Raluca Olaru

Raluca Olaru

Raluca Olaru at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,220,700
Singles
Career record	258–185
Career titles	0 WTA, 11 ITF
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	240-181
Career titles	9 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 32 (28 August 2017)
Current ranking	No. 45 (29 January 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2010, 2014, 2016, 2017)
French Open	QF (2017)
Wimbledon	2R (2013)
US Open	3R (2015)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	QF (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–10
Last updated on: 9 September 2017.

Olaru plays at Wimbledon 2013

Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a Romanian professional tennis player. The winner of eleven singles and 15 doubles ITF titles,^[1] Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,^[2] losing to Andrea Petkovic 2–6, 3–6.^[3] She has also won nine WTA doubles titles.

Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner–up in both singles and doubles at the 2005 French Open,^[4] and captured the 2006 US Open doubles title along with Mihaela Buzărnescu. Her best professional Grand Slam result so far has been the third round of the 2007 French Open, when she defeated the 30th seed Julia Vakulenko in straight sets and lost to eventual runner–up, the 7th seed Ana Ivanovic.^[5] Olaru reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 53, on 27 July 2009, and her highest doubles ranking, No. 32, on 28 August 2017.^[1]

Personal life

Ioana Raluca Olaru currently resides in her hometown Bucharest.^[6] Her parents, Adrian and Doina, run a convenience store together.^[7] Her sister Cristina is 16 years older than Olaru, and lives in London.^[7] Olaru began playing tennis aged seven,^[6] and cites Kim Clijsters,^[8] Martina Navratilova and Roger Federer as her role models.^[7] She graduated from school in 2007, and is fluent in Romanian, English, French and Spanish.^[8]

Tennis career

Playing style

Olaru considers being a fighter as her biggest asset.^[7] She cites clay as her favourite surface^[6] and backhand down the line as favourite shot,^[8] but she can play well on all surfaces and she likes mixing up her game with drop shots.^[7] Olaru is currently coached by Adrian Gavrila, Adrian Cruciat and Artemon Apostu Efremov.^[8]

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 July 2009	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (9–8)

Finals by surface Hard (5–3) Clay (4–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 July 2008	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Vanessa Henke	Alizé Cornet Janette Husárová	7–6(7–5), 1–6, [6–10]
Winner	1.	5 October 2008	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Hard	Olga Savchuk	Nina Bratchikova Kathrin Wörle	5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	2.	26 February 2011	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Mexico	Hard	Mariya Koryttseva	Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino	5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Runner-up	2.	14 April 2013	BNP Paribas Katowice Open, Poland	Clay (i)	Valeria Solovyeva	Lara Arruabarrena Lourdes Domínguez Lino	4-6, 5-7
Winner	3.	15 June 2013	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Germany	Clay	Valeria Solovyeva	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	2-6, 7-6(7-3), [11-9]
Runner-up	3.	24 May 2014	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Germany	Clay	Shahar Pe'er	Michaëlla Krajicek Karolína Plíšková	0–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Runner-up	4.	27 July 2014	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	Hard	Shahar Pe'er	Alexandra Panova Heather Watson	2-6, 6-7(3-7)
Winner	4.	12 October 2014	Generali Ladies Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Anna Tatishvili	Annika Beck Caroline Garcia	6-2, 6-1
Runner-up	5.	23 May 2015	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Germany	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	Chan Hao-ching Anabel Medina Garrigues	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	6.	29 April 2016	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Tatjana Maria	Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić	3–6, 0–6
Winner	5.	1 October 2016	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan (2)	Hard	İpek Soylu	Demi Schuurs Renata Voráčová	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	7 January 2017	Shenzhen Open, China	Hard	Olga Savchuk	Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai	1–6, 5–7
Winner	6.	14 January 2017	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Olga Savchuk	Gabriela Dabrowski Yang Zhaoxuan	0-6, 6-4, [10-5]
Winner	7.	23 July 2017	Bucharest Open, Romania	Clay	Irina-Camelia Begu	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	6–3, 6–3
Winner	8.	4 May 2018	Morocco Open, Morocco	Clay	Anna Blinkova	Georgina García Pérez Fanny Stollár	6–4, 6–4
Winner	9.	26 May 2018	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Nadiia Kichenok Anastasia Rodionova	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	29 September 2018	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Hard	Irina-Camelia Begu	Olga Danilović Tamara Zidanšek	5–7, 3–6

WTA 125 Series Finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 May 2016	Croatian Bol Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	İpek Soylu	Xenia Knoll Petra Martić	3–6, 2–6

