Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

is one of the most popular

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Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. The

Romanian Tennis Federation The Romanian Tennis Federation (FRT) (Romanian: ''Federația Română de Tenis'') is the governing body of tennis in Romania. It is based in Bucharest and its current president is former Romanian tennis player Ion Țiriac. It also organizes the R ...

( ro, Federația Română de Tenis or FRT), a member of ITF, is the sport's national governing body.

History

Tennis was introduced to Romania in the late 19th century by students returning from their time abroad. Also, the

Romania Davis Cup team The Romania men's national tennis team represents Romania in Davis Cup tennis competition, being governed by the Romanian Tennis Federation The Romanian Tennis Federation (FRT) (Romanian: ''Federația Română de Tenis'') is the governing body ...

made the finals of the competition in three editions: 3 (

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

and

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

) losing each time by the hands of the

United States Davis Cup team The United States men's national tennis team represents the United States in Davis Cup tennis competition, and is governed by the United States Tennis Association. The U.S. competed in the first Davis Cup in 1900, when a group of Harvard Univer ...

. Men's tennis saw its best period during the beginning of the

Open Era The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, invented in Birmingham, England now commonly known simply as tennis, is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis or royal tennis, which continues to be played today as a separate sp ...

when

Ilie Năstase Ilie Theodoriu Năstase (, born 19 July 1946) is a former World No. 1 Romanian tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in singles from 23 August 1973 to 2 June 1974, and was the first man to hold the top position on the computerized ATP ranking ...

reached the number 1 ranking in 1973 after winning the US Open in

and the French Open in

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

. Women's tennis, in particular, has seen tremendous successes both in the 20th and 21st centuries, with the advent of

Florența Mihai Florența Mihai (; 2 September 1955 – 14 October 2015) was a professional tennis player from Romania. She was the runner-up in two events at the 1977 French Open. She lost in the singles final to Mima Jaušovec in three sets, and partnered ...

Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She won the 1978 French Open singles championship. Career Ruzici became a professional tennis player in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her po ...

, Irina Spîrlea and

Simona Halep Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019, for a total of 64 weeks, which ranks eleventh in the history of the Women's Tennis Assoc ...

. Three of these women reached the Top 10 of the WTA rankings in singles, namely Ruzici, Spîrlea and Halep whilst Mihai, Ruzici and Halep reached Grand Slam finals with Ruzici winning the French Open in

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

and Halep winning the same tournament in

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

. Tournaments held in Romania on the men's tour every year included

Romanian Open The Romanian Open (also known as the BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy) was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually in Bucharest, Romania ...

from 1993 until 2016. The women have the Bucharest Open held between 2014 and 2019, and the

Transylvania Open The Transylvania Open is a tennis event held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The first edition was played in October 2021. Transylvania Open is part of the WTA Tour and is listed as a WTA 250 tournament. The tournament is held at the BTarena on indo ...

from 2021.

List of Romanian singles tennis players (Open Era only)

Only includes players ranked in the top 100. Bold names indicate currently active players ;Men ;Women

List of Romanian doubles tennis players (Open Era only)

Only includes players ranked in the top 100 or that have won at least one ATP or WTA title. Bold names indicate currently active players ;Men ;Women

References

External links

Romanian Tennis Federation
(Official site) {{Use dmy dates, date=September 2019

History

List of Romanian singles tennis players (Open Era only)

List of Romanian doubles tennis players (Open Era only)

See also

References

External links