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Adrian Ungur

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Adrian Ungur
Adrian Ungur at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Romania
ResidenceFlorence, Italy
Born (1985-01-22) 22 January 1985 (age 39)
Pitești, SR Romania
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2018
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$962,026
Singles
Career record18–42
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 79 (11 June 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2013)
French Open2R (2012)
Wimbledon1R (2012, 2013)
US Open1R (2012, 2013)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record7–7
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 94 (20 July 2015)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2012)
Last updated on: 17 February 2023.

Adrian Ungur (born 22 January 1985) is a Romanian former tennis player who mainly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was a member of the Romania Davis Cup Team and was coached by Fabrizio Fanucci. In June 2012, Ungur reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 79.[1][2] His most notable result was a four set victory over former World No. 3 David Nalbandian in the first round of the 2012 French Open.

Personal life

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In 2006 Adrian married Liana, who is also a professional tennis player and daughter of Romanian football legend Ilie Balaci.[3]

Career

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Juniors

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Ungur reached as high as No. 10 in the junior singles world rankings in January 2003.

2012: Grand Slam debut and first top-10 win

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Following some good results in Challenger events, Adrian entered into the main draw at the 2012 French Open, his first main draw appearance at Grand Slam level. He beat former world No. 3 David Nalbandian in the first round, before being defeated in four sets by Roger Federer in the second round – although he saved two match points in winning the third set.

2015: Maiden and Home doubles title

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In April at the Romanian Open partnering fellow Romanian Marius Copil, after saving five match points, they defeated Nicholas Monroe/Artem Sitak 17–15 in the match tiebreak to become the first Romanian team to win the Bucharest title since 1998 (Pavel/Trifu).[4]

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2015 Bucharest, Romania 250 Series Clay Romania Marius Copil United States Nicholas Monroe
New Zealand Artem Sitak
3–6, 7–5, [17–15]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 36 (16–20)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (9–14)
ITF Futures (7–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (16–19)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2004 Romania F1, Bucharest Futures Clay Romania Adrian Cruciat 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jun 2004 Romania F7, Bucharest Futures Clay Croatia Vjekoslav Skenderovic 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Jul 2004 Romania F11, Bucharest Futures Clay Romania Adrian Cruciat 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Aug 2004 Romania F15, Bucharest Futures Clay Romania Victor Ioniță 4–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Mar 2005 Italy F2, Rome Futures Clay Austria Marko Neunteibl 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–1
Win 4–2 Mar 2005 Italy F3, Siracuse Futures Clay Italy Fabio Fognini 7–5, 1–6, 6–1
Loss 4–3 May 2005 Romania F4, Bucharest Futures Clay Romania Gabriel Moraru 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win 5–3 Jun 2005 Romania F5, Bucharest Futures Clay Spain Carles Poch Gradin 6–2, 7–5
Win 6–3 Jun 2005 Romania F7, Bucharest Futures Clay Romania Victor Crivoi 6–3, 7–5
Loss 6–4 May 2006 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Austria Oliver Marach 6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 6–5 Jul 2006 Constanța, Romania Challenger Clay Greece Konstantinos Economidis 4–6, 4–6
Win 7–5 Aug 2007 Italy F28, Padova Futures Clay Italy Francesco Piccari 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–4
Loss 7–6 Sep 2007 Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Stefano Galvani 5–7, 2–6
Win 8–6 Jun 2008 Sofia, Bulgaria Challenger Clay Brazil Franco Ferreiro 6–3, 6–0
Loss 8–7 Jun 2008 Constanța, Romania Challenger Clay France Nicolas Devilder 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(10–12)
Loss 8–8 Jul 2009 Italy F18, Carpi Futures Clay Italy Francesco Aldi 1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 8–9 Aug 2009 Italy F24, Padova Futures Clay Italy Stefano Galvani 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 0–6
Loss 8–10 Sep 2009 Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Germany Simon Greul 6–2, 1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 9–10 Sep 2009 Palermo, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas 6–4, 6–4
Win 10–10 Jul 2011 San Benedetto, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Stefano Galvani 7–5, 6–2
Win 11–10 Aug 2011 Manerbio, Italy Challenger Clay Germany Peter Gojowczyk 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss 11–11 Oct 2011 Palermo, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Carlos Berlocq 1–6, 1–6
Loss 11–12 Jan 2012 Bucamaranga, Colombia Challenger Clay United States Wayne Odesnik 1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 11–13 Feb 2012 Meknes, Morocco Challenger Clay Russia Evgeny Donskoy 1–6, 3–6
Loss 11–14 Mar 2012 Marrakech, Morocco Challenger Clay Slovakia Martin Kližan 6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Win 12–14 Aug 2012 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay Romania Victor Hănescu 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 12–15 Sep 2012 Brașov, Romania Challenger Clay Austria Andreas Haider-Maurer 6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 12–16 Sep 2012 Trnava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Russia Andrey Kuznetsov 3–6, 3–6
Loss 12–17 Dec 2012 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Argentina Guido Pella 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7)
Win 13–17 May 2013 Tunis, Tunisia Challenger Clay Argentina Diego Schwartzman 4–6, 6–0, 6–2
Win 14–17 Jun 2013 Arad, Romania Challenger Clay Romania Marius Copil 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 14–18 Sep 2013 Trnava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Germany Julian Reister 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 15–18 Aug 2014 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Croatia Antonio Veić 6–1, 6–0
Loss 15–19 Aug 2015 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay Serbia Filip Krajinović 7–5, 4–6, 1–4 ret.
Win 16–19 Sep 2015 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay Spain Pere Riba 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 16–20 Aug 2017 Romania F8, Pitești Futures Clay Argentina Hernán Casanova 6–7(1–7), 3–6

