Horia Tecau

Horia Tecau
Horia Tecău 2016 at the US Open
Nation:	Romania
Birthday:	January 19, 1985
Size:	191 cm
Weight:	88 kg
1st professional season:	2003
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 4,567,891
singles
Career record:	0: 3
Highest ranking:	326 (April 4, 2005)
Double
Career record:	384: 229
Career title:	35
Highest ranking:	2 (November 23, 2015)
Current placement:	15th
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Last update of the infobox: August 27, 2018
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Horia Tecău (born January 19, 1985 in Constanța ) is a Romanian tennis player .

life and career

Junior career, Davis Cup debut and first successes in future tournaments

Horia Tecău was already extremely successful as a junior. In singles he reached the semi-finals in 2003 at Wimbledon , in doubles he won the title there alongside his compatriot Florin Mergea in 2002 and 2003. In addition, they reached the final of the Australian Open in the same time and stood together at the top of the junior doubles world rankings for a long time.

In 2003 the duo won three future titles in the professional field and thus achieved a placement in the top 500 of the double world rankings . They also played for the Romanian Davis Cup team and were able to contribute a five-set win over the Lapentti brothers to the 3-2 win over Ecuador . Since then, Tecău has played 20 games for Romania, in which he recorded eleven wins in doubles (with different partners).

2004–2007: First Challenger title and ATP debut

In 2004, six more double titles followed in future tournaments, three of them alongside Mergea, two together with Gabriel Moraru and one with Alex Kuznetsov . In August 2004, Tecau and Mergea won their first Challenger title in Timișoara . Then they got a wildcard for the Bucharest tournament , but on their ATP debut they were defeated by Karsten Braasch and Philipp Kohlschreiber . Tecău also won three future titles in the individual this year.

At the beginning of 2005 he celebrated two more Future victories, with 326th place, he achieved his best individual placement to date. He was less successful in doubles, but stayed in the top 500 of the world rankings.

In 2006 Tecau tried to gain a foothold in Challenger tournaments, but it stayed with two semi-finals in Mexico City and Lexington . From now on he concentrated more on the double; he moved into the finals of a Challenger tournament four times in 2006, but remained without a tournament win.

This changed when he again won the Challenger tournament in his hometown Brașov in September 2007 at the side of Florin Mergea and made it into the top 200 for the first time.

2008–2009: Grand Slam debut, entry into the Top 100 and first ATP finals

In 2008, two more joint Challenger victories followed in Cherbourg-Octeville and Constanța as well as three Challenger titles in Milan , San Marino and Eckental alongside the Swiss Yves Allegro . In addition, Tecău played for the first time in the main round of a Grand Slam tournament; he reached the second round in Paris (with Mergea) and in New York (with Allegro). At the end of the year he was listed in the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time.

In January 2009, Tecău moved into the round of 16 of the Australian Open alongside his compatriot and coach Andrei Pavel , and in May he also reached his first final at an ATP tournament with Pavel in Kitzbühel . After a second round defeat at the French Open , Tecau and Pavel reached the second round again at Wimbledon , where they were only defeated by the later semi-finalists Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman in the fifth set with 12:14. The second ATP final followed in Stuttgart in July , this time alongside Victor Hănescu . At the end of 2009 Tecău was ranked 46th in the world.

2010–2011: ATP title and Wimbledon finals

At the beginning of 2010 Tecau was able to celebrate his first ATP title in Auckland alongside New Zealander Marcus Daniell . After a Challenger title in Marrakech in March, the second ATP title followed in Casablanca in April , this time with the Swede Robert Lindstedt . With him he was able to win another title in 's-Hertogenbosch in June and move into the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at Wimbledon . However, Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner won this . Just two weeks later, in Båstad , Sweden , again alongside Lindstedt, the fourth and, in August, the fifth ATP title of the season in New Haven . At the US Open, Tecau and Lindstedt were eliminated in the round of 16. At the end of the season, there were four first round defeats in a row, which meant that the qualification for the ATP World Tour Finals 2010 was missed.

