Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional

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player from Romania. The winner of 11 singles and 15 doubles ITF titles,Sony Ericsson WTA Tour , Players , Stats , Ioana Raluca Olaru
/ref> Olaru reached one WTA singles final, at the

2009 Gastein Ladies The 2009 Gastein Ladies was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Gastein Ladies, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held in Bad Gastein, Austria, from ...

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Petkovic, Olaru Into Final
(25 July 2009) losing to Andrea Petkovic, in straight sets. Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Petkovic Wins First Tour Title
(26 July 2009) She also has won eleven doubles titles on

tournaments. Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner–up in both junior singles and doubles at the

2005 French Open The 2005 French Open was the 109th edition of the tournament. On the men's side, Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth at his first French Open, was a strong favorite to win the singles title after winning the Monte Carlo and Rome Masters. Guillermo Coria ...

,Sony Ericsson WTA Tour , Players , Info (Awards) , Ioana Raluca Olaru
/ref> 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 The 2007 French Open (Roland Garros) was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run at Rol ...

, when she defeated the 30th seed

Julia Vakulenko Julia Olehivna Vakulenko ( uk, Юлія Оле́гівна Вакуленко; born July 10, 1983) is a Ukraine-born female tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of No. 32 in November 2007. In April, 2008, Vakulenko renounced her U ...

, in straight sets, and lost to eventual runner–up, the seventh seed

Ana Ivanovic Ana Schweinsteiger ( sr, Ана Швајнштајгер / ''Ana Švajnštajger''; born 6 November 1987), professionally known by her birth name Ana Ivanovic (Ана Ивановић / ''Ana Ivanović'', ), is a Serbian former world No. 1 tenn ...

.Sony Ericsson WTA Tour , Players , Activity , Ioana Raluca Olaru
/ref> Olaru reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 53, on 27 July 2009, and her best doubles ranking, No. 30, on 31 January 2022.

Personal life

Ioana Raluca Olaru currently resides in her hometown

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

.Ioana Raluca Olaru
at the International Tennis Federation Her parents, Adrian and Doina, run a convenience store together.

Getting to Know... Ioana Raluca Olaru
(24 July 2009) Her sister Cristina is 16 years older than Olaru, and lives in London. Olaru began playing tennis aged seven, and cites Kim Clijsters,WTA Tour , Players , Info (Biography) , Ioana Raluca Olaru
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and Roger Federer as her role models. She graduated from school in 2007, and is fluent in

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Tennis career

Raluca started her 2017 season at Shenzhen Open where she reached the final with

Olga Savchuk Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk ( uk, Ольга Миколаївна Савчук; born 20 September 1987) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up in the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She resides in Nassau, Bahamas. Her best ...

, 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

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, it was her sixth WTA Tour 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.

Performance timelines

''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

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Significant finals

Premier-Mandatory/Premier-5 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF finals

Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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

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References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olaru, Raluca 1989 births Living people Tennis players from Bucharest Romanian female tennis players US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Romania Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics