Saara Orav

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Saara Orav
Country (sports)Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Born (2001-12-30) 30 December 2001 (age 21)
Viljandi, Estonia
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
College Rice (2021– )
Prize money$2,271
Singles
Career record6–7
Career titles0
Doubles
Career record10–6
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 942 (24 September 2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 3–4
Last updated on: 19 March 2023.

Saara Orav (born 30 December 2001) is an Estonian tennis player.

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She currently attends Rice University. [1] She is at Baker college pursuing a B.S. degree of mechanical engineering.

Playing for Estonia Fed Cup team, Orav has a win–loss record of 3–4. [2]

She has been playing only two matches (first-round losses) on the ITF circuit since February 2020.

ITF circuit finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Apr 2018ITF Tučepi, CroatiaClay Flag of Croatia.svg Tena Lukas Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nefisa Berberović
Flag of Slovenia.svg Veronika Erjavec		3–6, 3–6
Win1.Jul 2018ITF Pärnu, EstoniaClay Flag of Estonia.svg Katriin Saar Flag of Russia.svg Adelina Baravi
Flag of Russia.svg Elina Vikhrianova 		6–4, 6–2
Loss2.Jul 2019ITF Pärnu, EstoniaClay Flag of Estonia.svg Katriin Saar Flag of Finland.svg Anastasia Kulikova
Flag of Estonia.svg Elena Malõgina 		3–6, 6–2, [5–10]

Fed Cup participation

Orav made her Fed Cup debut for Estonia in 2018, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. [2]

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

Singles (1–1)

EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore
2018 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I		 Play-offs 10 February 2018 Tallinn, Estonia Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Hard (i) Ana Biškić W3–6, 6–4, 6–2
2019 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I		 Pool B 8 February 2019 Zielona Góra, Poland Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Hard (i) Marta Kostyuk L3–6, 0–6

Doubles (2–3)

EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore
2018 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I		 Pool B 8 February 2018 Tallinn, Estonia Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Hard (i) Anett Kontaveit Francisca Jorge
Maria João Koehler 		W7–6(7–0), 7–6(8–6)
9 February 2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Elena Malõgina Katie Boulter
Anna Smith 		L1–6, 1–6
Play-offs 10 February 2018 Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Ana Biškić
Tena Lukas 		W6–2, 4–6, 7–5
2019 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I		 Pool B 7 February 2019 Zielona Góra, Poland Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Hard (i) Anett Kontaveit Johanna Larsson
Rebecca Peterson 		L6–2, 0–6, 1–6
2020 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I		 Pool B 7 February 2020 Tallinn, Estonia [3] Flag of Austria.svg Austria Hard (i) Valeria Gorlats Melanie Klaffner
Sinja Kraus 		L2–6, 6–4, 0–6

Junior career

Orav has a career-high ITF juniors ranking of 248, achieved on 28 October 2019. [4]

ITF junior finals

Grand Slam
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (2–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.6 May 2018 Skopje, MacedoniaG5Clay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Dariya Radulova1–6, 1–6
Winner1.13 May 2018Skopje, MacedoniaG5Clay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Emeline De Witte6–2, 6–4
Runner-up2.1 July 2018 Aarhus, DenmarkG5Clay Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Mayorova Bakhtina6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Winner2.7 July 2019 Bruchköbel, GermanyG4Clay Flag of Germany.svg Nicole Rivkin6–0, 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.26 August 2017 Riga, LatviaG4Clay Flag of Estonia.svg Katriin Saar Flag of Belarus.svg Viktoryia Kanapatskaya
Flag of Ukraine.svg Diana Khodan		0–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner1.6 May 2018 Skopje, MacedoniaG5Clay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Julie Sappl Flag of Slovenia.svg Pia Lovrič
Flag of Croatia.svg Laura Mašić		w/o
Winner2.8 July 2018 Bruchköbel, GermanyG4Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tayla Whitehouse Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nina Geissler
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lea Magun		6–0, 6–0
Runner-up2.23 November 2018 Santa Cruz, BoliviaG3Clay Flag of the United States.svg Tara Malik Flag of Finland.svg Alexandra Anttila
Flag of Slovenia.svg Metka Komac		1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner3.7 July 2019Bruchköbel, GermanyG4Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Amelie Van Impe
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Hanne van de Winkel		6–4, 6–3

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References

  1. ↑ "Saara Orav - Women's Tennis". Rice Owls.
  2. 1 2 Saara Orav at the Billie Jean King Cup
  3. ↑ "Estonia v Austria". fedcup.com.
  4. ↑ "Saara Orav Juniors Singles Overview". itftennis.com. Retrieved 2020-02-25.


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