In early 2011, Tecau and Lindstedt reached the final at the ATP tournament in Brisbane , but had to give up after the first set due to a calf injury at Lindstedt. They also had to give up their first round match early at the Australian Open . At the ATP tournament in Zagreb in February, Tecau played with Dick Norman , with whom he won the title straight away. After two first round defeats with changing partners, Tecau was able to win a tournament in the ATP World Tour 500 category for the first time in Acapulco together with Victor Hănescu . From March he played again with Lindstedt and in April they won their next title in Casablanca . At the French Open , the two failed in the quarter-finals to the eventual tournament winners Max Mirny and Daniel Nestor . After a narrow defeat in the final in 's-Hertogenbosch , Tecău and Lindstedt reached the final in Wimbledon as they did last year. Against the Bryan brothers, however, they lost again after three sets. After successfully defending their title in Båstad and losing the final in Washington , they reached a Grand Slam quarter-finals at the US Open for the third time in a row, but narrowly failed to Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini . In October Tecau and Lindstedt were able to return the favor to Mirny and Nestor in Beijing for the French Open defeat; they reached another final, in which they were defeated, however, as in Washington Michaël Llodra and Nenad Zimonjić . Due to their success, the two were qualified for the first time for the ATP World Tour Finals in November 2011 , where they were eliminated in the preliminary round with just one win from three games.

2012: Australian Open victory in mixed

In January 2012, Tecau and Lindstedt reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open for the first time, but were eliminated there despite a match ball against the Bryan brothers. Tecău also competed in mixed, where he won his first Grand Slam title together with Bethanie Mattek-Sands . During the first half of the year, he reached the Rotterdam and Madrid finals with Robert Lindstedt . In April Tecau won his home tournament in Bucharest for the first time ; in 's-Hertogenbosch he and Lindstedt repeated their 2010 success. This time they were eliminated in the second round of the French Open . Things went much better again at Wimbledon , where they made it into the final for the third time in a row. But as in 2010 and 2011, they had to admit defeat, this time the unset pairing Frederik Nielsen and Jonathan Marray rather surprising. In Båstad the second successful title defense followed after 2010 and 2011; Tecau and Lindstedt won the tournament without losing a set. Shortly before the Olympic Games in London , it was announced that Tecău would lead the Romanian delegation as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Tecau joined the games in the doubles competition with Adrian Ungur , with whom he had not played a tournament since 2004. They were eliminated in two sets against Canadians Vasek Pospisil and Daniel Nestor in the opening round .

2013–2016: First Grand Slam title in doubles and silver medal

The 2013 season played Tecau with Max Mirny , with whom he won three tournaments and stood in two other finals. The 2014 season went far better , when he started with Jean-Julien Rojer as a partner. The two won a total of eight titles, including three in the World Tour 500 category ; they also reached another final. At the World Tour Finals, they were eliminated from the preliminary round without a win.

In 2015 he and Rojer started with a final in Sydney and a title win in Rotterdam . At the Australian Open and the French Open , they each reached the semifinals. In Wimbledon , the two finally managed to win their first title in a Grand Slam tournament.

Together with Florin Mergea , he won the silver medal in the doubles competition at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (3) Olympic games ATP World Tour Finals (1) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3) ATP World Tour 500 (9) ATP World Tour 250 (22) ATP Challenger Tour (8)

Title after covering Hard Court (19) Sand (14) Grass (5)

