Oona Orpana

Oona Orpana
Country (sports)	Finland
Residence	Helsinki, Finland
Born	21 January 2001 (age 23); Hamina, Finland
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 28,641
Singles
Career record	79–43 (64.8%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 479 (3 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 705 (21 February 2022)
Doubles
Career record	44–26 (62.9%)
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 478 (19 August 2019)
Current ranking	No. 767 (21 February 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	7–7
	Last updated on: 16 October 2021.

Last updated June 15, 2024

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

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: 6 (1 title, 4 runner–ups, 1 did not play)

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	Alexandra Viktorovitch	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
DNP	—	Dec 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Hard	Daria Snigur	cancelled^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Loss	1–1	Feb 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Simona Waltert	1–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Mar 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Daria Snigur	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Oct 2019	ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria	15,000	Hard	Petia Arshinkova	0–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Dec 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Hard	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

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

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

Doubles (2–2)

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	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	Hard (i)	Anastasia Kulikova	Emilie Francati Maria Jespersen	L	4–6, 4–6
		5 February 2020		Egypt		Laura Hietaranta	Rana Sherif Ahmed Mayar Sherif	W	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
		6 February 2020		Portugal		Laura Hietaranta	Maria Inês Fonte Francisca Jorge	W	7–6^(7–5), 1–6, 7–6^(7–2)

Notes

↑ Singles and doubles competition cancelled due to bad weather
↑ Doubles final cancelled due to bad weather

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References

↑ (in Finnish) HS: It takes great sums of money from parents to support Oona
↑ "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

Oona Orpana at the Women's Tennis Association
Oona Orpana at the International Tennis Federation
Oona Orpana at the Billie Jean King Cup

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

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[3] Singles and doubles competition cancelled due to bad weather

[4] Doubles final cancelled due to bad weather

[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.

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