Romina Oprandi

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Romina Oprandi

Oprandi at the 2015 US Open qualifying
Full name	Romina Sarina Oprandi
Country (sports)	Italy (2005–2012)   Switzerland (from 2012)
Residence	Bern, Switzerland
Born	(1986-03-29) 29 March 1986 (age 35) Jegenstorf, Switzerland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2005
Retired	2020
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,521,129
Singles
Career record	408–219 (65.1%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 26 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 32 (10 June 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2012)
French Open	1R (2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Wimbledon	2R (2010, 2012)
US Open	2R (2011, 2012)
Doubles
Career record	113–79 (58.9%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 112 (28 May 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2007,2011,2013,2015)
French Open	1R (2011, 2012, 2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2013)
US Open	2R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (2006) Record 3–1

Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a retired tennis player. She has dual Swiss-Italian citizenship and represented Italy from her professional debut in 2005 until January 2012, when she joined the Swiss tennis federation.^[1]

She has won 26 singles titles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and also one doubles title on the WTA Tour. On 10 June 2013, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32.

Early years and playing style[]

Romina was born to parents Roberto and Romy in Jegenstorf. She is currently coached by her brother, Romeo Oprandi. Her favourite surface is clay.^[2]

Oprandi is a strong baseliner. She particularly enjoys playing drop shots.^[2]

Tennis career[]

2005–2006[]

Oprandi first came to prominence in the top tier of women's tennis when she reached the quarterfinals of a WTA Tier I event in Rome as a qualifier, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7. Romina won an ITF singles title at Denain, which was her best result for the rest of the 2006 season.

2007-2009[]

Oprani played several tournaments on the main tour, including the Australian Open, Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Amelia Island, Charleston, Rome, and the French Open. At Barcelona, she retired in the first round. Romina then did not play for the rest of the 2007 season and the first half of the 2008 season due to a right forearm injury.

She returned to tennis in August 2008 at an ITF event in Monteroni d'Arabia, Italy. She won an ITF tournament in Wahlstedt, Germany and reached the final in Mestre, Italy.

Oprandi played in her first WTA Tour event in over 18 months 2009 in Bogotá, Colombia where she lost in the first round, 6–3, 6–7, 6–7. She won the doubles title at Buchen, partnering Sandra Martinović.

2012-2014[]

On 12 August 2012, Oprandi defeated Anna Chakvetadze 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 to win the EmblemHealth Open singles title held in Bronx, New York.

She reached two WTA singles semifinals in 2013, in Oeiras and Brussels, but then suffered a shoulder injury which kept her out of action for eight months.

In April 2014, Oprandi reached her first WTA Tour final at the third time of asking by beating top seed Daniela Hantuchová in the semifinals at the Marrakech Grand Prix. She lost 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 to María Teresa Torró Flor in the final. The same day, she won her first WTA doubles title at the same tournament, partnering with Garbiñe Muguruza to defeat Katarzyna Piter and Maryna Zanevska 4–6, 6–2, [11–9] in the final.

WTA career finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2014	Morocco Open	International	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2014	Morocco Open	International	Clay	Garbiñe Muguruza	Katarzyna Piter Maryna Zanevska	4–6, 6–2, [11–9]

