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Raluca Olaru

Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of eleven singles and 15 doubles titles ITF Women's Circuit,[1] Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,[2] losing to Andrea Petkovic, in straight sets.[3] She also has won eleven doubles titles on WTA Tour tournaments.

Raluca Olaru
Olaru at the 2020 French Open
Full nameIoana Raluca Olaru
Country (sports) Romania
ResidenceBucharest, Romania
Born (1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 (age 34)
Bucharest
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2003
PlaysRight-handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,770,957
Singles
Career record258–186 (58.1%)
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 53 (27 July 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2008, 2010)
French Open3R (2007)
Wimbledon2R (2009, 2010)
US Open2R (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record337–273 (55.2%)
Career titles11 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 30 (31 January 2022)
Current rankingNo. 273 (27 February 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2010, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
French OpenQF (2017)
Wimbledon3R (2021, 2022)
US Open3R (2015, 2021)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsAlt (2021)
Olympic Games2R (2016, 2020)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French Open2R (2019)
WimbledonQF (2019)
US OpenQF (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–11 (35.3%)
Last updated on: 4 March 2023.
Olaru at Wimbledon, 2013

Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner–up in both junior 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 seventh seed Ana Ivanovic.[5] Olaru reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 53, on 27 July 2009, and her best doubles ranking, No. 30, on 31 January 2022.[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 English, Spanish and Romanian.[citation needed]

Tennis career

Raluca started her 2017 season at Shenzhen Open where she reached the final with Olga Savchuk, but they lost 1–6, 5–7 to Peng Shuai and Andrea Hlaváčková. The following week, Olaru with Olga Savchuk won the doubles title at the Hobart International, it was her sixth WTA Tour doubles title.

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 her game with drop shots.[7] Olaru is currently coached by Adrian Gavrila, Adrian Cruciat and Artemon Apostu Efremov.[8]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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.

Singles

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ... 2022 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R Q2 1R Q2 A Q1 A 0 / 2 0–2
French Open 3R 1R 1R 1R Q1 A Q1 A 0 / 4 2–4
Wimbledon A 1R 2R 2R Q1 A Q1 A 0 / 3 2–3
US Open 2R 2R 1R Q1 A A A 0 / 3 2–3
Win–loss 3–2 1–4 1–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 12 6–12

Doubles

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A 2R 1R A A 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 12 7–12 37%
French Open A A A 1R A 1R A A A 1R 1R 1R QF 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 11 4–11 27%
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R NH 3R 3R 0 / 9 5–9 36%
US Open A A A A 1R A A A A 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 10 6–10 38%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–4 2–4 1–4 4–4 2–4 1–4 0–3 4–3 3–4 0 / 42 22–42 34%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH A NH 2R NH 2R 2 / 2 2–2 50%
WTA 1000
Qatar / Dubai Open[1] NMS A A A A A A 1R A 1R 2R A QF A A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R QF NH 1R 1R 0 / 7 3–7 30%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R QF NH 1R 1R 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Madrid Open NH A A A A A A 2R 2R A A 1R NH 2R A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 1R F 1R A 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A QF A A A 2R NH A A 0 / 2 3–1 75%
Cincinnati Open NMS A A A A A A A 1R QF 2R 1R A 1R A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[2] A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R A 1R A 2R NH 0 / 4 1–4 20%
China Open NMS A A A 2R 1R A 2R 1R 1R NH 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Mexican Open NMS/NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 1 1 2 6 11 10 6 1 9 22 24 23 23 21 22 10 20 12 Career total: 224
Titles Career total:
Finals Career total:
Overall win-loss
Year-end ranking

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2015 2006 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L
Australian Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A 2R NH A 0 / 1 1–1
Wimbledon 3R 1R 2R 2R QF NH A 0 / 5 6–5
US Open A A 2R QF 2R NH A 0 / 3 4–3
Win–loss 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 4–3 0–0 0–0 0 / 9 11–9

