including 3-1 in Big 12 (only Wildcat with a winning record in conference action) … 9-10 in overall doubles … 5-4 in dual doubles, all at the No. 3 position … Most of her singles were at the No. 6 position where she went 8-4 … Helped the Wildcats register a 15-5 record in the No. 6 position all spring … Also went 4-2 at No. 5 and 1-0 at No. 4 … Following a fall campaign in which she won 5 of her last 7 singles, she opened the spring with victories in 6 of her first 7 singles … Started the season in the No. 5 position before sliding to No. 6 starting on March 20 vs. Air Force … Topped Baylor’s Gabriela Ferreira on March 10 (6-1, 6-3) … Won at No. 6 against Oklahoma’s Marlene Stripp on April 24 … Played doubles with 5 different partners … Went 6-2 (1-2 Big 12) in doubles with Carolina Costamagna … The two finished out the dual season as partners, picking up wins against Oklahoma on April 24 and Iowa State on April 28 (Big 12 Women’s Tennis Championship) … Also played alongside Palma Juhasz in dual doubles, going 2-2 (1-2 Big 12) at the No. 3 position.

SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
Went 17-13 (2-3 Big 12) in overall singles and 13-12 (2-2 Big 12) in overall doubles … Turned in an 11-8 record during singles in the spring … Primarily played in the No. 4 position during duals … Earned wins at No. 32 Oklahoma and at No. 31 Texas … Also beat Alejandra Galvis (7-6 [7-4], 6-4) to help K-State beat Iowa State in the first round of the Big 12 tournament on 4/23 … Won five straight singles matches from 2/6-2/14 … Played alongside Iva Bago at the No. 2 position in K-State’s final 14 duals … Was 3-5 with Bago in the spring, with wins at No. 9 Oklahoma State and vs. Iowa State … Opened the spring playing doubles with Palma Juhasz, going 4-1 … All 4 doubles wins with Juhasz were at the No. 1 position … Ended the fall with a 6-5 singles record... Won consecutive matches in three different fall events... Went 6-4 in doubles during the fall... Went 3-0 with two different playing partners - Laura Hopton and Riley Nizzi.

FRESHMAN (2013-14)
Registered an overall singles record of 15-17 in her debut season in Manhattan... Carded a 3-6 record in Big 12 action... Tallied a 9-11 record in dual matches, including a 5-4 mark from the number five position in the lineup... Ended the spring regular season with consecutive wins at number five in the lineup... Concluded the fall schedule with a 6-6 record... Made her career debut at the K-State Fall Invitational (9/20-22)... Tallied a 2-1 singles record in the opening weekend... Registered a 2-1 record at the Hoosier Classic (9/27-29) in Bloomington, Ind.

BEFORE KANSAS STATE
Tallied a third-place finish in the U14 Romania National Tournament... Advanced to the semifinals of the U16 ETA Tournament... At one point in her junior career, Cirnu reached a ranking No. 1002 in the world ITF junior rankings... Achieved a ranking of No. 13 in Romania at the age divisions of 14, 16 and 18.

PERSONAL
Born Feb. 14, 1994... Majoring in geography.

K-State Tennis Practice highlights
Tuesday, September 02
Sana Garakani Senior Day Video
Thursday, April 24
K-State Tennis | Senior Thank Yous - Veronika Kulhava
Monday, April 21
Veronika Kulhuva Senior Video
Friday, April 18