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Raluca Serban
Full nameRaluca Georgiana Șerban
Country (sports) Cyprus (2019–current)
 Romania (2013–2018)
ResidenceCyprus[1]
Born (1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 27)
Constanța, Romania
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2013
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 490,992
Official websitehttps://serbanraluca.com/
Singles
Career record352–188
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 152 (24 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 204 (16 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
French OpenQ3 (2024)
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2019, 2022, 2023)
Doubles
Career record148–81
Career titles15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 176 (14 January 2019)
Current rankingNo. 454 (16 December 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup15–3
Last updated on: 16 December 2024.

Raluca Georgiana Șerban (Greek: Ραλούκα Τζεορτζιάνα Σερμπάν; born 17 June 1997) is a Romanian-born professional tennis player, who since 2019 has represented Cyprus. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 152, achieved on 24 July 2023.

Competing in Billie Jean King Cup, she has a 15–3 record as of June 2024.

Career

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Șerban has won 14 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Luxembourg Open, in the doubles event partnering Isabella Shinikova.[citation needed]

At the 2022 Budapest Grand Prix, she made her WTA Tour singles debut.[2]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

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Current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A A A Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A Q1 Q1 Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 A A Q1 Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
US Open Q1 A A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0[a] 0 0[a] 1 1 Career total: 2
Overall win-loss 4–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 0 / 2 7–3

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 25 (14 titles, 11 runner–ups)

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Legend
W60/75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Spain Cristina Sánchez-Quintanar 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–0 Apr 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Hungary Anna Bondár 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 3–0 Apr 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Italy Cristiana Ferrando 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 3–1 Jun 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Turkey Ayla Aksu 3–6, 3–6
Win 4–1 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard United Kingdom Gabriella Taylor 6–4, 7–5
Win 5–1 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Netherlands Nina Kruijer 3–6, 4–0 ret.
Win 6–1 Jan 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Ukraine Alena Fomina 6–2, 6–3
Loss 6–2 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Serbia Dejana Radanović 4–6, 6–7(1)
Win 7–2 May 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay United States Dasha Ivanova 7–5, 6–2
Loss 7–3 Sep 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Greece Despina Papamichail 6–3, 2–6, 6–7(6)
Win 8–3 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Czech Republic Anastasia Dețiuc 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 8–4 Apr 2018 Chiasso Open, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Netherlands Cindy Burger 7–6(4), 4–6, 3–6
Loss 8–5 May 2018 ITF Balatonboglár, Hungary 25,000 Clay Slovenia Kaja Juvan 4–6, 1–6
Win 9–5 Oct 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Anastasia Grymalska 7–6(2), 6–4
Win 10–5 Oct 2018 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Serbia Nina Stojanović 6–2, 7–5
Loss 10–6 Nov 2018 ITF Minsk, Belarus 25,000 Hard (i) Belarus Yuliya Hatouka 5–7, 5–7
Win 11–6 Sep 2021 ITF Santarém, Portugal W25 Hard Ukraine Daria Snigur 6–3, 6–4
Win 12–6 Apr 2022 Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland W60 Clay Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze 6–3, 6–0
Win 13–6 Oct 2022 ITF Seville, Spain W25 Clay Turkey İpek Öz 6–3, 6–0
Loss 13–7 Feb 2023 Guanajuato Open, Mexico W60+H Hard Kamilla Rakhimova 0–6, 6–1, 2–6
Loss 13–8 May 2023 ITF Larnaca, Cyprus W25 Clay Hungary Tímea Babos 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(5)
Loss 13–9 Jun 2023 Internazionali di Caserta, Italy W60 Clay United States Hailey Baptiste 3–6, 2–6
Loss 13–10 Jul 2023 Internazionali di Roma, Italy W60 Clay Spain Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 2–6, 4–6
Win 14–10 Apr 2024 Florianópolis Open, Brazil W75 Clay France Séléna Janicijevic 7–5, 6–2
Loss 14–11 Sep 2024 ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia W75 Clay Serbia Lola Radivojević 2–6, 6–7(7)

Doubles: 30 (15 titles, 15 runner–ups)

