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Raluca Olaru

ROU Age 37 173 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2006–2014

Raluca Olaru represented Romania on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 53. In TennisDB's records, Raluca Olaru finished with a career record of 37–57 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

53 (Jul 27, 2009)

Elo peak

1623 (42nd percentile)

Career record

37–57 (39.4%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,770,957

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Raluca Olaru's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Karin Knapp #67	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 10, 2014*	R32	Bucharest	WTA 250	Clay
Anastasia Pivovarova #124	1-6 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 2010*	R16	Bad Gastein	WTA 250	Clay
Kathrin Woerle #155	1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2010*	R32	Bad Gastein	WTA 250	Clay
Kaia Kanepi #38	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 16, 2010*	R16	Palermo	WTA 250	Clay
Anastasia Pivovarova #124	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 15, 2010*	R32	Palermo	WTA 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Raluca Olaru's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Anastasia Pivovarova	1	2	3	Jul 23, 2010	H2H
Kaia Kanepi	0	2	2	Jul 16, 2010	H2H
Alizé Cornet	2	0	2	Jun 23, 2010	H2H
Na Li	0	2	2	May 20, 2010	H2H
Sorana Cirstea	0	2	2	May 5, 2010	H2H

Career Results

Raluca Olaru career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2006	17	0	3	3	0.0%	504	262
2007	18	14	10	24	58.3%	262	59
2008	19	6	13	19	31.6%	59	123
2009	20	12	15	27	44.4%	123	72
2010	21	5	15	20	25.0%	72	182
2014	25	0	1	1	0.0%	518	863
Career		37	57	94	39.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Raluca Olaru career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2006	17	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2007	18	9	6	15	60.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	10	24	58.3%
2008	19	6	8	14	42.9%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	6	13	19	31.6%
2009	20	2	5	7	28.6%	9	9	18	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	12	15	27	44.4%
2010	21	1	4	5	20.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	15	20	25.0%
2014	25	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	18	25	43	41.9%	17	26	43	39.5%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	37	57	94	39.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Raluca Olaru career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2006	17	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2007	18	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	6	3	9	66.7%	14	10	24	58.3%
2008	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	3	3	6	50.0%	5	12	17	29.4%
2009	20	0	3	3	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	7	8	15	46.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	12	15	27	44.4%
2010	21	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	3	9	12	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	15	20	25.0%
2014	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	6	6	0.0%	3	12	15	20.0%	19	28	47	40.4%	14	10	24	58.3%	36	56	92	39.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 92/94 (97.9%) of Raluca Olaru's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Raluca Olaru performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2007	18	12/24	2.3	3.8	60.0%	60.1%	48.3%	56.2%	51.8%	55.2%	45.4%
2008	19	15/19	1.6	4.6	59.9%	55.8%	41.3%	56.3%	44.5%	50.5%	40.2%
2009	20	25/27	2.1	4.1	62.0%	61.5%	43.2%	50.0%	35.9%	54.4%	40.4%
2010	21	17/20	2.1	5.9	57.2%	61.1%	42.8%	50.2%	32.9%	53.3%	40.0%
Career		69/94	2.0	4.6	60.0%	59.9%	43.6%	52.5%	39.8%	53.4%	41.1%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 69/94 (73.4%) of Raluca Olaru's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Raluca Olaru advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2006	17	1468	99.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-1.62	0–2	1–0	—	-0.17
2007	18	1584	122.0	-0.90	+0.38	1.013	50.3%	+2	-27	—	55.6%	+0.39	4–4 (50%)	0–2	—	+0.80
2008	19	1532	108.1	-3.09	-1.93	0.812	45.6%	+52	-44	—	32.6%	-1.40	3–2 (60%)	0–5 (0%)	97.4	-0.57
2009	20	1594	110.9	-0.97	-1.87	0.886	47.4%	-11	-12	—	40.6%	-0.91	8–2 (80%)	3–2 (60%)	108.7	-0.02
2010	21	1515	103.7	-2.14	-2.43	0.855	46.5%	+14	+7	+46	31.3%	-1.46	3–5 (38%)	0–2	—	-0.34
2014	25	1502	97.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.01
2016	27	1487	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1623	112.8	-1.71	-1.63	0.882	47.3%	+18	-13	+46	39.7%	-0.86	18–15 (55%)	4–11 (27%)	98.5	-0.31

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Raluca Olaru Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2007	18	—	R32	—	R64	3–2 (60%)
2008	19	R128	R128	R128	R64	1–4 (20%)
2009	20	—	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
2010	21	R128	R128	R64	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	2–3 (40%)	6–12 (33%)

