Adrian Voinea (born 6 August 1974) is a former Romanian tennis player. He has been ranked as high as No. 36 in singles by the ATP. Voinea has won one ATP Tour singles title on the ATP Tour. Between 1995 and 2003, Voinea played in 12 Davis Cup ties for the Romania Davis Cup team and compiled a record of ten wins and eight losses.

Early life

Voinea was born in Focșani,

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. He started playing tennis with George Bucuroiu as his first coach. As a teenager, Voinea was among the top 3 on the national level. He moved to Italy when he was 15 years old with his older brother, Marian. Marian encouraged Adrian to play tennis, playing a crucial role in developing his tennis career. After their arrival, the brothers were often short of money but were helped out by several people, including a nun from a church in

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and Fabrizio Fanucci. Voinea was working with a tennis coach Alberto Castellani, who allowed him to train in Perugia for free as a personal guest.

Professional career

1995

Voinea achieved his greatest success in Grand Slam tournaments by advancing to the quarterfinals of the 1995 French Open as a qualifier, defeating Karol Kučera, Johan Van Herck, Boris Becker and Andrei Chesnokov.

1996

Voinea reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 36 in April 1996. He reached the final of the 1996 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia against Karim Alami, where he was forced to retire due to a right arm injury.

1999

Voinea defeated fifth-seeded Stefan Koubek in the final of the 1999 Brighton International in Bournemouth to win his only singles title at an ATP Tour event.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

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