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The Romanian Open (also known as Țiriac Open) is a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the successor event to the earlier Romanian International Championships (1930–1983). It is part of the ATP 250 tournaments of the ATP Tour. It was held annually in Bucharest, Romania, between 1993 and 2016 and revived in 2024. Its name is taken from Romania's famous tennis players Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac.
The tournament never saw a Romanian winner in singles (though the 2005 edition saw two Romanian players reaching the semifinals, and the 2007 edition saw Victor Hănescu reach the finals), but a Romanian pair (Andrei Pavel and Gabriel Trifu) took home the doubles title in 1998. Also, Horia Tecău took three consecutive doubles titles at the tournament (2012, 2013 & 2014), each time with a different partner.
The organizers announced that from 2012, the ATP World Tour 250 series tournament would be scheduled to take place in April, thus ending a period of 19 years when it took place in the last week of September.
The last edition of the tournament was in 2016, as ATP has relocated it to Budapest. The tournament moved to Belgrade in 2021. In 2024, the tournament returned to Bucharest.
Past finals
Fernando Verdasco grabbed the title of the Romanian Open in 2016.
Gilles Simon (winner in 2007, 2008 & 2012) holds the record in Bucharest, for the most titles (three).
Grigor Dimitrov clinched Bucharest crown in 2014.
David Ferrer won his first ATP title in Romania in 2002.
Goran Ivanišević was the winner of the first edition of the tournament in 1993.
Horia Tecău (2012, 2013, 2014 & 2016) took a record of four doubles titles at the tournament, each time with a different partner.
Singles
Year
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Champions
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Runners-up
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Score
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1993 |
Goran Ivanišević |
Andrei Cherkasov |
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
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1994 |
Franco Davín |
Goran Ivanišević |
6–2, 6–4
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1995 |
Thomas Muster |
Gilbert Schaller |
6–3, 6–4
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1996 |
Alberto Berasategui |
Carlos Moyá |
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
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1997 |
Richard Fromberg |
Andrea Gaudenzi |
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
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1998 |
Francisco Clavet |
Arnaud Di Pasquale |
6–4, 2–6, 7–5
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1999 |
Alberto Martín |
Karim Alami |
6–3, 6–2
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2000 |
Juan Balcells |
Markus Hantschk |
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
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2001 |
Younes El Aynaoui |
Albert Montañés |
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
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2002 |
David Ferrer |
José Acasuso |
6–3, 6–2
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2003 |
David Sánchez |
Nicolás Massú |
6–2, 6–2
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2004 |
José Acasuso |
Igor Andreev |
6–3, 6–0
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2005 |
Florent Serra |
Igor Andreev |
6–3, 6–4
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2006 |
Jürgen Melzer |
Filippo Volandri |
6–1, 7–5
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2007 |
Gilles Simon |
Victor Hănescu |
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
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2008 |
Gilles Simon |
Carlos Moyá |
6–3, 6–4
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2009 |
Albert Montañés |
Juan Mónaco |
7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)
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2010 |
Juan Ignacio Chela |
Pablo Andújar |
7–5, 6–1
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2011 |
Florian Mayer |
Pablo Andújar |
6–3, 6–1
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2012 |
Gilles Simon |
Fabio Fognini |
6–4, 6–3
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2013 |
Lukáš Rosol |
Guillermo García-López |
6–3, 6–2
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2014 |
Grigor Dimitrov |
Lukáš Rosol |
7–6(7–2), 6–1
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2015 |
Guillermo García-López |
Jiří Veselý |
7–6(7–5), 7–6(13–11)
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2016 |
Fernando Verdasco |
Lucas Pouille |
6–3, 6–2
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2017-2023 |
replaced by Hungarian Open, Serbia Open and Srpska Open
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2024 |
Márton Fucsovics |
Mariano Navone |
6–4, 7–5
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Doubles
Year
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Champions
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Runners-up
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Score
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1993 |
Menno Oosting Libor Pimek |
George Cosac Ciprian Petre Porumb |
7–6, 7–6
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1994 |
Wayne Arthurs Simon Youl |
Jordi Arrese José Antonio Conde |
6–4, 6–4
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1995 |
Mark Keil Jeff Tarango |
Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek |
6–4, 7–6
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1996 |
David Ekerot Jeff Tarango |
David Adams Menno Oosting |
7–6, 7–6
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1997 |
Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez |
Hendrik Jan Davids Daniel Orsanic |
7–5, 7–5
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1998 |
Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu |
George Cosac Dinu Pescariu |
7–6, 7–6
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1999 |
Lucas Arnold Ker Martín García |
Marc-Kevin Goellner Francisco Montana |
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
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2000 |
Alberto Martín Eyal Ran |
Devin Bowen Mariano Hood |
7–6(7–4), 6–1
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2001 |
Aleksandar Kitinov Johan Landsberg |
Pablo Albano Marc-Kevin Goellner |
6–4, 6–7(5–7),
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2002 |
Jens Knippschild Peter Nyborg |
Emilio Benfele Álvarez Andrés Schneiter |
6–3, 6–3
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2003 |
Karsten Braasch Sargis Sargsian |
Simon Aspelin Jeff Coetzee |
7–6(9–7), 6–2
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2004 |
Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood |
José Acasuso Óscar Hernández |
7–6(7–5), 6–1
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2005 |
José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto |
Victor Hănescu Andrei Pavel |
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
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2006 |
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
Martín García Luis Horna |
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5),
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2007 |
Oliver Marach Michal Mertiňák |
Martín García Sebastián Prieto |
7–6(7–2), 7–6(10–8)
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2008 |
Nicolas Devilder Paul-Henri Mathieu |
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
7–6(7–4), 6–7(9–11),
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2009 |
František Čermák Michal Mertiňák |
Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer |
6–2, 6–4
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2010 |
Juan Ignacio Chela Łukasz Kubot |
Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura |
6–2, 5–7,
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2011 |
Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace |
Julian Knowle David Marrero |
3–6, 6–4,
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2012 |
Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău |
Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot |
7–6(7–2), 6–3
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2013 |
Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău |
Lukáš Dlouhý Oliver Marach |
4–6, 6–4,
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2014 |
Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău |
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
6–4, 6–4
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2015 |
Marius Copil Adrian Ungur |
Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak |
3–6, 7–5,
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2016 |
Florin Mergea Horia Tecău |
Chris Guccione André Sá |
7–5, 6–4
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2017-2023 |
replaced by Hungarian Open, Serbia Open and Srpska Open
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2024 |
Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul |
Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten |
6–3, 7–5
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See also
References
- ^ "Tournaments:Romanian International Championships". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ Turneul BCR Open România s-a mutat în aprilie, în debutul sezonului de zgură! (in Romanian)
- ^ Bucharest Relocates To Budapest From 2017
- ^ "Belgrade will host an ATP Tour event in 2021 following Budapest relocation". ubitennis.net. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Bucharest Overview". atptour.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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