Adrian Ungur (born 22 January 1985) is a

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n former

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player who mainly competed on the

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. He was a member of the

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and was coached by

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. In June 2012, Ungur reached his career-high

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singles ranking of World No. 79. His most notable result was a four set victory over former World No. 3

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in the first round of the

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Personal life

In 2006 Adrian married

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, who is also a professional tennis player and daughter of Romanian football legend

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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

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events, Adrian entered into the main draw at the

, his first main draw appearance at

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level. He beat former world No. 3

in the first round, before being defeated in four sets by

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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

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partnering fellow Romanian

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, after saving five match points, they defeated

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17–15 in the match tiebreak to become the first Romanian team to win the Bucharest title since 1998 (Pavel/Trifu).

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles finals: 21 (8–13)

Doubles finals: 8 (6-2)

Davis Cup

Singles performances (5–3)

Singles performance timeline

References

External links

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