Romanian Open

The Romanian Open (also known as the BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy) was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually in Bucharest, Romania, since 1993. Its name is taken from Romania's famous tennis players Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac.

Romanian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameRomanian Open / Năstase Țiriac Trophy
TourATP World Series
(1993–1997)
ATP International Series
(1998–2008)
ATP World Tour 250 series
(2009–2016)
Founded1993
Abolished2016
Editions24
LocationBucharest, Romania
SurfaceClay, outdoors

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.[1]

The last edition of the tournament was in 2016, as ATP has relocated it to Budapest.[2]

Fernando Verdasco grabbed the title of the last 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.

Past finals

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1993 Goran Ivanišević Andrei Cherkasov6–2, 7–6(7–5)
1994 Franco Davín Goran Ivanišević6–2, 6–4
1995 Thomas Muster Gilbert Schaller6–3, 6–4
1996 Alberto Berasategui Carlos Moyá6–1, 7–6(7–5)
1997 Richard Fromberg Andrea Gaudenzi6–1, 7–6(7–2)
1998 Francisco Clavet Arnaud Di Pasquale6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1999 Alberto Martín Karim Alami6–3, 6–2
2000 Juan Balcells Markus Hantschk6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
2001 Younes El Aynaoui Albert Montañés7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
2002 David Ferrer José Acasuso6–3, 6–2
2003 David Sánchez Nicolás Massú6–2, 6–2
2004 José Acasuso Igor Andreev6–3, 6–0
2005 Florent Serra Igor Andreev6–3, 6–4
2006 Jürgen Melzer Filippo Volandri6–1, 7–5
2007 Gilles Simon Victor Hănescu4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2008 Gilles Simon Carlos Moyá6–3, 6–4
2009 Albert Montañés Juan Mónaco7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)
2010 Juan Ignacio Chela Pablo Andújar7–5, 6–1
2011 Florian Mayer Pablo Andújar6–3, 6–1
2012 Gilles Simon Fabio Fognini6–4, 6–3
2013 Lukáš Rosol Guillermo García-López6–3, 6–2
2014 Grigor Dimitrov Lukáš Rosol7–6(7–2), 6–1
2015 Guillermo García-López Jiří Veselý7–6(7–5), 7–6(13–11)
2016 Fernando Verdasco Lucas Pouille6–3, 6–2

Doubles
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

See also
  • BRD Bucharest Open

References
  1. Turneul BCR Open România s-a mutat în aprilie, în debutul sezonului de zgură! (in Romanian)
  2. Bucharest Relocates To Budapest From 2017


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