Tennis tournament
This article is about the men's tennis tournament. For the women's tournament, see
Transylvania Open .
Tennis tournament
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]
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. Year Champions Runners-up Score 1993 Goran Ivanišević Andrei Cherkasov 6–2, 7–6(7–5) 1994 Franco Davín Goran Ivanišević 6–2, 6–4 1995 Thomas Muster Gilbert Schaller 6–3, 6–4 1996 Alberto Berasategui Carlos Moyá 6–1, 7–6(7–5) 1997 Richard Fromberg Andrea Gaudenzi 6–1, 7–6(7–2) 1998 Francisco Clavet Arnaud Di Pasquale 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 1999 Alberto Martín Karim Alami 6–3, 6–2 2000 Juan Balcells Markus Hantschk 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–1) 2001 Younes El Aynaoui Albert Montañés 7–6(7–5) , 7–6(7–2) 2002 David Ferrer José Acasuso 6–3, 6–2 2003 David Sánchez Nicolás Massú 6–2, 6–2 2004 José Acasuso Igor Andreev 6–3, 6–0 2005 Florent Serra Igor Andreev 6–3, 6–4 2006 Jürgen Melzer Filippo Volandri 6–1, 7–5 2007 Gilles Simon Victor Hănescu 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 2008 Gilles Simon Carlos Moyá 6–3, 6–4 2009 Albert Montañés Juan Mónaco 7–6(7–2) , 7–6(8–6) 2010 Juan Ignacio Chela Pablo Andújar 7–5, 6–1 2011 Florian Mayer Pablo Andújar 6–3, 6–1 2012 Gilles Simon Fabio Fognini 6–4, 6–3 2013 Lukáš Rosol Guillermo García-López 6–3, 6–2 2014 Grigor Dimitrov Lukáš Rosol 7–6(7–2) , 6–1 2015 Guillermo García-López Jiří Veselý 7–6(7–5) , 7–6(13–11) 2016 Fernando Verdasco Lucas Pouille 6–3, 6–2 2017-2023 replaced by Hungarian Open , Serbia Open and Srpska Open 2024 Márton Fucsovics Mariano Navone 6–4, 7–5
Year Champions Runners-up Score 1993 Menno Oosting Libor Pimek George Cosac Ciprian Petre Porumb 7–6, 7–6 1994 Wayne Arthurs Simon Youl Jordi Arrese José Antonio Conde 6–4, 6–4 1995 Mark Keil Jeff Tarango Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek 6–4, 7–6 1996 David Ekerot Jeff Tarango David Adams Menno Oosting 7–6, 7–6 1997 Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez Hendrik Jan Davids Daniel Orsanic 7–5, 7–5 1998 Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu George Cosac Dinu Pescariu 7–6, 7–6 1999 Lucas Arnold Ker Martín García Marc-Kevin Goellner Francisco Montana 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 2000 Alberto Martín Eyal Ran Devin Bowen Mariano Hood 7–6(7–4) , 6–1 2001 Aleksandar Kitinov Johan Landsberg Pablo Albano Marc-Kevin Goellner 6–4, 6–7(5–7) , [10–6] 2002 Jens Knippschild Peter Nyborg Emilio Benfele Álvarez Andrés Schneiter 6–3, 6–3 2003 Karsten Braasch Sargis Sargsian Simon Aspelin Jeff Coetzee 7–6(9–7) , 6–2 2004 Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood José Acasuso Óscar Hernández 7–6(7–5) , 6–1 2005 José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto Victor Hănescu Andrei Pavel 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 2006 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski Martín García Luis Horna 6–7(5–7) , 7–6(7–5) , [10–8] 2007 Oliver Marach Michal Mertiňák Martín García Sebastián Prieto 7–6(7–2) , 7–6(10–8) 2008 Nicolas Devilder Paul-Henri Mathieu Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 7–6(7–4) , 6–7(9–11) , [22–20] 2009 František Čermák Michal Mertiňák Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer 6–2, 6–4 2010 Juan Ignacio Chela Łukasz Kubot Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura 6–2, 5–7, [13–11] 2011 Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace Julian Knowle David Marrero 3–6, 6–4, [10–8] 2012 Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot 7–6(7–2) , 6–3 2013 Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău Lukáš Dlouhý Oliver Marach 4–6, 6–4, [10–6] 2014 Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 6–4, 6–4 2015 Marius Copil Adrian Ungur Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak 3–6, 7–5, [17–15] 2016 Florin Mergea Horia Tecău Chris Guccione André Sá 7–5, 6–4 2017-2023 replaced by Hungarian Open , Serbia Open and Srpska Open 2024 Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten 6–3, 7–5
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