Raluca Șerban

Raluca Georgiana Șerban (born 17 June 1997) is a Cypriot (Romanian-born) professional tennis player, who since 2018 represents Cyprus.

Raluca Șerban
Șerban at the 2021 ITF Poitiers
Full nameRaluca Georgiana Șerban
Country (sports) Cyprus (2018–current)
 Romania (2013–2018)
ResidenceCyprus[1]
Born (1997-06-17) 17 June 1997
Constanța, Romania
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2013
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 139,536
Singles
Career record269–117 (69.7%)
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 204 (22 April 2019)
Current rankingNo. 226 (18 April 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2019)
WimbledonQ1 (2019)
US OpenQ1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record130–67 (66.0%)
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 176 (14 January 2019)
Current rankingNo. 389 (18 April 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup10–2 (83.3%)
Last updated on: 18 April 2022.

Career

She has career-high WTA rankings of 204 in singles and 176 in doubles. Șerban has won eleven singles titles and thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Luxembourg Open, in the doubles event partnering Isabella Shinikova.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2019 ... 2022 W–L
Australian Open Q1 A 0–0
French Open A 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 0–0
US Open Q1 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (12 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Cristina Sánchez-Quintanar 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–0 Apr 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Anna Bondár 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 3–0 Apr 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Cristiana Ferrando 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 3–1 Jun 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Ayla Aksu 3–6, 3–6
Win 4–1 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Gabriella Taylor 6–4, 7–5
Win 5–1 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Nina Kruijer 3–6, 4–0 ret.
Win 6–1 Jan 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Alena Fomina 6–2, 6–3
Loss 6–2 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Dejana Radanović 4–6, 6–7(1)
Win 7–2 May 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Dasha Ivanova 7–5, 6–2
Loss 7–3 Sep 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Despina Papamichail 6–3, 2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 8–3 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Anastasia Dețiuc 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 8–4 Apr 2018 ITF Chiasso, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Cindy Burger 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Loss 8–5 May 2018 ITF Balatonboglár, Hungary 25,000 Clay Kaja Juvan 4–6, 1–6
Win 9–5 Oct 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Anastasia Grymalska 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win 10–5 Oct 2018 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Nina Stojanović 6–2, 7–5
Loss 10–6 Nov 2018 ITF Minsk, Belarus 25,000 Hard (i) Yuliya Hatouka 5–7, 5–7
Win 11–6 Sep 2021 ITF Santarém, Portugal 25,000 Hard Daria Snigur 6–3, 6–4
Win 12–6 Apr 2022 ITF Bellinzona, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 26 (13 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Nicoleta Dascălu Li Yihong
Zhu Lin
6–3, 3–6, [3–10]
Loss 0–2 May 2014 ITF Sibiu, Romania 10,000 Clay Vendula Žovincová Camelia Hristea
Oana Georgeta Simion
6–7(2–7), 1–6
Win 1–2 Nov 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Oana Georgeta Simion Natalija Kostić
Nevena Selaković
6–4, 6–2
Win 2–2 Oct 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Viktória Kužmová Steffi Distelmans
Kelly Versteeg
6–2, 6–0
Loss 2–3 Mar 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Andreea Ghițescu Yvonne Neuwirth
Nicole Rottmann
6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 2–4 Apr 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Kseniia Bekker Cristiana Ferrando
Dalma Gálfi
4–6, 7–5, [12–14]
Loss 2–5 Jun 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Miriana Tona Arianne Hartono
Paige Hourigan
3–6, ret.
Win 3–5 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Vlada Ekshibarova Cristiana Ferrando
Michaela Boev
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 3–6 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Oana Georgeta Simion Michaela Hončová
Francesca Palmigiano
4–6, 3–6
Win 4–6 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Oana Georgeta Simion Charlotte Robillard-Millette
Carol Zhao
3–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–2]
Win 5–6 Jun 2017 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal 25,000 Hard Ayla Aksu María Fernanda Herazo
Victoria Rodríguez
6–4, 6–1
Win 6–6 Jul 2017 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Kseniia Bekker Laura Schaeder
Anna Zaja
6–3, 5–7, [10–5]
Loss 6–7 Jul 2017 ITF Olomouc, Czech Republic 80,000 Clay Michaela Hončová Amandine Hesse
Victoria Rodríguez
6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Win 7–7 Jan 2018 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 15,000 Hard (i) Laura Ioana Paar Petra Krejsová
Jesika Malečková
6–0, 6–7(7–9), [10–5]
Win 8–7 Feb 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Oana Georgeta Simion Mana Ayukawa
Nina Stadler
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win 9–7 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Michaela Boev Gabriela Ana Maria Davidescu
Alexandra Maria Stăiculescu
6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss 9–8 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Michaela Boev Kerrie Cartwright
Kariann Pierre-Louis
4–6, 5–7
Win 10–8 May 2018 ITF Balatonboglár, Hungary 25,000 Clay Anna Bondár Ágnes Bukta
Dalma Gálfi
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 10–9 May 2018 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain 25,000 Hard Pranjala Yadlapalli Giuliana Olmos
Laura Pigossi
4–6, 4–6
Loss 10–10 Jun 2018 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Clay (i) Anastasia Pribylova Montserrat González
Wang Xiyu
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 11–10 Aug 2018 ITF Koksijde, Belgium 25,000 Clay Anna Bondár Dea Herdželaš
Tereza Mihalíková
6–3, 6–0
Win 12–10 Jul 2019 ITF Prague, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Nicoleta Dascălu Lucie Hradecká
Johana Marková
6–4, 6–4
Win 13–10 Oct 2019 ITF Nanning, China 25,000 Hard Ksenia Laskutova Cao Siqi
Wang Danni
6–2, 6–4
Loss 13–11 Jan 2020 ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 60,000 Hard (i) Ekaterine Gorgodze Jaqueline Cristian
Elena-Gabriela Ruse
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Loss 13–12 Sep 2020 ITF Přerov, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay Nicoleta Dascălu Chantal Škamlová
Tereza Smitková
6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 13–13 May 2021 ITF Otočec, Slovenia 25,000 Clay Lea Bošković Federica Di Sarra
Camilla Rosatello
4–6, 7–6(7–4), [4–10]

National representation

Singles: 1 (1 win)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2017 City of San Marino, San Marino Clay Eléonora Molinaro 7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2 wins)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2017 City of San Marino Clay Maria Siopacha Francesca Curmi
Elaine Genovese
6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jun 2019 Budva, Montenegro Clay Eleni Louka Francesca Curmi
Elaine Genovese
6–2, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 wins, 1 runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2015 Reykjavik, Iceland Hard (i) Petros Chrysochos Claudine Schaul
Mike Scheidweiler
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–1 Jun 2017 City of San Marino Clay Eleftherios Neos Eléonora Molinaro
Ugo Nastasi
3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2019 Budva, Montenegro Clay Eleftherios Neos Vladica Babić
Rrezart Cungu
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]

References

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