Raluca Ciochină Explained

Raluca Ciochină
Birth Date:16 February 1983
Birth Place:Bucharest, Romania
Careerprizemoney:$15,698
Singlestitles:2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 386 (13 September 1999)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 502 (24 April 2000)

Raluca Ciochină (born 16 February 1983) is a Romanian former professional tennis player.

Born in Bucharest, Ciochină was the girls' 16-and-under Orange Bowl champion in 1999, also winning the doubles title.[1]

From 2000 to 2002, she appeared in six Fed Cup ties for the Romania Fed Cup team.

Ciochină left the professional tour in 2002 to study and play college tennis at the University of Pennsylvania, before ultimately settling in the United States.[2]

ITF finals

Singles (2–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.30 May 1999Oliveira de Azeméis, PortugalHard Tzipora Obziler1–6, 1–6
Runner-up2.8 August 1999Bucharest, RomaniaClay Ioana Gașpar6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Winner1.15 August 1999Bucharest, RomaniaClay Bianca Kamper6–0, 6–1
Winner2.27 August 1999Bucharest, RomaniaClay Adriana Burz6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up3.6 August 2000Bucharest, RomaniaClay Edina Gallovits-Hall3–6, 3–6
Runner-up4.3 June 2001Warsaw, PolandClay Joanna Sakowicz-Kostecka6–1, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles (0–1)

Notes and References

  1. News: Raluca Ciochina a castigat trofeul la "Orange Bowl": ZIUA . . 21 December 1999 . Romanian.
  2. News: Tenismeni romani "made in America" . . 14 May 2009 . Romanian.