WTA 1000

Raluca Olaru WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	W-L Win %
2008	19	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
2010	21	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	1–4 (20%)

WTA 500

Raluca Olaru WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	PAR	MOS	NEW	WAR	W-L Win %
2007	18	R16	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2009	20	—	—	R32	R32	QF	2–3 (40%)
2010	21	—	R32	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–6 (33%)

WTA 250

Raluca Olaru WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	ASB	BUC	EST	LIB	KOR	BAD	BAN	BIR	BOG	BUD	FES	MOR	GUA	HOB	LIN	MAR	MEM	PAL	PRA	QUE	MOR	STR	TAS	W-L Win %
2006	17	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	0–3 (0%)
2007	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	10–7 (59%)
2008	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	QF	4–7 (36%)
2009	20	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	QF	R16	—	R32	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	9–9 (50%)
2010	21	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	4–8 (33%)
2014	25	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	27–35 (44%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jul 27, 2009

First Top 100

Jun 11, 2007

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Raluca Olaru ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2004	15	—	—	—	—	—	904	916	756	783	744	764	777
2005	16	772	779	781	793	673	755	760	500	494	511	509	504
2006	17	511	504	513	508	383	382	317	352	352	323	262	262
2007	18	257	163	165	149	122	82	88	84	63	55	59	59
2008	19	59	75	71	74	90	140	123	124	134	130	124	123
2009	20	131	108	116	104	88	75	53	53	71	71	73	72
2010	21	68	78	79	80	90	114	155	164	170	197	186	182
2011	22	182	170	176	173	184	184	319	268	243	228	249	249
2012	23	277	309	311	279	275	265	230	262	253	259	219	213
2013	24	223	215	213	216	217	228	263	272	314	311	512	521
2014	25	519	572	642	722	722	859	853	856	797	786	875	863
2015	26	859	862	842	841	819	828	868	873	1233	—	—	—

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Akgul Amanmuradova	UZB	50	1,630	0	163	61	102	37.4%	2001–2019	Match log
Kristina Barrois	GER	57	1,701	0	93	34	59	36.6%	2006–2013	Match log
Andrea Sestini Hlavackova	CZE	58	1,640	0	100	37	63	37.0%	2005–2018	Match log
Mathilde Johansson	FRA	59	1,616	0	119	44	75	37.0%	2005–2015	Match log
Mariya Koryttseva	UKR	50	1,641	0	97	40	57	41.2%	2005–2011	Match log
Elena Baltacha	GBR	49	1,670	0	123	48	75	39.0%	2001–2013	Match log
Alberta Brianti	ITA	55	1,634	1	146	53	93	36.3%	2001–2015	Match log
Alla Kudryavtseva	RUS	56	1,671	1	224	85	139	37.9%	2005–2017	Match log
Anna Tatishvili	USA	50	1,615	0	137	44	93	32.1%	2005–2019	Match log
Eva Birnerova	CZE	59	1,535	0	93	32	61	34.4%	2003–2013	Match log
Julia Schruff	GER	52	1,663	0	128	48	80	37.5%	2003–2010	Match log
Anastasia Rodionova	AUS	62	1,650	0	236	86	150	36.4%	2000–2017	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Raluca Olaru?: Raluca Olaru is 37 years old, born on March 3, 1989.
Which country does Raluca Olaru represent?: Raluca Olaru represents Romania in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Raluca Olaru?: Raluca Olaru is 173 cm / 5'8".
Does Raluca Olaru use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Raluca Olaru uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Raluca Olaru left-handed or right-handed?: Raluca Olaru plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Raluca Olaru won?: Raluca Olaru has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Raluca Olaru won?: TennisDB does not group any of Raluca Olaru's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Raluca Olaru's highest WTA ranking?: Raluca Olaru's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 53, first achieved on July 27, 2009.
What is Raluca Olaru's career win-loss record?: Raluca Olaru has a career WTA singles record of 37 wins and 57 losses (39.4%).
How much career prize money has Raluca Olaru earned?: Raluca Olaru has earned at least $1,770,957 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Raluca Olaru's career appear in TennisDB?: Raluca Olaru appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2006 through 2014.
On which surface does Raluca Olaru have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Raluca Olaru's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 41.9% (18–25).
Who has Raluca Olaru faced most often?: Raluca Olaru's most frequent opponent is Anastasia Pivovarova, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.