Horia Tecău
Country (sports) | Romania |
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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 (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,427,721[1] |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–3 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 326 (4 April 2005) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 148–101 |
Career titles | 13 |
Highest ranking | No. 5 (27 August 2012) |
Current ranking | No. 8 (11 February 2013) |
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 |
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, 2012) |
Last updated on: 27 August 2012. |
Horia Tecău (born January 19, 1985 in Braşov, Romania[2]) is a Romanian tennis player who turned pro in 2003, and is a doubles specialist. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 5, achieved in August 2012. 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
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. In the final Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated by the pair of Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner.
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.
At the 2010 Swedish Open, Lindstedt and Tecău won their third title together after winning in the final against Andreas Seppi and Simone Vagnozzi.
At the 2010 Farmers Classic, Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated by the pair Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer in the quarterfinals.
At the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated by the pair Marcos Baghdatis and Stanislas Wawrinka 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, this being their second title against the Indian-Pakistani pair.
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 success 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.
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.
2012
Horia Tecau and Bethanie Mattek-Sands from US have won the Australian Open mixed doubles final on the 29th of January.[3]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.
Horia Tecau and Robert Lindstedt separated in Sep 2012[4] after a fruitful three years relationship.
2013
Horia Tecau paired up with Max Mirny for 2013.
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 | 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) |
Runner-up | 2012 | Wimbledon | Grass | Robert Lindstedt | Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen |
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 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Elena Vesnina Leander Paes |
6–3, 5–7, [10–3] |
Masters Series
Doubles: 2 (1–1)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 2012 | Madrid, Spain | Clay (blue) | Robert Lindstedt | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2012 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | Robert Lindstedt | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna |
6–4, 6–4 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 26 (13–13)
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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 | 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, United States | 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, United States | 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) |
Runner-up | 9. | February 19, 2012 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | Robert Lindstedt | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić |
6–4, 5–7, [14–16] |
Winner | 10. | April 28, 2012 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Robert Lindstedt | Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot |
7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 10. | May 13, 2012 | Madrid, Spain | Clay (blue) | Robert Lindstedt | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 11. | June 23, 2012 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Robert Lindstedt | Juan Sebastián Cabal Dmitry Tursunov |
6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
Runner-up | 11. | July 8, 2012 | London, United Kingdom | Grass | Robert Lindstedt | Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen |
6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
Winner | 12. | July 15, 2012 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Robert Lindstedt | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares |
6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Winner | 13. | August 19, 2012 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | Robert Lindstedt | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 12. | 12 January 2013 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Max Mirnyi | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
4-6, 4-6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 3 March 2013 | Delray Beach, United States | Hard | Max Mirnyi | James Blake Jack Sock |
4-6, 4-6 |
Doubles Performance Timeline
Current through the Bucharest
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W–L | |||||||||||
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Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | SF | 2R | 8–5 | |||||||||||
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | 6–5 | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | 3R | F | F | F | 17–4 | ||||||||||||
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | QF | 3R | 9–5 | ||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 11–4 | 12–4 | 1–1 | 40–19 | |||||||||||
Year End Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ATP World Tour Finals | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | RR | RR | 2–4 | ||||||||||||
Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | NH | A | Not Held | A | Not Held | 1R | NH | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1–2 | |||||||||||
Miami | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | 2–4 | |||||||||||
Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | QF | 1–3 | |||||||||||
Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | SF | 4–2 | ||||||||||||
Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | Held as Madrid (Clay) | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||
Madrid (clay) | Held as Hamburg | A | 2R | 1R | F | 4–3 | |||||||||||||||||
Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | SF | 3–3 | ||||||||||||
Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | W | 4–2 | ||||||||||||
Madrid (hard) | A | A | A | A | A | A | Held as Shanghai | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||
Shanghai | Held as Madrid (Hard) | A | R2 | QF | R2 | 2–3 | |||||||||||||||||
Paris | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 0–3 | ||||||||||||
ATP World Tour 500 series | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rotterdam | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | F | A | 3–2 | |||||||||||
Acapulco | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | A | A | 4–0 | |||||||||||
Washington | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1 | F | A | 3–2 | ||||||||||||
Beijing | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | QF | 4–2 | ||||||||||||
ATP World Tour 250 series | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Casablanca | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | W | W | A | A | 7–7 | |||||||||||
Bucharest | A | 1R | A | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | W | 7–7 | ||||||||||||
's-Hertogenbosch | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | W | F | W | 11–2 | ||||||||||||
Båstad | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | W | W | 11–0 | ||||||||||||
Year End Ranking | 495 | 215 | 511 | 258 | 175 | 87 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 9 |
ATP Tour career earnings
Year | Majors | ATP wins | Total wins | Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
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2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,714 | 821 [5] |
2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17,433 | 414 [6] |
2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16,416 | 428 [7] |
2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14,360 | 501 [8] |
2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,625 | 455 [9] |
2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47,861, | 310 [10] |
2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103,430 | 202 [11] |
2010 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 241,780 | 116 [12] |
2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 447,311 | 70[13] |
2012 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 497,956 | 61[14] |
Career | 0 | 13 | 13 | $1,409,690 | 372 [15] |
Notes
- ^ Horia Tecău site: Association of Tennis Professionals
- ^ "Horia Tecău profile". daviscup.com. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ "Mattek-Sands, Tecau take mixed title". Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ^ "Robert Lindstedt pairs with Nenad Zimonjić for 2013". Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- ^ "2003 Prize Money".
- ^ "2004 Prize Money".
- ^ "2005 Prize Money".
- ^ "2006 Prize Money".
- ^ "2007 Prize Money".
- ^ "2008 Prize Money".
- ^ "2009 Prize Money".
- ^ "2010 Prize Money".
- ^ "2011 Prize Money".
- ^ "2012 Prize Money".
- ^ "Career Prize Money".
External links
- Horia Tecău at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Horia Tecău at the Davis Cup
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