Romanian-Cypriot female tennis player (born 1997)
Raluca Serban Full name Raluca Georgiana Șerban Country (sports) Cyprus (2019–current) Romania (2013–2018)Residence Cyprus[ 1] Born (1997-06-17 ) 17 June 1997 (age 27) Constanța , RomaniaHeight 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Turned pro 2013 Plays Right (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$ 490,992 Official website https://serbanraluca.com/ Career record 352–188 Career titles 14 ITF Highest ranking No. 152 (24 July 2023) Current ranking No. 204 (16 December 2024) Australian Open Q2 (2024 , 2025 ) French Open Q3 (2024 ) Wimbledon Q2 (2023 ) US Open Q1 (2019 , 2022 , 2023 ) Career record 148–81 Career titles 15 ITF Highest ranking No. 176 (14 January 2019) Current ranking No. 454 (16 December 2024) Fed Cup 15–3 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.
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]
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.
Current through the 2023 US Open .
Singles: 25 (14 titles, 11 runner–ups)[ edit ] 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 Cristina Sánchez-Quintanar 6–2, 6–3 Win 2–0 Apr 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Anna Bondár 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 Win 3–0 Apr 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Cristiana Ferrando 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Loss 3–1 Jun 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Ayla Aksu 3–6, 3–6 Win 4–1 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Gabriella Taylor 6–4, 7–5 Win 5–1 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Nina Kruijer 3–6, 4–0 ret. Win 6–1 Jan 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Alena Fomina 6–2, 6–3 Loss 6–2 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Dejana Radanović 4–6, 6–7(1) Win 7–2 May 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Dasha Ivanova 7–5, 6–2 Loss 7–3 Sep 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Despina Papamichail 6–3, 2–6, 6–7(6) Win 8–3 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Anastasia Dețiuc 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 Loss 8–4 Apr 2018 Chiasso Open , Switzerland 25,000 Clay Cindy Burger 7–6(4) , 4–6, 3–6 Loss 8–5 May 2018 ITF Balatonboglár, Hungary 25,000 Clay Kaja Juvan 4–6, 1–6 Win 9–5 Oct 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Anastasia Grymalska 7–6(2) , 6–4 Win 10–5 Oct 2018 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Nina Stojanović 6–2, 7–5 Loss 10–6 Nov 2018 ITF Minsk, Belarus 25,000 Hard (i) Yuliya Hatouka 5–7, 5–7 Win 11–6 Sep 2021 ITF Santarém, Portugal W25 Hard Daria Snigur 6–3, 6–4 Win 12–6 Apr 2022 Bellinzona Ladies Open , Switzerland W60 Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze 6–3, 6–0 Win 13–6 Oct 2022 ITF Seville, Spain W25 Clay 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 Tímea Babos 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(5) Loss 13–9 Jun 2023 Internazionali di Caserta , Italy W60 Clay Hailey Baptiste 3–6, 2–6 Loss 13–10 Jul 2023 Internazionali di Roma, Italy W60 Clay Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 2–6, 4–6 Win 14–10 Apr 2024 Florianópolis Open, Brazil W75 Clay Séléna Janicijevic 7–5, 6–2 Loss 14–11 Sep 2024 ITF Kuršumlijska Banja , Serbia W75 Clay Lola Radivojević 2–6, 6–7(7)
