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Raluca Sandu

Raluca Sandu
Full name Raluca Sandu
Country (sports)  Romania
Residence Bucharest, Romania
Born (1980-02-03) 3 February 1980 (age 37)
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 1994
Retired 2004
Plays Right-handed
Prize money US$157,333
Singles
Career record 187–154
Career titles 0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 68 (18 January 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1999)
French Open 2R (1999)
US Open 2R (1998)
Doubles
Career record 32–59
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 228 (13 September 1999)
Mixed doubles
Career record 0–1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open 1R (1999)
Last updated on: 8 January 2012.

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.

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).

Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.



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