Romanian tennis player
Raluca Olaru Full name Ioana Raluca Olaru Country (sports) Romania Residence Bucharest , RomaniaBorn (1989-03-03 ) 3 March 1989 (age 36) Bucharest
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Turned pro 2003 Retired 2024 Plays Right-handed (two–handed backhand) Prize money US$ 1,770,957 Singles Career record 258–186 Career titles 11ITF Highest ranking No. 53 (27 July 2009) Grand Slam singles results Australian Open 1R (2008 ,2010 ) French Open 3R (2007 ) Wimbledon 2R (2009 ,2010 ) US Open 2R (2007 ,2008 ) Doubles Career record 337–273 Career titles 11WTA , 15 ITF Highest ranking No. 30 (31 January 2022) Grand Slam doubles results Australian Open 2R (2010 ,2014 ,2016 ,2017 ,2018 ,2021 ,2022 ) French Open QF (2017 ) Wimbledon 3R (2021 ,2022 ) US Open 3R (2015 ,2021 ) Other doubles tournaments Tour Finals Alt (2021 ) Olympic Games 2R (2016 ,2020 ) Grand Slam mixed doubles results Australian Open 1R (2022 ) French Open 2R (2019 ) Wimbledon QF (2019 ) US Open QF (2018 ) Team competitions Fed Cup 6–11
Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a Romanian former professionaltennis player. The winner of eleven singles and fifteen doubles titles on theITF Women's Circuit ,[ 1] WTA Tour singles final, at the2009 Gastein Ladies ,[ 2] Andrea Petkovic , in straight sets.[ 3]
Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner–up in both junior singles and doubles at the2005 French Open ,[ 4] 2006 US Open doubles title along withMihaela Buzărnescu . Her best professionalGrand Slam result has been the third round of the2007 French Open , when she defeated the 30th seedJulia Vakulenko , in straight sets, and lost to eventual runner–up, the seventh seedAna Ivanovic .[ 5] [ 1]
Olaru announced her retirement from tennis in June 2024.[ 6]
Ioana Raluca Olaru resides in her hometownBucharest .[ 7] [ 8] [ 8] [ 7] Kim Clijsters ,[ 9] Martina Navratilova andRoger Federer as her role models.[ 8] English ,Spanish andRomanian .[citation needed
Raluca started her 2017 season atShenzhen Open where she reached the final withOlga Savchuk , but they lost 1–6, 5–7 toPeng Shuai andAndrea Hlaváčková .The following week, Olaru with Olga Savchuk won the doubles title at theHobart International , it was her sixth WTA Tour doubles title.
Olaru considers being a fighter as her biggest asset.[ 8] [ 7] [ 9] [ 8] [ 9]
Performance timelines [ edit ] (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
[ edit ] [ edit ] Olaru at Wimbledon, 2013 [ edit ] [ edit ] Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 (0–1) WTA 500 (1–2) WTA 250 (10–10)
Finals by surface Hard (7–5) Clay (4–7) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Jul 2008 Budapest Grand Prix , HungaryTier III[ a] Clay Vanessa Henke Alizé Cornet Janette Husárová 7–6(7–5) , 1–6, [6–10] Win 1–1 Oct 2008 Tashkent Open , UzbekistanTier IV[ a] Hard Olga Savchuk Nina Bratchikova Kathrin Wörle 5–7, 7–5, [10–7] Win 2–1 Feb 2011 Mexican Open , MexicoInternational Hard Mariya Koryttseva Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino 5–7, 7–5, [10–7] Loss 2–2 Apr 2013 Katowice Open , PolandInternational Clay (i) Valeria Solovyeva Lara Arruabarrena 4–6, 5–7 Win 3–2 Jun 2013 Nuremberg Cup , GermanyInternational Clay Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 2–6, 7–6(7–3) , [11–9] Loss 3–3 May 2014 Nuremberg Cup, Germany International Clay Shahar Pe'er Michaëlla Krajicek Karolína Plíšková 0–6, 6–4, [6–10] Loss 3–4 Jul 2014 Baku Cup , AzerbaijanInternational Hard Alexandra Panova Heather Watson 2–6, 6–7(3–7) Win 4–4 Oct 2014 Linz Open , AustriaInternational Hard (i) Anna Tatishvili Annika Beck Caroline Garcia 6–2, 6–1 Loss 4–5 May 2015 Nuremberg