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 41 (26–15)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 April 2004	ITF Bol, Croatia	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	16 May 2004	ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy	Clay	Matea Mezak	0–2 ret.
Winner	3.	21 May 2004	ITF Elda, Spain	Clay	Nuria Roig	6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	20 February 2005	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Anna Floris	6–3, 6–0
Winner	5.	7 March 2005	ITF Las Palmas, Spain	Clay	Tina Schiechtl	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	27 March 2005	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Ana Jovanović	6–4, 7–6(4)
Winner	7.	3 April 2005	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Magda Mihalache	6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	15 May 2005	ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy	Clay	Sandra Záhlavová	6–2, 6–0
Winner	9.	8 November 2005	ITF Mexico City	Clay	Kira Nagy	6–3, 6–0
Winner	10.	15 November 2005	ITF Puebla, Mexico	Clay	Jenifer Widjaja	6–1, 6–1
Winner	11.	9 April 2006	ITF Putignano, Italy	Hard	Alberta Brianti	6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	12.	1 May 2006	ITF Torrent, Spain	Clay	Ekaterina Makarova	6–1, 6–3
Winner	13.	1 May 2006	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	14.	11 June 2006	ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay	Anna Smashnova	w/o
Winner	15.	4 September 2006	ITF Denain, France	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	16.	18 August 2008	ITF Wahlstedt, Germany	Clay	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	17.	21 September 2008	ITF Mestre, Italy	Clay	Ekaterina Lopes	3–6, 0–3 ret.
Runner-up	18.	2 March 2009	ITF Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Korina Perkovic	3–6, 6–7(0)
Runner-up	19.	2 November 2009	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay		6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	20.	7 February 2010	ITF Belfort, France	Carpet (i)	Elena Bovina	6–7(3), 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	21.	22 February 2010	ITF Biberach, Germany	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	22.	14 March 2010	ITF Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Irina Buryachok	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	23.	12 April 2010	ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium	Clay (i)	Nicola Geuer	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	24.	10 May 2010	ITF Caserta, Italy	Clay	Sloane Stephens	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	25.	31 May 2010	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	26.	3 July 2010	ITF Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	6–0, 6–2
Winner	27.	20 September 2010	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Alizé Cornet	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up	28.	18 September 2011	Allianz Cup Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	6–2, 6–6 ret.
Winner	29.	26 September 2011	Las Vegas Open, United States	Hard	Alexa Glatch	6–7(2), 6–3, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	30.	10 October 2011	ITF Kansas City, United States	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	4–6, 1–6
Winner	31.	16 October 2011	ITF Troy, United States	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	6–1, 6–2
Winner	32.	23 October 2011	ITF Rock Hill, United States	Hard	Grace Min	7–5, 6–1
Winner	33.	9 July 2012	Open de Biarritz, France	Clay	Mandy Minella	7–5, 7–5
Winner	34.	12 August 2012	ITF Bronx, United States	Hard	Anna Chakvetadze	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	35.	17 May 2015	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	36.	5 July 2015	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Risa Ozaki	4–6, 5–7
Winner	37.	9 August 2015	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Cristina Dinu	6−3, 6−3
Winner	38.	16 August 2015	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Ana Bogdan	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	39.	13 September 2015	Open de Biarritz, France	Clay	Laura Siegemund	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	40.	8 May 2016	ITF Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Ons Jabeur	6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	41.	30 September 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard		6–0, 6–2

Doubles: 13 (11–2)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	8 February 2005	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Adriana González-Peñas	Olga Brózda Tina Schiechtl	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	15 February 2005	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Adriana González-Peñas	Olga Brózda Petra Cetkovská	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	7 March 2005	ITF Las Palmas, Spain	Clay		Irina Kotkina	7–5, 6-2
Winner	4.	3 April 2005	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Adriana González-Peñas	Gréta Arn	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	18 April 2005	ITF Bari, Italy	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Stefanie Haidner	3–6, 6–7(3)
Winner	6.	18 April 2006	ITF Bari, Italy	Clay	Caroline Schneider	Stefanie Haidner Darija Jurak	7–5, 6–2
Winner	7.	7 May 2006	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Tzipora Obziler	Matea Mezak İpek Şenoğlu	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Winner	8.	9 September 2006	ITF Denain, France	Clay	Jasmin Wöhr	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Alicja Rosolska	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	9.	2 March 2009	ITF Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Sandra Martinović	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	5–7, 7–5, [10–8]
Winner	10.	14 September 2009	ITF Mestre, Italy	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Kristina Barrois Yvonne Meusburger	6–4, 6–1
Winner	11.	14 November 2009	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	Leticia Costas Inés Ferrer Suárez	7–6(5), 6–2
Winner	12.	11 December 2009	ITF Benicarló, Spain	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	Alexandra Cadanțu Diana Enache	6–4, 6–3
Winner	13.	22 October 2012	ITF Ismaning, Germany	Carpet (i)	Amra Sadiković	Jill Craybas Eva Hrdinová	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]

Grand Slam performance timelines[]

Singles[]

Doubles[]

References[]

External links[]

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