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 16, 2010	Auckland	Hard court	Marcus Daniell	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	7: 5, 6: 4
2.	April 11, 2010	Casablanca (1)	sand	Robert Lindstedt	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6: 2, 3: 6, [10: 7]
3.	June 19, 2010	's-Hertogenbosch (1)	race	Robert Lindstedt	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	1: 6, 7: 5, [10: 7]
4th	July 18, 2010	Båstad (1)	sand	Robert Lindstedt	Andreas Seppi Simone Vagnozzi	6: 4, 7: 5
5.	August 28, 2010	New Haven	Hard court	Robert Lindstedt	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6: 4, 7: 5
6th	February 6, 2011	Zagreb (1)	Hard court (i)	Dick Norman	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6: 3, 6: 4
7th	February 26, 2011	Acapulco	sand	Victor Hănescu	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	6: 1, 6: 3
8th.	April 10, 2011	Casablanca (2)	sand	Robert Lindstedt	Colin Fleming Igor Zelenay	6: 2, 6: 1
9.	July 17, 2011	Båstad (2)	sand	Robert Lindstedt	Simon Aspelin Andreas Siljeström	6: 3, 6: 3
10.	April 29, 2012	Bucharest (1)	sand	Robert Lindstedt	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	7: 6 2 , 6: 3
11.	June 23, 2012	's-Hertogenbosch (2)	race	Robert Lindstedt	Juan Sebastián Cabal Dmitri Tursunov	6: 3, 7: 6 1
12.	July 15, 2012	Båstad (3)	sand	Robert Lindstedt	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6: 3, 7: 6 5
13.	19th August 2012	Cincinnati	Hard court	Robert Lindstedt	Rohan Bopanna Mahesh Bhupathi	6: 4, 6: 4
14th	April 28, 2013	Bucharest (2)	sand	Max Mirny	Lukáš Dlouhý Oliver Marach	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 6]
15th	June 22, 2013	's-Hertogenbosch (3)	race	Max Mirny	Andre Begemann Martin Emmrich	6: 3, 7: 6 4
16.	October 6, 2013	Beijing (1)	Hard court	Max Mirny	Fabio Fognini Andreas Seppi	6: 4, 6: 2
17th	February 9, 2014	Zagreb (2)	Hard court (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Philipp Marx Michal Mertiňák	3: 6, 6: 4, [10: 2]
18th	April 12, 2014	Casablanca (3)	sand	Jean-Julien Rojer	Tomasz Bednarek Lukáš Dlouhý	6: 2, 6: 2
19th	April 27, 2014	Bucharest (3)	sand	Jean-Julien Rojer	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6: 4, 6: 4
20th	June 21, 2014	's-Hertogenbosch (4)	race	Jean-Julien Rojer	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	6: 3, 7: 6 3
21st	3rd August 2014	Washington	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	Samuel Groth Leander Paes	7: 5, 6: 4
22nd	September 28, 2014	Shenzhen	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	Samuel Groth Chris Guccione	6: 4, 7: 6 4
23.	5th October 2014	Beijing (2)	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	Julien Benneteau Vasek Pospisil	6: 7 6 , 7: 5, [10: 5]
24.	October 26, 2014	Valencia	Hard court (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Kevin Anderson Jérémy Chardy	6: 4, 6: 2
25th	February 15, 2015	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Jamie Murray John Peers	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 8]
26th	July 11, 2015	Wimbledon	race	Jean-Julien Rojer	Jamie Murray John Peers	7: 6 5 , 6: 4, 6: 4
27.	November 22, 2015	London	Hard court (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	6: 4, 6: 3
28.	April 25, 2016	Bucharest (4)	sand	Florin Mergea	Chris Guccione André Sá	7: 5, 6: 4
29	May 8, 2016	Madrid (1)	sand	Jean-Julien Rojer	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	6: 4, 7: 6 5
30th	4th March 2017	Dubai (1)	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	Rohan Bopanna Marcin Matkowski	4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 3]
31.	May 27, 2017	Geneva	sand	Jean-Julien Rojer	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	2: 6, 7: 6 9 , [10: 6]
32.	August 25, 2017	Winston-Salem (1)	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos	6: 3, 6: 4
33.	September 8, 2017	US Open	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	Feliciano López Marc López	6: 4, 6: 3
34.	March 3, 2018	Dubai (2)	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	James Cerretani Leander Paes	7: 6 2 , 6: 2
35.	August 24, 2018	Winston-Salem (2)	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	James Cerretani Leander Paes	6: 4, 6: 2
36.	May 12, 2019	Madrid (2)	sand	Jean-Julien Rojer	Diego Schwartzman Dominic Thiem	6: 2, 6: 3
37.	October 27, 2019	Basel	Hard court (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Taylor Fritz Reilly Opelka	7: 5, 6: 3

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 8, 2004	Timișoara	sand	Florin Mergea	Marius Călugăru Ciprian Porumb	6: 3, 6: 3
2.	September 9, 2007	Brașov	sand	Florin Mergea	Adrian Cruciat Marcel-Ioan Miron	5: 7, 6: 3, [10: 8]
3.	March 2, 2008	Cherbourg-Octeville	Hard court (i)	Florin Mergea	Jean-Claude Scherrer Márcio Torres	7: 5, 7: 5
4th	June 14, 2008	Milan	sand	Yves Allegro	Juan-Martín Aranguren Marc Fornell	6: 4, 6: 4
5.	June 28, 2008	Constanța	sand	Florin Mergea	Júlio Silva Simone Vagnozzi	6: 4, 6: 2
6th	July 27, 2008	San Marino	sand	Yves Allegro	Fabio Colangelo Philipp Marx	7: 5, 7: 5
7th	November 9, 2008	Eckental	Carpet (i)	Yves Allegro	James Auckland Márcio Torres	6: 3, 3: 6, [10: 7]
8th.	March 21, 2010	Marrakech	sand	Ilija Bozoljac	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	6: 1, 6: 1