Significant finals

Premier-Mandatory/Premier-5 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2020 Italian Open Clay   Anna-Lena Friedsam   Hsieh Su-wei
  Barbora Strýcová
2–6, 2–6

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2009 Gastein Ladies, Austria International[a] Clay   Andrea Petkovic 2–6, 3–6

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

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, Hungary Tier III[a] Clay   Vanessa Henke   Alizé Cornet
  Janette Husárová
7–6(7–5), 1–6, [6–10]
Win 1–1 Oct 2008 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Tier IV[a] Hard   Olga Savchuk   Nina Bratchikova
  Kathrin Wörle
5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Win 2–1 Feb 2011 Abierto Mexicano, Mexico International Hard   Mariya Koryttseva   Arantxa Parra Santonja
  Lourdes Domínguez Lino
5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 2–2 Apr 2013 Katowice Open, Poland International Clay (i)   Valeria Solovyeva   Lara Arruabarrena
  Lourdes Domínguez Lino
4–6, 5–7
Win 3–2 Jun 2013 Nuremberg Cup, Germany International Clay   Valeria Solovyeva   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, Azerbaijan International Hard   Shahar Pe'er   Alexandra Panova
  Heather Watson
2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 4–4 Oct 2014 Linz Open, Austria International Hard (i)   Anna Tatishvili   Annika Beck
  Caroline Garcia
6–2, 6–1
Loss 4–5 May 2015 Nuremberg Cup, Germany International Clay   Lara Arruabarrena   Chan Hao-ching
  Anabel Medina Garrigues
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 4–6 Apr 2016 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco International 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, China International Hard   Olga Savchuk   Andrea Hlaváčková
  Peng Shuai
1–6, 5–7
Win 6–7 Jan 2017 Hobart International, Australia International Hard   Olga Savchuk   Gabriela Dabrowski
  Yang Zhaoxuan
0–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win 7–7 Jul 2017 Bucharest Open, Romania International 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, France International Clay   Mihaela Buzărnescu   Nadiia Kichenok
  Anastasia Rodionova
7–5, 7–5
Loss 9–8 Sep 2018 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard   Irina-Camelia Begu   Olga Danilović
  Tamara Zidanšek
5–7, 3–6
Loss 9–9 Oct 2018 Kremlin Cup, Russia Premier[b] Hard (i)   Darija Jurak   Alexandra Panova
  Laura Siegemund
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 9–10 Aug 2020 Prague Open, Czech Republic International Clay   Monica Niculescu   Lucie Hradecká
  Kristýna Plíšková
2–6, 2–6
Loss 9–11 Sep 2020 Italian Open, Italy Premier 5[c] Clay   Anna-Lena Friedsam   Hsieh Su-wei
  Barbora Strýcová
2–6, 2–6
Win 10–11 Mar 2021 St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i)   Nadiia Kichenok   Kaitlyn Christian
  Sabrina Santamaria
2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 10–12 Jun 2021 Bad Homburg Open, Germany WTA 250 Grass   Nadiia Kichenok   Darija Jurak
  Andreja Klepač
3–6, 1–6
Win 11–12 Aug 2021 Chicago Open, United States WTA 250 Hard   Nadiia Kichenok   Lyudmyla Kichenok
  Makoto Ninomiya
7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 11–13 Oct 2021 Kremlin Cup, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i)   Nadiia Kichenok   Jeļena Ostapenko
  Kateřina Siniaková
2–6, 6–4, [8–10]

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2016 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay   İpek Soylu   Xenia Knoll
  Petra Martić
3–6, 2–6

ITF finals

Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
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   Miljana Adanko 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, France 50,000 Clay   Stéphanie Foretz Gacon 6–4, 6–2
Win 9–3 Jun 2009 Open de Marseille, France 100,000 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

Doubles: 31 (15 titles, 16 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2004 ITF Brașov, Romania 10,000 Clay   Lenore Lăzăroiu   Corina Corduneanu
  Alexandra Iacob
4–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Aug 2004 ITF Timișoara, Romania 10,000 Clay   Lenore Lăzăroiu   Sorana Cîrstea
  Gabriela Niculescu
1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2004 ITF Cluj-Napoca, Romania 10,000 Clay   Corina Corduneanu   Veronika Raimrová
  Anamaria Sere
4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win 2–2 Apr 2005 ITF Herceg Novi, Serbia 10,000 Clay   Antonia Xenia Tout   Aleksandra Lukič
  Patricia Vollmeier
6–4, 4–1 ret.
Win 3–2 July 2005 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay   Corina Corduneanu   Anna Bastrikova
  Vasilisa Davydova
6–1, 6–4
Win 4–2 Aug 2005 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Corina Corduneanu   Bianca Ioana Bonifate
  Sorana Cîrstea
6–1, 6–1
Win 5–2 Apr 2006 ITF Makarska, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Antonia Xenia Tout   Johanna Larsson
  Nadja Roma
6–4, 7–5
Loss 5–3 May 2006 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Simona Matei   Sorana Cîrstea
  Gabriela Niculescu
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, Germany 25,000 Clay   Kristina Antoniychuk   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 L'Open de Saint Malo, France 100,000 Clay   Mariya Koryttseva   Petra Cetkovská
  Lucie Hradecká
4–6, 2–6
Loss 7–8 Sep 2011 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 100,000 Clay   Alexandra Cadanțu   Nina Bratchikova
  Darija Jurak
4–6, 5–7
Win 8–8 Jan 2012 ITF Innisbrook, U.S. 25,000 Clay   Darya Kustova   Gioia Barbieri
  Nadejda Guskova
6–3, 6–1
Loss 8–9 Feb 2012 ITF Cali, Colombia 100,000 Clay   Alexandra Cadanțu   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   Elena Bogdan   Inés Ferrer Suárez
  Richèl Hogenkamp
6–4, 6–3
Loss 10–10 May 2012 ITF Casablanca, Morocco 25,000 Clay   Elena Bogdan   Olga Savchuk
  Renata Voráčová
1–6, 4–6
Loss 10–11 Jul 2012 Open Romania Ladies 100,000 Clay   Elena Bogdan   Irina-Camelia Begu
  Alizé Cornet
2–6, 0–6
Win 11–11 Aug 2012 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay   Elena Bogdan   Danka Kovinić
  Tadeja Majerič
7–6(4), 6–3
Loss 11–12 Sep 2012 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay   Marina Melnikova   Katarzyna Piter
  Barbara Sobaszkiewicz
5–7, 1–6
Win 12–12 Oct 2012 ITF Brasília, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Elena Bogdan   Timea Bacsinszky
  Julia Cohen
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Win 13–12 Nov 2012 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 25,000 Clay   Elena Bogdan   María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
  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, UK 75,000 Hard (i)   Tamira Paszek   Naomi Broady
  Kristýna Plíšková
3–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Win 15–13 Jun 2015 Ilkley Trophy, UK 50,000 Grass   Xu Yifan   An-Sophie Mestach
  Demi Schuurs
6–3, 6–4
Loss 15–14 Aug 2015 Vancouver Open, Canada 100,000 Hard   Anna Tatishvili   Johanna Konta
  Maria Sanchez
6–7(5), 4–6
Loss 15–15 Sep 2016 Neva Cup, Russia 100,000 Hard (i)   Alena Tarasova   Maria Marfutina
  Anna Morgina
2–6, 3–6
Loss 15–16 May 2017 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 100,000 Clay   Renata Voráčová   Chang Kai-chen
  Hsieh Su-wei
5–7, 1–6

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Stats | Ioana Raluca Olaru
  2. ^ WTA Tour: Petkovic, Olaru Into Final (25 July 2009)
  3. ^ Sony Ericsson WTA Tour: Petkovic Wins First Tour Title (26 July 2009)
  4. ^ Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Info (Awards) | Ioana Raluca Olaru
  5. ^ Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Activity | Ioana Raluca Olaru
  6. ^ a b c Ioana Raluca Olaru 28 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine at the International Tennis Federation
  7. ^ a b c d e WTA Tour: Getting to Know... Ioana Raluca Olaru (24 July 2009)
  8. ^ a b c WTA Tour | Players | Info (Biography) | Ioana Raluca Olaru

