Raluca Ciochină

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

Raluca Ciochină
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1983-02-16) 16 February 1983
Bucharest, Romania
Prize money$15,698
Singles
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 386 (13 September 1999)
Doubles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 502 (24 April 2000)

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)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 30 May 1999 Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal Hard Israel Tzipora Obziler 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 8 August 1999 Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Ioana Gașpar 6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 15 August 1999 Bucharest, Romania Clay Austria Bianca Kamper 6–0, 6–1
Winner 2. 27 August 1999 Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Adriana Burz 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 6 August 2000 Bucharest, Romania Clay United States Edina Gallovits-Hall 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 3 June 2001 Warsaw, Poland Clay Poland Joanna Sakowicz-Kostecka 6–1, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles (0–1)
Outcome Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Runner-up 2 August 1999 Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Adriana Mingireanu Romania Mihaela Moldovan
North Macedonia Marina Lazarovska		 1–6, 2–6

References
  1. "Raluca Ciochina a castigat trofeul la "Orange Bowl": ZIUA". Ziua (in Romanian). 21 December 1999.
  2. "Tenismeni romani "made in America"". România Liberă (in Romanian). 14 May 2009.
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