Horia Tecău

Horia Tecău (Romanian pronunciation: ; born January 19, 1985) is a Romanian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.

Horia Tecău
Horia Tecău
Horia Tecău at the 2016 French Open
Country (sports)Horia Tecău Romania
ResidenceConstanța, Romania
Born (1985-01-19) January 19, 1985 (age 39)
Constanța, Romania
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2022
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$5,882,695
Singles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 326 (4 April 2005)
Doubles
Career record473–286 (62.3% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main-draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles38
Highest rankingNo. 2 (23 November 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2012, 2015)
French OpenSF (2015)
WimbledonW (2015)
US OpenW (2017)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (2015)
Mixed doubles
Career titles1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (2012)
French OpenSF (2015)
WimbledonQF (2013, 2015)
US OpenSF (2017)
Medal record
Representing Horia Tecău Romania
Men's Tennis
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Doubles

He is a three-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 US Open alongside Jean-Julien Rojer in men's doubles, as well as the 2012 Australian Open with Bethanie Mattek-Sands in mixed doubles. Tecău also reached five further Grand Slam finals: at the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Wimbledon Championships with Robert Lindstedt in men's doubles, and at the 2014 and 2016 Australian Opens in mixed doubles.

He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 in November 2015, shortly before winning the 2015 ATP Finals with Rojer. Tecău won 38 doubles and one mixed doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including three at Masters 1000 level. He also won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, alongside compatriot Florin Mergea.

Career

2010

On January 16, 2010, Tecău won his first ATP doubles title at the Auckland Open, partnering Marcus Daniell.

He showed strong form in early 2010 and won two doubles titles, (one Challenger and one ATP World Tour 250 Series), at Marrakech and Casablanca, which confirmed his good form.

He won his third doubles title at 's-Hertogenbosch and his second with partner Robert Lindstedt (his first with him came in Casablanca).

At Wimbledon, Tecău reached, for the first time in his career, a Grand Slam doubles final. He and his partner, Robert Lindstedt, defeated the pair of Tommy Robredo and Marcel Granollers in four sets in the quarterfinals and in the semifinals the duo of Juan Ignacio Chela and Eduardo Schwank. In the final, Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated by the pair of Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner.

At Wimbledon in the mixed doubles, he and his partner, fellow Romanian Monica Niculescu, lost in the second round to Marcelo Melo and Rennae Stubbs.

Horia Tecău 
Horia Tecău at the 2010 US Open

At the Swedish Open, Lindstedt and Tecău won their third title together winning the final against Andreas Seppi and Simone Vagnozzi.

At the Los Angeles Open, Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated by Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer in the quarterfinals. At the Washington Open, they were defeated by the pair of Marcos Baghdatis and Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round.

The fifth title of Tecău's career and fourth partnering Lindstedt came at the Connecticut Open. The final saw them beating Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, this being their second title win against the Indian-Pakistani pair.

2011

Horia started season alongside his partner Lindstedt at the Brisbane International. They had a good start and reached the final of the tournament but a calf injury of Lindstedt forced them to retire after just one set and thus losing the match to the Lukáš Dlouhý/Paul Hanley pair. At the Auckland Open, Horia was the defending champion and seeded No. 1 with Robert but they were forced to withdraw due to the Swede's left calf injury sustained just days earlier.

At the Australian Open Horia and Robert were eleventh seed but despite leading 1–0 in the first round match against wildcards Colin Ebelthite and Adam Feeney they were forced to retire yet again due to Robert's injury.

After the year's first Grand Slam, Horia decided to give his partner, Robert, time to recover and paired with experienced doubles player, Belgian Dick Norman, for the Zagreb Indoors. This was a successful choice and they reached the tournament final and won it.

Following the Zagreb title, Horia paired for the next two tournaments with Austrian Julian Knowle and Pakistani Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi but with little success, exiting both competitions after the first round. He then paired with fellow countryman Victor Hănescu for their biggest doubles title to date, the 500 point Mexican Open. In the final, they beat Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in straight sets.

In April, Horia and Lindstedt defended their title in Casablanca, after an impressive display and losing just one set in the first round of the tournament.

He had a good grass-court season with two finals together with Lindstedt, losing in the final of Wimbledon to the Bryan twins.

At the return to clay, he defended his win at Swedish Open, again with Lindstedt.

