Victor-Valentin Crivoi (born 25 May 1982) is a Romanian former professional tennis player and tennis coach. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 75 on 17 August 2009 and played his last professional matches in 2020. A clay-court specialist who spent most of his career on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Circuit, he has since worked as a coach, most prominently with Irina Begu.

Playing career Crivoi turned professional in 2003. In 2005 he won seven titles on the International Tennis Federation's Professional Circuit and was named the ITF's "Player Of The Year" for that season; he finished the year ranked No. 275 by the ATP, up from No. 480 at the year's start.

His most productive season came in 2009. At the 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome — his only appearance in the main draw of an ATP Masters 1000 event — he came through qualifying and beat 14th seed James Blake 7–5, 6–3 in the first round before losing to Robin Söderling. He also qualified for the 2009 French Open, where he reached the second round before losing to Gaël Monfils, and matched that result at Wimbledon; those, together with the 2008 French Open and the 2009 US Open, were his four Grand Slam main draws.

Crivoi won one Challenger title, at Manerbio in 2008, and 25 titles at ITF Futures level. He represented Romania in six Davis Cup ties between 2006 and 2012, going 4–8 in singles rubbers.

Coaching career Crivoi was part of the team around Horia Tecău: recalling the preparation for the 2016 Olympic doubles tournament, at which he won a silver medal with Florin Mergea, Tecău named Crivoi alongside Andrei Pavel and Gabriel Trifu among those who supported him throughout the campaign. He has since coached Irina Begu for several years, and was credited with guiding her return to competition in 2026 after an absence of almost ten months.

Personal life On 8 August 2026, Crivoi married Begu in a civil ceremony attended by close family and friends.

Career Timelines Singles

Career performance timeline, compiled from ITF/ATP activity records. Current through the 2020 season (final year on tour). Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A A A A AQ1Q1 AQ1 AQ1 A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0French Open A A A A AQ1Q11R2RQ2Q3 AQ1Q1 A A A A A A0 / 21–2Wimbledon A A A A A AQ1 A2R AQ1Q1Q1Q1 A A A A A A0 / 11–1US Open A A A A A A A A1R A A A A A A A A A A A0 / 10–1Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 2–4 National representationDavis Cup A A A A A A1R1R A A A A A A A A6 ties4–8ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0Miami Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0Madrid OpenNHNH A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0Italian Open A A A A A A A A2R A A A A A A A A A A A0 / 11–1Hamburg (former Masters) A A A A A A A ANMSNMSNMSNMSNMSNMSNMSNMSNMSNMSNMSNMS0 / 00–0Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersNHNHNHNHNHNHNHNH A A A A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 1–1 Career statistics 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Win %Tournaments 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 14 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Career total: 29Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Career total: 0Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Career total: 0Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–5 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 7 2–7 Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 5–7 1–4 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 20 9–20 Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 Other win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 4–8 Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–3 7–17 3–5 1–6 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 29 16–37 Win % – – – – – – – – – – – –Career total: Year-end ranking 1066 698 480 275 194 279 135 123 176 240 272 231 316 574 1104 1680 1797Career high: No. 75 (17 August 2009)

