Introduction
Raluca Sandu (born 3 February 1980) is a professional Romanian retired tennis player. On 18 January 1999, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 68 whilst her best doubles ranking was 228 on 13 September 1999.
Personal life
Raluca is the daughter of former Romanian football player and former president of the Romanian Football Federation, Mircea Sandu and her late mother, Simona Arghir former handball player and captain of Romanian national handball team. Raluca has one more sibling, older brother Dan Mircea. Raluca turned pro at the age of 15 and she reached top 100 WTA by the time she was 17 years old. She was also ranked top 10 in the world ITF Juniors ranking, reaching the Semi-finals at the 1995 U.S. Open. Raluca was forced to retire early due to shoulder injury (2004).
Head-to-head record against other players
Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.
- Magdalena Maleeva 1-0
- Anna Kournikova 1-1
- Elena Dementieva 1-0
- Amélie Mauresmo 1–0
- Svetlana Kuznetsova 1-0
- Patty Schnyder 0–1
- Serena Williams 0–1
- Conchita Martínez Granados 1-0
- Jelena Kostanić 0–1
- Elena Vesnina 1–0
ITF Singles Circuit finals: 11 (4–7)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 1. | 24 April 1995 | Bari, Italy | Clay |  Stefania Pifferi | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 7 August 1995 | Istanbul 3, Turkey | Hard |  Gülberk Gültekin | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 18 September 1995 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Clay |  Katalin Marosi | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 10 February 1996 | Sunderland, Great Britain | Hard |  Samantha Smith | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 21 July 1996 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay |  Cara Abe | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 17 November 1996 | Bad Gögging, Germany | Carpet (i) |  Nirupama Vaidyanathan | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 2 March 1997 | Bushey, Great Britain | Carpet (i) |  Olga Barabanschikova | 1–6, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 20 July 1997 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay |  Pavlina Stoyanova | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 12 April 1998 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay |  Barbara Schwartz | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 10. | 26 July 1998 | Valladolid, Spain | Hard | Rita Kuti-Kis | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 24 June 2001 | Gorizia, Italy | Clay |  Eva Bes | 0–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
ITF Doubles Circuit finals: 3 (1–2)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 7 August 1995 | Istanbul 3, Turkey | Hard |  Alice Pîrșu | Gülberk Gültekin Selin Nassi Tekikbas | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 20 June 1999 | Marseille, France | Clay | Gisela Riera |  Eva Martincová Lenka Němečková | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 1 August 1999 | Bytom, Poland | Clay | Gisela Riera | Eva Bes-Ostáriz Magdalena Grzybowska | 4–6, 5–7 |