Romanian Open

Romanian Open
Romanian Open
Tournament information
Event name	Romanian Open ; BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy; Țiriac Open
Tour	ATP World Series; (1993–1997); ATP International Series; (1998–2008); ATP World Tour 250 series; (2009–2016); ATP 250 tournaments; (2024–)
Founded	1993; 31 years ago
Editions	25 (2024)
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Venue	Arenele BNR (1993–2016); Năstase & Marica Sports Club (2024–)
Surface	Clay, outdoors
Draw	28S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	€600,000 (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.^[4] In 2024, the tournament returned to Bucharest.^[5]

Past finals

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

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

Doubles

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

References

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

External links

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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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