Adrian Marcu
| Full name | Adrian Marcu | |||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Romania | |||||||||||
| Born | 3 December 1961 Hunedoara, Romania | |||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed | |||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||
| Career record | 0–1 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 190 (28 March 1988) | |||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||
| Career record | 1–3 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 195 (24 June 1985) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Adrian Marcu (born 3 December 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Romania.
Biography
[edit]Marcu, a right-handed player from Hunedoara, began touring professionally in the early 1980s. Competing on the Grand Prix circuit, he was a doubles quarter-finalist at Viña del Mar in 1982 and made his only singles main draw appearance at the 1987 Mercedes Cup held in Stuttgart.[1] In 1988 he won a Challenger title in doubles at Sofia.
As a Romanian representative he won a bronze medal in doubles at the 1983 Summer Universiade and appeared in a total of 12 Davis Cup ties for his country, including a World Group relegation play-off against West Germany in 1984.[2]
He is a former coach of Simona Halep.[3] In September 2021 he was reappointed as her coach, to work alongside Daniel Dobre, after the departure of Darren Cahill.
Challenger titles
[edit]Doubles: (1)
[edit]| No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1988 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Carpet | Florin Segărceanu |
 Jaroslav Bulant Richard Vogel |
7–5, 6–2 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Mercedes Cup At Stuttgart, W. Germany". Detroit Free Press. 14 July 1987. p. 37. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ↑ "McEnroe and Connors beat Australians for 2-0 US. lead". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 29 September 1984. p. 27. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ↑ Atkins, Hunter (29 August 2013). "Determined Romanian Women Finding Success". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
External links
[edit]- Adrian Marcu at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Adrian Marcu at the International Tennis Federation
- Adrian Marcu at the Davis Cup (archived)
- Adrian Marcu at InterSportStats
