Oana Elena Golimbioschi Explained

Oana Elena Golimbioschi
Birth Date:	21 May 1980
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$71,752
Singlesrecord:	265–245
Singlestitles:	2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 266 (13 April 1998)
Doublesrecord:	110–127
Doublestitles:	6 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 290 (5 October 1998)
Team:	yes
Fedcupresult:	1–2

Oana Elena Golimbioschi (born 21 May 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Romania.

A right-handed player based in Italy, Golimbioschi began competing on the professional tour in 1996. She won her two ITF singles titles in 1997, then the following year reached her best ranking of 266 in the world.^[1]

In doubles, she has a career-high ranking of 290 and won six ITF titles. She featured in three Fed Cup ties for Romania as a doubles player in 1998, with her only win coming in a rubber against Latvian pairing Agnese Gustmane and Līga Dekmeijere (partnering Raluca Sandu).^[2]

ITF finals

Singles (2–9)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	20 April 1997	Bari, Italy	Clay	Germana Di Natale	7–5, 6–2
Win	2.	27 April 1997	San Severo, Italy	Clay	Olga Ivanova	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3.	12 April 1999	San Severo, Italy	Clay	Lina Krasnoroutskaya	3–6, 0–6
Loss	4.	25 April 1999	Bari, Italy	Clay	Laura Pena	6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	28 November 1999	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Gabriela Kučerová	1–6, 2–6
Loss	6.	21 May 2000	Casale, Italy	Clay	Stéphanie Rizzi	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	7.	1 October 2000	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Zuzana Ondrášková	2–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	28 July 2002	Gardone Val Trompia, Italy	Clay	Dominika Nociarová	0–6, 3–6
Loss	9.	30 September 2002	Ciampino, Italy	Clay	Michelle Gerards	0–6, 4–6
Loss	10.	11 May 2003	Lecce, Italy	Clay	Emily Stellato	6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	11.	2 September 2006	Vittoria, Italy	Clay	Anna-Giulia Remondina	0–6, 4–6

Doubles (6–12)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	7 April 1997	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Laura Fodorean	Olga Hostáková Zdeňka Málková	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Win	2.	5 October 1997	Lecce, Italy	Clay	Katia Altilia	Sylvie Sallaberry Audrey Wilmart	6–0, 6–2
Loss	3.	26 January 1998	Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Tathiana Garbin	Camille Pin Aurélie Védy	w/o
Loss	4.	29 March 1999	Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Magda Mihalache	Dawn Buth Rebecca Jensen	6–7^(7), 6–7^(5)
Loss	5.	12 April 1999	San Severo, Italy	Clay	Mihaela Moldovan	Natascha de Kramer Laura Pena	5–7, 0–6
Loss	6.	22 April 2000	San Severo, Italy	Clay	Svetlana Krivencheva	Debby Haak Lotty Seelen	4–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	20 August 2000	Aosta, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Maria Elena Camerin Mara Santangelo	5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	8.	3 September 2000	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Maria Elena Camerin Mara Santangelo	w/o
Loss	9.	18 September 2000	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Eszter Molnár	Anouk Sterk Anouk Sinnige	4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	10.	16 October 2000	Chieti, İtaly	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Erica Krauth Vanesa Krauth	5–4(5), 1–4, 2–4, 1–4
Loss	11.	5 February 2001	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Dinara Safina	2–6, 0–6
Win	12.	27 May 2001	Casale, Italy	Clay	Giulia Baldoni	Jenny Belobrajdic Rochelle Rosenfield	6–1, 0–6, 6–4
Win	13.	25 August 2002	Civitanova Marche, Italy	Clay	Silvia Disderi	Nicole Clerico Irina Smirnova	6–3, 6–2
Loss	14.	30 September 2002	Ciampino, Italy	Clay	Eszter Molnár	Alice Canepa Emily Stellato	1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	15.	31 March 2003	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Eszter Molnár	Stefanie Haidner Vanessa Menga	6–7^(6–8), 3–6
Win	16.	11 May 2003	Lecce, Italy	Clay	Lenka Šnajdrová	Sara Errani Nancy Rustignoli	6–3, ret.
Win	17.	24 August 2003	San Marino	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Kildine Chevalier Christina Zachariadou	2–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–4
Win	18.	25 July 2004	Ancona, Italy	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Nadja Pavic Aleksandra Srndovic	6–3, 6–3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tennis Abstract: Oana Elena Golimbioschi WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis . www.tennisabstract.com.
2. Web site: Key Statistics . fedcup.com.