Oona Orpana

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Oona Orpana
Country (sports)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Residence Helsinki, Finland
Born (2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 21)
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 Cup 7–7
Last updated on: 16 October 2021.

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

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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

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2018ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Alexandra Viktorovitch 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
DNPDec 2018ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Hard Flag of Ukraine.svg Daria Snigur cancelled [lower-alpha 1]
Loss1–1Feb 2019ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Flag of Switzerland.svg Simona Waltert 1–6, 3–6
Loss1–2Mar 2019ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Flag of Ukraine.svg Daria Snigur6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss1–3Oct 2019ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria15,000Hard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petia Arshinkova 0–6, 4–6
Loss1–4Dec 2019ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Hard Flag of North Macedonia.svg Lina Gjorcheska 4–6, 7–6(5), 1–6

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Oct 2017ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand15,000Hard Flag of Malta.svg Elaine Genovese Flag of Thailand.svg Nudnida Luangnam
Flag of Thailand.svg Varunya Wongteanchai
4–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Sep 2018ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Hard Flag of Latvia.svg Alise Cernecka Flag of Turkey.svg Melis Sezer
Flag of Turkey.svg Cemre Anıl
2–6, 5–7
Win1–2Oct 2018ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Hard Flag of Latvia.svg Alise Cernecka Flag of Sweden.svg Alexandra Viktorovitch
Flag of Sweden.svg Lisa Zaar
6–4, 7–6(6)
Win2–2Nov 2018ITF Stockholm, Sweden15,000Hard (i) Flag of Russia.svg Anna Makhorkina Flag of Sweden.svg Anette Munozova
Flag of Germany.svg Shaline-Doreen Pipa
w/o
DNPDec 2018ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Hard Flag of Latvia.svg Alise Cernecka Flag of Russia.svg Evgenia Burdina
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Ovcharenko
6–1, 0–1 canc. [lower-alpha 2]
Win3–2Feb 2019ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Anastasia Dețiuc Flag of Norway.svg Malene Helgø
Flag of Croatia.svg Mariana Drazic
6–0, 6–4
Loss3–3Oct 2019ITF Stockholm, Sweden15,000Hard (i) Flag of Sweden.svg Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Flag of Sweden.svg Fanny Östlund
Flag of Russia.svg Alina Silich
3–6, 2–6
Loss3–4Nov 2019ITF Stockholm, Sweden15,000Hard (i) Flag of Sweden.svg Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Flag of Latvia.svg Margarita Ignatjeva
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Kazionova
6–2, 6–7(5), [4–10]
Loss3–5Jan 2020ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Flag of France.svg Mallaurie Noël Flag of Slovakia.svg Tereza Mihalíková
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jodie Anna Burrage
1–6, 2–6
Win4–5Oct 2021ITF Norman, United States15,000Hard Flag of Italy.svg Martina Zerulo Flag of the United States.svg McKenna Schaefbauer
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Kelly Williford
6–2, 5–7 [10–6]

National representation

Fed Cup

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)

EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore
2015 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool B 5 February 2015 Tallinn, Estonia Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Hard (i) Tadeja Majerič L6–7(5–7), 5–7
6 February 2015 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Eléonora Molinaro W7–5, 6–4
2017 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool C 14 June 2017 Chișinău, Moldova Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon Clay Linda Claire Éloundou W6–0, 6–0
15 June 2017 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Chiraz Bechri W6–3, 6–2
16 June 2017 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia Viktorija Veselinova W6–1, 6–0
Promotional Play-off 17 June 2017 Flag of Greece.svg Greece Eleni Kordolaimi L0–6, 4–6
2020 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool B 4 February 2020 Helsinki, Finland Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Hard (i) Clara Tauson L4–6, 6–7(5–7)
5 February 2020 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Mayar Sherif W6–4, 6–2
6 February 2020 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Francisca Jorge L3–6, 3–6
Promotional Play-off 7 February 2020 Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Mariam Bolkvadze L5–7, 4–6

Doubles (2–2)

EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore
2015 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool B 5 February 2015 Tallinn, Estonia Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Hard (i) Roosa Timonen Andreja Klepač
Manca Pislak
L1–6, 1–6
2020 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool B 4 February 2020 Helsinki, Finland Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Hard (i) Anastasia Kulikova Emilie Francati
Maria Jespersen
L4–6, 4–6
5 February 2020 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Laura Hietaranta Rana Sherif Ahmed
Mayar Sherif
W7–6(8–6), 6–4
6 February 2020 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Maria Inês Fonte
Francisca Jorge
W7–6(7–5), 1–6, 7–6(7–2)

Notes

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

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References

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