Raluca Olaru

Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a Romanian former tennis player. The winner of eleven singles and fifteen doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies, losing to Andrea Petkovic, in straight sets. She also won eleven doubles titles on WTA Tour tournaments.

Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner-up in both junior singles and doubles at the 2005 French Open, and captured the 2006 US Open doubles title along with Mihaela Buzărnescu. Her best result as professional at a major was reaching the third round of the 2007 French Open, when she defeated the 30th seed, Julia Vakulenko, in straight sets, and lost to eventual runner-up and seventh seed, Ana Ivanovic. Olaru reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 53, on 27 July 2009, and her best doubles ranking, No. 30, on 31 January 2022.

Personal life Olaru resides in her hometown Bucharest. Her parents, Adrian and Doina, run a convenience store together. Her sister Cristina is 16 years older than Olaru, and lives in London. Martina Navratilova and Roger Federer as her role models.

Year Grand Slamdoubles titles WTAdoubles titles Totaldoubles titles Earnings ($) Money list rank 2005 0 0 0 Not listed Outside top 100 2006 0 0 0 Not listed Outside top 100 2007 0 0 0 Not listed Outside top 100 2008 0 1 1 amount rank 2009 0 0 0 185,829 98 2010 0 0 0 amount rank 2011 0 1 1 amount rank 2012 0 0 0 amount rank 2013 0 1 1 amount rank 2014 0 1 1 amount rank 2015 0 0 0 amount rank 2016 0 1 1 88,392 202 2017 0 2 2 164,033 163 2018 0 2 2 amount rank 2019 0 0 0 amount rank 2020 0 0 0 amount rank 2021 0 2 2 amount rank 2022 0 0 0 85,579 278 2023 0 0 0 Not listed Outside top 100 Career 0 11 11 1,770,957 —