The Most Famous
TENNIS PLAYERS from Moldova
This page contains a list of the greatest Moldovan Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,569 Tennis Players, 2 of which were born in Moldova. This makes Moldova the birth place of the 66th most number of Tennis Players behind Uruguay, and Kazakhstan.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Moldovan Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Moldovan Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Radu Albot (b. 1989)
With an HPI of 32.13, Radu Albot is the most famous Moldovan Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.
Radu Albot (born 11 November 1989) is a Moldovan professional tennis player. He is the first player from Moldova to win ATP World Tour singles (2019 Delray Beach Open) and doubles (2015 Istanbul Open) titles. He achieved a career high ranking of No. 39 on 5 August 2019. He is also the first Moldovan to break into the top 100 in August 2015 and four years later in the top 40. He finished in the top 100 in the year-end rankings for five years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020). His year-end career high was in 2019 when he finished at No. 46. Albot has won one ATP singles and one doubles title, 7 singles and 10 doubles Challenger titles in his career, as well as 14 singles and 7 doubles Futures titles. He has been a regular member of the Moldovan Davis Cup team since 2007 and holds his country's records for the most singles wins (28) and total wins (41).
2. Denys Molchanov (b. 1987)
With an HPI of 29.38, Denys Molchanov is the 2nd most famous Moldovan Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Denys Petrovych Molchanov (Ukrainian: Денис Петрович Молчанов; born 16 May 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player competing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has won two ATP doubles titles. He has also won 15 ITF singles and 66 doubles titles, 36 of them Challengers. On 5 January 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 169, whilst his highest doubles ranking of No. 61 was reached on 30 October 2023. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team. Staff is: Peter Molchanov – tennis coach Jurica Stančić – fitness coach Denys Molchanov currently lives with his family in Zagreb.
3. Cristina Bucșa (b. 1998)
With an HPI of 28.22, Cristina Bucșa is the 3rd most famous Moldovan Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Cristina Bucsa Bucsa (born 1 January 1998), known as Cristina Bucșa, is a Moldovan-born Spanish professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 56 in singles, achieved on 15 January 2024, and of No. 19 in doubles, achieved on 10 June 2024. She won a bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
4. Aliona Bolsova (b. 1997)
With an HPI of 25.59, Aliona Bolsova is the 4th most famous Moldovan Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova (Romanian: Aliona Bolșova; Russian: Алёна Вадимовна Большова, romanized: Alyona Vadimovna Bolshova; born 6 November 1997) is a Spanish-Moldovan tennis player. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Bolsova had a combined career-high ranking of No. 4, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Australian Open. Bolsova has career-high WTA rankings of 88 in singles and 54 in doubles. She has won five doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour along with nine singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Spain, Bolsova has a win–loss record of 4–3 in Billie Jean King Cup competition (as of July 2024).
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Moldovan tennis players born between 1987 and 1998. Of these 4, 4 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Moldovan tennis players include Radu Albot, Denys Molchanov, and Cristina Bucșa. As of April 2024, 2 new Moldovan tennis players have been added to Pantheon including Denys Molchanov, and Cristina Bucșa.
Living Moldovan Tennis Players
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Radu Albot
1989 - Present
HPI: 32.13
Denys Molchanov
1987 - Present
HPI: 29.38
Cristina Bucșa
1998 - Present
HPI: 28.22
Aliona Bolsova
1997 - Present
HPI: 25.59
