Raluca Olaru
Romanian tennis player

Raluca Olaru

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Romanian tennis player
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Birth:
3 March 1989(Bucharest, Principality of Wallachia)
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Pisces
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Bucharest, Principality of Wallachia
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Introduction

Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of 11 singles and 15 doubles ITF titles, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies, losing to Andrea Petkovic 2–6, 3–6. She also has won nine WTA doubles titles.

Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner–up in both junior 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 seventh seed Ana Ivanovic. Olaru reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 53, on 27 July 2009, and her highest doubles ranking, No. 32, on 28 August 2017.

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 16 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 English, French and Spanish.

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

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

Doubles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Finals by surface
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–1)
International (9–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–1)
International (9–8)
Hard (5–4)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome 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, 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, [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
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
Runner-up 6. 29 April 2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Morocco Clay Tatjana Maria Xenia Knoll
Aleksandra Krunić 		3–6, 0–6
Winner 5. 1 October 2016 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan 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 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
Runner-up 9. 19 October 2018 Kremlin Cup, Russia Hard (i) Darija Jurak Alexandra Panova
Laura Siegemund 		2–6, 6–7

WTA 125 series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (11–7)

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
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, 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, 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. 28 October 2012 Brasília, Brazil Clay Timea Bacsinszky 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 16. 10 November 2012 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Verónica Cepede Royg 7–5, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up 17. 26 January 2013 Eilat, İsrael Hard Alla Kudryavtseva 7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Winner 18. 3 March 2013 Antalya, Turkey Clay Jovana Jakšić 6–3, 7–5

Doubles (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, Serbia 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
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, 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
Runner-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. 30 August 2012 Mamaia, Romania Clay Elena Bogdan Danka Kovinić
Tadeja Majerič 		7–6, 6–3
Runner-up 12. 13 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. 3 November 2012 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Elena Bogdan María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
Maria Fernanda Alves 		1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Winner 14. 26 January 2013 Eilat, Israel Hard Alla Kudryavtseva Ilona Kremen
Pemra Özgen 		6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 13. 3 November 2013 Barnstaple, Great Britain Hard (i) Tamira Paszek Naomi Broady
Kristýna Plíšková 		3–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Winner 15. 21 June 2015 Ilkley, Great Britain Grass Xu Yifan An-Sophie Mestach
Demi Schuurs 		6–3, 6–4
Runner–up 14. 22 August 2015 Vancouver, Canada Hard Anna Tatishvili Johanna Konta
Maria Sanchez 		6–7, 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. 14 May 2017 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Renata Voráčová Chang Kai-chen
Hsieh Su-wei 		5–7, 1–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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

Head-to-head record against other players

WTA Tour career earnings

Year Grand Slam
singles titles		 WTA
singles titles		 Total
singles titles		 Earnings ($) Money list rank
2005–06 0 0 0 ? [1] n/a
2007 0 0 0 ? [2] ? [3]
2008 0 0 0 ? [4] ? [5]
2009 0 0 0 ? [6] ? [7]
2010 0 0 0 ? [8] ? [9]
2011 0 0 0 ? [10] 3
2012 0 0 0 ? [11] ? [12]
2013 0 0 0 ? [13] ? [14]
2014 0 0 0 73,665 204
2015* 0 0 0 47,045 ? [15]
Career* 0 0 0 865,108 ? [16]

*as of 29 June 2015