Horia Tecău
Horia Tecău at the 2015 Rogers Cup | |
Country (sports) | Romania |
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Residence | Constanța, Romania |
Born |
Brașov, Romania | January 19, 1985
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 2003 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 3,160,434[1] |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–3 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 326 (4 April 2005) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 293–179 |
Career titles | 27 |
Highest ranking | No. 2 (23 November 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 3 (1 February 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2012, 2015) |
French Open | SF (2015) |
Wimbledon | W (2015) |
US Open | QF (2011, 2015) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (2015) |
Olympic Games | 1R (2012) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 1 |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2012) |
French Open | SF (2015) |
Wimbledon | QF (2013, 2015) |
US Open | QF (2015) |
Last updated on: 1 February 2016. |
Horia Tecău (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈhori.a teˈkəw]; born January 19, 1985[2]) is a Romanian tennis player currently ranked World No. 2 in doubles. He turned pro in 2003 and reached the men's doubles finals of the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Wimbledon Championships with Robert Lindstedt before winning it in 2015 with Jean-Julien Rojer. Tecău also won the 2012 Australian Open mixed doubles title with Bethanie Mattek-Sands and the 2015 ATP World Tour Finals with Rojer.
Career
2010
On January 16, 2010, Tecău won his first ATP doubles title at the 2010 Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand, partnering Marcus Daniell.
Horia showed a solid game in the beginning of 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 the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, 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 quarter finals, qualifying for the semifinals where they defeated 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.
At the 2010 Swedish Open, Lindstedt and Tecău won their third title together after winning in the final against Andreas Seppi and Simone Vagnozzi.
At the 2010 Farmers Classic, Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated by Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer in the quarterfinals.
At the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated by the pair of Marcos Baghdatis and Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round on the doubles category.
The fifth title of Tecău's career and fourth partnering Lindstedt came at the 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis. The final saw them beating Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, this being their second title win against the Indian-Pakistani pair.
2011
In 2011 Horia started the year alongside his partner, Robert 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 Heineken Open Horia was the defending champion and seeded No. 1 with Robert but they were forced to withdrew 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 PBZ 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 Abierto Mexicano Telcel. 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 grasscourt 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
Horia Tecău and Bethanie Mattek-Sands from US won the Australian Open mixed doubles final on 29 January.[3] He reached the semifinals in men´s doubles with Robert Lindstedt and lost to Bob and Mike Bryan in a close 3-setter. Together they reached the final of a Masters even for the first time in Madrid. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tecău and teammate Adrian Ungur lost in the first round.[4]
Horia Tecău and Robert Lindstedt separated in September 2012 after a fruitful three-year relationship.[5]
2013
Horia Tecău paired up with Max Mirnyi for 2013. They reached five finals and won three of them.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 2010 | Wimbledon | Grass | Robert Lindstedt | Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner |
1–6, 5–7, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 2011 | Wimbledon | Grass | Robert Lindstedt | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 4–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Runner-up | 2012 | Wimbledon | Grass | Robert Lindstedt | Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen |
6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
Winner | 2015 | Wimbledon | Grass | Jean-Julien Rojer | Jamie Murray John Peers |
7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–4 |
Mixed Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 2012 | Australian Open | Hard | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Elena Vesnina Leander Paes |
6–3, 5–7, [10–3] |
Runner-up | 2014 | Australian Open | Hard | Sania Mirza | Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor |
3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2016 | Australian Open | Hard | Coco Vandeweghe | Elena Vesnina Bruno Soares |
4–6, 6–4, [5–10] |
Year-End Championships
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 2015 | London | Hard (i) | Jean-Julien Rojer | Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea | 6–4, 6–3 |
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 2012 | Madrid | Clay (blue) | Robert Lindstedt | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2012 | Cincinnati | Hard | Robert Lindstedt | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna |
6–4, 6–4 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 43 (27 titles, 16 runners-up)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 1. | May 17, 2009 | Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Andrei Pavel | Marcelo Melo André Sá |
7–6(11–9), 2–6, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 2. | July 13, 2009 | MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Victor Hănescu | František Čermák Michal Mertiňák |
5–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | January 16, 2010 | Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Marcus Daniell | Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares |
