Saara Orav (born 30 December 2001) is an inactive Estonian tennis player.

Saara Orav
Country (sports) Estonia
Born (2001-12-30) 30 December 2001 (age 22)
Viljandi, Estonia
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CollegeRice (2021– )
Prize money$2,271
Singles
Career record6–7
Doubles
Career record10–6
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 942 (24 September 2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup3–4
Last updated on: 10 March 2024.

She currently attends Rice University.[1] She is at Baker college pursuing a B.S. degree of mechanical engineering.

Playing for Estonia Fed Cup team, Orav has a win–loss record of 3–4.[2]

She has been playing only two matches (first-round losses) on the ITF Circuit since February 2020.

ITF Circuit finals

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Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Apr 2018 ITF Tučepi, Croatia Clay   Tena Lukas   Nefisa Berberović
  Veronika Erjavec
3–6, 3–6
Win 1. Jul 2018 ITF Pärnu, Estonia Clay   Katriin Saar   Adelina Baravi
  Elina Vikhrianova
6–4, 6–2
Loss 2. Jul 2019 ITF Pärnu, Estonia Clay   Katriin Saar   Anastasia Kulikova
  Elena Malõgina
3–6, 6–2, [5–10]

Fed Cup participation

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Orav made her Fed Cup debut for Estonia in 2018, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I.[2]

Group membership
World Group
World Group play-off
World Group II
World Group II play-off
Europe/Africa Group (3–3)
Matches by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (1–1)
Doubles (2–3)
Matches by setting
Indoors (3–4)
Outdoors (0–0)

Singles (1–1)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2018 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I
Play-offs 10 February 2018 Tallinn, Estonia   Croatia Hard (i) Ana Biškić W 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
2019 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I
Pool B 8 February 2019 Zielona Góra, Poland   Ukraine Hard (i) Marta Kostyuk L 3–6, 0–6

Doubles (2–3)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2018 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I
Pool B 8 February 2018 Tallinn, Estonia   Portugal Hard (i) Anett Kontaveit Francisca Jorge
Maria João Koehler
W 7–6(7–0), 7–6(8–6)
9 February 2018   Great Britain Elena Malõgina Katie Boulter
Anna Smith
L 1–6, 1–6
Play-offs 10 February 2018   Croatia Ana Biškić
Tena Lukas
W 6–2, 4–6, 7–5
2019 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I
Pool B 7 February 2019 Zielona Góra, Poland   Sweden Hard (i) Anett Kontaveit Johanna Larsson
Rebecca Peterson
L 6–2, 0–6, 1–6
2020 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I
Pool B 7 February 2020 Tallinn, Estonia[3]   Austria Hard (i) Valeria Gorlats Melanie Klaffner
Sinja Kraus
L 2–6, 6–4, 0–6

Junior career

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Orav has a career-high ITF juniors ranking of 248, achieved on 28 October 2019.[4]

ITF junior finals

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Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (2–2)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Grade Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 6 May 2018 Skopje, Macedonia G5 Clay   Dariya Radulova 1–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 13 May 2018 Skopje, Macedonia G5 Clay   Emeline De Witte 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 1 July 2018 Aarhus, Denmark G5 Clay   Cristina Mayorova Bakhtina 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 7 July 2019 Bruchköbel, Germany G4 Clay   Nicole Rivkin 6–0, 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Grade Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 26 August 2017 Riga, Latvia G4 Clay   Katriin Saar   Viktoryia Kanapatskaya
  Diana Khodan
0–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner 1. 6 May 2018 Skopje, Macedonia G5 Clay   Julie Sappl   Pia Lovrič
  Laura Mašić
w/o
Winner 2. 8 July 2018 Bruchköbel, Germany G4 Clay   Tayla Whitehouse   Nina Geissler
  Lea Magun
6–0, 6–0
Runner-up 2. 23 November 2018 Santa Cruz, Bolivia G3 Clay   Tara Malik   Alexandra Anttila
  Metka Komac
1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner 3. 7 July 2019 Bruchköbel, Germany G4 Clay   Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz   Amelie Van Impe
  Hanne van de Winkel
6–4, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "Saara Orav - Women's Tennis". Rice Owls.
  2. ^ a b Saara Orav at the Billie Jean King Cup
  3. ^ "Estonia v Austria". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Saara Orav Juniors Singles Overview". itftennis.com. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
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