Adrian Marcu

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Adrian Marcu
Full nameAdrian Marcu
Country (sports)Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Born (1961-12-03) 3 December 1961 (age 62)
Hunedoara, Romania
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record0–1
Highest rankingNo. 190 (28 March 1988)
Doubles
Career record1–3
Highest rankingNo. 195 (24 June 1985)

Adrian Marcu (born 3 December 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Romania.

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Biography

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

Doubles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1988 Sofia, BulgariaCarpet Flag of Romania.svg Florin Segărceanu Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Bulant
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Richard Vogel
7–5, 6–2

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  3. Atkins, Hunter (29 August 2013). "Determined Romanian Women Finding Success". The New York Times . Retrieved 2 June 2018.