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raluca, olaru, ioana, born, march, 1989, professional, tennis, player, from, romania, winner, eleven, singles, doubles, titles, women, circuit, olaru, reached, tour, singles, final, 2009, gastein, ladies, losing, andrea, petkovic, straight, sets, also, eleven,. Ioana Raluca Olaru born 3 March 1989 is a professional tennis player from Romania The winner of eleven singles and 15 doubles titles ITF Women s Circuit 1 Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final at the 2009 Gastein Ladies 2 losing to Andrea Petkovic in straight sets 3 She also has won eleven doubles titles on WTA Tour tournaments Raluca OlaruOlaru at the 2020 French OpenFull nameIoana Raluca OlaruCountry sports RomaniaResidenceBucharest RomaniaBorn 1989 03 03 3 March 1989 age 34 BucharestHeight1 73 m 5 ft 8 in Turned pro2003PlaysRight handed two handed backhand Prize moneyUS 1 770 957SinglesCareer record258 186 58 1 Career titles11 ITFHighest rankingNo 53 27 July 2009 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open1R 2008 2010 French Open3R 2007 Wimbledon2R 2009 2010 US Open2R 2007 2008 DoublesCareer record337 273 55 2 Career titles11 WTA 15 ITFHighest rankingNo 30 31 January 2022 Current rankingNo 273 27 February 2023 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian Open2R 2010 2014 2016 2017 2018 2021 2022 French OpenQF 2017 Wimbledon3R 2021 2022 US Open3R 2015 2021 Other doubles tournamentsTour FinalsAlt 2021 Olympic Games2R 2016 2020 Grand Slam mixed doubles resultsAustralian Open1R 2022 French Open2R 2019 WimbledonQF 2019 US OpenQF 2018 Team competitionsFed Cup6 11 35 3 Last updated on 4 March 2023 Olaru at Wimbledon 2013 Olaru was a successful junior player She was the runner up in both junior 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 seventh seed Ana Ivanovic 5 Olaru reached her highest singles ranking world No 53 on 27 July 2009 and her best doubles ranking No 30 on 31 January 2022 1 Contents 1 Personal life 2 Tennis career 3 Playing style 4 Performance timelines 4 1 Singles 4 2 Doubles 4 3 Mixed doubles 5 Significant finals 5 1 Premier Mandatory Premier 5 finals 5 1 1 Doubles 1 1 runner up 6 WTA career finals 6 1 Singles 1 1 runner up 6 2 Doubles 24 11 titles 13 runner ups 7 WTA 125 finals 7 1 Doubles 1 1 runner up 8 ITF finals 8 1 Singles 18 11 titles 7 runner ups 8 2 Doubles 31 15 titles 16 runner ups 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksPersonal life EditIoana 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 English Spanish and Romanian citation needed Tennis career EditRaluca started her 2017 season at Shenzhen Open where she reached the final with Olga Savchuk but they lost 1 6 5 7 to Peng Shuai and Andrea Hlavackova The following week Olaru with Olga Savchuk won the doubles title at the Hobart International it was her sixth WTA Tour doubles title Playing style EditOlaru 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 her game with drop shots 7 Olaru is currently coached by Adrian Gavrila Adrian Cruciat and Artemon Apostu Efremov 8 Performance timelines EditKey W F SF QF R RR Q