Filip Cristian Jianu (born 18 September 2001) is a

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player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 210 achieved on 9 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 451 achieved on 10 April 2023. He is currently the No. 1 Romanian player. Jianu represents

at the

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Career

In November 2024, Jianu reached his second singles final for the season at the

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, where he lost to

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. In March 2025, Jianu received a wildcard for his home tournament, the

2025 Țiriac Open The 2025 Țiriac Open presented by UniCredit Bank , was a tennis tournament played on Clay courts, outdoor clay courts in Bucharest, Romania, from 31 March to 6 April 2025. It was the 23rd edition of the Romanian Open tournament, and part of the A ...

, and recorded his first ATP Tour win (outside of the Davis Cup) over

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in straight sets. He lost to

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in three sets.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 21 (13 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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* * * 2001 births Living people Romanian male tennis players Tennis players from Bucharest Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics 21st-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub