Adrian Voinea

Adrian Voinea
Country (sports) Romania
ResidencePerugia, Italy
Born (1974-08-06) 6 August 1974 (age 50)
Focșani, SR Romania
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,836,277
Singles
Career record136–176
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 36 (15 April 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2002)
French OpenQF (1995)
Wimbledon3R (2002)
US Open3R (1998)
Doubles
Career record1–10
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 349 (21 August 1995)
Last updated on: 21 April 2022.

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.[1]

Early life

Voinea was born in Focșani, Romania. He started playing tennis with George Bucuroiu as his first coach.[2] As a teenager, Voinea was among the top 3 on the national level.[3] He moved to Italy when he was 15 years old with his older brother, Marian.[4] Marian encouraged Adrian to play tennis, playing a crucial role in developing his tennis career.[3]

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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1996 Palermo, Italy International Series Clay Morocco Karim Alami 7–5, 2–1 ret.
Win 1–1 Sep 1999 Bournemouth, United Kingdom International Series Clay Austria Stefan Koubek 1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1-0 May 1995 Valletta, Malta Challenger Hard Slovakia Ján Krošlák 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1-1 May 1995 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Spain Jordi Burillo 2–6, 1–6
Win 2-1 Jun 1995 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay Spain Roberto Carretero-Diaz 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 2-2 May 1998 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Romania Dinu-Mihai Pescariu 6–7, 6–2, 3–6
Win 3-2 Jul 1998 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Franco Squillari 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3-3 Aug 2000 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Belgium Christophe Rochus 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)
Win 4-3 Jun 2001 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay Belgium Christophe Rochus 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1995 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay United States Jeff Tarango Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl 		6–7, 2–6

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 2R 2R A 1R 3R 1R 4R 2R A A A Q1 0 / 8 9–8 53%
French Open Q2 1R QF 3R 1R Q1 1R 1R Q3 2R 1R A A A Q1 0 / 8 7–8 47%
Wimbledon A Q3 A 1R 1R A 1R 1R A 3R 1R A A A A 0 / 6 2–6 25%
US Open A A 1R A 2R 3R Q2 2R Q3 1R A A A A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 5–3 3–3 2–4 2–1 0–3 3–4 0–1 6–4 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 27 22–27 45%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A 3R 2R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Miami A A A A 2R A 2R A A 4R 1R A A A A 0 / 4 5–4  – 
Monte Carlo A A 1R A Q2 Q1 A Q1 Q2 Q2 Q2 A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A 2R A A 3R 1R A 3R 1R A A A A 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Rome Q1 Q3 A 2R A A 1R Q1 1R Q2 Q1 A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Canada A A 1R A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Stuttgart A A A Q2 A A A Q1 A Not Held 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Not Held Q1 Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris A A 1R A A A A A Q1 Q2 A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–3 4–3 2–2 0–0 3–3 0–1 0–1 5–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 17 14–17 45%

References

  1. ^ "Davis Cup players – Adrian Voinea". International Tennis Federation (ITF). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Adrian Voinea este campionul îndrăgostit de filosofie". Adevărul (in Romanian). 10 March 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Er war bei allen Grand-Slam-Turnieren am Start". Schwetzinger Zeitung (in German). 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ Popescu, Adam (16 May 2010). "Incredibilele aventuri ale lui Marian şi Adrian Voinea". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ^ Paul, Luminița (16 June 2020). "Interviu cu Adrian Voinea: „Să pot ajuta un jucător profesionist mă fascinează" + cum o caracterizează pe Simona Halep". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ Diane Pucin (8 June 1995). "A Newcomer Wins Hearts But Not His Match In Paris Adrian Voinea Was But A Speck On The Red Clay. Michael Chang Cut The Qualifier Down To Size". Philly.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  7. ^ Diane Pucin (29 May 2020). "Grozavul sfert de finală la Paris al lui Adrian Voinea la 21 de ani, cu victorie la Boris Becker pe un traseu început din calificări". Treizecizero (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Tennis – Samsung Open; Romanian Wins His First ATP Title". The New York Times. 21 September 1999. Retrieved 29 May 2015.


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