Doubles: 10 (6–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (6–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2006 Manerbio, Italy Challenger Clay Romania Gabriel Moraru Poland Michał Przysiężny
Italy Federico Torresi
6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2010 Rimini, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Giulio Di Meo Argentina Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Austria Alexander Peya
7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 2–1 Mar 2011 Caltanissetta, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Daniele Giorgini Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Simone Vagnozzi
6–3, 6–7(2–7), [7–10]
Loss 2–2 Aug 2014 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Croatia Franko Škugor Moldova Radu Albot
Spain Enrique López Pérez
4–6, 1–6
Win 3–2 Aug 2014 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Potito Starace Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
6–2, 6–4
Win 4–2 Sep 2014 Brașov, Romania Challenger Clay Italy Daniele Giorgini Russia Aslan Karatsev
Russia Valery Rudnev
4–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–1]
Win 5–2 Sep 2014 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay Italy Potito Starace Romania Alexandru-Daniel Carpen
Romania Marius Copil
7–5, 6–2
Win 6–2 Jan 2015 Casablanca, Morocco Challenger Clay Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis Italy Flavio Cipolla
Italy Alessandro Motti
3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Loss 6–3 Sep 2015 Alphen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Romania Victor Hănescu Germany Tobias Kamke
Germany Jan-Lennard Struff
6–7(1–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 6–4 Jul 2017 San Benedetto, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Flavio Cipolla Spain Pol Toledo Bagué
Spain Carlos Taberner
5–7, 4–6

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q1 Q1 A A Q1 A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A Q2 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q2 2R Q3 Q1 Q1 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A A Q1 A Q1 1R 1R A Q1 Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A Q1 A Q1 A 1R 1R A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 7 1–7 13%
National Representation
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held 1R Not Held A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A A A A A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte Carlo A A A A A A Q2 A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome A A A A A A 1R Q1 A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid A A A A A A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

Davis Cup

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Singles performances (5–3)

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Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent Win/Lose Result
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group I
QF
7–8 May 2010 Ukraine Ukraine Clay Sergiy Stakhovsky Lose 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 5–7
2010 World Group play-offs Play-off 17–19 September 2010 Ecuador Ecuador Clay Giovanni Lapentti Win 6–7(2–7), 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
Emilio Gómez Win 6–3, 6–4
2011 World Group 1R 4–6 March 2011 Argentina Argentina Clay David Nalbandian Lose 3–6, 2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Juan Mónaco Win 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
2011 World Group play-offs
Play-off
16–18 September 2011 Czech Republic Czech Republic Clay Radek Štěpánek Lose 3–6, 2–6, 0–6
2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R 1–3 February 2013 Denmark Denmark Hard (indoor) Martin Pedersen Win 6–2, 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 4–6, 6–2
Thomas Kromann Win 6–3, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ "Adrian Ungur biography". ATP World Tour. 23 October 2010.
  2. ^ Adrian Ungur şi-a anunţat retragerea din tenis. Va mai juca la un singur turneu
  3. ^ "Adrian Ungur s-a casatorit cu fiica lui Ilie Balaci". România Liberă. 17 April 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Doubles Q2 Review: New Partnerships Blossom and Parity Reigns".
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