Adrian Voinea (born 6 August 1974) is a former Romanian tennis player. He has been ranked as high as No. 36 in singles by the ATP. Voinea has won one ATP Tour singles title on the ATP Tour.
Between 1995 and 2003, Voinea played in 12 Davis Cup ties for the Romania Davis Cup team and compiled a record of ten wins and eight losses.
Early life Voinea was born in Focșani, Romania. He started playing tennis with George Bucuroiu as his first coach. As a teenager, Voinea was among the top 3 on the national level. He moved to Italy when he was 15 years old with his older brother, Marian. Marian encouraged Adrian to play tennis, playing a crucial role in developing his tennis career.
After their arrival, the brothers were often short of money but were helped out by several people, including a nun from a church in Turin and Fabrizio Fanucci. Voinea was working with a tennis coach Alberto Castellani, who allowed him to train in Perugia for free as a personal guest.
Professional career
1995 Voinea achieved his greatest success in Grand Slam tournaments by advancing to the quarterfinals of the 1995 French Open as a qualifier, defeating Karol Kučera, Johan Van Herck, Boris Becker and Andrei Chesnokov.
1996 Voinea reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 36 in April 1996. He reached the final of the 1996 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia against Karim Alami, where he was forced to retire due to a right arm injury.
1999 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.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Palermo, ItalyInternational SeriesClay Karim Alami5–7, 1–2 ret.Win1–1Bournemouth, United KingdomInternational SeriesClay Stefan Koubek1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 7 (4–3) LegendATP Challenger (4–3)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (3–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1-0Valletta, MaltaChallengerHard Ján Krošlák6–3, 6–4Loss1-1Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Jordi Burillo2–6, 1–6Win2-1Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Roberto Carretero-Diaz6–3, 4–6, 6–1Loss2-2Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Dinu-Mihai Pescariu6–7, 6–2, 3–6Win3-2Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Franco Squillari6–3, 6–3Loss3-3Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Christophe Rochus4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)Win4-3Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Christophe Rochus3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Doubles: 1 (0–1) LegendATP Challenger (0–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Jeff Tarango Jiří Novák David Rikl6–7, 2–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA2R2R2RA1R3R1R4R2RAAAQ10 / 89–8French OpenQ21RQF3R1RQ11R1RQ32R1RAAAQ10 / 87–8WimbledonAQ3A1R1RA1R1RA3R1RAAAA0 / 62–6US OpenAA1RA2R3RQ22RQ31RAAAAA0 / 54–5Win–loss0–00–15–33–32–42–10–33–40–16–41–30–00–00–00–00 / 2722–27ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAA3R2RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 23–2MiamiAAAA2RA2RAA4R1RAAAA0 / 45–4Monte CarloAA1RAQ2Q1AQ1Q2Q2Q2AAAA0 / 10–1HamburgAAA2RAA3R1RA3R1RAAAA0 / 55–5RomeQ1Q3A2RAA1RQ11RQ2Q1AAAA0 / 31–3CanadaAA1RAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1StuttgartAAAQ2AAAQ1ANot Held0 / 00–0MadridNot HeldQ1Q1AAAA0 / 00–0ParisAA1RAAAAAQ1Q2AAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–34–32–20–03–30–10–15–20–20–00–00–00–00 / 1714–17
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