7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | April 10, 2010 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco (1) | Clay | Robert Lindstedt | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
6–2, 3–6, [10–7] |
Winner | 3. | June 19, 2010 | UNICEF Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Robert Lindstedt | Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes |
1–6, 7–5, [10–7] |
Runner-up | 3. | June 21, 2010 | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom1 | Grass | Robert Lindstedt | Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner |
1–6, 5–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 4. | July 18, 2010 | Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Robert Lindstedt | Andreas Seppi Simone Vagnozzi |
6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 5. | August 28, 2010 | Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, United States | Hard | Robert Lindstedt | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 4. | January 9, 2011 | Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia | Hard | Robert Lindstedt | Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley |
4–6, ret. |
Winner | 6. | February 6, 2011 | PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia | Hard (i) | Dick Norman | Marcel Granollers Marc López |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | February 26, 2011 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Victor Hănescu | Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares |
6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 8. | April 9, 2011 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco(2) | Clay | Robert Lindstedt | Colin Fleming Igor Zelenay |
6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 5. | June 18, 2011 | UNICEF Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Robert Lindstedt | Daniele Bracciali František Čermák |
3–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
Runner-up | 6. | July 2, 2011 | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom2 | Grass | Robert Lindstedt | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Winner | 9. | July 17, 2011 | Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Robert Lindstedt | Simon Aspelin Andreas Siljeström |
6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 7. | August 7, 2011 | Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington, United States | Hard | Robert Lindstedt | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić |
7–6(9–7), 6–7(8–10), [7–10] |
Runner-up | 8. | October 9, 2011 | China Open, Beijing, China | Hard | Robert Lindstedt | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić |
6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7) |
Runner-up | 9. | February 19, 2012 | Rotterdam Open, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | Robert Lindstedt | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić |
6–4, 5–7, [14–16] |
Winner | 10. | April 28, 2012 | BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Robert Lindstedt | Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot |
7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 10. | May 13, 2012 | Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain | Clay (blue) | Robert Lindstedt | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 11. | June 23, 2012 | UNICEF Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Robert Lindstedt | Juan Sebastián Cabal Dmitry Tursunov |
6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
Runner-up | 11. | July 8, 2012 | Wimbledon Championships, London, United Kingdom | Grass | Robert Lindstedt | Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen |
6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
Winner | 12. | July 15, 2012 | Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Robert Lindstedt | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares |
6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Winner | 13. | August 19, 2012 | Cincinnati Masters, Cincinnati, United States | Hard | Robert Lindstedt | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 12. | January 12, 2013 | Apia International Sydney, Sydney, Australia | Hard | Max Mirnyi | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
4-6, 4-6 |
Runner-up | 13. | March 3, 2013 | Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, United States | Hard | Max Mirnyi | James Blake Jack Sock |
4-6, 4-6 |
Winner | 14. | April 28, 2013 | BRD Năstase Ţiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Max Mirnyi | Lukáš Dlouhý Oliver Marach |
4-6, 6-4, [10-6] |
Winner | 15. | June 22, 2013 | Topshelf Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Max Mirnyi | Andre Begemann Martin Emmrich |
6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Winner | 16. | October 6, 2013 | China Open, Beijing, China | Hard | Max Mirnyi | Fabio Fognini Andreas Seppi |
6-4, 6-2 |
Winner | 17. | February 9, 2014 | PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia | Hard (i) | Jean-Julien Rojer | Philipp Marx Michal Mertiňák |
3-6, 6-4, [10-2] |
Runner-up | 14. | February 16, 2014 | ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | Jean-Julien Rojer | Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut |
2–6, 6–7(7–4) |
Winner | 18 | April 12, 2014 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Jean-Julien Rojer | Tomasz Bednarek Lukáš Dlouhý |
6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 19. | April 27, 2014 | BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Jean-Julien Rojer | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
6-4, 6-4 |
Winner | 20. | June 22, 2014 | Topshelf Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Jean-Julien Rojer | Scott Lipsky Santiago González |
6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
Winner | 21. | August 3, 2014 | Citi Open, Washington DC., United States | Hard | Jean-Julien Rojer | Samuel Groth Leander Paes |
7-5, 6-4 |
Winner | 22. | September 27, 2014 | Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China | Hard | Jean-Julien Rojer | Chris Guccione Sam Groth |
6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Winner | 23. | October 5, 2014 | China Open, Beijing, China | Hard | Jean-Julien Rojer | Julien Benneteau Vasek Pospisil |
6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–5] |
Winner | 24. | October 26, 2014 | Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain | Hard (i) | Jean-Julien Rojer | Kevin Anderson Jérémy Chardy |