ITF Finals

Singles 18 (11-7)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	16 August 2004	Iași, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	6–7, 0–6
Winner	2.	24 April 2005	Herceg Novi, Serbia	Clay	Miljana Adanko	7–5, 7–6(2)
Winner	3.	19 July 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Anna Bastrikova	6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	2 August 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Mădălina Gojnea	7–6(3), 7–5
Winner	5.	2 May 2006	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	1–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	6.	7 May 2006	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Samia Medjahdi	6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	3 July 2006	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Winner	8.	7 November 2006	Toronto, Canada	Hard(i)	Carly Gullickson	6–3, 6–1
Winner	9.	23 April 2007	Torrent, Spain	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	30 April 2007	Catania, Italy	Clay	Darya Kustova	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	11.	14 July 2008	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–4, 6–2
Winner	12.	8 June 2009	Marseille, France	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	6–7(4), 7–5, 6–4
Winner	13.	25 July 2011	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Tatjana Maria	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	14.	9 April 2012	Pomezia, Italy	Clay	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6–0, 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	15.	22 October 2012	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	16.	2 November 2012	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	7–5, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	17.	21 January 2013	Eilat, İsrael	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	7–6(4), 3–6, 2–6
Winner	18.	25 February 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Jovana Jakšić	6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 31 (15-16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 June 2004	Brașov, Romania	Clay	Lenore Lăzăroiu	Corina Corduneanu Alexandra Iacob	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	23 August 2004	Timișoara, Romania	Clay	Lenore Lăzăroiu	Sorana Cîrstea Gabriela Niculescu	1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner	1.	27 September 2004	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Clay	Corina Corduneanu	Veronika Raimrová Anamaria Sere	4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Winner	2.	27 April 2005	Herceg Novi, Montenegro	Clay	Antonia Xenia Tout	Aleksandra Lukič Patricia Vollmeier	6–4, 4–1 ret.
Winner	3.	25 July 2005	Arad, Romania	Clay	Corina Corduneanu	Anna Bastrikova Vasilisa Davydova	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	7 August 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Corina Corduneanu	Bianca Ioana Bonifate Sorana Cîrstea	6–1, 6–1
Winner	5.	9 April 2006	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Antonia Xenia Tout	Johanna Larsson Nadja Roma	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	7 May 2006	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Simona Matei	Sorana Cîrstea Gabriela Niculescu	4–6, 6–0, 6–7(3–7)
Runner–up	4.	13 May 2006	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	Bahia Mouhtassine Émilie Bacquet	W/O
Winner	6.	3 July 2006	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Margalita Chakhnashvili	Akgul Amanmuradova Nina Bratchikova	7–5, 1–6, 6–1
Runner–up	5.	13 August 2006	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Kristina Antoniychuk	Eva Fislová Stanislava Hrozenská	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6
Runner–up	6.	11 November 2006	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Heidi El Tabakh	Angelika Bachmann Hana Šromová	4–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	11 September 2010	Biella, Italy	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	Andreja Klepač Aurélie Védy	7–5, 6–4
Runner–up	7.	20 September 2010	Saint Malo, France	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	Petra Cetkovská Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	16 September 2011	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	Nina Bratchikova Darija Jurak	4–6, 5–7
Winner	8.	15 January 2012	Innisbrook, United States	Clay	Darya Kustova	Gioia Barbieri Nadejda Guskova	6–3, 6–1
Runners-up	9.	11 February 2012	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	Karin Knapp Mandy Minella	4–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	21 April 2012	Civitavecchia, Italy	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Claudia Giovine Marina Shamayko	6–3, 7–5
Winner	10.	27 April 2012	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Inés Ferrer Suárez Richèl Hogenkamp	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	19 May 2012	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Olga Savchuk Renata Voráčová	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	21 July 2012	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Irina-Camelia Begu Alizé Cornet	2–6, 0–6
Winner	11.	1 September 2012	Mamaia, Romania	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Danka Kovinić Tadeja Majerič	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner-up	12.	10 September 2012	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Marina Melnikova	Katarzyna Piter Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	5–7, 1–6
Winner	12.	27 October 2012	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Timea Bacsinszky Julia Cohen	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner	13.	4 November 2012	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Elena Bogdan	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Maria Fernanda Alves	1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	14.	21 January 2013	Eilat, Israel	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Ilona Kremen Pemra Özgen	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	28 October 2013	Barnstaple, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Tamira Paszek	Naomi Broady Kristýna Plíšková	3–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Winner	15.	21 June 2015	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Xu Yifan	An-Sophie Mestach Demi Schuurs	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	14.	14 August 2015	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	Johanna Konta Maria Sanchez	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Runner–up	15.	23 September 2016	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Alena Tarasova	Maria Marfutina Anna Morgina	2–6, 3–6
Runner–up	16.	8 May 2017	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Chang Kai-chen Hsieh Su-wei	5–7, 1–6

Singles performance timeline

Head-to-Head record against other players

• Venus Williams 0-2
• Caroline Wozniacki 1-0
• Ana Ivanovic 0-2
• Maria Sharapova 0-1
• Victoria Azarenka 0-1

WTA Tour career earnings

*As of 29 June 2015

References

External links

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