Adrian Voinea (born 6 August 1974) is a former Romanian tennis player who turned professional in 1993.

Adrian Voinea
Country (sports) Romania
ResidencePerugia, Italy
Born (1974-08-06) 6 August 1974 (age 49)
Focșani, Romania
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,836,277
Singles
Career record136–176
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 36 (15 April 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2002)
French OpenQF (1995)
Wimbledon3R (2002)
US Open3R (1998)
Doubles
Career record1–10
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 349 (21 August 1995)
Last updated on: 21 April 2022.

The right-hander won one singles title (1999, Bournemouth). Voinea was born in Focșani, Romania, but moved to Italy at age 15 to train with his older brother, Marian. His brother played a crucial role in developing his career. He was his tennis coach, mentor, support system, strategist and hitting partner.

Adrian reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 36 in April 1996. One year before he achieved his greatest success by advancing to the quarterfinals of the 1995 French Open as a qualifier, defeating Karol Kučera, Johan Van Herck, Boris Becker in the third round in four sets,[1] and Andrei Chesnokov. Voinea defeated fifth-seeded Stefan Koubek in the final of the 1999 Brighton International in Bournemouth to win his only singles title at an ATP Tour event.[2]

Between 1995 and 2003 Voinea played in 12 Davis Cup ties for the Romania Davis Cup team and compiled a record of 10 wins and eight losses, all of which were singles matches.[3]

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

Legend
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
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1996 Palermo, Italy International Series Clay   Karim Alami 7–5, 2–1 ret.
Win 1–1 Sep 1999 Bournemouth, United Kingdom International Series Clay   Stefan Koubek 1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 7 (4–3) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
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

Doubles: 1 (0–1) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1995 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay   Jeff Tarango   Jiří Novák
  David Rikl
6–7, 2–6

Performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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.

Singles edit

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 2R 2R A 1R 3R 1R 4R 2R A A A Q1 0 / 8 9–8 53%
French Open Q2 1R QF 3R 1R Q1 1R 1R Q3 2R 1R A A A Q1 0 / 8 7–8 47%
Wimbledon A Q3 A 1R 1R A 1R 1R A 3R 1R A A A A 0 / 6 2–6 25%
US Open A A 1R A 2R 3R Q2 2R Q3 1R A A A A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 5–3 3–3 2–4 2–1 0–3 3–4 0–1 6–4 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 27 22–27 45%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A 3R 2R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Miami A A A A 2R A 2R A A 4R 1R A A A A 0 / 4 5–4  – 
Monte Carlo A A 1R A Q2 Q1 A Q1 Q2 Q2 Q2 A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A 2R A A 3R 1R A 3R 1R A A A A 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Rome Q1 Q3 A 2R A A 1R Q1 1R Q2 Q1 A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Canada A A 1R A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Stuttgart A A A Q2 A A A Q1 A Not Held 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Not Held Q1 Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris A A 1R A A A A A Q1 Q2 A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–3 4–3 2–2 0–0 3–3 0–1 0–1 5–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 17 14–17 45%

References edit

  1. ^ Diane Pucin (8 June 1995). "A Newcomer Wins Hearts But Not His Match In Paris Adrian Voinea Was But A Speck On The Red Clay. Michael Chang Cut The Qualifier Down To Size". Philly.com. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Tennis – Samsung Open; Romanian Wins His First ATP Title". The New York Times. 21 September 1999. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Davis Cup players – Adrian Voinea". International Tennis Federation (ITF). Retrieved 29 May 2015.

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