6-4, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 15. | January 17, 2015 | Apia International Sydney, Sydney, Australia | Hard | Jean-Julien Rojer | Rohan Bopanna Daniel Nestor |
4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Winner | 25. | February 15, 2015 | ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | Jean-Julien Rojer | Jamie Murray John Peers |
3-6, 6-3, [10–8] |
Runner-up | 16. | May 23, 2015 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France | Clay | Jean-Julien Rojer | Mate Pavić Michael Venus |
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [7–10] |
Winner | 26. | July 11, 2015 | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom | Grass | Jean-Julien Rojer | Jamie Murray John Peers |
7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 27. | 22 November 2015 | ATP World Tour Finals, London, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Jean-Julien Rojer | Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea |
6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles Performance Timeline
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W | F | SF | QF | R# | RR | LQ (Q#) | A | P | Z# | PO | SF-B | F-S | G | NMS | NH |
Won tournament; reached the Finals; Semifinals; Quarterfinals; Rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; reached a Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup or Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a Bronze, Silver (F or S) or Gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L | |||||||||||
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Australian Open | A | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | SF | 2R | 2R | SF | QF | 0 / 8 | 16–8 | |||||||||||
French Open | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | 2R | 3R | SF | 0 / 8 | 13–8 | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | Q1 | 3R | F | F | F | 3R | 3R | W | 1 / 7 | 27–6 | ||||||||||||
US Open | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | QF | 3R | 1R | 3R | QF | 0 / 7 | 11–7 | ||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 11–4 | 12–4 | 4–4 | 7–4 | 14–2 | 3–1 | 1 / 30 | 67–29 | |||||||||||
Year End Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour Finals | A | A | A | A | RR | RR | A | RR | W | 1 / 4 | 7–7 | ||||||||||||
Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | NH | A | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | ||||||||||||
Miami | 1R | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | 1R | QF | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | ||||||||||||
Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | ||||||||||||
Madrid1 | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | F | QF | 2R | 2R | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | ||||||||||||
Rome | A | A | A | A | QF | SF | SF | 1R | QF | 0 / 5 | 7–5 | ||||||||||||
Canada | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | SF | 2R | QF | QF | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | ||||||||||||
Cincinnati | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | W | 2R | QF | QF | 1 / 6 | 8–5 | ||||||||||||
Shanghai2 | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | ||||||||||||
Paris | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | SF | SF | QF | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | ||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–6 | 5–9 | 12–8 | 8–7 | 7–9 | 6–9 | 1 / 50 | 41–49 | ||||||||||||
Year End Ranking | 175 | 87 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 16 | 2 |
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 2002–08, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009 – present.
ATP Tour career earnings
Year | Majors | ATP wins | Total wins | Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
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2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,714 | 821 [6] |
2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17,433 | 414 [7] |
2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16,416 | 428 [8] |
2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14,360 | 501 [9] |
2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,625 | 455 [10] |
2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47,861, | 310 [11] |
2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103,430 | 202 [12] |
2010 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 241,780 | 116 [13] |
2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 447,311 | 70[14] |
2012 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 497,956 | 61[15] |
2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 294,482 | 146[16] |
2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 519,036 | 100[17] |
2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 886,584 | 100[18] |
Career | 0 | 21 | 21 | $3,063,449 | 351 [19] |
References
- ↑ Horia Tecău site: Association of Tennis Professionals
- ↑ "Horia Tecău profile". daviscup.com. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ↑ "Mattek-Sands, Tecau take mixed title". Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Horia Tecău Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
- ↑ "Robert Lindstedt pairs with Nenad Zimonjić for 2013". Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- ↑ "2003 Prize Money".
- ↑ "2004 Prize Money".
- ↑ "2005 Prize Money".
- ↑ "2006 Prize Money".
- ↑ "2007 Prize Money".
- ↑ "2008 Prize Money".
- ↑ "2009 Prize Money".
- ↑ "2010 Prize Money".
- ↑ "2011 Prize Money".
- ↑ "2012 Prize Money".
- ↑ "2013 Prize Money".
- ↑ "2014 Prize Money".
- ↑ "2015 Prize Money".
- ↑ "Career Prize Money".
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Horia Tecău. |
- Horia Tecău at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Horia Tecău at the International Tennis Federation
- Horia Tecău at the Davis Cup
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Preceded by Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan |
ATP Doubles Team of the Year (with Jean-Julien Rojer) 2015 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Olympic Games | ||
Preceded by Valeria Motogna-Beşe |
Flagbearer for Romania London 2012 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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