Romanian Open

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Romanian Open
ATP Tour
Event nameRomanian Open
BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy
Țiriac Open
TourATP World Series
(1993–1997)
ATP International Series
(1998–2008)
ATP World Tour 250 series
(2009–2016)
ATP 250
(2024–)
Founded1993; 31 years ago (1993)
Editions25 (2024)
LocationBucharest, Romania
VenueArenele BNR (1993–2016)
Năstase & Marica Sports Club (2024–)
SurfaceClay, outdoors
Draw28S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money600,000 (2024)

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).[1] 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.[2]

The last edition of the tournament was in 2016, as ATP has relocated it to Budapest.[3] The tournament moved to Belgrade in 2021 and to Banja Luka in 2023.[4] In 2024, the tournament returned to Bucharest.[5]

Past finals

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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

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1993 Croatia Goran Ivanišević Russia Andrei Cherkasov 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
1994 Argentina Franco Davín Croatia Goran Ivanišević 6–2, 6–4
1995 Austria Thomas Muster Austria Gilbert Schaller 6–3, 6–4
1996 Spain Alberto Berasategui Spain Carlos Moyá 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
1997 Australia Richard Fromberg Italy Andrea Gaudenzi 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
1998 Spain Francisco Clavet France Arnaud Di Pasquale 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1999 Spain Alberto Martín Morocco Karim Alami 6–3, 6–2
2000 Spain Juan Balcells Germany Markus Hantschk 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
2001 Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Spain Albert Montañés 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
2002 Spain David Ferrer Argentina José Acasuso 6–3, 6–2
2003 Spain David Sánchez Chile Nicolás Massú 6–2, 6–2
2004 Argentina José Acasuso Russia Igor Andreev 6–3, 6–0
2005 France Florent Serra Russia Igor Andreev 6–3, 6–4
2006 Austria Jürgen Melzer Italy Filippo Volandri 6–1, 7–5
2007 France Gilles Simon Romania Victor Hănescu 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2008 France Gilles Simon Spain Carlos Moyá 6–3, 6–4
2009 Spain Albert Montañés Argentina Juan Mónaco 7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)
2010 Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela Spain Pablo Andújar 7–5, 6–1
2011 Germany Florian Mayer Spain Pablo Andújar 6–3, 6–1
2012 France Gilles Simon Italy Fabio Fognini 6–4, 6–3
2013 Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol Spain Guillermo García-López 6–3, 6–2
2014 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol 7–6(7–2), 6–1
2015 Spain Guillermo García-López Czech Republic Jiří Veselý 7–6(7–5), 7–6(13–11)
2016 Spain Fernando Verdasco France Lucas Pouille 6–3, 6–2
2017-2023 replaced by Hungarian Open, Serbia Open and Srpska Open
2024 Hungary Márton Fucsovics Argentina Mariano Navone 6–4, 7–5

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1993 Netherlands Menno Oosting
Belgium Libor Pimek
Romania George Cosac
Romania Ciprian Petre Porumb
7–6, 7–6
1994 Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Simon Youl
Spain Jordi Arrese
Spain José Antonio Conde
6–4, 6–4
1995 United States Mark Keil
United States Jeff Tarango
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6–4, 7–6
1996 Sweden David Ekerot
United States Jeff Tarango
South Africa David Adams
Netherlands Menno Oosting
7–6, 7–6
1997 Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez
Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
7–5, 7–5
1998 Romania Andrei Pavel
Romania Gabriel Trifu
Romania George Cosac
Romania Dinu Pescariu
7–6, 7–6
1999 Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Martín García
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
United States Francisco Montana
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
2000 Spain Alberto Martín
Israel Eyal Ran
United States Devin Bowen
Argentina Mariano Hood
7–6(7–4), 6–1
2001 North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
Sweden Johan Landsberg
Argentina Pablo Albano
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
2002 Germany Jens Knippschild
Sweden Peter Nyborg
Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
6–3, 6–3
2003 Germany Karsten Braasch
Armenia Sargis Sargsian
Sweden Simon Aspelin
South Africa Jeff Coetzee
7–6(9–7), 6–2
2004 Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina José Acasuso
Spain Óscar Hernández
7–6(7–5), 6–1
2005 Argentina José Acasuso
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
Romania Victor Hănescu
Romania Andrei Pavel
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2006 Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
Argentina Martín García
Peru Luis Horna
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
2007 Austria Oliver Marach
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Argentina Martín García
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
7–6(7–2), 7–6(10–8)
2008 France Nicolas Devilder
France Paul-Henri Mathieu
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
7–6(7–4), 6–7(9–11), [22–20]
2009 Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
6–2, 6–4
2010 Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
Poland Łukasz Kubot
Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Santiago Ventura
6–2, 5–7, [13–11]
2011 Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Potito Starace
Austria Julian Knowle
Spain David Marrero
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2012 Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
France Jérémy Chardy
Poland Łukasz Kubot
7–6(7–2), 6–3
2013 Belarus Max Mirnyi
Romania Horia Tecău
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Austria Oliver Marach
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
2014 Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 6–4
2015 Romania Marius Copil
Romania Adrian Ungur
United States Nicholas Monroe
New Zealand Artem Sitak
3–6, 7–5, [17–15]
2016 Romania Florin Mergea
Romania Horia Tecău
Australia Chris Guccione
Brazil André Sá
7–5, 6–4
2017-2023 replaced by Hungarian Open, Serbia Open and Srpska Open
2024 France Sadio Doumbia
France Fabien Reboul
Finland Harri Heliövaara
United Kingdom Henry Patten
6–3, 7–5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tournaments:Romanian International Championships". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  2. ^ Turneul BCR Open România s-a mutat în aprilie, în debutul sezonului de zgură! (in Romanian)
  3. ^ Bucharest Relocates To Budapest From 2017
  4. ^ "Belgrade will host an ATP Tour event in 2021 following Budapest relocation". ubitennis.net. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Bucharest Overview". atptour.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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