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Full name
  
Romina Sarina Oprandi

Name
  
Romina Oprandi

Turned pro
  
2005

Career record
  
336–177

Weight
  
66 kg

Prize money
  
$1,290,324

Height
  
1.72 m

Residence
  
Role
  
Tennis player


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Country (sports)
  
Italy(2005–2012)  Switzerland(from 2012)

Born
  
29 March 1986 (age 37) Jegenstorf, Switzerland (
1986-03-29
)

Plays
  
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Similar People
  
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Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a professional 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. Her highest singles ranking was no. 32, achieved on 10 June 2013.

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She has won 25 ITF singles titles and 11 ITF doubles titles. She has one WTA title in doubles.

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Biography and playing style

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

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Oprandi is a strong baseliner. She particularly enjoys playing drop shots.

2005–2006

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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

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.

2008

Oprandi 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.

2009

Oprandi played in her first WTA tour event in over 18 months in Bogotá, Colombia where she lost in the first round, 6–3, 6–7(7), 6–7(5). She won the doubles title at Buchen, partnering Sandra Martinović.

2012

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

2013

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

2014

In April, Oprandi reached her first WTA final at the third time of asking by beating no 1 seed Daniela Hantuchová in the semi-finals 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.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2013 Wimbledon Championships

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

References

Romina Oprandi Wikipedia