Adrian Ungur


Adrian Ungur is a Romanian former tennis player who mainly competed on the Challenger Tour">ATP Challenger Tour">Challenger Tour. He was a member of the Romania Davis Cup Team and was coached by Fabrizio Fanucci. In June 2012, Ungur reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 79. His most notable result was a four set victory over former World No. 3 David Nalbandian in the first round of the 2012 French Open.

Personal life

In 2006 Adrian married Liana, who is also a professional tennis player and daughter of Romanian football legend Ilie Balaci.

Career

Juniors

Ungur reached as high as No. 10 in the junior singles world rankings in January 2003.

2012: Grand Slam debut and first top-10 win

Following some good results in Challenger events, Adrian entered into the main draw at the 2012 French Open, his first main draw appearance at Grand [Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam] level. He beat former world No. 3 David Nalbandian in the first round, before being defeated in four sets by Roger Federer in the second round – although he saved two match points in winning the third set.

2015: Maiden and Home doubles title

In April at the Romanian Open partnering fellow Romanian Marius Copil, after saving five match points, they defeated Nicholas Monroe/Artem Sitak 17–15 in the match tiebreak to become the first Romanian team to win the Bucharest title since 1998.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0[2015 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy – Doubles|]Bucharest, Romania250 SeriesClay

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 36 (16–20)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Romania F1, BucharestFuturesClaydts|Jun 2004

Doubles: 10 (6–4)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay