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.

Adrian Ungur

Adrian Ungur at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Florence, Italy
Born	(1985-01-22) 22 January 1985 (age 37) Piteşti, Romania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2018
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$962,026
Singles
Career record	18–42
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 79 (11 June 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2013)
French Open	2R (2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2012, 2013)
US Open	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	7–7
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 94 (20 July 2015)
Last updated on: 24 August 2015.

Personal life

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

Career

Juniors

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

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

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

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1–0	Apr 2015	BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Marius Copil	Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak	3–6, 7–5, [17–15]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles finals: 21 (8–13)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 May 2006	Rome, Italy	Clay	Oliver Marach	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	2 July 2006	Constanța, Romania (1)	Clay	Konstantinos Economidis	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	16 September 2007	Todi, Italy (1)	Clay	Stefano Galvani	5–7, 2–6
Winner	4.	15 June 2008	Bulgarian Open Challenger, Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Franco Ferreiro	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	5.	29 June 2008	Constanța, Romania (2)	Clay	Nicolas Devilder	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(10–12)
Runner-up	6.	20 September 2009	Todi, Italy (2)	Clay	Simon Greul	6–2, 1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	7.	27 September 2009	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Albert Ramos-Viñolas	6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	10 July 2011	San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy	Clay	Stefano Galvani	7–5, 6–2
Winner	9.	28 August 2011	Manerbio, Italy	Clay	Peter Gojowczyk	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Runner-up	10.	10 October 2011	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	11.	29 January 2012	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Clay	Wayne Odesnik	1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	12.	25 February 2012	Meknes, Morocco	Clay	Evgeny Donskoy	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	24 March 2012	Marrakech, Morocco	Clay	Martin Kližan	6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Winner	14.	12 August 2012	Sibiu, Romania	Clay	Victor Hănescu	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	15.	9 September 2012	Brașov, Romania	Clay	Andreas Haider-Maurer	6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	16.	23 September 2012	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Andrey Kuznetsov	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	1 December 2012	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Guido Pella	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7)
Winner	18.	5 May 2013	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Diego Sebastián Schwartzman	4–6, 6–0, 6–2
Winner	19.	9 June 2013	Arad, Romania	Clay	Marius Copil	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	20.	22 September 2013	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Julian Reister	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Winner	21.	10 August 2014	City of San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Antonio Veić	6–1, 6–0

Doubles finals: 8 (6-2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winners	1.	27 August 2006	Manerbio, Italy	Clay	Gabriel Moraru	Michał Przysiężny Federico Torresi	6–3, 6–3
Winners	2.	18 July 2010	Rimini, Italy	Clay	Giulio di Meo	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Alexander Peya	7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–7]
Runners-up	3.	26 March 2011	Caltanissetta, Italy	Clay	Daniele Giorgini	Daniele Bracciali Simone Vagnozzi	6–3, 6–7(2–7), [7–10]
Runners-up	4.	10 August 2014	City of San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Franko Škugor	Radu Albot Enrique Lopez-Perez	4–6, 1–6
Winners	5.	17 August 2014	Cordenons, Italy	Clay	Potito Starace	František Čermák Lukáš Dlouhý	6–2, 6–4
Winners	6.	7 September 2014	Brasov, Romania	Clay	Daniele Giorgini	Aslan Karatsev Valery Rudnev	4–6, 7–6(7-4), [10–1]
Winners	7.	28 September 2014	Sibiu Open, Romania	Clay	Potito Starace	Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Marius Copil	7–5, 6–2
Winners	8.	17 January 2015	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Laurynas Grigelis	Flavio Cipolla Alessandro Motti	3–6, 6–2, [10–5]

Davis Cup

Singles performances (5–3)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	Win/Lose	Result
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	QF	7–8 May 2010	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	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	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	Clay	Radek Štěpánek	Lose	3–6, 2–6, 0–6
2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group I	1R	1–3 February 2013	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

Singles performance timeline

References

External links

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