Romanian tennis player
Adrian Voinea| Country (sports) |  Romania |
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| Born | (1974-08-06)6 August 1974 (age 51)
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
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| Turned pro | 1993 |
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| Retired | 2003 |
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| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
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| Prize money | $1,836,277 |
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| Singles |
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| Career record | 136–176 |
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| Career titles | 1 |
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| Highest ranking | No. 36 (15 April 1996) |
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| Grand Slam singles results |
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| Australian Open | 4R (2002) |
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| French Open | QF (1995) |
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| Wimbledon | 3R (2002) |
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| US Open | 3R (1998) |
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| Doubles |
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| Career record | 1–10 |
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| Career titles | 0 |
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| Highest ranking | No. 349 (21 August 1995) |
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| Last updated on: 21 April 2022. |
Adrian Voinea (born 6 August 1974) is a former Romaniantennis player. He has been ranked as high as No. 36 in singles by theATP. Voinea has won oneATP Tour singles title on the ATP Tour.
Between 1995 and 2003, Voinea played in 12Davis Cup ties for theRomania Davis Cup team and compiled a record of ten wins and eight losses.[1]
Voinea was born inFocșani,Romania. He started playing tennis with George Bucuroiu as his first coach.[2] As a teenager, Voinea was among the top 3 on the national level.[3] He moved to Italy when he was 15 years old with his older brother, Marian.[4] Marian encouraged Adrian to play tennis, playing a crucial role in developing his tennis career.[3]
After their arrival, the brothers were often short of money but were helped out by several people, including a nun from a church inTurin andFabrizio Fanucci. Voinea was working with a tennis coach Alberto Castellani, who allowed him to train in Perugia for free as a personal guest.[5]
Professional career
[edit]Voinea achieved his greatest success inGrand Slam tournaments by advancing to the quarterfinals of the1995 French Open as a qualifier, defeatingKarol Kučera,Johan Van Herck,Boris Becker andAndrei Chesnokov.[6]
Voinea reached his career-highATP singles ranking of World No. 36 in April 1996. He reached the final of the1996 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia againstKarim Alami, where he was forced to retire due to a right arm injury.[7]
Voinea defeated fifth-seededStefan Koubek in the final of the 1999Brighton International inBournemouth to win his only singles title at anATP Tour event.[8]
Singles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
[edit]| Legend |
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) | | ATP 500 Series (0–0) | | ATP 250 Series (1–1) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (1–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (1–1) | | Indoors (0–0) |
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
[edit]| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (4–3) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (1–0) | | Clay (3–3) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1-0 | May 1995 | Valletta, Malta | Challenger | Hard |  Ján Krošlák | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1-1 | May 1995 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Challenger | Clay |  Jordi Burillo | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 2-1 | Jun 1995 | Košice, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Roberto Carretero-Diaz | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2-2 | May 1998 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Challenger | Clay | Dinu-Mihai Pescariu | 6–7, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Win | 3-2 | Jul 1998 | Venice, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Franco Squillari | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3-3 | Aug 2000 | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay |  Christophe Rochus | 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 4-3 | Jun 2001 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Christophe Rochus | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (0–1) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (0–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
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Performance timeline
[edit](W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Karim Alami
Stefan Koubek
Jeff Tarango
Jiří Novák