Ioana Raluca Olaru
Raluca Olaru at the 2009 US Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Romania
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| Residence | Bucharest |
| Born |
3 March 1989 Bucharest |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Turned pro | 2003 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two–handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 936,952 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 258–185 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 11 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 53 (27 July 2009) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2008, 2010) |
| French Open | 3R (2007) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2009, 2010) |
| US Open | 2R (2007, 2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 211–145 |
| Career titles | 6 WTA, 15 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 44 (28 September 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 45 (8 February 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2010, 2014, 2016, 2017) |
| French Open | 1R (2008, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2013) |
| US Open | 3R (2015) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 6–9 |
| Last updated on: 8 February 2016. | |
Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a Romanian tennis player. The winner of nine singles and six doubles ITF Circuit titles, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies, losing to Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 6–3. She has also won two doubles titles, at the 2008 Tashkent Open and 2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup.
Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner–up in both 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 7th seed Ana Ivanovic. Olaru reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 53, on 27 July 2009, and her highest doubles ranking, No. 44, on 28 September 2015.
Ioana Raluca Olaru currently resides in her hometown Bucharest. Her parents, Adrian and Doina, run a convenience store together. Her sister Cristina is sixteen 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 Romanian, English, French and Spanish.
Raluca started her 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.
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