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Thursday, 30 June 2011

Ioana Raluca Olarupl playing style

Ioana Raluca Olarupl

Ioana Raluca Olaru born 3 March 1989 is a Romanian tennis player. As of August 2, 2010, she is ranked World No. 158 in singles and No. 104 in doubles. The winner of nine singles and six doubles ITF Circuit titles, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies, to Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 6–3 She has also won one doubles title, at the 2008 Tashkent Open.
Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner–up in both singles and doubles at the 2005 French Open,[6] and captured the 2006 US Open doubles title along with Mihaela Buzărnescu. Her best professional grand slam result so far has been 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, the 7th seed Ana Ivanović.[7] Olaru reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 53, on 27 July 2009, and her highest doubles ranking, No. 82, on 22 March 2010.
Contents
* 1 Personal life
* 2 Playing style
o 2.1 Career finals
* 3 WTA singles 1 (0-1)
* 4 WTA doubles 3 (1-1)
* 5 Grand slam junior singles 1 (0-1)
* 6 Grand slam junior doubles finals (1–1)
* 7 Singles performance timeline
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Personal life
Ioana Raluca Olaru currently resides in her hometown Bucharest. Her parents, Adrian and Doina, run a convenience store together. Her sister Cristina is sixteen years older than Olaru, and lives in London. Olaru began playing tennis aged seven, and cites Kim Clijsters,Martina Navrátilová and Roger Federer as her role models. She graduated from school in 2007, and is fluent in Romanian, English, French and Spanish.
Playing style
Olaru considers being a fighter as her biggest asset. She cites clay as her favourite surface backhand down the line as favourite shot, but she can play well on all surfaces and she likes mixing up her game with drop shots. Olaru is currently coached by former player Michael Schapers.

Ioana Raluca Olaru

Tatjana Malek professional German tennis player

Tatjana Malekova Bulgarian : Татяна Малек born 8 August 1987 in Bad Saulgau, West Germany is a professional German tennis player. She achieved her highest singles ranking of World No. 64 on 14 September 2009. Her highest doubles ranking of World No. 73 came on 3 May 2010. Malek has won 7 ITF singles titles and 2 ITF doubles title but no WTA tour singles or doubles titles. Her favourite surface is hard court.
Malek's first match in the Germany Fed Cup team was in 2006 against Sun Tiantian of China.
Contents
* 1 Titles
o 1.1 Singles
o 1.2 Doubles
* 2 Singles performance timeline
* 3 External links
Titles
Singles
Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV & V (0)
ITF Titles (5)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. July 30, 2006 France Les Contamines Clay Czech Republic Sandra Záhlavová 6–3, 6–4
2. August 13, 2006 Germany Hechingen Clay Romania Magda Mihalache 6–2, 6–3
3. October 28, 2007 Slovakia Bratislava Hard (I) Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 6–2, 7–6
4. November 9, 2009 Germany Ismaning Carpet Germany Kristina Barrois 6–2, 6–3
5. February 15, 2009 Sweden Stockholm Hard (I) Hungary Anikó Kapros 6–3, 6–2

Tatjana Malek