2012: Masters 1000 doubles title, end of doubles relationship with Lindstedt

Horia Tecău 
Tecău playing at the 2012 Romanian Open

Tecău and Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the Australian Open mixed-doubles final on 29 January. He reached the semifinals in men's doubles with Lindstedt and lost to Bob and Mike Bryan in a close three-setter. Together they also reached the final of a Masters 1000 for the first time at the 2012 Mutua Madrid Open.

At the Summer Olympics, Tecău and teammate Adrian Ungur lost in the first round.

In August 2012, Tecău and Lindstedt won the biggest title together, the Masters 1000 title at the 2012 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.

Tecău and Lindstedt separated in September 2012 after a fruitful three-year relationship where they won a total of 10 titles.

2013: Three more doubles titles with Mirnyi

Tecău paired up with Max Mirnyi for 2013. They reached five finals and won three of them.

2014–2019: Two Grand Slam doubles titles, world No. 2, Olympic Silver

Tecău and his partner Jean-Julien Rojer won 2015 Wimbledon defeating Jamie Murray and John Peers in the final and the 2017 US Open defeating Feliciano López and Marc López in the final.

He won the 2016 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy and the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with Florin Mergea.

2020–2022: Major doubles semifinal, an ATP title, and retirement

He qualified with his new partner German Kevin Krawietz on 4 November 2021 for the 2021 ATP Finals with whom he won his 38th title in Halle. Tecău played his last match at the 2021 ATP Finals before his retirement. However he postponed his retirement when he was called back to play doubles in the 2022 Davis Cup with Marius Copil where they won their match against Spain duo Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Pedro Martínez (tennis). He was announced as the Billie Jean King Cup captain for Romania in March 2022.

Personal life

Tecău was chosen by Sony Pictures to dub Charles Darwin's voice in Romanian in the animated movie The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2010 Wimbledon Grass Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Jürgen Melzer
Horia Tecău  Philipp Petzschner
1–6, 5–7, 5–7
Loss 2011 Wimbledon Grass Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Bob Bryan
Horia Tecău  Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 2012 Wimbledon Grass Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Jonathan Marray
Horia Tecău  Frederik Nielsen
6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win 2015 Wimbledon Grass Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Jamie Murray
Horia Tecău  John Peers
7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–4
Win 2017 US Open Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Feliciano López
Horia Tecău  Marc López
6–4, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2012 Australian Open Hard Horia Tecău  Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău  Elena Vesnina
Horia Tecău  Leander Paes
6–3, 5–7, [10–3]
Loss 2014 Australian Open Hard Horia Tecău  Sania Mirza Horia Tecău  Kristina Mladenovic
Horia Tecău  Daniel Nestor
3–6, 2–6
Loss 2016 Australian Open Hard Horia Tecău  CoCo Vandeweghe Horia Tecău  Elena Vesnina
Horia Tecău  Bruno Soares
4–6, 6–4, [5–10]

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2015 ATP World Tour Finals, London Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Rohan Bopanna
Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea
6–4, 6–3

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2012 Madrid Open Clay Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Horia Tecău  Marcin Matkowski
3–6, 4–6
Win 2012 Cincinnati Masters Hard Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Mahesh Bhupathi
Horia Tecău  Rohan Bopanna
6–4, 6–4
Win 2016 Madrid Open Clay Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Rohan Bopanna
Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea
6–4, 7–6 7–5
Loss 2016 Cincinnati Masters Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Ivan Dodig
Horia Tecău  Marcelo Melo
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [6–10]
Loss 2018 Paris Masters Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Marcel Granollers
Horia Tecău  Rajeev Ram
4–6, 4–6
Win 2019 Madrid Open Clay Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Diego Schwartzman
Horia Tecău  Dominic Thiem
6–2, 6–3

