Raluca Olaru

Raluca Olaru

Raluca Olaru at the 2009 US Open
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest
Born	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 Bucharest
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 936,952
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	211–145
Career titles	4 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 44 (28 September 2015)
Current ranking	No. 45 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2010, 2014)
French Open	1R (2008, 2010, 2014)
Wimbledon	2R (2013)
US Open	3R (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–9
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Olaru plays at Wimbledon 2013

Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a Romanian tennis player. The winner of nine singles and six doubles ITF Circuit titles, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies, losing to Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 6–3. She has also won two doubles titles, at the 2008 Tashkent Open and 2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup.

Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner–up in both singles and doubles at the 2005 French Open, 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. Olaru reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 53, on 27 July 2009, and her highest doubles ranking, No. 44, on 28 September 2015.

Personal life

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

Playing style

Olaru considers being a fighter as her biggest asset. She cites clay as her favourite surface and backhand down the line as favourite shot, but she can play well on all surfaces and she likes mixing up her game with drop shots. Olaru is currently coached by former player Michael Schapers.

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: 10 (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010) 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 (4–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 July 2008	Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Vanessa Henke	Alizé Cornet Janette Husárová	7–6(7–5), 1–6, [6–10]
Winner	1.	5 October 2008	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Olga Savchuk	Nina Bratchikova Kathrin Wörle	5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	2.	26 February 2011	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, 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, Katowice, Poland	Clay (i)	Valeria Solovyeva	Lara Arruabarrena Lourdes Domínguez Lino	4-6, 5-7
Winner	3.	15 June 2013	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nurnberg, 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, Nurnberg, Germany	Clay	Shahar Peer	Michaëlla Krajicek Karolína Plíšková	0–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Runner-up	4.	27 July 2014	Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Shahar Peer	Alexandra Panova Heather Watson	2-6, 6-7(3-7)
Winner	4.	12 October 2014	Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Anna Tatishvili	Annika Beck Caroline Garcia	6-2, 6-1
Runner-up	5.	23 May 2015	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nürnberg, 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

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.	August 16, 2004	Iași, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	6–7, 0–6
Winner	2.	April 24, 2005	Herceg Novi, Serbia	Clay	Miljana Adanko	7–5, 7–6(2)
Winner	3.	July 19, 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Anna Bastrikova	6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	August 2, 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Mădălina Gojnea	7–6(3), 7–5
Winner	5.	May 2, 2006	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	1–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	6.	May 7, 2006	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Samia Medjahdi	6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	July 3, 2006	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Winner	8.	November 7, 2006	Toronto, Canada	Hard(i)	Carly Gullickson	6–3, 6–1
Winner	9.	April 23, 2007	Torrent, Spain	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	April 30, 2007	Catania, Italy	Clay	Darya Kustova	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	11.	July 14, 2008	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–4, 6–2
Winner	12.	June 8, 2009	Marseille, France	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	6–7(4), 7–5, 6–4
Winner	13.	July 25, 2011	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Tatjana Maria	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	14.	April 9, 2012	Pomezia, Italy	Clay	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6–0, 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	15.	October 22, 2012	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	16.	November 2, 2012	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	7–5, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	17.	January 21, 2013	Eilat, İsrael	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	7–6(4), 3–6, 2–6
Winner	18.	February 25, 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Jovana Jakšić	6–3, 7–5

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q2	1R	Q2	A	Q1	A	0–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	A	Q1		2–4
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	Q1	A	Q1		2–3
US Open	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	Q1	A	A	A		2–3
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–4	1–4	1–2	0–0	0-0	0-0	0-0	6–12

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

Year	Grand Slam singles titles	WTA singles titles	Total singles titles	Earnings ($)	Money list rank
2005–06	0	0	0	?	n/a
2007	0	0	0	?	?
2008	0	0	0	?	?
2009	0	0	0	?	?
2010	0	0	0	?	?
2011	0	0	0	?	3
2012	0	0	0	?	?
2013	0	0	0	?	?
2014	0	0	0	73,665	204
2015*	0	0	0	47,045	?
Career*	0	0	0	865,108	?

*As of June 29, 2015

External links

• Raluca Olaru at the Women's Tennis Association
• Raluca Olaru activity at Tenis Romania website
• Raluca Olaru at the Fed Cup