Tennis tournament
This article is about the men's tennis tournament. For the women's tournament, see
Transylvania Open .
Tennis tournament
The Romanian Open (also known as Țiriac Open ) is 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 is part of the ATP 250 tournaments of the ATP Tour . It was held annually in Bucharest , Romania, between 1993 and 2016 and revived in 2024. 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] The tournament moved to Belgrade in 2021.[ 4] In 2024, the tournament returned to Bucharest.[ 5]
Fernando Verdasco grabbed the title of the 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.
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
1993
Goran Ivanišević
Andrei Cherkasov
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
1994
Franco Davín
Goran Ivanišević
6–2, 6–4
1995
Thomas Muster
Gilbert Schaller
6–3, 6–4
1996
Alberto Berasategui
Carlos Moyá
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
1997
Richard Fromberg
Andrea Gaudenzi
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
1998
Francisco Clavet
Arnaud Di Pasquale
6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1999
Alberto Martín
Karim Alami
6–3, 6–2
2000
Juan Balcells
Markus Hantschk
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
2001
Younes El Aynaoui
Albert Montañés
7–6(7–5) , 7–6(7–2)
2002
David Ferrer
José Acasuso
6–3, 6–2
2003
David Sánchez
Nicolás Massú
6–2, 6–2
2004
José Acasuso
Igor Andreev
6–3, 6–0
2005
Florent Serra
Igor Andreev
6–3, 6–4
2006
Jürgen Melzer
Filippo Volandri
6–1, 7–5
2007
Gilles Simon
Victor Hănescu
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2008
Gilles Simon
Carlos Moyá
6–3, 6–4
2009
Albert Montañés
Juan Mónaco
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(8–6)
2010
Juan Ignacio Chela
Pablo Andújar
7–5, 6–1
2011
Florian Mayer
Pablo Andújar
6–3, 6–1
2012
Gilles Simon
Fabio Fognini
6–4, 6–3
2013
Lukáš Rosol
Guillermo García-López
6–3, 6–2
2014
Grigor Dimitrov
Lukáš Rosol
7–6(7–2) , 6–1
2015
Guillermo García-López
Jiří Veselý
7–6(7–5) , 7–6(13–11)
2016
Fernando Verdasco
Lucas Pouille
6–3, 6–2
2017-2023
replaced by Hungarian Open , Serbia Open and Srpska Open
2024
Márton Fucsovics
Mariano Navone
6–4, 7–5
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
1993
Menno Oosting Libor Pimek
George Cosac Ciprian Petre Porumb
7–6, 7–6
1994
Wayne Arthurs Simon Youl
Jordi Arrese José Antonio Conde
6–4, 6–4
1995
Mark Keil Jeff Tarango
Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek
6–4, 7–6
1996
David Ekerot Jeff Tarango
David Adams Menno Oosting
7–6, 7–6
1997
Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez
Hendrik Jan Davids Daniel Orsanic
7–5, 7–5
1998
Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu
George Cosac Dinu Pescariu
7–6, 7–6
1999
Lucas Arnold Ker Martín García
Marc-Kevin Goellner Francisco Montana
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
2000
Alberto Martín Eyal Ran
Devin Bowen Mariano Hood
7–6(7–4) , 6–1
2001
Aleksandar Kitinov Johan Landsberg
Pablo Albano Marc-Kevin Goellner
6–4, 6–7(5–7) , [10–6]
2002
Jens Knippschild Peter Nyborg
Emilio Benfele Álvarez Andrés Schneiter
6–3, 6–3
2003
Karsten Braasch Sargis Sargsian
Simon Aspelin Jeff Coetzee
7–6(9–7) , 6–2
2004
Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood
José Acasuso Óscar Hernández
7–6(7–5) , 6–1
2005
José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto
Victor Hănescu Andrei Pavel
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2006
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
Martín García Luis Horna
6–7(5–7) , 7–6(7–5) , [10–8]
2007
Oliver Marach Michal Mertiňák
Martín García Sebastián Prieto
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(10–8)
2008
Nicolas Devilder Paul-Henri Mathieu
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
7–6(7–4) , 6–7(9–11) , [22–20]
2009
František Čermák Michal Mertiňák
Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer
6–2, 6–4
2010
Juan Ignacio Chela Łukasz Kubot
Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura
6–2, 5–7, [13–11]
2011
Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace
Julian Knowle David Marrero
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2012
Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău
Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot
7–6(7–2) , 6–3
2013
Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău
Lukáš Dlouhý Oliver Marach
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
2014
Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 6–4
2015
Marius Copil Adrian Ungur
Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak
3–6, 7–5, [17–15]
2016
Florin Mergea Horia Tecău
Chris Guccione André Sá
7–5, 6–4
2017-2023
replaced by Hungarian Open , Serbia Open and Srpska Open
2024
Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul
Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten
6–3, 7–5
Present
Buenos Aires
Marseille
Delray Beach
New Haven / Winston-Salem
2009, 2011–present: Kitzbühel
2009–2010, 2012–present: Lyon / Montpellier
2009–2014, 2017–2019, 2021–present: Eastbourne
2009–2014, 2020–present: Viña del Mar / Santiago
2009–2019, 2024–present: Brisbane
2009–2016, 2024–present: Bucharest
Stuttgart
Båstad
Gstaad
Umag
Stockholm
Metz
2009–2019, 2022–present: Houston
Casablanca / Marrakech
's-Hertogenbosch
2009–2020, 2023–present: Auckland
2015–2019, 2021–present: Geneva
2015–2019, 2023–present: Chengdu
2016–present: Antwerp
2016–2019, 2021–present: Los Cabos
2019, 2023–present: Zhuhai
2020, 2022–present: Adelaide
2020–2021, 2023–present: Astana/Almaty
2021–present: Mallorca
2022, 2024-present: Gijón
2024-present: Hong Kong
Past
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