Olympic medal matches

Doubles: 1 (silver medal)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro Hard Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Marc López
Horia Tecău  Rafael Nadal
2–6, 6–3, 4–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 62 (38 titles, 24 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (2–3)
ATP World Tour Finals (1–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3–3)
Olympic Games (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (10–9)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (22–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–14)
Clay (14–6)
Grass (6–4)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (32–19)
Indoor (6–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2009 Austrian Open Kitzbühel 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Andrei Pavel Horia Tecău  Marcelo Melo
Horia Tecău  André Sá
7–6(11–9), 2–6, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 Jul 2009 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău  František Čermák
Horia Tecău  Michal Mertiňák
5–7, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jan 2010 Auckland Open, New Zealand 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Marcus Daniell Horia Tecău  Marcelo Melo
Horia Tecău  Bruno Soares
7–5, 6–4
Win 2–2 Apr 2010 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Rohan Bopanna
Horia Tecău  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 3–2 Jun 2010 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Lukáš Dlouhý
Horia Tecău  Leander Paes
1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 3–3 Jul 2010 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Jürgen Melzer
Horia Tecău  Philipp Petzschner
1–6, 5–7, 5–7
Win 4–3 Jul 2010 Swedish Open, Sweden 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Andreas Seppi
Horia Tecău  Simone Vagnozzi
6–4, 7–5
Win 5–3 Aug 2010 New Haven Open, United States 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Rohan Bopanna
Horia Tecău  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–4, 7–5
Loss 5–4 Jan 2011 Brisbane International, Australia 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Lukáš Dlouhý
Horia Tecău  Paul Hanley
4–6, ret.
Win 6–4 Feb 2011 Zagreb Indoors, Croatia 250 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Dick Norman Horia Tecău  Marcel Granollers
Horia Tecău  Marc López
6–3, 6–4
Win 7–4 Feb 2011 Mexican Open, Mexico 500 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău  Marcelo Melo
Horia Tecău  Bruno Soares
6–1, 6–3
Win 8–4 Apr 2011 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco (2) 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Colin Fleming
Horia Tecău  Igor Zelenay
6–2, 6–1
Loss 8–5 Jun 2011 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Daniele Bracciali
Horia Tecău  František Čermák
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss 8–6 Jul 2011 Wimbledon, United Kingdom (2) Grand Slam Grass Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Bob Bryan
Horia Tecău  Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 9–6 Jul 2011 Swedish Open, Sweden (2) 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Simon Aspelin
Horia Tecău  Andreas Siljeström
6–3, 6–3
Loss 9–7 Aug 2011 Washington Open, United States 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Michaël Llodra
Horia Tecău  Nenad Zimonjić
7–6(7–3), 6–7(6–8), [7–10]
Loss 9–8 Oct 2011 China Open, China 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Michaël Llodra
Horia Tecău  Nenad Zimonjić
6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 9–9 Feb 2012 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Michaël Llodra
Horia Tecău  Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 5–7, [14–16]
Win 10–9 Apr 2012 Romanian Open, Romania 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Jérémy Chardy
Horia Tecău  Łukasz Kubot
7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss 10–10 May 2012 Madrid Open, Spain Masters 1000 Clay Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Horia Tecău  Marcin Matkowski
3–6, 4–6
Win 11–10 Jun 2012 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands (2) 250 Series Grass Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Juan Sebastián Cabal
Horia Tecău  Dmitry Tursunov
6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 11–11 Jul 2012 Wimbledon, United Kingdom (3) Grand Slam Grass Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Jonathan Marray
Horia Tecău  Frederik Nielsen
6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win 12–11 Jul 2012 Swedish Open, Sweden (3) 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Alexander Peya
Horia Tecău  Bruno Soares
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 13–11 Aug 2012 Cincinnati Masters, United States Masters 1000 Hard Horia Tecău  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău  Mahesh Bhupathi
Horia Tecău  Rohan Bopanna
6–4, 6–4
Loss 13–12 Jan 2013 Sydney International, Australia 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău  Bob Bryan
Horia Tecău  Mike Bryan
4–6, 4–6
Loss 13–13 Mar 2013 Delray Beach Open, United States 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău  James Blake
Horia Tecău  Jack Sock
4–6, 4–6
Win 14–13 Apr 2013 Romanian Open, Romania (2) 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău  Lukáš Dlouhý
Horia Tecău  Oliver Marach
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win 15–13 Jun 2013 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands (3) 250 Series Grass Horia Tecău  Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău  Andre Begemann
Horia Tecău  Martin Emmrich
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 16–13 Oct 2013 China Open, China 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău  Fabio Fognini
Horia Tecău  Andreas Seppi
6–4, 6–2
Win 17–13 Feb 2014 Zagreb Indoors, Croatia (2) 250 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Philipp Marx
Horia Tecău  Michal Mertiňák
3–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Loss 17–14 Feb 2014 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands (2) 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Michaël Llodra
Horia Tecău  Nicolas Mahut
2–6, 6–7(7–4)
Win 18–14 Apr 2014 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco (3) 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Tomasz Bednarek
Horia Tecău  Lukáš Dlouhý
6–2, 6–2
Win 19–14 Apr 2014 Romanian Open, Romania (3) 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Horia Tecău  Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 6–4
