Raluca Olaru

Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of 11 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 also has won nine WTA doubles titles.

Raluca Olaru
Olaru at the 2019 French Open
Full nameIoana Raluca Olaru
Country (sports) Romania
ResidenceBucharest, Romania
Born (1989-03-03) 3 March 1989
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2003
PlaysRight-handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,485,853
Singles
Career record258–186 (58.1%)
Career titles0
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 record297–237 (55.6%)
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 32 (28 August 2017)
Current rankingNo. 55 (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2010, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
French OpenQF (2017)
Wimbledon2R (2013)
US Open3R (2015)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open2R (2019)
WimbledonQF (2018, 2019)
US OpenQF (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–11
Last updated on: 20 March 2020.
Olaru plays 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 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 English, French and Spanish.[8]

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.

Next week, Olaru with Olga Savchuk won the doubles title at the Hobart International, it was her sixth WTA 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]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
  • Sourced from WTA[9]
Tournament20072008200920102011201220132014 SRW–L
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 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

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2009 Gastein Ladies, Austria International Clay Andrea Petkovic 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–1)
International (9–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (4–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2008 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Tier III 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 Hard Olga Savchuk Nina Bratchikova
Kathrin Wörle		 5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Win 2–1 Feb 2011 Mexican Open, 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 Morocco Open, 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 Morocco Open, Morocco International Clay Anna Blinkova Georgina García Pérez
Fanny Stollár		 6–4, 6–4
Win 9–7 May 2018 Internationaux de Strasbourg,
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 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

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2016 Bol 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 ITF Contrexéville, France 50,000 Clay Stéphanie Foretz Gacon 6–4, 6–2
Win 9–3 Jun 2009 ITF 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(3–7)
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 ITF Hechingen,
Germany		 25,000 Clay Kristina Antoniychuk Eva Fislová
Stanislava Hrozenská		 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 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 ITF Saint Malo,
France		 100,000 Clay Mariya Koryttseva Petra Cetkovská
Lucie Hradecká		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 7–8 Sep 2011 Allianz Cup,
Bulgaria		 100,000 Clay Alexandra Cadanțu Nina Bratchikova
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 Bionaire,
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 BCR Open Romania Ladies,
Romania		 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(7–4), 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 ITF Barnstaple,
Great Britain		 75,000 Hard (i) Tamira Paszek Naomi Broady
Kristýna Plíšková		 3–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Win 15–13 Jun 2015 ITF Ilkley,
Great Britain		 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(5–7), 4–6
Loss 15–15 Sep 2016 ITF St. Petersburg,
Russia		 100,000 Hard (i) Alena Tarasova Maria Marfutina
Anna Morgina		 2–6, 3–6
Loss 15–16 May 2017 ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer,
France		 100,000 Clay Renata Voráčová Chang Kai-chen
Hsieh Su-wei		 5–7, 1–6

Head-to-head record against other players

WTA Tour career earnings
YearGrand 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 29 June 2015

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References
  1. Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Stats | Ioana Raluca Olaru
  2. Sony Ericsson 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. Ioana Raluca Olaru at the International Tennis Federation
  7. Sony Ericsson WTA Tour: Getting to Know... Ioana Raluca Olaru (24 July 2009)
  8. WTA Tour | Players | Info (Biography) | Ioana Raluca Olaru
  9. "Matches".
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