DNQ A NH 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 Singles Edit Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2022 SR W LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A 1R Q2 1R Q2 A Q1 A 0 2 0 2French Open 3R 1R 1R 1R Q1 A Q1 A 0 4 2 4Wimbledon A 1R 2R 2R Q1 A Q1 A 0 3 2 3US Open 2R 2R 1R Q1 A A A 0 3 2 3Win loss 3 2 1 4 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 12Doubles Edit Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W L Win Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A A A 1R A 2R 1R A A 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 0 12 7 12 37 French Open A A A 1R A 1R A A A 1R 1R 1R QF 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 11 4 11 27 Wimbledon A A A A Q1 A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R NH 3R 3R 0 9 5 9 36 US Open A A A A 1R A A A A 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 10 6 10 38 Win loss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 4 4 4 2 4 1 4 0 3 4 3 3 4 0 42 22 42 34 National representationSummer Olympics NH A NH A NH 2R NH 2R 2 2 2 2 50 WTA 1000Qatar Dubai Open 1 NMS A A A A A A 1R A 1R 2R A QF A A A 0 4 3 4 43 Indian Wells Open A A A A A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R QF NH 1R 1R 0 7 3 7 30 Miami Open A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R QF NH 1R 1R 0 6 2 6 25 Madrid Open NH A A A A A A 2R 2R A A 1R NH 2R A 0 4 2 4 33 Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 1R F 1R A 0 4 4 4 50 Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A QF A A A 2R NH A A 0 2 3 1 75 Cincinnati Open NMS A A A A A A A 1R QF 2R 1R A 1R A 0 5 3 5 38 Pan Pacific Wuhan Open 2 A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R A 1R A 2R NH 0 4 1 4 20 China Open NMS A A A 2R 1R A 2R 1R 1R NH 0 5 2 5 29 Mexican Open NMS NH 0 0 0 0 Career statisticsTournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W L Win Tournaments 1 1 2 6 11 10 6 1 9 22 24 23 23 21 22 10 20 12 Career total 224Titles Career total Finals Career total Overall win lossYear end rankingMixed doubles Edit Tournament 2015 2006 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W LAustralian Open A A A A A A A 0 0 0 0French Open A A A A 2R NH A 0 1 1 1Wimbledon 3R 1R 2R 2R QF NH A 0 5 6 5US Open A A 2R QF 2R NH A 0 3 4 3Win loss 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 9Significant finals EditPremier Mandatory Premier 5 finals Edit Doubles 1 1 runner up Edit Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 2020 Italian Open Clay Anna Lena Friedsam Hsieh Su wei Barbora Strycova 2 6 2 6WTA career finals EditSingles 1 1 runner up Edit LegendGrand SlamWTA 1000WTA 500WTA 250 0 1 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 0 1 Jul 2009 Gastein Ladies Austria International a Clay Andrea Petkovic 2 6 3 6Doubles 24 11 titles 13 runner ups Edit LegendGrand SlamWTA 1000 0 1 WTA 500 1 2 WTA 250 10 10 Finals by surfaceHard 7 5 Clay 4 7 Grass 0 1 Carpet 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 0 1 Jul 2008 Budapest Grand Prix Hungary Tier III a Clay Vanessa Henke Alize Cornet Janette Husarova 7 6 7 5 1 6 6 10 Win 1 1 