Cup, Germany International Clay Chan Hao-ching Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6, 6–7(5–7) Loss 4–6 Apr 2016 Rabat Grand Prix , MoroccoInternational Clay Tatjana Maria Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić 3–6, 0–6 Win 5–6 Oct 2016 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan(2) International Hard İpek Soylu Demi Schuurs Renata Voráčová 7–5, 6–3 Loss 5–7 Jan 2017 Shenzhen Open , ChinaInternational Hard Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai 1–6, 5–7 Win 6–7 Jan 2017 Hobart International , AustraliaInternational Hard Gabriela Dabrowski Yang Zhaoxuan 0–6, 6–4, [10–5] Win 7–7 Jul 2017 Bucharest Open , RomaniaInternational Clay Irina-Camelia Begu Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs 6–3, 6–3 Win 8–7 May 2018 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco International Clay Anna Blinkova Georgina García Pérez Fanny Stollár 6–4, 6–4 Win 9–7 May 2018 Strasbourg International , FranceInternational Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu Nadiia Kichenok Anastasia Rodionova 7–5, 7–5 Loss 9–8 Sep 2018 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Olga Danilović Tamara Zidanšek 5–7, 3–6 Loss 9–9 Oct 2018 Kremlin Cup , RussiaPremier[ b] Hard (i) Darija Jurak Alexandra Panova Laura Siegemund 2–6, 6–7(2–7) Loss 9–10 Aug 2020 Prague Open , Czech RepublicInternational Clay Monica Niculescu Lucie Hradecká Kristýna Plíšková 2–6, 2–6 Loss 9–11 Sep 2020 Italian Open , ItalyPremier 5[ c] Clay Anna-Lena Friedsam Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 2–6, 2–6 Win 10–11 Mar 2021 St. Petersburg Trophy , RussiaWTA 500 Hard (i) Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria 2–6, 6–3, [10–8] Loss 10–12 Jun 2021 Bad Homburg Open , GermanyWTA 250 Grass Andreja Klepač 3–6, 1–6 Win 11–12 Aug 2021 Chicago Open , United StatesWTA 250 Hard Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya 7–6(8–6) , 5–7, [10–8] Loss 11–13 Oct 2021 Kremlin Cup, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i) Jeļena Ostapenko Kateřina Siniaková 2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
WTA Challenger finals [ edit ] [ edit ] Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
[ edit ] Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Aug 2004 ITF Iași, Romania 10,000 Clay Monica Niculescu 6–7, 0–6 Win 1–1 Apr 2005 ITF Herceg Novi, Serbia 10,000 Clay 7–5, 7–6(2) Win 2–1 Jul 2005 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Anna Bastrikova 6–3, 6–2 Win 3–1 Aug 2005 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Mădălina Gojnea 7–6(3) , 7–5 Win 4–1 May 2006 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Sorana Cîrstea 1–6, 6–4, 6–1 Win 5–1 May 2006 ITF Rabat, Morocco 10,000 Clay Samia Medjahdi 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 Loss 5–2 Jul 2006 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France 25,000 Clay Nina Bratchikova 4–6, 6–4, 0–6 Win 6–2 Nov 2006 ITF Toronto, Canada 25,000 Hard(i) Carly Gullickson 6–3, 6–1 Win 7–2 Apr 2007 ITF Torrent, Spain 50,000 Clay Andrea Petkovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 Loss 7–3 Apr 2007 ITF Catania, Italy 25,000 Clay Darya Kustova 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 Win 8–3 Jul 2008 Contrexéville Open , France50,000 Clay Stéphanie Foretz 6–4, 6–2 Win 9–3 Jun 2009 Open de Marseille , France100,000 Clay Maša Zec Peškirič 6–7(4) , 7–5, 6–4 Win 10–3 Jul 2011 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay Tatjana Maria 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 Loss 10–4 Apr 2012 ITF Pomezia, Italy 10,000 Clay Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6–0, 1–6, 1–6 Loss 10–5 Oct 2012 ITF Brasília, Brazil 25,000 Clay Timea Bacsinszky 5–7, 2–6 Loss 10–6 Nov 2012 ITF Asunción, Paraguay 25,000 Clay Verónica Cepede Royg 7–5, 6–7(7) , 2–6 Loss 10–7 Jan 2013 ITF Eilat, İsrael 10,000 Hard Alla Kudryavtseva 7–6(4) , 3–6, 2–6 Win 11–7 Mar 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Jovana Jakšić 6–3, 7–5
