This article is about the men's tennis tournament. For the women's tournament, see
Transylvania Open .
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 and to Banja Luka in 2023.[ 4] In 2024, the tournament returned to Bucharest.[ 5]
Past finals
File:Fernando Verdasco (18626947668).jpg 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.
File:Ivanisevic Goran.jpg 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
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Russia Andrei Cherkasov
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
1994
Argentina Franco Davín
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
6–2, 6–4
1995
Austria Thomas Muster
Austria Gilbert Schaller
6–3, 6–4
1996
Spain Alberto Berasategui
Spain Carlos Moyá
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
1997
Australia Richard Fromberg
Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
1998
Spain Francisco Clavet
France Arnaud Di Pasquale
6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1999
Spain Alberto Martín
Morocco Karim Alami
6–3, 6–2
2000
Spain Juan Balcells
Germany Markus Hantschk
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
2001
Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
Spain Albert Montañés
7–6(7–5) , 7–6(7–2)
2002
Spain David Ferrer
Argentina José Acasuso
6–3, 6–2
2003
Spain David Sánchez
Chile Nicolás Massú
6–2, 6–2
2004
Argentina José Acasuso
Russia Igor Andreev
6–3, 6–0
2005
France Florent Serra
Russia Igor Andreev
6–3, 6–4
2006
Austria Jürgen Melzer
Italy Filippo Volandri
6–1, 7–5
2007
France Gilles Simon
Romania Victor Hănescu
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2008
France Gilles Simon
Spain Carlos Moyá
6–3, 6–4
2009
Spain Albert Montañés
Argentina Juan Mónaco
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(8–6)
2010
Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
Spain Pablo Andújar
7–5, 6–1
2011
Germany Florian Mayer
Spain Pablo Andújar
6–3, 6–1
2012
France Gilles Simon
Italy Fabio Fognini
6–4, 6–3
2013
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol
Spain Guillermo García-López
6–3, 6–2
2014
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol
7–6(7–2) , 6–1
2015
Spain Guillermo García-López
Czech Republic Jiří Veselý
7–6(7–5) , 7–6(13–11)
2016
Spain Fernando Verdasco
France Lucas Pouille
6–3, 6–2
2017-2023
replaced by Hungarian Open , Serbia Open and Srpska Open
2024
Hungary Márton Fucsovics
Argentina Mariano Navone
6–4, 7–5
Doubles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
1993
Netherlands Menno Oosting Belgium Libor Pimek
Romania George Cosac Romania Ciprian Petre Porumb
7–6, 7–6
1994
Australia Wayne Arthurs Australia Simon Youl
Spain Jordi Arrese Spain José Antonio Conde
6–4, 6–4
1995
United States Mark Keil United States Jeff Tarango
Czech Republic Cyril Suk Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6–4, 7–6
1996
Sweden David Ekerot United States Jeff Tarango
South Africa David Adams Netherlands Menno Oosting
7–6, 7–6
1997
Argentina Luis Lobo Spain Javier Sánchez
Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids Argentina Daniel Orsanic
7–5, 7–5
1998
Romania Andrei Pavel Romania Gabriel Trifu
Romania George Cosac Romania Dinu Pescariu
7–6, 7–6
1999
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker Argentina Martín García
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner United States Francisco Montana
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
2000
Spain Alberto Martín Israel Eyal Ran
United States Devin Bowen Argentina Mariano Hood
7–6(7–4) , 6–1
2001
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov Sweden Johan Landsberg
Argentina Pablo Albano Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
6–4, 6–7(5–7) , [10–6]
2002
Germany Jens Knippschild Sweden Peter Nyborg
Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez Argentina Andrés Schneiter
6–3, 6–3
2003
Germany Karsten Braasch Armenia Sargis Sargsian
Sweden Simon Aspelin South Africa Jeff Coetzee
7–6(9–7) , 6–2
2004
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina José Acasuso Spain Óscar Hernández
7–6(7–5) , 6–1
2005
Argentina José Acasuso Argentina Sebastián Prieto
Romania Victor Hănescu Romania Andrei Pavel
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2006
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Poland Marcin Matkowski
Argentina Martín García Peru Luis Horna
6–7(5–7) , 7–6(7–5) , [10–8]
2007
Austria Oliver Marach Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Argentina Martín García Argentina Sebastián Prieto
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(10–8)
2008
France Nicolas Devilder France Paul-Henri Mathieu
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Poland Marcin Matkowski
7–6(7–4) , 6–7(9–11) , [22–20]
2009
Czech Republic František Čermák Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Sweden Johan Brunström Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
6–2, 6–4
2010
Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela Poland Łukasz Kubot
Spain Marcel Granollers Spain Santiago Ventura
6–2, 5–7, [13–11]
2011
Italy Daniele Bracciali Italy Potito Starace
Austria Julian Knowle Spain David Marrero
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2012
Sweden Robert Lindstedt Romania Horia Tecău
France Jérémy Chardy Poland Łukasz Kubot
7–6(7–2) , 6–3
2013
Belarus Max Mirnyi Romania Horia Tecău
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Austria Oliver Marach
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
2014
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer Romania Horia Tecău
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 6–4
2015
Romania Marius Copil Romania Adrian Ungur
United States Nicholas Monroe New Zealand Artem Sitak
3–6, 7–5, [17–15]
2016
Romania Florin Mergea Romania Horia Tecău
Australia Chris Guccione Brazil André Sá
7–5, 6–4
2017-2023
replaced by Hungarian Open , Serbia Open and Srpska Open
2024
France Sadio Doumbia France Fabien Reboul
Finland Harri Heliövaara United Kingdom Henry Patten
6–3, 7–5
See also
References
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