Oct 2008 Tashkent Open Uzbekistan Tier IV a Hard Olga Savchuk Nina Bratchikova Kathrin Worle 5 7 7 5 10 7 Win 2 1 Feb 2011 Abierto Mexicano Mexico International Hard Mariya Koryttseva Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Dominguez Lino 5 7 7 5 10 7 Loss 2 2 Apr 2013 Katowice Open Poland International Clay i Valeria Solovyeva Lara Arruabarrena Lourdes Dominguez Lino 4 6 5 7Win 3 2 Jun 2013 Nuremberg Cup Germany International Clay Valeria Solovyeva Anna Lena Gronefeld Kveta Peschke 2 6 7 6 7 3 11 9 Loss 3 3 May 2014 Nuremberg Cup Germany International Clay Shahar Pe er Michaella Krajicek Karolina Pliskova 0 6 6 4 6 10 Loss 3 4 Jul 2014 Baku Cup Azerbaijan International Hard Shahar Pe er Alexandra Panova Heather Watson 2 6 6 7 3 7 Win 4 4 Oct 2014 Linz Open Austria International Hard i Anna Tatishvili Annika Beck Caroline Garcia 6 2 6 1Loss 4 5 May 2015 Nuremberg Cup Germany International Clay Lara Arruabarrena Chan Hao ching Anabel Medina Garrigues 4 6 6 7 5 7 Loss 4 6 Apr 2016 Rabat Grand Prix Morocco International Clay Tatjana Maria Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunic 3 6 0 6Win 5 6 Oct 2016 Tashkent Open Uzbekistan 2 International Hard Ipek Soylu Demi Schuurs Renata Voracova 7 5 6 3Loss 5 7 Jan 2017 Shenzhen Open China International Hard Olga Savchuk Andrea Hlavackova Peng Shuai 1 6 5 7Win 6 7 Jan 2017 Hobart International Australia International Hard Olga Savchuk Gabriela Dabrowski Yang Zhaoxuan 0 6 6 4 10 5 Win 7 7 Jul 2017 Bucharest Open Romania International Clay Irina Camelia Begu Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs 6 3 6 3Win 8 7 May 2018 Rabat Grand Prix Morocco International Clay Anna Blinkova Georgina Garcia Perez Fanny Stollar 6 4 6 4Win 9 7 May 2018 Strasbourg International France International Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu Nadiia Kichenok Anastasia Rodionova 7 5 7 5Loss 9 8 Sep 2018 Tashkent Open Uzbekistan International Hard Irina Camelia Begu Olga Danilovic Tamara Zidansek 5 7 3 6Loss 9 9 Oct 2018 Kremlin Cup Russia Premier b Hard i Darija Jurak Alexandra Panova Laura Siegemund 2 6 6 7 2 7 Loss 9 10 Aug 2020 Prague Open Czech Republic International Clay Monica Niculescu Lucie Hradecka Kristyna Pliskova 2 6 2 6Loss 9 11 Sep 2020 Italian Open Italy Premier 5 c Clay Anna Lena Friedsam Hsieh Su wei Barbora Strycova 2 6 2 6Win 10 11 Mar 2021 St Petersburg Trophy Russia WTA 500 Hard i Nadiia Kichenok Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria 2 6 6 3 10 8 Loss 10 12 Jun 2021 Bad Homburg Open Germany WTA 250 Grass Nadiia Kichenok Darija Jurak Andreja Klepac 3 6 1 6Win 11 12 Aug 2021 Chicago Open United States WTA 250 Hard Nadiia Kichenok Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya 7 6 8 6 5 7 10 8 Loss 11 13 Oct 2021 Kremlin Cup Russia WTA 500 Hard i Nadiia Kichenok Jelena Ostapenko Katerina Siniakova 2 6 6 4 8 10 WTA 125 finals EditDoubles 1 1 runner up Edit Result W L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 0 1 May 2016 Bol Ladies Open Croatia Clay Ipek Soylu Xenia Knoll Petra Martic 3 6 2 6ITF finals EditSingles 18 11 titles 7 runner ups Edit Legend 100 000 