Saara Orav

Saara Orav

Country (sports)	Estonia
Born	(2001-12-30) 30 December 2001 (age 23) Viljandi, Estonia
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
College	Rice (2021– )
Prize money	$2,271
Singles
Career record	6–7
Doubles
Career record	10–6
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 942 (24 September 2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–4
Last updated on: 10 March 2024.

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

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 $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Apr 2018	ITF Tučepi, Croatia	Clay	Tena Lukas	Nefisa Berberović Veronika Erjavec	3–6, 3–6
Win	1.	Jul 2018	ITF Pärnu, Estonia	Clay	Katriin Saar	Adelina Baravi Elina Vikhrianova	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	Jul 2019	ITF Pärnu, Estonia	Clay	Katriin Saar	Anastasia Kulikova 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)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	Play-offs	10 February 2018	Tallinn, Estonia	Croatia	Hard (i)	Ana Biškić	W	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	Pool B	8 February 2019	Zielona Góra, Poland	Ukraine	Hard (i)	Marta Kostyuk	L	3–6, 0–6

Doubles (2–3)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	Pool B	8 February 2018	Tallinn, Estonia	Portugal	Hard (i)	Anett Kontaveit	Francisca Jorge Maria João Koehler	W	7–6(7–0), 7–6(8–6)
		9 February 2018		Great Britain		Elena Malõgina	Katie Boulter Anna Smith	L	1–6, 1–6
	Play-offs	10 February 2018		Croatia			Ana Biškić Tena Lukas	W	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	Pool B	7 February 2019	Zielona Góra, Poland	Sweden	Hard (i)	Anett Kontaveit	Johanna Larsson Rebecca Peterson	L	6–2, 0–6, 1–6
2020 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	Pool B	7 February 2020	Tallinn, Estonia [3]	Austria	Hard (i)	Valeria Gorlats	Melanie Klaffner Sinja Kraus	L	2–6, 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

Category G1

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Category G5

Singles (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 May 2018	Skopje, Macedonia	G5	Clay	Dariya Radulova	1–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	13 May 2018	Skopje, Macedonia	G5	Clay	Emeline De Witte	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	1 July 2018	Aarhus, Denmark	G5	Clay	Cristina Mayorova Bakhtina	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	7 July 2019	Bruchköbel, Germany	G4	Clay	Nicole Rivkin	6–0, 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 August 2017	Riga, Latvia	G4	Clay	Katriin Saar	Viktoryia Kanapatskaya Diana Khodan	0–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner	1.	6 May 2018	Skopje, Macedonia	G5	Clay	Julie Sappl	Pia Lovrič Laura Mašić	w/o
Winner	2.	8 July 2018	Bruchköbel, Germany	G4	Clay	Tayla Whitehouse	Nina Geissler Lea Magun	6–0, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	23 November 2018	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	G3	Clay	Tara Malik	Alexandra Anttila Metka Komac	1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	3.	7 July 2019	Bruchköbel, Germany	G4	Clay	Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz	Amelie Van Impe Hanne van de Winkel	6–4, 6–3

References

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

External links

• Saara Orav at the Women's Tennis Association
• Saara Orav at the International Tennis Federation
• Saara Orav at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
• Saara Orav at ESPN.com