Horia Tecău

Horia Tecău

Horia Tecău during a 2010 Davis Cup match
Country	Romania
Residence	Constanţa, Romania
Born	January 19, 1985 (1985-01-19) Braşov, Romania
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$ 974,550
Doubles
Career record	113-88
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 8 (January 30, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 8 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2012)
French Open	QF (2011)
Wimbledon	F (2010, 2011)
US Open	QF (2011)
Mixed Doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2012)
French Open	1R (2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	1R (2010)
Last updated on: January 30, 2012.

Horia Tecău (born January 19, 1985 in Braşov, Romania) is a Romanian tennis player who turned pro in 2003, and is a doubles specialist. As of January 30, 2012, Tecău is ranked the World No. 8 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, the highest doubles ranking of his career thus far. Tecău reached the men's doubles finals of the 2010 and 2011 Wimbledon Championships with Robert Lindstedt and won the 2012 Australian Open mixed doubles title with Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Career

2012

Horia Tecau and Bethanie Mattek-Sands from US have won the Australian Open mixed doubles final on the 29th of January.

Reached the semifinals in men´s doubles with Robert Lindstedt lost to Bob and Mike Bryan in a close 3-setter. Won the mixed doubles with Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the same tournament.

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 in favor of 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 seeds No. 11 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 for the PBZ Zagreb Indoors with experienced doubles player, Belgian Dick Norman. 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 succes 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 won against Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in straight sets 6–1, 6–3.

In April, they have 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.

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 in the quarter finals the pair Tommy Robredo and Marcel Granollers in four sets, qualifying for the semifinals where they defetead the duo Juan Ignacio Chela and Eduardo Schwank 6–4, 7–5, 6–2. In the final Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated by the pair of Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner with the score 6–1, 7–5, 7–5.

At Wimbledon mixed doubles, he and his fellow Romanian partner Monica Niculescu, lost in the second round to the pair Marcelo Melo and Rennae Stubbs with the score 3–6, 2–6.

Horia Tecău at the 2010 US Open

At the 2010 Swedish Open, Lindstedt and Tecău won their third title together after winning in the final against Andreas Seppi and Simone Vagnozzi with the score 6–4, 7–5.

At the 2010 Farmers Classic, Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated by the pair Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer with the score 3–6, 6–4, [10–6] in the quarterfinals.

At the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated by the pair Marcos Baghdatis and Stanislas Wawrinka with the score 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] 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 winning over Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6–4, 7–5, this being their second title against the Indian-Pakistani pair.

Major Finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (0 Titles, 2 Runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
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)

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 Title, 0 Runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2012	Australian Open	Hard	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Elena Vesnina Leander Paes	6–3, 5–7, [10–3]

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 17 (9 Titles, 8 Runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–2) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–2) ATP World Tour 250 Series (8–4)

Finals by Surface Hard (3–3) Clay (5–2) Grass (1–3) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	May 17, 2009	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Marcelo Melo André Sá	7–6(11–9), 2–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	2.	July 13, 2009	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Victor Hănescu	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	5–7, 4–6
Winner	1.	January 16, 2010	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	7–5, 6–4
Winner	2.	April 10, 2010	Casablanca, Morocco (1)	Clay	Robert Lindstedt	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	3.	June 19, 2010	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Robert Lindstedt	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Runner-up	3.	June 21, 2010	London, United Kingdom1	Grass	Robert Lindstedt	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	1–6, 5–7, 5–7
Winner	4.	July 18, 2010	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Robert Lindstedt	Andreas Seppi Simone Vagnozzi	6–4, 7–5
Winner	5.	August 28, 2010	New Haven, USA	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	January 9, 2011	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley	4–6, ret.
Winner	6.	February 6, 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Dick Norman	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	February 26, 2011	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Victor Hănescu	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	6–1, 6–3
Winner	8.	April 9, 2011	Casablanca, Morocco(2)	Clay	Robert Lindstedt	Colin Fleming Igor Zelenay	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	June 18, 2011	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Robert Lindstedt	Daniele Bracciali František Čermák	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Runner-up	6.	July 2, 2011	London, United Kingdom2	Grass	Robert Lindstedt	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	9.	July 17, 2011	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Robert Lindstedt	Simon Aspelin Andreas Siljeström	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	August 7, 2011	Washington, USA	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(9–7), 6–7(8–10), [7–10]
Runner-up	8.	October 9, 2011	Beijing, China	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)

Doubles Performance Timeline

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	3R	2R	1R	SF	7–4
French Open	2R	2R	1R	QF		5–4
Wimbledon	LQ	3R	F	F		12–3
US Open	2R	2R	3R	QF		7-4
Win–Loss	2–2	6–4	8–4	11–4	4–1	31–15
Year End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	RR		1–2
Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R		0–1
Miami	A	A	A	QF		2–1
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	1R		0–1
Rome	A	A	A	QF		2–1
Madrid	A	A	A	1R		0–1
Canada	A	A	A	2R		0–1
Cincinnati	A	A	A	2R		0–1
Shanghai	NH	A	A	QF		1–1
Paris	A	A	A	2R		0–1
Year End Ranking	87	46	15	12

External links

• 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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