Win 20–14 Jun 2014 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands (4) 250 Series Grass Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Scott Lipsky
Horia Tecău  Santiago González
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 21–14 Aug 2014 Washington Open, United States 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Sam Groth
Horia Tecău  Leander Paes
7–5, 6–4
Win 22–14 Sep 2014 Shenzhen Open, China 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Chris Guccione
Horia Tecău  Sam Groth
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 23–14 Oct 2014 China Open, China (2) 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Julien Benneteau
Horia Tecău  Vasek Pospisil
6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–5]
Win 24–14 Oct 2014 Valencia Open, Spain 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Kevin Anderson
Horia Tecău  Jérémy Chardy
6–4, 6–2
Loss 24–15 Jan 2015 Sydney International, Australia (2) 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Rohan Bopanna
Horia Tecău  Daniel Nestor
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 25–15 Feb 2015 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Jamie Murray
Horia Tecău  John Peers
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 25–16 May 2015 Open de Nice, France 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Mate Pavić
Horia Tecău  Michael Venus
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [8–10]
Win 26–16 Jul 2015 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Jamie Murray
Horia Tecău  John Peers
7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–4
Win 27–16 Nov 2015 ATP World Tour Finals, United Kingdom Tour Finals Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Rohan Bopanna
Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea
6–4, 6–3
Win 28–16 Apr 2016 Romanian Open, Romania (4) 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Chris Guccione
Horia Tecău  André Sá
7–5, 6–4
Win 29–16 May 2016 Madrid Open, Spain Masters 1000 Clay Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Rohan Bopanna
Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea
6–4, 6–3
Loss 29–17 Aug 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, Brazil Olympics Hard Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Marc López
Horia Tecău  Rafael Nadal
2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 29–18 Aug 2016 Cincinnati Masters, United States Masters 1000 Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Ivan Dodig
Horia Tecău  Marcelo Melo
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [6–10]
Win 30–18 Mar 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Rohan Bopanna
Horia Tecău  Marcin Matkowski
4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win 31–18 May 2017 Geneva Open, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Juan Sebastián Cabal
Horia Tecău  Robert Farah
2–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–6]
Win 32–18 Aug 2017 Winston-Salem Open, United States 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Julio Peralta
Horia Tecău  Horacio Zeballos
6–3, 6–4
Win 33–18 Sep 2017 US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Feliciano López
Horia Tecău  Marc López
6–4, 6–3
Win 34–18 Mar 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE (2) 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  James Cerretani
Horia Tecău  Leander Paes
6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Win 35-18 Aug 2018 Winston-Salem Open, United States (2) 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  James Cerretani
Horia Tecău  Leander Paes
6–4, 6–2
Loss 35–19 Nov 2018 Paris Masters, France Masters 1000 Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Marcel Granollers
Horia Tecău  Rajeev Ram
4–6, 4–6
Loss 35–20 Feb 2019 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Jérémy Chardy
Horia Tecău  Henri Kontinen
6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win 36–20 May 2019 Madrid Open, Spain Masters 1000 Clay Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Diego Schwartzman
Horia Tecău  Dominic Thiem
6–2, 6–3
Loss 36–21 Aug 2019 Washington Open, United States 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Raven Klaasen
Horia Tecău  Michael Venus
6–3, 3–6, [2–10]
Win 37–21 Oct 2019 Swiss Indoors, Switzerland 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău  Taylor Fritz
Horia Tecău  Reilly Opelka
7–5, 6–3
Loss 37–22 Mar 2021 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău  Kevin Krawietz Horia Tecău  Nikola Mektić
Horia Tecău  Mate Pavić
6–7(7–9), 2–6
Loss 37–23 Apr 2021 Barcelona Open, Spain 500 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Kevin Krawietz Horia Tecău  Juan Sebastián Cabal
Horia Tecău  Robert Farah
4–6, 2–6
Win 38–23 Jun 2021 Halle Open, Germany 500 Series Grass Horia Tecău  Kevin Krawietz Horia Tecău  Félix Auger-Aliassime
Horia Tecău  Hubert Hurkacz
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 38–24 Jul 2021 Hamburg European Open, Germany 500 Series Clay Horia Tecău  Kevin Krawietz Horia Tecău  Tim Pütz
Horia Tecău  Michael Venus
3–6, 7–6(7–3), [8–10]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 !SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 3R 2R 1R SF 2R 2R SF QF 3R 2R 1R 2R 3R 0 / 13 22–13
French Open A 2R 2R 1R QF 2R 2R 3R SF 2R 3R A QF 3R QF 0 / 13 24–13
Wimbledon A Q1 3R F F F 3R 3R W 1R 1R A QF NH 2R 1 / 11 31–10
US Open A 2R 2R 3R QF 3R 1R 3R QF 3R W 2R 1R SF QF 1 / 14 28–13
Win–loss 0–0 2–2 6–4 8–4 11–4 12–4 4–4 7–4 16–3 6–4 10–3 2–2 6–4 6–3 9–4 2 / 51 105–49
Year-end championships
Tour Finals Did not qualify RR RR DNQ RR W DNQ RR DNQ RR DNQ RR 1 / 7 9–14
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held 1R Not Held F–S Not Held A 0 / 2 4–2
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A 1R 2R A 1R 1R 1R QF 2R QF NH QF 0 / 9 8–9
Miami Open 1R A A 1R QF 1R A 1R QF 1R 2R 2R 1R NH QF 0 / 11 8–11
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A 2R 2R QF 1R 2R 2R 2R A 1R NH 1R 0 / 9 1–9
Madrid Open1 A A A 2R 1R F QF 2R 2R W 1R A W NH 2R 2 / 10 15–8
Italian Open A A A A QF SF SF 1R QF 2R 1R A 1R 1R QF 0 / 10 9–10
Canadian Open A A A 2R 2R SF 2R QF QF SF 2R QF 2R NH SF 0 / 11 13–11
Cincinnati Masters A A A 1R 2R W 2R QF QF F QF SF 1R QF 2R 1 / 12 18–11
Shanghai Masters2 A A A 2R QF 2R 1R 2R 2R A SF 2R 2R NH 0 / 9 6–9
Paris Masters A A A 1R 2R 2R SF SF QF 2R SF F 1R A 2R 0 / 11 12–11
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–6 5–9 12–8 8–7 7–9 6–9 9–7 10–9 10–6 8–8 2–2 10–8 3 / 93 90–89
Year-end ranking 175 87 46 19 12 9 23 16 2 19 8 27 19 22 17 $5,882,695

