Raluca Șerban

Raluca Șerban
	Șerban at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Raluca Georgiana Șerban
Country (sports)	Cyprus (2019–current) ; Romania (2013–2018)
Residence	Cyprus
Born	17 June 1997 (age 26); Constanța, Romania
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 392,455
Singles
Career record	322–164 (66.3%)
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 152 (24 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 208 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2024)
French Open	Q1 (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2023)
US Open	Q1 (2019, 2022, 2023)
Doubles
Career record	141–77 (64.7%)
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 176 (14 January 2019)
Current ranking	No. 449 (18 March 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	10–2 (83.3%)
	Last updated on: 21 March 2024.

Raluca Georgiana Șerban (Greek: Ραλούκα Τζεορτζιάνα Σερμπάν; born 17 June 1997) is a Romanian-born professional tennis player, who since 2019 has represented Cyprus.

Career[edit]

Șerban has career-high WTA rankings of 152 in singles and 176 in doubles. She has won 13 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

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

At the 2022 Budapest Grand Prix, she made her WTA Tour singles debut.^[2]

Performance timeline[edit]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	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; (NTI) not a Tier I 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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles[edit]

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q2	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	0^[a]	0	0^[a]	1	1	Career total: 2
Overall win-loss	4–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	0 / 2	7–3

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 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⁾
Win	8–3	Mar 2018	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Anastasia Dețiuc	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	8–4	Apr 2018	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Cindy Burger	7–6⁽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⁽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	Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland	60,000	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	6–3, 6–0
Win	13–6	Oct 2022	ITF Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	İpek Öz	6–3, 6–0
Loss	13–7	Feb 2023	Guanajuato Open, Mexico	60,000+H	Hard	Kamilla Rakhimova	0–6, 6–1, 2–6
Loss	13–8	May 2023	ITF Larnaca, Cyprus	25,000	Clay	Tímea Babos	4–6, 7–5, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Loss	13–9	Jun 2023	Internazionali di Caserta, Italy	60,000	Clay	Hailey Baptiste	3–6, 2–6
Loss	13–10	Jul 2023	Internazionali di Roma, Italy	60,000	Clay	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 28 (14 titles, 14 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 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⁾, 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⁽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⁽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	ITS Cup, 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⁾, [10–5]
Win	8–7	Feb 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Hard	Oana Georgeta Simion	Mana Ayukawa Nina Stadler	6–2, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	9–7	Mar 2018	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Michaela Boev	Gabriela Davidescu Alexandra 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⁽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⁾
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 Open, 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	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, [8–10]
Loss	13–12	Sep 2020	Zubr Cup, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Nicoleta Dascălu	Chantal Škamlová Tereza Smitková	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	13–13	May 2021	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	25,000	Clay	Lea Bošković	Federica di Sarra Camilla Rosatello	4–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, [4–10]
Win	14–13	Feb 2023	ITF Mexico City	40,000	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Yuliana Lizarazo María Paulina Pérez	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	14–14	May 2023	ITF Larnaca, Cyprus	25,000	Clay	Maria Siopacha	Luisa Meyer auf der Heide Miriana Tona	5–7, 4–6

National representation[edit]

Games of the Small States of Europe[edit]

Singles: 1 (1 win)[edit]

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

Doubles: 2 (2 wins)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Location	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)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Location	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]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.

References[edit]

^ SPECIAL | Cum se face performanţă fără bani. Raluca Şerban a câştigat două titluri consecutive în circuitul ITF! "Din păcate, nu s-a schimbat nimic pe plan financiar"
^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. October 6, 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

External links[edit]

Raluca Șerban at the Women's Tennis Association
Raluca Șerban at the International Tennis Federation
Raluca Șerban at the Billie Jean King Cup

[Zero_tournaments-3] During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.

[1] SPECIAL | Cum se face performanţă fără bani. Raluca Şerban a câştigat două titluri consecutive în circuitul ITF! "Din păcate, nu s-a schimbat nimic pe plan financiar"

[2] "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. October 6, 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

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