Panna Udvardy and Cristina Dinu will face each other in the 1st round of the Tiriac Foundation Trophy 2022 on Monday, September 12.
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The Hungarian, who is currently ranked 78th (a career high), will begin her run in Bucharest after playing her most recent match on September 9 in Bari, where she lost to Grabher in the quarterfinals 4-6 6-4 6-1. In 2022, the Hungarian has an overall win-loss record of 25–26, including 24–16 on clay. Regarding her entire career, Panna has a record of 210-140. On clay, she has a winning record of 181-98. Panna Udvardy and Cristina Dinu’s matchup will take place for the second time. Dinu leads the head-to-head match 1-0 on clay. When they last faced off, Dinu prevailed 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 in the opening round of the Hodmezovasarhely in 2017.
The Romanian, ranked 324th, advanced to the first round after defeating Carolina Meligeni Alves 6-3 6-2 and Lavinia Tanasie 6-4 6-0. In the qualifiers, the Romanian defeated Tanasie in straight sets (6-4 6-0). Dinu scored 54 points to Tanasie’s 31 during the game. To blast 19 winners, the Romanian was extremely aggressive. When it came to serving, Dinu was unable to record even one ace throughout the match, and she only committed two double faults. Cristina Dinu’s serve was broken twice. Dinu also hit 68% of her first serves, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind her first serve and 54% (7/13) on her second serve. Cristina defeated Tanasie six times, converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Panna Udvardy and Cristina Dinu are scheduled to face each other in the 1st round of the Tiriac Foundation Trophy 2022 on Monday, September 12. The tournament is scheduled to begin on September 12 and end on September 18.
The 2022 WTA Tiriac Foundation Trophy is scheduled to commence on September 12 and go on until September 18 this year. The tournament will have five rounds of play excluding the qualifiers. These are the round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals.
| Stage of competition | Date |
| 1st Round Matches | 12 September 2022 |
| 1st Round Matches | 13 September 2022 |
| 2nd Round Matches | 14 September 2022 |
| 2nd Round Matches | 15 September 2022 |
| Quarterfinal Matches | 16 September 2022 |
| Semifinal Matches | 17 September 2022 |
| Final | 18 September 2022 |
| Player | Seed |
| Sorana Cîrstea | 1 |
| Irina-Camelia Begu | 2 |
| Anna Bondár | 3 |
| Lucia Bronzetti | 4 |
| Jule Niemeier | 5 |
| Mayar Sherif | 6 |
| Panna Udvardy | 7 |
| Danka Kovinić | 8 |
Tennis Channel will show the Tiriac Foundation Trophy 2022 tournament on TV and the live stream will be available on TennisChannel.com.
