Dinu Mihail Pescariu (born 12 April 1974) is a former

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from

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, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in

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(1992) and in

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(1996). He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 6 August 1998, when he became the number 75 of the world.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Performance timeline

Singles

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (9–5)

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Controversy

On 10 October 2017, the Romanian

National Anticorruption Directorate The National Anticorruption Directorate ( ro, Direcția Națională Anticorupție (DNA)), formerly National Anticorruption Prosecution Office ( ro, Parchetul Național Anticorupție), is the Romanian agency tasked with preventing, investigating ...

announced that Dinu Pescariu will be prosecuted in the file of taking over ‘Cutezatorii’ sports base in Bucharest. He is being investigated, under judicial control, for taking over the sports base illegally and reportedly paying a much smaller rental fee for it than the market rate.
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* * * * * 1974 births Hopman Cup competitors Living people Olympic tennis players of Romania Tennis players from Bucharest Romanian male tennis players Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub