Filip Cristian Jianu

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Filip Jianu
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Full nameFilip Cristian Jianu
Country (sports)Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Born (2001-09-18) 18 September 2001 (age 24)
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 377,468
Singles
Career record4–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 210 (9 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 279 (8 December 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2025)
French Open Q3 (2025)
Wimbledon Q1 (2025)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 451 (10 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 1,444 (22 December 2025)
Last updated on: 22 December 2025.

Filip Cristian Jianu (born 18 September 2001) is a Romanian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 210, achieved on 9 June 2025 and a best doubles ranking of No. 451, reached on 10 April 2023. He is currently the No. 1 singles player from Romania. [1]

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Jianu represents Romania at the Davis Cup. [2]

Juniors

Jianu had good results as a junior player. He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 5 on 4 February 2019. [3]

Professional career

In November 2024, Jianu reached his second singles final for the season at the 2024 Brazzaville Challenger, where he lost to Gonzalo Oliveira. [4] [5]

In March 2025, Jianu received a wildcard for his home tournament, the 2025 Țiriac Open, and recorded his first ATP Tour win (outside of the Davis Cup) over Nishesh Basavareddy in straight sets. [6] [7] He lost to Damir Džumhur in three sets. [8]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jan 2023 Oeiras Indoors, PortugalChallengerHard (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joris De Loore 3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2 Jun 2024 Aspria Tennis Cup, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Agustín Gómez 3–6, 4–6
Loss0–3 Oct 2024 Brazzaville Challenger, Republic of the CongoChallengerClay Flag of Venezuela.svg Gonzalo Oliveira 4–6, 3–6

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 23 (14 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (14–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (12–9)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0May 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWTTClay Flag of France.svg Matthieu Perchicot6–2, 6–4
Loss1–1Aug 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWTTClay Flag of France.svg Matthieu Perchicot2–6, 6–3, 0–6
Win2–1Aug 2019M25 Pitești, RomaniaWTTClay Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Tepavac 7–6(7–4), 5–0 ret.
Loss2–2Sep 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWTTClay Flag of Argentina.svg Ignacio Monzón1–6, 2–6
Win3–2Mar 2020M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Flag of Monaco.svg Lucas Catarina 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Loss3–3Jan 2021M15 Cairo, EgyptWTTClay Flag of Italy.svg Franco Agamenone 6–7(0–7), 4–6
Loss3–4Feb 2021M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Velotti 3–6, 4–6
Win4–4Nov 2021M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Flag of Sweden.svg Filip Bergevi 6–2, 6–4
Win5–4Dec 2022M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of Montenegro.svg Rrezart Cungu 6–2, 6–4
Loss5–5May 2023M15 Alaminos-Larnaca, CyprusWTTClay Flag of Romania.svg Nicholas David Ionel 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win6–5May 2023M15 Alaminos-Larnaca, CyprusWTTClay Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Prechtel5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss6–6Sep 2023M15 Pirot, SerbiaWTTClay Flag of Romania.svg Vlad Dancu5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Win7–6Oct 2023M15 Telavi, GeorgiaWTTClayFlag placeholder.svg Svyatoslav Gulin6–2, 6–0
Win8–6Nov 2023M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Pennaforti6–3, 6–2
Win9–6Jan 2024M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of Germany.svg Peter Heller7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss9–7Jan 2024M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Gimeno Valero 3–6, 4–6
Loss9–8Feb 2024M25 Hammamet, TunisiaWTTClay Flag of Spain.svg Pol Martín Tiffon3–6, 3–6
Win10–8Feb 2024M15 Kish Island, IranWTTClay Flag of Serbia.svg Branko Djuric 7–5, 6–4
Win11–8Mar 2024M15 Kish Island, IranWTTClay Flag of Hungary.svg Gergely Madarász 6–2, 6–3
Win12–8Mar 2024M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of Austria.svg Joel Schwärzler 6–1, 6–2
Win13–8Sep 2024M25 Satu Mare, RomaniaWTTClay Flag of Portugal (official).svg Frederico Ferreira Silva 6–4, 6–3
Loss13–9Nov 2024M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClayFlag placeholder.svg Evgenii Tiurnev 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7
Win14–9Nov 2025M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClayFlag placeholder.svg Bekkhan Atlangeriev6–1, 6–1

References

  1. "Romania | ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. Chronicle, The. "TENNIS Zimbabwe rallies Davis Cup team in Romania". The Chronicle.
  3. Filip Cristian Jianu Junior Results | ITF (itftennis.com)
  4. "Oliveira Conquers Brazzaville Challenger Crown". 3 November 2024.
  5. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: 6 Events on 6 Continents". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  6. @ATPTour (March 31, 2025). "First ATP Tour main draw win ☑️Filip Cristian Jianu with a special milestone on home soil, moving past Basavareddy in straight sets! 🇷🇴 #TiriacOpen" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  7. "Gasquet rallies to stun Van de Zandschulp in Bucharest". ATPTour. 31 March 2025.
  8. "ATP roundup: Top seeds challenged in Marrakech". Reuters. 3 April 2025.