Romanian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameRomanian Open
BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy
TourATP World Series
(1993–1997)
ATP International Series
(1998–2008)
ATP World Tour 250 series
(2009–2016)
Founded1993
Abolished2016
Editions24
LocationBucharest, Romania
VenueArenele BNR
SurfaceClay, outdoors

The Romanian Open (also known as the BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy) was 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 was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually in Bucharest, Romania, since 1993. 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]

Past finals

Fernando Verdasco grabbed the title of the last 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
1993Croatia Goran IvaniševićRussia Andrei Cherkasov6–2, 7–6(7–5)
1994Argentina Franco DavínCroatia Goran Ivanišević6–2, 6–4
1995Austria Thomas MusterAustria Gilbert Schaller6–3, 6–4
1996Spain Alberto BerasateguiSpain Carlos Moyá6–1, 7–6(7–5)
1997Australia Richard FrombergItaly Andrea Gaudenzi6–1, 7–6(7–2)
1998Spain Francisco ClavetFrance Arnaud Di Pasquale6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1999Spain Alberto MartínMorocco Karim Alami6–3, 6–2
2000Spain Juan BalcellsGermany Markus Hantschk6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
2001Morocco Younes El AynaouiSpain Albert Montañés7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
2002Spain David FerrerArgentina José Acasuso6–3, 6–2
2003Spain David SánchezChile Nicolás Massú6–2, 6–2
2004Argentina José AcasusoRussia Igor Andreev6–3, 6–0
2005France Florent SerraRussia Igor Andreev6–3, 6–4
2006Austria Jürgen MelzerItaly Filippo Volandri6–1, 7–5
2007France Gilles SimonRomania Victor Hănescu4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2008France Gilles SimonSpain Carlos Moyá6–3, 6–4
2009Spain Albert MontañésArgentina Juan Mónaco7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)
2010Argentina Juan Ignacio ChelaSpain Pablo Andújar7–5, 6–1
2011Germany Florian MayerSpain Pablo Andújar6–3, 6–1
2012France Gilles SimonItaly Fabio Fognini6–4, 6–3
2013Czech Republic Lukáš RosolSpain Guillermo García-López6–3, 6–2
2014Bulgaria Grigor DimitrovCzech Republic Lukáš Rosol7–6(7–2), 6–1
2015Spain Guillermo García-LópezCzech Republic Jiří Veselý7–6(7–5), 7–6(13–11)
2016Spain Fernando VerdascoFrance Lucas Pouille6–3, 6–2
2017replaced by Hungarian Open

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1993Netherlands Menno Oosting
Belgium Libor Pimek
Romania George Cosac
Romania Ciprian Petre Porumb
7–6, 7–6
1994Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Simon Youl
Spain Jordi Arrese
Spain José Antonio Conde
6–4, 6–4
1995United States Mark Keil
United States Jeff Tarango
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6–4, 7–6
1996Sweden David Ekerot
United States Jeff Tarango
South Africa David Adams
Netherlands Menno Oosting
7–6, 7–6
1997Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez
Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
7–5, 7–5
1998Romania Andrei Pavel
Romania Gabriel Trifu
Romania George Cosac
Romania Dinu Pescariu
7–6, 7–6
1999Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Martín García
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
United States Francisco Montana
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
2000Spain Alberto Martín
Israel Eyal Ran
United States Devin Bowen
Argentina Mariano Hood
7–6(7–4), 6–1
2001North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
Sweden Johan Landsberg
Argentina Pablo Albano
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
2002Germany Jens Knippschild
Sweden Peter Nyborg
Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
6–3, 6–3
2003Germany Karsten Braasch
Armenia Sargis Sargsian
Sweden Simon Aspelin
South Africa Jeff Coetzee
7–6(9–7), 6–2
2004Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina José Acasuso
Spain Óscar Hernández
7–6(7–5), 6–1
2005Argentina José Acasuso
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
Romania Victor Hănescu
Romania Andrei Pavel
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2006Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
Argentina Martín García
Peru Luis Horna
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
2007Austria Oliver Marach
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Argentina Martín García
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
7–6(7–2), 7–6(10–8)
2008France Nicolas Devilder
France Paul-Henri Mathieu
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
7–6(7–4), 6–7(9–11), [22–20]
2009Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
6–2, 6–4
2010Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
Poland Łukasz Kubot
Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Santiago Ventura
6–2, 5–7, [13–11]
2011Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Potito Starace
Austria Julian Knowle
Spain David Marrero
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2012Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
France Jérémy Chardy
Poland Łukasz Kubot
7–6(7–2), 6–3
2013Belarus Max Mirnyi
Romania Horia Tecău
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Austria Oliver Marach
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
2014Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 6–4
2015Romania Marius Copil
Romania Adrian Ungur
United States Nicholas Monroe
New Zealand Artem Sitak
3–6, 7–5, [17–15]
2016Romania Florin Mergea
Romania Horia Tecău
Australia Chris Guccione
Brazil André Sá
7–5, 6–4

See also

References

  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


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