Raluca Șerban

Raluca Serban
Șerban at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full nameRaluca Georgiana Șerban
Country (sports) Cyprus (2019–current)
 Romania (2013–2018)
ResidenceCyprus[1]
Born (1997-06-17) 17 June 1997
Constanța, Romania
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 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, 2025)
French OpenQ3 (2024)
WimbledonQ3 (2025)
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 Cypriot 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, becoming the only Cypriot player to have been ranked inside the Top 300.[2]

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

Career

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

She made her WTA Tour main-draw doubles debut at the 2018 Luxembourg Open, in the doubles event partnering Isabella Shinikova, and the pair reached the semifinals.[3][4][5][6]

At the 2022 Budapest Grand Prix, she made her WTA Tour singles debut.[7]

Șerban qualified for the 2025 Copa Colsanitas and defeated Nuria Párrizas Díaz in the first round to become the first Cypriot player to win a WTA Tour level main draw match.[2][8] She lost her next match to top seed Marie Bouzková.[9][10]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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

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 NH A Q1 Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
US Open Q1 A A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 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

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

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)

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

Games of the Small States of Europe

Singles: 1 (1 win)

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

Doubles: 2 (2 wins)

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

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

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

Notes

  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

  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. ^ a b "Pareja, 16, and Cyprus's Serban score milestone wins in Bogota". Women's Tennis Association. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Luxembourg 2018: Thursday's Order of Play and Match Points". 18 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Mandy Minella Progresses to Luxembourg Open Semi-Finals". 18 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Görges, Bouchard, Bencic and Yastremska enter semi-finals". 19 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Mandy Minella Progresses to Women's Doubles Luxembourg Open Final". 20 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. October 6, 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  8. ^ "2025 Bogota: Serban advances in Bogota; first Cypriot to win WTA main-draw match". 2 April 2025.
  9. ^ "WTA roundup: Jessica Pegula cruises in 2nd round at Charleston". Reuters. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  10. ^ "WTA Round-Up Jones and Watson fall in Bogotá and Charleston". 2 April 2025.
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