tournaments 75 000 tournaments 50 000 tournaments 25 000 tournaments 10 000 tournamentsResult W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 0 1 Aug 2004 ITF Iași Romania 10 000 Clay Monica Niculescu 6 7 0 6Win 1 1 Apr 2005 ITF Herceg Novi Serbia 10 000 Clay Miljana Adanko 7 5 7 6 2 Win 2 1 Jul 2005 ITF Bucharest Romania 10 000 Clay Anna Bastrikova 6 3 6 2Win 3 1 Aug 2005 ITF Bucharest Romania 10 000 Clay Mădălina Gojnea 7 6 3 7 5Win 4 1 May 2006 ITF Bucharest Romania 10 000 Clay Sorana Cirstea 1 6 6 4 6 1Win 5 1 May 2006 ITF Rabat Morocco 10 000 Clay Samia Medjahdi 6 2 2 6 7 5Loss 5 2 Jul 2006 ITF Mont de Marsan France 25 000 Clay Nina Bratchikova 4 6 6 4 0 6Win 6 2 Nov 2006 ITF Toronto Canada 25 000 Hard i Carly Gullickson 6 3 6 1Win 7 2 Apr 2007 ITF Torrent Spain 50 000 Clay Andrea Petkovic 6 4 5 7 6 4Loss 7 3 Apr 2007 ITF Catania Italy 25 000 Clay Darya Kustova 3 6 6 2 3 6Win 8 3 Jul 2008 Contrexeville Open France 50 000 Clay Stephanie Foretz Gacon 6 4 6 2Win 9 3 Jun 2009 Open de Marseille France 100 000 Clay Masa Zec Peskiric 6 7 4 7 5 6 4Win 10 3 Jul 2011 ITF Bad Saulgau Germany 25 000 Clay Tatjana Maria 6 3 3 6 7 5Loss 10 4 Apr 2012 ITF Pomezia Italy 10 000 Clay Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6 0 1 6 1 6Loss 10 5 Oct 2012 ITF Brasilia Brazil 25 000 Clay Timea Bacsinszky 5 7 2 6Loss 10 6 Nov 2012 ITF Asuncion Paraguay 25 000 Clay Veronica Cepede Royg 7 5 6 7 7 2 6Loss 10 7 Jan 2013 ITF Eilat Israel 10 000 Hard Alla Kudryavtseva 7 6 4 3 6 2 6Win 11 7 Mar 2013 ITF Antalya Turkey 10 000 Clay Jovana Jaksic 6 3 7 5Doubles 31 15 titles 16 runner ups Edit Legend 100 000 tournaments 75 000 tournaments 50 000 tournaments 25 000 tournaments 10 000 tournamentsResult W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 0 1 Jun 2004 ITF Brașov Romania 10 000 Clay Lenore Lăzăroiu Corina Corduneanu Alexandra Iacob 4 6 5 7Loss 0 2 Aug 2004 ITF Timișoara Romania 10 000 Clay Lenore Lăzăroiu Sorana Cirstea Gabriela Niculescu 1 6 6 2 2 6Win 1 2 Sep 2004 ITF Cluj Napoca Romania 10 000 Clay Corina Corduneanu Veronika Raimrova Anamaria Sere 4 6 6 0 6 4Win 2 2 Apr 2005 ITF Herceg Novi Serbia 10 000 Clay Antonia Xenia Tout Aleksandra Lukic Patricia Vollmeier 6 4 4 1 ret Win 3 2 July 2005 ITF Arad Romania 10 000 Clay Corina Corduneanu Anna Bastrikova Vasilisa Davydova 6 1 6 4Win 4 2 Aug 2005 ITF Bucharest Romania 10 000 Clay Corina Corduneanu Bianca Ioana Bonifate Sorana Cirstea 6 1 6 1Win 5 2 Apr 2006 ITF Makarska Croatia 10 000 Clay Antonia Xenia Tout Johanna Larsson Nadja Roma 6 4 7 5Loss 5 3 May 2006 ITF Bucharest Romania 10 000 Clay Simona Matei Sorana Cirstea Gabriela Niculescu 4 6 6 0 6 7 3 Loss 5 4 May 2006 ITF Rabat Morocco 10 000 Clay Maria Fernanda Alvarez Teran Bahia Mouhtassine Emilie Bacquet w oWin 6 4 July 2006 ITF Mont de Marsan France 25 000 Clay Margalita Chakhnashvili Akgul Amanmuradova Nina Bratchikova 7 5 1 6 6 1Loss 6 5 Aug 2006 Ladies Open Hechingen Germany 25 000 Clay Kristina Antoniychuk Eva Fislova Stanislava Hrozenska 3 6 7 6 3 3 6Loss 6 6 Nov 2006 ITF Toronto Canada 25 000 Hard i Heidi El Tabakh Angelika Bachmann Hana Sromova 4 6 1 6Win 7 6 