Oona Orpana

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Oona Orpana
Country (sports) Finland
ResidenceHelsinki, Finland
Born (2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 23)
Hamina, Finland
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 28,641
Singles
Career record79–43 (64.8%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 479 (3 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 705 (21 February 2022)
Doubles
Career record44–26 (62.9%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 478 (19 August 2019)
Current rankingNo. 767 (21 February 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup7–7
Last updated on: 16 October 2021.

Oona Orpana (born 21 January 2001) is a Finnish professional tennis player.

On the ITF Junior Circuit, she has a career-high ranking of 41, achieved on 26 February 2018.

Orpana won Finnish outdoor and indoor singles championship in 2016, and outdoor singles again in 2019 and 2021. On 29 June 2019, she won her first national doubles title (with Venla Ahti). The pair also won the national outdoor title in 2021. On national level her team is Smash-Kotka. Previously with HVS (Helsinki).

In the 2019 season, she was mainly coached by Zdenek Kubik at Prague, that was her main base in 2019. Ville-Petteri Ahti is her hitting partner/coach at Finland weeks. Her playing/training/traveling budget for 2019 was over 100,000 Euro.[1]

In November 2019, she was awarded "Female Tennis Player of the Year" in Finland.[2]

In autumn 2021, she moved to United States, and now represents Oklahoma State University.

Playing for the Finland Fed Cup team, Orpana has a win–loss record of 7–7.

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Sweden Alexandra Viktorovitch 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
DNP Dec 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Ukraine Daria Snigur cancelled[a]
Loss 1–1 Feb 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Switzerland Simona Waltert 1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Mar 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Ukraine Daria Snigur 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 2019 ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria 15,000 Hard Bulgaria Petia Arshinkova 0–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Dec 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska 4–6, 7–6(5), 1–6

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2017 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 15,000 Hard Malta Elaine Genovese Thailand Nudnida Luangnam
Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai
4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Latvia Alise Cernecka Turkey Melis Sezer
Turkey Cemre Anıl
2–6, 5–7
Win 1–2 Oct 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Latvia Alise Cernecka Sweden Alexandra Viktorovitch
Sweden Lisa Zaar
6–4, 7–6(6)
Win 2–2 Nov 2018 ITF Stockholm, Sweden 15,000 Hard (i) Russia Anna Makhorkina Sweden Anette Munozova
Germany Shaline-Doreen Pipa
w/o
DNP Dec 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Latvia Alise Cernecka Russia Evgenia Burdina
Russia Ekaterina Ovcharenko
6–1, 0–1 canc.[b]
Win 3–2 Feb 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Czech Republic Anastasia Dețiuc Norway Malene Helgø
Croatia Mariana Drazic
6–0, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Oct 2019 ITF Stockholm, Sweden 15,000 Hard (i) Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Sweden Fanny Östlund
Russia Alina Silich
3–6, 2–6
Loss 3–4 Nov 2019 ITF Stockholm, Sweden 15,000 Hard (i) Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Latvia Margarita Ignatjeva
Russia Ekaterina Kazionova
6–2, 6–7(5), [4–10]
Loss 3–5 Jan 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard France Mallaurie Noël Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
United Kingdom Jodie Anna Burrage
1–6, 2–6
Win 4–5 Oct 2021 ITF Norman, United States 15,000 Hard Italy Martina Zerulo United States McKenna Schaefbauer
Dominican Republic Kelly Williford
6–2, 5–7 [10–6]

National representation[edit]

Fed Cup[edit]

Orpana made her Fed Cup debut for Finland in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II, when she was 14 years and 15 days old. This made her the youngest Fed Cup player in Finland's history.

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
World Group Play-off (0–0)
World Group II (0–0)
World Group II Play-off (0–0)
Europe/Africa Group (7–7)
Matches by surface
Hard (4–6)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (5–5)
Doubles (2–2)
Matches by setting
Indoors (4–6)
Outdoors (3–1)

Singles (5–5)[edit]

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2015 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool B 5 February 2015 Tallinn, Estonia Slovenia Slovenia Hard (i) Tadeja Majerič L 6–7(5–7), 5–7
6 February 2015 Luxembourg Luxembourg Eléonora Molinaro W 7–5, 6–4
2017 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool C 14 June 2017 Chișinău, Moldova Cameroon Cameroon Clay Linda Claire Éloundou W 6–0, 6–0
15 June 2017 Tunisia Tunisia Chiraz Bechri W 6–3, 6–2
16 June 2017 North Macedonia Macedonia Viktorija Veselinova W 6–1, 6–0
Promotional Play-off 17 June 2017 Greece Greece Eleni Kordolaimi L 0–6, 4–6
2020 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool B 4 February 2020 Helsinki, Finland Denmark Denmark Hard (i) Clara Tauson L 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
5 February 2020 Egypt Egypt Mayar Sherif W 6–4, 6–2
6 February 2020 Portugal Portugal Francisca Jorge L 3–6, 3–6
Promotional Play-off 7 February 2020 Georgia (country) Georgia Mariam Bolkvadze L 5–7, 4–6

Doubles (2–2)[edit]

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2015 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool B 5 February 2015 Tallinn, Estonia Slovenia Slovenia Hard (i) Roosa Timonen Andreja Klepač
Manca Pislak
L 1–6, 1–6
2020 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool B 4 February 2020 Helsinki, Finland Denmark Denmark Hard (i) Anastasia Kulikova Emilie Francati
Maria Jespersen
L 4–6, 4–6
5 February 2020 Egypt Egypt Laura Hietaranta Rana Sherif Ahmed
Mayar Sherif
W 7–6(8–6), 6–4
6 February 2020 Portugal Portugal Maria Inês Fonte
Francisca Jorge
W 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 7–6(7–2)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Singles and doubles competition cancelled due to bad weather
  2. ^ Doubles final cancelled due to bad weather

References[edit]

  1. ^ (in Finnish) HS: It takes great sums of money from parents to support Oona
  2. ^ "Henri Kontinen wins Tennis Gala of the Year! – See a list of all awards". www.time24.news. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.

External links[edit]

Sporting positions
Preceded by Finland Female Tennis Player of the Year
2019
Succeeded by
Incumbent