Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a retired

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player. She has dual

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citizenship and represented Italy from her professional debut in 2005 until January 2012, when she joined the Swiss tennis federation. She has won 26 singles titles and 11 doubles titles on the

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, and also one doubles title on the

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. 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

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

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

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

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2012-2014

On 12 August 2012, Oprandi defeated

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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

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, 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

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and

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4–6, 6–2, 1–9in the final.

Grand Slam performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

Doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 41 (26 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Doubles: 13 (11 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Top 10 wins

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oprandi, Romina 1986 births Living people People from Bern-Mittelland District Swiss female tennis players Swiss people of Italian descent Italian female tennis players Italian people of Swiss descent Citizens of Italy through descent Naturalised tennis players Sportspeople from the canton of Bern