Sep 2010 ITF Biella Italy 100 000 Clay Mariya Koryttseva Andreja Klepac Aurelie Vedy 7 5 6 4Loss 7 7 Sep 2010 L Open de Saint Malo France 100 000 Clay Mariya Koryttseva Petra Cetkovska Lucie Hradecka 4 6 2 6Loss 7 8 Sep 2011 ITF Sofia Bulgaria 100 000 Clay Alexandra Cadanțu Nina Bratchikova Darija Jurak 4 6 5 7Win 8 8 Jan 2012 ITF Innisbrook U S 25 000 Clay Darya Kustova Gioia Barbieri Nadejda Guskova 6 3 6 1Loss 8 9 Feb 2012 ITF Cali Colombia 100 000 Clay Alexandra Cadanțu Karin Knapp Mandy Minella 4 6 3 6Win 9 9 Apr 2012 ITF Civitavecchia Italy 25 000 Clay Elena Bogdan Claudia Giovine Marina Shamayko 6 3 7 5Win 10 9 Apr 2012 ITF Tunis Tunisia 25 000 Clay Elena Bogdan Ines Ferrer Suarez Richel Hogenkamp 6 4 6 3Loss 10 10 May 2012 ITF Casablanca Morocco 25 000 Clay Elena Bogdan Olga Savchuk Renata Voracova 1 6 4 6Loss 10 11 Jul 2012 Open Romania Ladies 100 000 Clay Elena Bogdan Irina Camelia Begu Alize Cornet 2 6 0 6Win 11 11 Aug 2012 ITF Mamaia Romania 25 000 Clay Elena Bogdan Danka Kovinic Tadeja Majeric 7 6 4 6 3Loss 11 12 Sep 2012 ITF Sofia Bulgaria 25 000 Clay Marina Melnikova Katarzyna Piter Barbara Sobaszkiewicz 5 7 1 6Win 12 12 Oct 2012 ITF Brasilia Brazil 25 000 Clay Elena Bogdan Timea Bacsinszky Julia Cohen 6 3 3 6 10 8 Win 13 12 Nov 2012 ITF Buenos Aires Argentina 25 000 Clay Elena Bogdan Maria Fernanda Alvarez Teran 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 Ozgen 6 3 6 3Loss 14 13 Nov 2013 GB Pro Series Barnstaple UK 75 000 Hard i Tamira Paszek Naomi Broady Kristyna Pliskova 3 6 6 3 5 10 Win 15 13 Jun 2015 Ilkley Trophy UK 50 000 Grass Xu Yifan An Sophie Mestach Demi Schuurs 6 3 6 4Loss 15 14 Aug 2015 Vancouver Open Canada 100 000 Hard Anna Tatishvili Johanna Konta Maria Sanchez 6 7 5 4 6Loss 15 15 Sep 2016 Neva Cup Russia 100 000 Hard i Alena Tarasova Maria Marfutina Anna Morgina 2 6 3 6Loss 15 16 May 2017 Open de Cagnes sur Mer France 100 000 Clay Renata Voracova Chang Kai chen Hsieh Su wei 5 7 1 6Notes Edit a b c The WTA Tier III tournaments WTA Tier IV tournaments and WTA Tier V tournaments were reclassified as WTA International tournaments in 2009 and later as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021 The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021 The WTA Premier 5 amp Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021 References Edit a b Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Players Stats Ioana Raluca Olaru WTA Tour Petkovic Olaru Into Final 25 July 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Petkovic Wins First Tour Title 26 July 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Players Info Awards Ioana Raluca Olaru Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Players Activity Ioana Raluca Olaru a b c Ioana Raluca Olaru Archived 28 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine at the International Tennis Federation a b c d e WTA Tour Getting to Know Ioana Raluca Olaru 24 July 2009 a b c WTA Tour Players Info Biography Ioana Raluca OlaruExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ioana Raluca Olaru Raluca Olaru 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