Raluca Șerban

Raluca Șerban
	Șerban at the 2019 Wimbledon qualifying
Full name	Raluca Georgiana Șerban
Country (sports)	Cyprus (2018–current) ; Romania (2013–2018)
Residence	Cyprus[1]
Born	17 June 1997; Constanța, Romania
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed ; (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 122,995
Singles
Career record	216–99 (68.6%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 204 (22 April 2019)
Current ranking	No. 341 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2019)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2019)
US Open	Q1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	118–56 (67.8%)
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 179 (31 December 2018)
Current ranking	No. 292 (16 March 2020)
	Last updated on: 5 April 2020.

Raluca Georgiana Șerban (born 17 June 1997) is a Romanian-born professional tennis player, who since 2018 represents Cyprus.

Career

She has career-high WTA rankings of 204 in singles, achieved on 22 April 2019, and of 179 in doubles, achieved on 31 December 2018. Șerban has won ten singles titles and thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 BGL Luxembourg Open, in the doubles event partnering Isabella Shinikova.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (10 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Cristina Sánchez-Quintanar	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–0	Apr 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Anna Bondár	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	3–0	Apr 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Cristiana Ferrando	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	3–1	Jun 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Ayla Aksu	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–1	Nov 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Gabriella Taylor	6–4, 7–5
Win	5–1	Nov 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Nina Kruijer	3–6, 4–0 ret.
Win	6–1	Jan 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Alena Fomina	6–2, 6–3
Loss	6–2	Mar 2017	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Dejana Radanović	4–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Win	7–2	May 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Dasha Ivanova	7–5, 6–2
Loss	7–3	Sep 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Despina Papamichail	6–3, 2–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	8–3	Mar 2018	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Anastasia Dețiuc	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	8–4	Apr 2018	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Cindy Burger	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Loss	8–5	May 2018	ITF Balatonboglár, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Kaja Juvan	4–6, 1–6
Win	9–5	Oct 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Win	10–5	Oct 2018	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Nina Stojanović	6–2, 7–5
Loss	10–6	Nov 2018	ITF Minsk, Belarus	25,000	Hard (i)	Yuliya Hatouka	5–7, 5–7

Doubles: 24 (13 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Nicoleta Dascălu	Li Yihong Zhu Lin	6–3, 3–6, [3–10]
Loss	0–2	May 2014	ITF Sibiu, Romania	10,000	Clay	Vendula Žovincová	Camelia Hristea Oana Georgeta Simion	6–7^(2–7), 1–6
Win	1–2	Nov 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Oana Georgeta Simion	Natalija Kostić Nevena Selaković	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–2	Oct 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Viktória Kužmová	Steffi Distelmans Kelly Versteeg	6–2, 6–0
Loss	2–3	Mar 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Andreea Ghițescu	Yvonne Neuwirth Nicole Rottmann	6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	2–4	Apr 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Kseniia Bekker	Cristiana Ferrando Dalma Gálfi	4–6, 7–5, [12–14]
Loss	2–5	Jun 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Miriana Tona	Arianne Hartono Paige Hourigan	3–6, ret.
Win	3–5	Nov 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Vlada Ekshibarova	Cristiana Ferrando Michaela Boev	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	3–6	Mar 2017	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Michaela Hončová Francesca Palmigiano	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–6	Mar 2017	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Charlotte Robillard-Millette Carol Zhao	3–6, 7–6^(7–2), [10–2]
Win	5–6	Jun 2017	ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Ayla Aksu	María Fernanda Herazo Victoria Rodríguez	6–4, 6–1
Win	6–6	Jul 2017	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Kseniia Bekker	Laura Schaeder Anna Zaja	6–3, 5–7, [10–5]
Loss	6–7	Jul 2017	ITF Olomouc, Czech Republic	80,000	Clay	Michaela Hončová	Amandine Hesse Victoria Rodríguez	6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Win	7–7	Jan 2018	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	15,000	Hard (i)	Laura Ioana Paar	Petra Krejsová Jesika Malečková	6–0, 6–7^(7–9), [10–5]
Win	8–7	Feb 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Hard	Oana Georgeta Simion	Mana Ayukawa Nina Stadler	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	9–7	Mar 2018	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Michaela Boev	Gabriela Ana Maria Davidescu Alexandra Maria Stăiculescu	6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	9–8	Mar 2018	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Michaela Boev	Kerrie Cartwright Kariann Pierre-Louis	4–6, 5–7
Win	10–8	May 2018	ITF Balatonboglár, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Anna Bondár	Ágnes Bukta Dalma Gálfi	6–1, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	10–9	May 2018	ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	25,000	Hard	Pranjala Yadlapalli	Giuliana Olmos Laura Pigossi	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10–10	Jun 2018	ITF Madrid, Spain	25,000	Clay (i)	Anastasia Pribylova	Montserrat González Wang Xiyu	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	11–10	Aug 2018	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	25,000	Clay	Anna Bondár	Dea Herdželaš Tereza Mihalíková	6–3, 6–0
Win	12–10	Jul 2019	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	60,000	Clay	Nicoleta Dascălu	Lucie Hradecká Johana Marková	6–4, 6–4
Win	13–10	Oct 2019	ITF Nanning, China	25,000	Hard	Ksenia Laskutova	Cao Siqi Wang Danni	6–2, 6–4
Loss	13–11	Jan 2020	ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse	6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–4), [8–10]

National representation

Games of the Small States of Europe

Singles: 1 (1 win)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2017	City of San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Eléonora Molinaro	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2 wins)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2017	City of San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Maria Siopacha	Francesca Curmi Elaine Genovese	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jun 2019	Budva, Montenegro	Clay	Eleni Louka	Francesca Curmi Elaine Genovese	6–2, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 wins, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	Reykjavik, Iceland	Hard (i)	Petros Chrysochos	Claudine Schaul Mike Scheidweiler	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	1–1	Jun 2017	City of San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Eleftherios Neos	Eléonora Molinaro Ugo Nastasi	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jun 2019	Budva, Montenegro	Clay	Eleftherios Neos	Vladica Babić Rrezart Cungu	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]

References

SPECIAL | Cum se face performanţă fără bani. Raluca Şerban a câştigat două titluri consecutive în circuitul ITF! "Din păcate, nu s-a schimbat nimic pe plan financiar"

External links

Raluca Șerban at the Women's Tennis Association
Raluca Șerban at the International Tennis Federation
Raluca Șerban at the Fed Cup

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[1] SPECIAL | Cum se face performanţă fără bani. Raluca Şerban a câştigat două titluri consecutive în circuitul ITF! "Din păcate, nu s-a schimbat nimic pe plan financiar"