[ edit ] Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Jun 2004 ITF Brașov, Romania 10,000 Clay 4–6, 5–7 Loss 0–2 Aug 2004 ITF Timișoara, Romania 10,000 Clay Sorana Cîrstea Gabriela Niculescu 1–6, 6–2, 2–6 Win 1–2 Sep 2004 ITF Cluj-Napoca, Romania 10,000 Clay 4–6, 6–0, 6–4 Win 2–2 Apr 2005 ITF Herceg Novi, Serbia 10,000 Clay Antonia Xenia Tout 6–4, 4–1 ret. Win 3–2 July 2005 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Anna Bastrikova Vasilisa Davydova 6–1, 6–4 Win 4–2 Aug 2005 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay 6–1, 6–1 Win 5–2 Apr 2006 ITF Makarska, Croatia 10,000 Clay Johanna Larsson Nadja Roma 6–4, 7–5 Loss 5–3 May 2006 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Simona Matei 4–6, 6–0, 6–7(3) Loss 5–4 May 2006 ITF Rabat, Morocco 10,000 Clay María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Bahia Mouhtassine Émilie Bacquet w/o Win 6–4 July 2006 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France 25,000 Clay Margalita Chakhnashvili Akgul Amanmuradova Nina Bratchikova 7–5, 1–6, 6–1 Loss 6–5 Aug 2006 Ladies Open Hechingen , Germany25,000 Clay Kristina Antoniichuk Eva Fislová Stanislava Hrozenská 3–6, 7–6(3) , 3–6 Loss 6–6 Nov 2006 ITF Toronto, Canada 25,000 Hard (i) Heidi El Tabakh Angelika Bachmann Hana Šromová 4–6, 1–6 Win 7–6 Sep 2010 ITF Biella, Italy 100,000 Clay Mariya Koryttseva Andreja Klepač Aurélie Védy 7–5, 6–4 Loss 7–7 Sep 2010 Open de Saint Malo , France100,000 Clay Petra Cetkovská Lucie Hradecká 4–6, 2–6 Loss 7–8 Sep 2011 Sofia Cup , Bulgaria100,000 Clay Alexandra Cadanțu Darija Jurak 4–6, 5–7 Win 8–8 Jan 2012 ITF Innisbrook, United States 25,000 Clay Darya Kustova Gioia Barbieri Nadejda Guskova 6–3, 6–1 Loss 8–9 Feb 2012 Copa Cali , Colombia100,000 Clay Karin Knapp Mandy Minella 4–6, 3–6 Win 9–9 Apr 2012 ITF Civitavecchia, Italy 25,000 Clay Elena Bogdan Claudia Giovine Marina Shamayko 6–3, 7–5 Win 10–9 Apr 2012 ITF Tunis, Tunisia 25,000 Clay Inés Ferrer Suárez Richèl Hogenkamp 6–4, 6–3 Loss 10–10 May 2012 ITF Casablanca, Morocco 25,000 Clay Olga Savchuk Renata Voráčová 1–6, 4–6 Loss 10–11 Jul 2012 Open Romania Ladies 100,000 Clay Irina-Camelia Begu Alizé Cornet 2–6, 0–6 Win 11–11 Aug 2012 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Danka Kovinić Tadeja Majerič 7–6(4) , 6–3 Loss 11–12 Sep 2012 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Marina Melnikova Katarzyna Piter 5–7, 1–6 Win 12–12 Oct 2012 ITF Brasília, Brazil 25,000 Clay Timea Bacsinszky Julia Cohen 6–3, 3–6, [10–8] Win 13–12 Nov 2012 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 25,000 Clay Maria Fernanda Alves 1–6, 6–2, [10–7] Win 14–12 Jan 2013 ITF Eilat, Israel 10,000 Hard Alla Kudryavtseva Ilona Kremen Pemra Özgen 6–3, 6–3 Loss 14–13 Nov 2013 GB Pro-Series Barnstaple , UK75,000 Hard (i) Tamira Paszek Naomi Broady Kristýna Plíšková 3–6, 6–3, [5–10] Win 15–13 Jun 2015 Ilkley Trophy , UK50,000 Grass Xu Yifan An-Sophie Mestach Demi Schuurs 6–3, 6–4 Loss 15–14 Aug 2015 Vancouver Open , Canada100,000 Hard Anna Tatishvili Johanna Konta Maria Sanchez 6–7(5) , 4–6 Loss 15–15 Sep 2016 Neva Cup , Russia100,000 Hard (i) Maria Marfutina Anna Morgina 2–6, 3–6 Loss 15–16 May 2017 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer , France100,000 Clay Chang Kai-chen Hsieh Su-wei 5–7, 1–6
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