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Legend
W80 tournaments
W60/75 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Romania Nicoleta Dascălu China Li Yihong
China Zhu Lin
6–3, 3–6, [3–10]
Loss 0–2 May 2014 ITF Sibiu, Romania 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Vendula Žovincová Romania Camelia Hristea
Romania Oana Georgeta Simion
6–7(2), 1–6
Win 1–2 Nov 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Romania Oana Georgeta Simion Serbia Natalija Kostić
Serbia Nevena Selaković
6–4, 6–2
Win 2–2 Oct 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Slovakia Viktória Kužmová Belgium Steffi Distelmans
Netherlands Kelly Versteeg
6–2, 6–0
Loss 2–3 Mar 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Romania Andreea Ghițescu Austria Yvonne Neuwirth
Austria Nicole Rottmann
6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 2–4 Apr 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Russia Kseniia Bekker Italy Cristiana Ferrando
Hungary Dalma Gálfi
4–6, 7–5, [12–14]
Loss 2–5 Jun 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Italy Miriana Tona Netherlands Arianne Hartono
New Zealand Paige Hourigan
3–6, ret.
Win 3–5 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Israel Vlada Ekshibarova Italy Cristiana Ferrando
Belgium Michaela Boev
6–4, 7–6(4)
Loss 3–6 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Romania Oana Georgeta Simion Slovakia Michaela Hončová
Italy Francesca Palmigiano
4–6, 3–6
Win 4–6 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Romania Oana Georgeta Simion Canada Charlotte Robillard-Millette
Canada Carol Zhao
3–6, 7–6(2), [10–2]
Win 5–6 Jun 2017 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal 25,000 Hard Turkey Ayla Aksu Colombia María Fernanda Herazo
Mexico Victoria Rodríguez
6–4, 6–1
Win 6–6 Jul 2017 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Russia Kseniia Bekker Germany Laura Schaeder
Germany Anna Zaja
6–3, 5–7, [10–5]
Loss 6–7 Jul 2017 ITS Cup, Czech Republic 80,000 Clay Slovakia Michaela Hončová France Amandine Hesse
Mexico Victoria Rodríguez
6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Win 7–7 Jan 2018 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 15,000 Hard (i) Romania Laura Ioana Paar Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
Czech Republic Jesika Malečková
6–0, 6–7(7), [10–5]
Win 8–7 Feb 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Romania Oana Georgeta Simion Japan Mana Ayukawa
Switzerland Nina Stadler
6–2, 7–6(5)
Win 9–7 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Belgium Michaela Boev Romania Gabriela Davidescu
Romania Alexandra Stăiculescu
6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss 9–8 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Belgium Michaela Boev The Bahamas Kerrie Cartwright
United States Kariann Pierre-Louis
4–6, 5–7
Win 10–8 May 2018 ITF Balatonboglár, Hungary 25,000 Clay Hungary Anna Bondár Hungary Ágnes Bukta
Hungary Dalma Gálfi
6–1, 7–6(2)
Loss 10–9 May 2018 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain 25,000 Hard India Pranjala Yadlapalli Mexico Giuliana Olmos
Brazil Laura Pigossi
4–6, 4–6
Loss 10–10 Jun 2018 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Clay (i) Russia Anastasia Pribylova Paraguay Montserrat González
China Wang Xiyu
4–6, 6–7(4)
Win 11–10 Aug 2018 ITF Koksijde, Belgium 25,000 Clay Hungary Anna Bondár Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
6–3, 6–0
Win 12–10 Jul 2019 Prague Open, Czech Republic W60 Clay Romania Nicoleta Dascălu Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Johana Marková
6–4, 6–4
Win 13–10 Oct 2019 ITF Nanning, China W25 Hard Russia Ksenia Laskutova China Cao Siqi
China Wang Danni
6–2, 6–4
Loss 13–11 Jan 2020 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France W60 Hard (i) Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze Romania Jaqueline Cristian
Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse
6–7(6), 7–6(4), [8–10]
Loss 13–12 Sep 2020 Zubr Cup, Czech Republic W25 Clay Romania Nicoleta Dascălu Slovakia Chantal Škamlová
Czech Republic Tereza Smitková
6–7(5), 6–7(4)
Loss 13–13 May 2021 ITF Otočec, Slovenia W25 Clay Croatia Lea Bošković Italy Federica di Sarra
Italy Camilla Rosatello
4–6, 7–6(4), [4–10]
Win 14–13 Feb 2023 ITF Mexico City W40 Hard Greece Despina Papamichail Colombia Yuliana Lizarazo
Colombia María Paulina Pérez
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 14–14 May 2023 ITF Larnaca, Cyprus W25 Clay Cyprus Maria Siopacha Germany Luisa Meyer auf der Heide
Italy Miriana Tona
5–7, 4–6
Win 15–14 Jun 2024 ITF Troisdorf, Germany W50 Clay Romania Anca Todoni United States Chiara Scholl
Germany Yana Morderger
6–0, 6–3
Loss 15–15 Sep 2024 Šibenik Open, Croatia W75 Clay Romania Anca Todoni Slovenia Živa Falkner
Hungary Amarissa Tóth
1–2 ret.

National representation

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Games of the Small States of Europe

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Singles: 1 (1 win)

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Result W–L    Date    Location Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2017 City of San Marino Clay Luxembourg Eléonora Molinaro 7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2 wins)

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Result W–L    Date    Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2017 City of San Marino Clay Cyprus Maria Siopacha Malta Francesca Curmi
Malta Elaine Genovese
6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jun 2019 Budva, Montenegro Clay Cyprus Eleni Louka Malta Francesca Curmi
Malta Elaine Genovese
6–2, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 wins, 1 runner-up)

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Result W–L    Date    Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2015 Reykjavik, Iceland Hard (i) Cyprus Petros Chrysochos Luxembourg Claudine Schaul
Luxembourg Mike Scheidweiler
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–1 Jun 2017 City of San Marino Clay Cyprus Eleftherios Neos Luxembourg Eléonora Molinaro
Luxembourg Ugo Nastasi
3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2019 Budva, Montenegro Clay Cyprus Eleftherios Neos Montenegro Vladica Babić
Montenegro Rrezart Cungu
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.

References

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  1. ^ SPECIAL | Cum se face performanţă fără bani. Raluca Şerban a câştigat două titluri consecutive în circuitul ITF! "Din păcate, nu s-a schimbat nimic pe plan financiar"
  2. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. October 6, 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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