Raluca Șerban

Raluca Șerban

Șerban at the 2019 Wimbledon qualifying
Full name	Raluca Georgiana Șerban
Country (sports)	Cyprus (2018–current) Romania (2013–2018)
Residence	Cyprus
Born	(1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 Constanța, Romania
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$99,808
Singles
Career record	196–86
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 204 (22 April 2019)
Current ranking	No. 233 (24 June 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2019)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2019)
US Open	Q1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	105–51
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 179 (31 December 2018)
Current ranking	No. 219 (24 June 2019)
Last updated on: 24 June 2019.

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

Career

She has career-high WTA rankings of 204 in singles, achieved on 22 April 2019, and of 179 in doubles, achieved on 31 December 2018. Șerban has won eleven doubles titles and ten singles titles on the ITF circuit.

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

ITF Finals

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments Singles (10–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	19 April 2015	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Cristina Sánchez-Quintanar	6–2, 6–3
Winner	2.	26 April 2015	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Anna Bondár	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	3.	17 April 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Cristiana Ferrando	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	1.	19 June 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Ayla Aksu	3–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	13 November 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Gabriella Taylor	6–4, 7–5
Winner	5.	20 November 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Nina Kruijer	3–6, 4–0 ret.
Winner	6.	29 January 2017	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Alena Fomina	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	19 March 2017	Heraklion, Greece	Clay	Dejana Radanović	4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Winner	7.	14 May 2017	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Dasha Ivanova	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	17 September 2017	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Despina Papamichail	6–3, 2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	8.	4 March 2018	Heraklion, Greece	Clay	Anastasia Dețiuc	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	22 April 2018	Chiasso, Switzerland	Clay	Cindy Burger	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	5 May 2018	Balatonboglár, Hungary	Clay	Kaja Juvan	4–6, 1–6
Winner	9.	6 October 2018	Pula, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Winner	10.	27 October 2018	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Nina Stojanović	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	10 November 2018	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Yuliya Hatouka	5–7, 5–7

Doubles (12–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 March 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Nicoleta Dascălu	Li Yihong Zhu Lin	6–3, 3–6, [3–10]
Runner-up	2.	30 May 2014	Sibiu, Romania	Vendula Žovincová	Camelia Hristea Oana Georgeta Simion	6–7(2–7), 1–6
Winner	1.	3 November 2014	Heraklion, Greece	Oana Georgeta Simion	Natalija Kostić Nevena Selaković	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	17 October 2015	Heraklion, Greece	Viktória Kužmová	Steffi Distelmans Kelly Versteeg	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	12 March 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Andreea Ghițescu	Yvonne Neuwirth Nicole Rottmann	6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	4.	16 April 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Kseniia Bekker	Cristiana Ferrando Dalma Gálfi	4–6, 7–5, [12–14]
Runner-up	5.	18 June 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Miriana Tona	Arianne Hartono Paige Hourigan	3–6, ret.
Winner	3.	26 November 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Vlada Ekshibarova	Cristiana Ferrando Michaela Boev	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	6.	13 March 2017	Heraklion, Greece	Oana Georgeta Simion	Michaela Hončová Francesca Palmigiano	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	19 March 2017	Heraklion, Greece	Oana Georgeta Simion	Charlotte Robillard-Millette Carol Zhao	3–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–2]
Winner	5.	11 June 2017	Figueira da Foz, Portugal	Ayla Aksu	María Fernanda Herazo Victoria Rodríguez	6–4, 6–1
Winner	6.	2 July 2017	Stuttgart, Germany	Kseniia Bekker	Laura Schaeder Anna Zaja	6–3, 5–7, [10–5]
Runner-up	7.	22 July 2017	Olomouc, Czech Republic	Michaela Hončová	Amandine Hesse Victoria Rodríguez	6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Winner	7.	27 January 2018	Stuttgart, Germany	Laura Ioana Paar	Petra Krejsová Jesika Malečková	6–0, 6–7(7–9), [10–5]
Winner	8.	10 February 2018	Antalya, Turkey	Oana Georgeta Simion	Mana Ayukawa Nina Stadler	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	9.	3 March 2018	Heraklion, Greece	Michaela Boev	Gabriela Ana Maria Davidescu Alexandra Maria Stăiculescu	6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	8.	10 March 2018	Heraklion, Greece	Michaela Boev	Kerrie Cartwright Kariann Pierre-Louis	4–6, 5–7
Winner	10.	4 May 2018	Balatonboglár, Hungary	Anna Bondár	Ágnes Bukta Dalma Gálfi	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	9.	25 May 2018	Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	Pranjala Yadlapalli	Giuliana Olmos Laura Pigossi	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	22 June 2018	Madrid, Spain	Anastasia Pribylova	Montserrat González Wang Xiyu	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	11.	10 August 2018	Koksijde, Belgium	Anna Bondár	Dea Herdželaš Tereza Mihalíková	6–3, 6–0
Winner	12.	28 July 2019	Prague, Czech Republic	Nicoleta Dascălu	Lucie Hradecká Johana Marková	6–4, 6–4

National representation

Games of the Small States of Europe

Singles (1 win)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	2 June 2017	City of San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Eléonora Molinaro	7–5, 6–4

Doubles 2 (2 wins)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	2 June 2017	City of San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Maria Siopacha	Francesca Curmi Elaine Genovese	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	1 June 2019	Budva, Montenegro	Clay	Eleni Louka	Francesca Curmi Elaine Genovese	6–2, 6–3

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	5 June 2015	Reykjavik, Iceland	Hard (i)	Petros Chrysochos	Claudine Schaul Mike Scheidweiler	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	2.	2 June 2017	City of San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Eleftherios Neos	Eléonora Molinaro Ugo Nastasi	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1 June 2019	Budva, Montenegro	Clay	Eleftherios Neos	Vladica Babić Rrezart Cungu	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]

External links

• Raluca Șerban at the Women's Tennis Association
• Raluca Șerban at the International Tennis Federation