Horia Tecău
![]() Horia Tecău at the 2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, eventual doubles champion | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Constanţa, Romania |
Born | Braşov, Romania | January 19, 1985
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 2003 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $1,257,041 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–3 (0%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 326 (4 April 2005) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 142–99 (59%) |
Career titles | 12 |
Highest ranking | No. 8 (30 January 2012) |
Current ranking | No. 11 (16 July 2012) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2012) |
French Open | QF (2011) |
Wimbledon | F (2010, 2011, 2012) |
US Open | QF (2011) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career record | 11–8 (58%) |
Career titles | 1 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2012) |
French Open | 2R (2011, 2012) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2010) |
US Open | 1R (2010, 2011) |
Last updated on: 16 July 2012. |
Horia Tecău (born January 19, 1985 in Braşov, Romania[1]) 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, 2011 and 2012 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 and lost to Bob and Mike Bryan in a close 3-setter. Reached for the first time a Masters final in Madrid.
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.
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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
Doubles: 3 (0–3)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 2010 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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1–6, 5–7, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 2011 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Runner-up | 2012 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
Mixed Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 2012 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, [10–3] |
Masters Series
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 2012 | Madrid | Clay (blue) | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
ATP Career Finals
Doubles: 23 (12–11)
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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 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(11–9), 2–6, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 2. | July 13, 2009 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | January 16, 2010 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | April 10, 2010 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, [10–7] |
Winner | 3. | June 19, 2010 | ![]() |
Grass | ![]() |
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1–6, 7–5, [10–7] |
Runner-up | 3. | June 21, 2010 | ![]() |
Grass | ![]() |
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1–6, 5–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 4. | July 18, 2010 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 5. | August 28, 2010 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 4. | January 9, 2011 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, ret. |
Winner | 6. | February 6, 2011 | ![]() |
Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | February 26, 2011 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 8. | April 9, 2011 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 5. | June 18, 2011 | ![]() |
Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
Runner-up | 6. | July 2, 2011 | ![]() |
Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Winner | 9. | July 17, 2011 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 7. | August 7, 2011 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(9–7), 6–7(8–10), [7–10] |
Runner-up | 8. | October 9, 2011 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7) |
Runner-up | 9. | February 19, 2012 | ![]() |
Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [14–16] |
Winner | 10. | April 28, 2012 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2) , 6–3 |
Runner-up | 10. | May 13, 2012 | ![]() |
Clay (blue) | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 11. | June 23, 2012 | ![]() |
Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
Runner-up | 11. | July 8, 2012 | ![]() |
Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
Winner | 12. | July 15, 2012 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Doubles Performance Timeline
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | W–L | |||||||||||||||||
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Grand Slams | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | SF | 7–4 | |||||||||||||||||
French Open | 2R | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | 6–5 | |||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | LQ | 3R | F | F | F | 17–4 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | 2R | 1–2 | |||||||||||||||||
Miami | A | A | A | QF | 1R | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||||
Monte Carlo | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0–2 | |||||||||||||||||
Rome | A | A | A | QF | SF | 4–2 | |||||||||||||||||
Madrid | A | A | A | 1R | F | 3–2 | |||||||||||||||||
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 |
Notes
- ^ "Horia Tecău profile". daviscup.com. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
External links
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- Horia Tecău at the Association of Tennis Professionals
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- Horia Tecău at the Davis Cup
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