Raluca Sandu

Raluca Sandu

Full name	Raluca Sandu
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	(1980-02-03) 3 February 1980 Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$157,333
Singles
Career record	187–154
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 68 (18 January 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (1999)
French Open	2R (1999)
US Open	2R (1998)
Doubles
Career record	32–59
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 228 (13 September 1999)
Mixed doubles
Career record	0–1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	1R (1999)
Last updated on: 8 January 2012 =.

Raluca Sandu (born 3 February 1980) is a professional Romanian retired tennis player. On 18 January 1999, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 68 whilst her best doubles ranking was 228 on 13 September 1999.

Personal life

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. Raluca has one more sibling, older brother Dan Mircea. Raluca turned pro at the age of 15 and she reached top 100 WTA by the time she was 17 years old. She was also ranked top 10 in the world ITF Juniors ranking, reaching the Semi-finals at the 1995 U.S. Open. Raluca was forced to retire early due to shoulder injury (2004).^[1]

Head-to-head record against other players

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

ITF Singles Circuit finals: 11 (4–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	24 April 1995	Bari, Italy	Clay	Stefania Pifferi	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	7 August 1995	Istanbul 3, Turkey	Hard	Gülberk Gültekin	3–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	18 September 1995	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Clay	Katalin Marosi	6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	10 February 1996	Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard	Samantha Smith	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	21 July 1996	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Cara Abe	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	17 November 1996	Bad Gögging, Germany	Carpet (i)	Nirupama Vaidyanathan	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	2 March 1997	Bushey, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Olga Barabanschikova	1–6, 6–7
Runner-up	8.	20 July 1997	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Pavlina Stoyanova	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	12 April 1998	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Barbara Schwartz	2–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	26 July 1998	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Rita Kuti-Kis	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	24 June 2001	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Eva Bes	0–6, 6–1, 3–6

ITF Doubles Circuit finals: 3 (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	7 August 1995	Istanbul 3, Turkey	Hard	Alice Pîrșu	Gülberk Gültekin Selin Nassi Tekikbas	2–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	20 June 1999	Marseille, France	Clay	Gisela Riera	Eva Martincová Lenka Němečková	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	1 August 1999	Bytom, Poland	Clay	Gisela Riera	Eva Bes-Ostáriz Magdalena Grzybowska	4–6, 5–7

References

External links

• Raluca Sandu at the Women's Tennis Association
• Raluca Sandu at the International Tennis Federation
• Raluca Sandu at the Fed Cup