Tennis in Romania

Tennis is one of the most popular sport in Romania. The Romanian Tennis Federation (Romanian: Federația Română de Tenis or FRT), a member of ITF, is the sport's national governing body.

History

Tennis in Romania has a very long history being introduced in the country by students returnig from their studies abroad in the late 19th century.

Also the Romania Davis Cup team made the finals of the competition in three editions: 3 (1969, 1971 and 1972) losing each time by the hands of the United States Davis Cup team.

Men's tennis saw its best period during the beginning of the Open Era when Ilie Năstase reached the number 1 ranking in 1973 after winning the US Open in 1972 and the French Open in 1973.

Women's tennis in particular has seen tremendous successes both in the 20th and 21st centuries, with the advent of Virginia Ruzici, Irina Spîrlea and Simona Halep. All these three women reached the Top 10 of the WTA rankings in singles whilst Spîrlea and Halep reached Grand Slam finals with Ruzici winning the French Open in 1978.

Tournaments held in Romania on the men's tour every year included Romanian Open from 1993 until 2016. The women have the Bucharest Open held since 2014.

List of Romanian singles tennis players (Open Era only)

Only includes players ranked in the top 100. Bold names indicate currently active players

Men

Highest ranking	Name	Birth	Place of Birth	Turned pro	Titles
No. 1	Ilie Năstase	1946	Bucharest	1969	58
No. 13	Andrei Pavel	1974	Constanța	1995	3
No. 26	Victor Hănescu	1981	Bucharest	2000	1
No. 36	Adrian Voinea	1974	Focșani	1993	1
No. 55	Ion Țiriac	1939	Brașov	1968	1
No. 73	Florin Segărceanu	1961	Bucharest	1980	0
No. 74	Răzvan Sabău	1977	Bucharest	1993	0
No. 75	Dinu Pescariu	1974	Bucharest	1990	0
No. 75	Victor Crivoi	1982	Bucharest	2003	0
No. 79	Adrian Ungur	1985	Pitești	2003	0
No. 83	Marius Copil	1990	Arad	2008	0

Women

Highest ranking	Name	Birth	Place of Birth	Turned pro	Titles
No. 2	Simona Halep	1991	Constanța	2006	15
No. 7	Irina Spîrlea	1974	Bucharest	1990	4
No. 8	Virginia Ruzici	1955	Câmpia Turzii	1975	12
No. 15	Ruxandra Dragomir	1972	Bucharest	1990	4
No. 21	Sorana Cîrstea	1990	Târgoviște	2006	1
No. 22	Irina-Camelia Begu	1990	Bucharest	2005	4
No. 26	Alexandra Dulgheru	1989	Bucharest	2005	2
No. 28	Monica Niculescu	1987	Slatina	2002	3
No. 29	Florența Mihai	1955	Bucharest	1975	1
No. 36	Mariana Simionescu	1956	Târgu Neamț	1974	2
No. 49	Lucia Romanov-Stark	1959	Bucharest	1979	0
No. 53	Raluca Olaru	1989	Bucharest	2003	0
No. 54	Edina Gallovits-Hall	1984	Timișoara	1999	0
No. 59	Cătălina Cristea	1975	Bucharest	1990	0
No. 59	Alexandra Cadanțu	1990	Bucharest	2005	0
No. 68	Raluca Sandu	1980	Bucharest	1994	0
No. 68	Andreea Mitu	1991	Bucharest	2006	0
No. 83	Patricia Maria Țig	1994	Caransebeș	2011	0

See also

• Sport in Romania
• Romania Davis Cup team
• Romania Fed Cup team

External links

• Romanian Tennis Federation (Official site)