Raluca Sandu

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Raluca Sandu
Country (sports)Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Residence Monaco, Monaco
Born (1980-02-03) 3 February 1980 (age 44)
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$157,333
Singles
Career record187–154
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 68 (18 January 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1999)
French Open 3R (1999)
US Open 2R (1998)
Doubles
Career record32–59
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 228 (13 September 1999)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 1R (1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 7–9

Raluca Sandu (born 3 February 1980) is a Romanian former tennis player and professional padel player. [1]

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On 18 January 1999, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 68 whilst her best doubles ranking was 228 on 13 September 1999.

Raluca turned pro at the age of 15 and reached WTA top 100 by the time she was 17 years old. She was also ranked top 10 in the world ITF juniors ranking, reaching the semifinals at the 1995 US Open. Raluca was forced to retire early due to shoulder injury (2004). [2]

Personal

Raluca is the daughter of former Romanian football player and former president of the Romanian Football Federation, Mircea Sandu and her late mother, Simona Arghir former handball player and captain of Romanian national handball team. [3] [4] [5] [6] Raluca has one more sibling, older brother Dan Mircea. [7] [8] In her youth, she was dating former world No. 1, Carlos Moya, for two years.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–7)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.24 April 1995 Bari, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Stefania Pifferi6–2, 6–4
Loss2.7 August 1995 Istanbul, TurkeyHard Flag of Turkey.svg Gülberk Gültekin 3–6, 1–6
Win3.18 September 1995 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaClay Flag of Hungary.svg Katalin Marosi 6–3, 6–3
Win4.10 February 1996 Sunderland, UKHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Samantha Smith 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss5.21 July 1996 Darmstadt, GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Julia Abe 2–6, 3–6
Loss6.17 November 1996 Bad Gögging, GermanyCarpet (i) Flag of India.svg Nirupama Vaidyanathan 4–6, 1–6
Loss7.2 March 1997 Bushey, UKCarpet (i) Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Barabanschikova 1–6, 6–7
Loss8.20 July 1997Darmstadt, GermanyClay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Pavlina Stoyanova 4–6, 1–6
Loss9.12 April 1998 Estoril, PortugalClay Flag of Austria.svg Barbara Schwartz 2–6, 3–6
Win10.26 July 1998 Valladolid, SpainHard Flag of Hungary.svg Rita Kuti-Kis 6–3, 6–3
Loss11.24 June 2001 Gorizia, ItalyClay Flag of Spain.svg Eva Bes-Ostáriz 0–6, 6–1, 3–6

Doubles (1–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.7 August 1995Istanbul, TurkeyHard Flag of Romania.svg Alice Pirsu Flag of Turkey.svg Gülberk Gültekin
Flag of the United States.svg Selin Nassi Tekikbas		2–6, 2–6
Win2.20 June 1999 Marseille, FranceClay Flag of Spain.svg Gisela Riera Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Martincová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lenka Němečková 		6–4, 7–6
Loss3.1 August 1999 Bytom, PolandClay Flag of Spain.svg Gisela Riera Flag of Spain.svg Eva Bes-Ostáriz
Flag of Poland.svg Magdalena Grzybowska 		4–6, 5–7

Head-to-head records

Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

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References

  1. ↑ "World padel tour rankings" . Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Biography on WTA Tour official site". Women's Tennis Association .
  3. ↑ "Raluca Sandu îşi învaţă fetiţa tenis!" [Raluca Sandu teaches her girl to play tennis!] (in Romanian). libertatea.ro. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Unde a dispărut fiica mondenă a ex-şefului de la FRF! Raluca Sandu e patroană de cârciumă la…" [Where did the daughter of the ex-boss from FRF disappear? Raluca Sandu is the owner of a pub in ...] (in Romanian). cancan.ro. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Ce bine seamănă cu mama ei!" [How well she resembles her mother!] (in Romanian). libertatea.ro. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Raluca si Mircea Sandu au castigat meciul impotriva cancerului" [Raluca and Mircea Sandu won the game against cancer] (in Romanian). revistavip.ro. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Mircea Sandu, socru-mare in weekend" [Mircea Sandu, great-grandfather in the weekend] (in Romanian). revistavip.ro. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Poartă pe spate crucea mamei" [She carries on her back her mother's cross] (in Romanian). libertatea.ro. Retrieved 13 November 2019.


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