Doubles: 30 (15 titles, 15 runner–ups)[ edit ] 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 Nicoleta Dascălu Li Yihong Zhu Lin 6–3, 3–6, [3–10] Loss 0–2 May 2014 ITF Sibiu, Romania 10,000 Clay Vendula Žovincová Camelia Hristea Oana Georgeta Simion 6–7(2) , 1–6 Win 1–2 Nov 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Oana Georgeta Simion Natalija Kostić Nevena Selaković 6–4, 6–2 Win 2–2 Oct 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Viktória Kužmová Steffi Distelmans Kelly Versteeg 6–2, 6–0 Loss 2–3 Mar 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Andreea Ghițescu Yvonne Neuwirth Nicole Rottmann 6–2, 4–6, [5–10] Loss 2–4 Apr 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Kseniia Bekker Cristiana Ferrando Dalma Gálfi 4–6, 7–5, [12–14] Loss 2–5 Jun 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Miriana Tona Arianne Hartono Paige Hourigan 3–6, ret. Win 3–5 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Vlada Ekshibarova Cristiana Ferrando Michaela Boev 6–4, 7–6(4) Loss 3–6 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Oana Georgeta Simion Michaela Hončová Francesca Palmigiano 4–6, 3–6 Win 4–6 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Oana Georgeta Simion Charlotte Robillard-Millette Carol Zhao 3–6, 7–6(2) , [10–2] Win 5–6 Jun 2017 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal 25,000 Hard Ayla Aksu María Fernanda Herazo Victoria Rodríguez 6–4, 6–1 Win 6–6 Jul 2017 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Kseniia Bekker Laura Schaeder Anna Zaja 6–3, 5–7, [10–5] Loss 6–7 Jul 2017 ITS Cup , Czech Republic 80,000 Clay Michaela Hončová Amandine Hesse Victoria Rodríguez 6–3, 2–6, [6–10] Win 7–7 Jan 2018 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 15,000 Hard (i) Laura Ioana Paar Petra Krejsová Jesika Malečková 6–0, 6–7(7) , [10–5] Win 8–7 Feb 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Oana Georgeta Simion Mana Ayukawa Nina Stadler 6–2, 7–6(5) Win 9–7 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Michaela Boev Gabriela Davidescu Alexandra Stăiculescu 6–1, 2–6, [10–7] Loss 9–8 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Michaela Boev Kerrie Cartwright Kariann Pierre-Louis 4–6, 5–7 Win 10–8 May 2018 ITF Balatonboglár, Hungary 25,000 Clay Anna Bondár Ágnes Bukta Dalma Gálfi 6–1, 7–6(2) Loss 10–9 May 2018 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain 25,000 Hard Pranjala Yadlapalli Giuliana Olmos Laura Pigossi 4–6, 4–6 Loss 10–10 Jun 2018 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Clay (i) Anastasia Pribylova Montserrat González Wang Xiyu 4–6, 6–7(4) Win 11–10 Aug 2018 ITF Koksijde, Belgium 25,000 Clay Anna Bondár Dea Herdželaš Tereza Mihalíková 6–3, 6–0 Win 12–10 Jul 2019 Prague Open , Czech Republic W60 Clay Nicoleta Dascălu Lucie Hradecká Johana Marková 6–4, 6–4 Win 13–10 Oct 2019 ITF Nanning, China W25 Hard Ksenia Laskutova Cao Siqi Wang Danni 6–2, 6–4 Loss 13–11 Jan 2020 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon , France W60 Hard (i) Ekaterine Gorgodze Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6–7(6) , 7–6(4) , [8–10] Loss 13–12 Sep 2020 Zubr Cup , Czech Republic W25 Clay Nicoleta Dascălu Chantal Škamlová Tereza Smitková 6–7(5) , 6–7(4) Loss 13–13 May 2021 ITF Otočec, Slovenia W25 Clay Lea Bošković Federica di Sarra Camilla Rosatello 4–6, 7–6(4) , [4–10] Win 14–13 Feb 2023 ITF Mexico City W40 Hard Despina Papamichail Yuliana Lizarazo María Paulina Pérez 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] Loss 14–14 May 2023 ITF Larnaca, Cyprus W25 Clay Maria Siopacha Luisa Meyer auf der Heide Miriana Tona 5–7, 4–6 Win 15–14 Jun 2024 ITF Troisdorf, Germany W50 Clay Anca Todoni Chiara Scholl Yana Morderger 6–0, 6–3 Loss 15–15 Sep 2024 Šibenik Open , Croatia W75 Clay Anca Todoni Živa Falkner Amarissa Tóth 1–2 ret.
National representation [ edit ] Games of the Small States of Europe [ edit ] Doubles: 2 (2 wins)[ edit ] Mixed doubles: 3 (2 wins, 1 runner-up)[ edit ] ^ 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.