Note: career-statistics rows count ATP Tour–level main-draw matches plus Davis Cup only (16–37). Outside the tour, Crivoi went 384–211 in ATP Challenger and ITF main draws, winning 1 Challenger title (Manerbio 2008) from 9 finals and 25 ITF Futures titles from 36 finals.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 45 (26–19) LegendATP Challenger (1–8)ITF Futures (25–11)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (26–18)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Romania F2, BacăuFuturesClay Rainer Eitzinger6–2, 4–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss0–2Romania F12, BrașovFuturesClay Artemon Apostu-Efremov4–6, 6–7(3–7)Win1–2Romania F3, BacăuFuturesClay Adrian Cruciat7–6(7–2), 6–7(3–7), 6–3Win2–2Romania F1, BucharestFuturesClay Gabriel Moraru6–2, 6–4Win3–2Romania F8, BucharestFuturesClay Jorge Aguilar6–1, 6–2Loss3–3Romania F7, BucharestFuturesClay Adrian Ungur3–6, 5–7Win4–3Turkey F1, AnkaraFuturesClay Charly Villeneuve6–0, 4–6, 6–2Win5–3Romania F10, FocșaniFuturesClay Adrian Cruciat7–6(9–7), 1–6, 6–3Win6–3Romania F17, BucharestFuturesClay Artemon Apostu-Efremov4–6, 6–2, 6–4Win7–3Romania F16, AradFuturesClay Angelo Niculescu6–2, 6–0Loss7–4Czech Rep. F5, OpavaFuturesHard Jan Vacek3–6, 3–6Win8–4Spain F6, MurciaFuturesClay José Antonio Sánchez de Luna6–2, 6–4Loss8–5Italy F5, CaltanissettaFuturesClay Werner Eschauer3–6, 6–2, 2–6Loss8–6Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Daniel Elsner6–4, 1–6, 2–6Win9–6Romania F11, Târgu MureșFuturesClay Martín Alund6–4, 6–4Loss9–7Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Marc López6–4, 3–6, 6–7(8–10)Loss9–8Morocco F1, OujdaFuturesClay Younes El Aynaoui0–6, 3–6Loss9–9Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Thierry Ascione3–6, 3–6Loss9–10Constanța, RomaniaChallengerClay Sebastián Decoud3–6, 3–6Win10–10Egypt F2, GizaFuturesClay Karim Maamoun6–3, 6–4Win11–10Egypt F1, CairoFuturesClay Marek Semjan6–3, 6–2Win12–10Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Christophe Rochus7–6(12–10), 6–2Loss12–11Bucharest, RomaniaChallengerClay Santiago Ventura7–5, 4–6, 2–6Loss12–12Naples, ItalyChallengerClay Pablo Cuevas1–6, 3–6Loss12–13Kitzbühel, AustriaChallengerClay Andreas Seppi2–6, 1–6Loss12–14Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Simon Greul2–6, 1–6Loss12–15Romania F7, IașiFuturesClay Boris Pašanski7–6(8–6), 3–6, 5–7Win13–15Romania F9, BrașovFuturesClay Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán6–4, 6–3Win14–15Morocco F7, CasablancaFuturesClay Lamine Ouahab6–0, 6–3Win15–15Morocco F6, CasablancaFuturesClay Lamine Ouahab6–3, 1–6, 6–4Win16–15USA F1, Plantation, FloridaFuturesClay Pedro Sousa6–2, 6–4Win17–15India F2, MaduraiFuturesClay N Vijay Sundar Prashanth6–1, 6–1Win18–15India F1, ChennaiFuturesClay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan7–6(7–3), 7–5Win19–15Romania F5, SibiuFuturesClay Theodoros Angelinos6–2, 6–3Loss19–16Romania F8, IașiFuturesClay Kristijan Mesaroš2–6, 6–4, 3–6Win20–16Romania F10, BrașovFuturesClay Filippo Leonardi6–4, 6–2Loss20–17Croatia F12, DubrovnikFuturesClay Damir Džumhur2–6, 6–4, 4–6Win21–17USA F3, Weston, FloridaFuturesClay Kyle Edmund6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–0Win22–17Iran F3, KishFuturesClay Toni Androić6–4, 6–4Loss22–18Iran F2, KishFuturesClay Peđa Krstin4–6, 1–6Win23–18Iran F1, KishFuturesClay Toni Androić7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)Win24–18Romania F5, SibiuFuturesClay Vasile Antonescu6–4, 1–6, 6–4Win25–18Romania F10, Cluj-NapocaFuturesClay Peter Torebko6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4Loss25–19Romania F3, BucharestFuturesClay Dmitry Popko4–6, 6–7(1–7)Win26–19Romania F15, BrașovFuturesClay Teodor-Dacian Crăciun7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 13 (6–7) LegendATP Challenger (3–2)ITF Futures (3–5)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (6–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Romania F2, BacăuFuturesClay Andrei Mlendea Adrian Barbu Victor Ioniță6–7(4–7), 1–6Win1–1Timișoara, RomaniaChallengerClay Victor Ioniță Ervin Eleskovic Michael Ryderstedt6–3, 6–4Loss1–2Como, ItalyChallengerClay Gabriel Moraru Jamie Delgado Jamie Murray2–6, 6–4, [7–10]Loss1–3Chiasso, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Teodor-Dacian Crăciun Bart Beks Matwé Middelkoop6–7(2–7), 5–7Loss1–4Romania F2, BucharestFuturesClay Marius Copil Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea6–7(4–7), 2–6Win2–4Romania F3, BacăuFuturesClay Marius Copil Harri Heliövaara Timo Nieminen6–3, 6–4Win3–4Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Marius Copil Andrei Ciumac Aleksandr Nedovyesov6–7(8–10), 6–4, [14–12]Win4–4Morocco F6, CasablancaFuturesClay Lamine Ouahab Steven Moneke Marc Sieber6–1, 3–6, [10–6]Loss4–5India F2, MaduraiFuturesClay Patrick Ciorcilă Caio Silva Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan4–6, 6–2, [9–11]Loss4–6Romania F5, SibiuFuturesClay Patrick Ciorcilă Victor Vlad Cornea Tudor Cristian Sulea6–7(4–7), 6–1, [8–10]Win5–6Sibiu, RomaniaChallengerClay Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Ilija Bozoljac Dušan Lajović6–4, 6–3Win6–6Romania F3, BucharestFuturesClay Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Victor-Mugurel Anagnastopol Victor Vlad Cornea6–4, 2–6, [10–6]Loss6–7Romania F1, BucharestFuturesClay Victor Vlad Cornea Vasile Antonescu Patrick Grigoriu1–6, 4–6

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