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 23, 2009	Kitzbühel	sand	Andrei Pavel	Marcelo Melo André Sá	7: 6 9 , 2: 6, [7:10]
2.	July 19, 2009	Stuttgart	sand	Victor Hănescu	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	5: 7, 4: 6
3.	July 3, 2010	Wimbledon (1)	race	Robert Lindstedt	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	1: 6, 5: 7, 5: 7
4th	January 9, 2011	Brisbane	Hard court	Robert Lindstedt	Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley	4: 6, task
5.	June 18, 2011	's-Hertogenbosch	race	Robert Lindstedt	Daniele Bracciali František Čermák	3: 6, 6: 2, [8:10]
6th	July 2, 2011	Wimbledon (2)	race	Robert Lindstedt	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3: 6, 4: 6, 6: 7 2
7th	August 7, 2011	Washington, DC (1)	Hard court	Robert Lindstedt	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	7: 6 3 , 6: 7 6 , [7:10]
8th.	October 9, 2011	Beijing	Hard court	Robert Lindstedt	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6: 7 2 , 6: 7 4
9.	19th February 2012	Rotterdam (1)	Hard court (i)	Robert Lindstedt	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6: 4, 5: 7, [14:16]
10.	May 13, 2012	Madrid	sand	Robert Lindstedt	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	3: 6, 4: 6
11.	July 7, 2012	Wimbledon (3)	race	Robert Lindstedt	Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 7 5 , 7: 6 5 , 3: 6
12.	January 12, 2013	Sydney (1)	Hard court	Max Mirny	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4: 6, 4: 6
13.	March 3, 2013	Delray Beach	Hard court	Max Mirny	Jack Sock James Blake	4: 6, 4: 6
14th	February 16, 2014	Rotterdam (2)	Hard court (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut	2: 6, 6: 7 4
15th	17th January 2015	Sydney (1)	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	Rohan Bopanna Daniel Nestor	4: 6, 6: 7 5
16.	May 23, 2015	Nice	sand	Jean-Julien Rojer	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	6: 7 4 , 6: 2, [8:10]
17th	August 12, 2016	Rio de Janeiro	Hard court	Florin Mergea	Rafael Nadal Marc López	2: 6, 6: 3, 4: 6
18th	August 21, 2016	Cincinnati	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6: 7 5 , 7: 6 5 , [6:10]
19th	4th November 2018	Paris	Hard court (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Marcel Granollers Rajeev Ram	4: 6, 4: 6
20th	17th February 2019	Rotterdam (2)	Hard court (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Jérémy Chardy Henri Kontinen	6: 7 5 , 6: 7 4
21st	4th August 2019	Washington, DC (2)	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	6: 3, 3: 6, [2:10]

Mixed

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 29, 2012	Australian Open	Hard court	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Jelena Wesnina Leander Paes	6: 3, 5: 7, [10: 3]

literature

• Horia Tecău: Viața în ritm de tenis . Curtea Veche Publishing, Bucharest 2016, ISBN 978-606-588-920-0 .

Web links

Commons : Horia Tecău  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Horia Tecău (English)
• ITF profile of Horia Tecău (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Horia Tecău (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dlouhy-Hanley Win First Team Title In Brisbane. In: atpworldtour.com. January 9, 2011, archived from the original on September 2, 2013 ; accessed on March 9, 2017 (English). 
2. ^ Bryan's Save Match Point; Paes-Stepanek Top Mirnyi-Nestor In SFs. In: atpworldtour.com. January 25, 2012, archived from the original on February 28, 2012 ; accessed on March 9, 2017 (English). 
3. ↑ Romanian tennis player Horia Tecau to wear country's flag at London Olympics. In: romania-insider.com. July 4, 2012, accessed March 8, 2017 .