The Țiriac Open (also known as the Romanian Open) is a professional men's

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the successor event to the earlier Romanian International Championships (1930–1983). It is part of the ATP 250 tournaments of the

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. It was held annually in

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, Romania, between 1993 and 2016 and revived in 2024. Its name is taken from Romania's famous tennis players

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and

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(when it was called BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy until 2016). The tournament never saw a Romanian winner in singles (though the 2005 edition saw two Romanian players reaching the semifinals, and the 2007 edition saw Victor Hănescu reach the finals), but a Romanian pair (

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and Gabriel Trifu) took home the doubles title in 1998. Also,

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took three consecutive doubles titles at the tournament (2012, 2013 & 2014), each time with a different partner. The organizers announced that from 2012, the ATP World Tour 250 series tournament would be scheduled to take place in April, thus ending a period of 19 years when it took place in the last week of September. The last edition of the tournament was in 2016, as ATP has relocated it to

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. The tournament moved to

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in 2021 and to

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in 2023. In 2024, the tournament returned to Bucharest.

Past finals

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

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Past finals

Singles

Doubles

See also

References

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