1 Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009 – present.
2 Held as Stuttgart Masters (indoor hard) until 2001, Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002 to 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009 – present.

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A SF W 1R F 1R F 2R A 1R A A 1 / 8 17–7 71%
French Open 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R SF 1R A A A NH A 0 / 7 7–7 50%
Wimbledon 2R A 1R QF 2R QF 2R A A A NH A 0 / 6 6–6 50%
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R QF A SF A A NH A 0 / 7 5–7 42%
Win–loss 1–3 4–3 6–3 3–4 6–4 7–4 4–3 4–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1 / 28 35–27 56%

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (5–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2004 Saudi Arabia F1, Riyadh Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Torsten Popp 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 2004 United States F27, Laguna Beach Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Wayne Odesnik 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–0 Nov 2004 United States F31, Hawaii Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Wayne Odesnik 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–0 Jan 2005 United States F3, Key Biscayne Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Henry Adjei-Darko 6–3, 6–7(13–15), 6–3
Win 5–0 Nov 2005 Australia F11, Barmera Futures Grass Horia Tecău  Luke Bourgeois 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Loss 5–1 Feb 2007 United States F4, Brownsville Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Wesley Whitehouse 3–6, 6–2, 5–7

Doubles: 38 (20 titles, 18 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (8–11)
ITF Futures Tour (12–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–10)
Clay (11–6)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2003 Croatia F2, Zagreb Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Ivan Cinkus
Horia Tecău  Andrej Kračman
7–5, 6–7(8–10), 1–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2003 Greece F2, Kalamata Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Konstantinos Economidis
Horia Tecău  Nikos Rovas
6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Win 2–1 May 2003 Kuwait F2, Kuwait City Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Ivo Klec
Horia Tecău  Josef Neštický
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 3–1 May 2003 Kuwait F3, Kuwait City Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Musaad Al Jazzaf
Horia Tecău  Omar Alawadhi
6–2, 7–5
Loss 3–2 Jul 2003 Romania F4, Craiova Futures Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Adrian Barbu
Horia Tecău  Catalin-Ionut Gard
3-0 ret.
Win 4–2 Apr 2004 Greece F2, Syros Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Roman Michalik
Horia Tecău  Pavel Šnobel
7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win 5–2 Apr 2004 Qatar F1, Doha Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Frank Moser
Horia Tecău  Bernard Parun
6–1, 6-2
Loss 5–3 May 2004 Lebanon F1, Jounieh Futures Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Mustafa Ghouse
Horia Tecău  Harsh Mankad
3–6, 7–5, 6–7)1–7)
Win 6–3 May 2004 Lebanon F2, Jounieh Futures Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Ivan Cerović
Horia Tecău  Alexandros Jakupovic
0–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 7–3 Jun 2004 Romania F6, Constanța Futures Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  David Luque-Velasco
Horia Tecău  Alberto Soriano-Maldonado
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win 8–3 Jul 2004 Romania F9, Balș Futures Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Juan-Martín Aranguren
Horia Tecău  Dominique Coene
6–0, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 8–4 Jul 2004 Romania F11, Bucharest Futures Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Adrian Cruciat
Horia Tecău  Adrian-Vasile Gavrila
6–0, 4–6, 4–6
Win 9–4 Aug 2004 Timișoara, Romania Challenger Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Marius Calugaru
Horia Tecău  Ciprian Petre Porumb
6–3, 6–3
Win 10–4 Nov 2004 United States F32, Honolulu Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Alex Kuznetsov Horia Tecău  Zack Fleishman
Horia Tecău  Wayne Odesnik
walkover
Loss 10–5 Nov 2005 Australia F10, Berri Futures Grass Horia Tecău  Rohan Bopanna Horia Tecău  Carsten Ball
Horia Tecău  Andrew Coelho
7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 11–5 Jan 2006 United States F1, Tampa Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Alex Kuznetsov Horia Tecău  Alex Clayton
Horia Tecău  Donald Young
7–6(11–9), 6-3
Loss 11–6 Jun 2006 Yuba City, United States Challenger Hard Horia Tecău  Nicholas Monroe Horia Tecău  Scott Lipsky
Horia Tecău  David Martin
0–6, 4–6
Loss 11–7 Jul 2006 Constanța Romania Challenger Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Konstantinos Economidis
Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer
6–7(1–7), 1–6
Loss 11–8 Aug 2006 Manta, Ecuador Challenger Hard Horia Tecău  Nicholas Monroe Horia Tecău  Eric Nunez
Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer
3–6, 2–6
Loss 11–9 Nov 2006 Puebla, Mexico Challenger Hard Horia Tecău  Bruno Echagaray Horia Tecău  Daniel Garza
Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer
7–6(8–6), 3–6, [7–10]
Loss 11–10 Feb 2007 United States F4, Brownsville Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Alexander Kudryavtsev Horia Tecău  Nicholas Monroe
Horia Tecău  Izak van der Merwe
5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 11–11 Mar 2007 United States F5, Harlingen Futures Hard Horia Tecău  Nicholas Monroe Horia Tecău  Wesley Whitehouse
Horia Tecău  Izak van der Merwe
3–6, 1–6
Win 12–11 Jun 2007 Romania F5, Bacău Futures Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Cosmin Cotet
Horia Tecău  Bogdan-Victor Leonte
6–7(5–7), 7–6(14–12), 6–2
Loss 12–12 Jul 2007 Constanța, Romania Challenger Clay Horia Tecău  Gabriel Moraru Horia Tecău  Marc Fornell Mestres
Horia Tecău  Gabriel Trujillo Soler
4–6, 4–6
Win 13–12 Jul 2007 Romania F11, Bucharest Futures Clay Horia Tecău  Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Horia Tecău  Laurentiu-Antoniu Erlic
Horia Tecău  Bogdan-Victor Leonte
6-4, 6-2
Loss 13–13 Aug 2007 Qarshi, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Horia Tecău  Ivan Dodig Horia Tecău  Andrew Coelho
Horia Tecău  Adam Feeney
3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 14–13 Sep 2007 Brașov, Romania Challenger Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Marcel-Ioan Miron
Horia Tecău  Adrian Cruciat
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 14–14 Sep 2007 Bucharest, Romania Challenger Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Marcel Granollers
Horia Tecău  Santiago Ventura
2–6, 1–6
Loss 14–15 Feb 2008 Besançon, France Challenger Hard Horia Tecău  Yves Allegro Horia Tecău  Philipp Petzschner
Horia Tecău  Alexander Peya
2–6, 1–6
Win 15–15 Mar 2008 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Jean-Claude Scherrer
Horia Tecău  Márcio Torres
7–5, 7–5
Loss 15–16 Apr 2009 Cremona, Italy Challenger Hard Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Eduardo Schwank
Horia Tecău  Dušan Vemić
3–6, 2–6
Win 16–16 Jun 2008 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Horia Tecău  Yves Allegro Horia Tecău  Juan-Martín Aranguren
Horia Tecău  Marc Fornell Mestres
6–4, 6–4
Win 17–16 Jun 2008 Constanța, Romania Challenger Clay Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Júlio Silva
Horia Tecău  Simone Vagnozzi
6–4, 6–2
Win 18–16 Jul 2008 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Horia Tecău  Yves Allegro Horia Tecău  Fabio Colangelo
Horia Tecău  Philipp Marx
7–5, 7–5
Loss 18–17 Oct 2008 Mons, Bekgium Challenger Hard Horia Tecău  Yves Allegro Horia Tecău  Michal Mertiňák
Horia Tecău  Lovro Zovko
5–7, 3–6
Loss 18–18 Oct 2008 Rennes, France Challenger Carpet Horia Tecău  Yves Allegro Horia Tecău  James Auckland
Horia Tecău  Dick Norman
3–6, 4–6
Win 19–18 Nov 2008 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet Horia Tecău  Yves Allegro Horia Tecău  James Auckland
Horia Tecău  Márcio Torres
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 20–18 Mar 2010 Marrakesh, Morocco Challenger Clay Horia Tecău  Ilija Bozoljac Horia Tecău  James Cerretani
Horia Tecău  Adil Shamasdin
6–1, 6-1

Junior Grand Slam finals

Boys' doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2002 Australian Open Hard Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Ryan Henry
Horia Tecău  Todd Reid
walkover
Win 2002 Wimbledon Grass Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Brian Baker
Horia Tecău  Rajeev Ram
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 2003 Australian Open Hard Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Scott Oudsema
Horia Tecău  Phillip Simmonds
4–6, 4–6
Win 2003 Wimbledon Grass Horia Tecău  Florin Mergea Horia Tecău  Chris Guccione
Horia Tecău  Adam Feeney
7–6(7–4), 7–5

ATP Tour career earnings

Year Majors ATP wins Total wins Earnings ($) Money list rank
2003 0 0 0 3,714 821
2004 0 0 0 17,433 414
2005 0 0 0 16,416 428
2006 0 0 0 14,360 501
2007 0 0 0 18,625 455
2008 0 0 0 47,861, 310
2009 0 0 0 103,430 202
2010 0 5 5 241,780 116
2011 0 4 4 447,311 70
2012 0 4 4 497,956 61
2013 0 3 3 294,482 146
2014 0 8 8 519,036 Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine 100
2015 1 2 3 886,584 Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine 100
2016 0 2 2 442,130 Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine 100
2017 1 3 4 774,623 Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine 100
2018 0 2 2 371,879 130
2019 0 2 2 652,307 95
2020 0 0 0 156,354 n/a
2021 0 1 1 362,112 135
Career 2 36 38 $5,882,695 157

References

Awards
Preceded by ATP Doubles Team of the Year
(with Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer)

2015
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Horia Tecău  Bob Bryan &
Horia Tecău  Mike Bryan
ITF Men's Doubles World Champion
(with Horia Tecău  Jean-Julien Rojer)

2015
Succeeded by
Horia Tecău  Jamie Murray &
Horia Tecău  Bruno Soares
Preceded by Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year
2017
Succeeded by
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for Horia Tecău  Romania
London 2012
Succeeded by

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