Raluca turned pro at the age of 15 and reached WTA top 100 by the time she was 17 years old.

Raluca was forced to retire early due to shoulder injury (2004).

[2] Raluca is the daughter of former Romanian football player and former president of the Romanian Football Federation, Mircea Sandu and her late mother, Simona Arghir former handball player and captain of Romanian national handball team.

[3][4][5][6] Raluca has one more sibling, older brother Dan Mircea.

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