Gabriel Trifu

Gabriel Trifu
Full name	Gabriel Bogdan Trifu
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, United States
Born	14 April 1975 (age 49); Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 319,110
Singles
Career record	4–14
Career titles	0 ; 1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 148 (22 April 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (1998, 2003)
French Open	Q3 (2002)
Wimbledon	Q3 (1999)
US Open	Q2 (1998, 1999)
Doubles
Career record	23–27
Career titles	1 ; 13 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 97 (18 July 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2002, 2010)
Wimbledon	2R (1999, 2002)
US Open	1R (2009)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	7–12
	Last updated on: 9 April 2022.

Last updated January 02, 2025

Gabriel Trifu (born 14 April 1975)^[1] is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. In 1998, he won his first and only title on the ATP Tour, a doubles title at the Romanian Open with Andrei Pavel.^[1] Since 2017, Trifu has been the captain of the Romanian Davis Cup team.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1998	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Andrei Pavel	George Cosac Dinu Pescariu	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–4)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–2)
ITF Futures (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	May 1998	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Neville Godwin	4–6, 6–7
Loss	0-2	Dec 1998	USA F11, Clearwater	Futures	Hard	João Cunha-Silva	1–6, 3–6
Win	1-2	Feb 1999	Amarillo, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Macphie	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1-3	Nov 2001	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard	James Blake	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 20 (13–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (13–6)
ITF Futures (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–5)
Clay (7–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1996	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Luis-Enrique Herrera	Leonardo Lavalle Maurice Ruah	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Aug 1997	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Nelson Aerts André Sá	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1	Apr 1998	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Luis-Enrique Herrera	Ota Fukárek Régis Lavergne	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Aug 1998	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ota Fukárek	Jared Palmer Takao Suzuki	1–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Aug 1999	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Michael Sell	Scott Humphries Kevin Kim	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Win	4–2	Sep 1999	Brașov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Gheorghe Cosac Dinu-Mihai Pescariu	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–3	Oct 2000	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Enrique Abaroa Michael Sell	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win	5–3	Jul 2001	Eisenach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Yves Allegro	Tomas Behrend Franz Stauder	7–6^(10–8), 6–4
Loss	5–4	Dec 2001	Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Paul Rosner	Mardy Fish Jeff Morrison	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	6–4	Jan 2002	Waikoloa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	James Blake Justin Gimelstob	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	7–4	Apr 2002	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Vladimir Voltchkov	Leonardo Olguín Martín Vassallo Argüello	7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	8–4	May 2002	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Vladimir Voltchkov	Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter	6–1, 6–2
Win	9–4	Nov 2002	Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Eric Taino Martin Verkerk	6–3, 6–2
Loss	9–5	Aug 2003	Netherlands F4, Enschede	Futures	Clay	Robert Lindstedt	Edwin Kempes Paul Logtens	walkover
Loss	9–6	Jul 2004	Hilversum, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Attila Sávolt	Fred Hemmes Melle van Gemerden	6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(3–7)
Win	10–6	Sep 2004	Freudenstadt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Alexander Waske	Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez Santiago Ventura	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2
Win	11–6	Nov 2004	Homestead, United States	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	11–7	Nov 2004	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	Challenger	Hard	Andrei Pavel	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(2–7)
Win	12–7	May 2005	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Enzo Artoni Martín Vassallo Argüello	6–2, 4–6, 7—5
Win	13–7	Jul 2005	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Carlos Berlocq Ricardo Mello	6–4, 4–6, 6—4

Performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q3	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q1	A	Q2	Q2	Q3	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q2	A	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

Doubles

Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004–2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A	Q1	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
US Open	Q2	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0 / 5	2–5	29%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%

Related Research Articles

Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian former professional tennis player and coach, and Tennis TV commentator. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career highlights include reaching a major semifinal at the 2006 French Open, and a Masters title at the Indian Wells Masters in 2010. He also contested three other Masters finals, two in 2005 at Madrid and Paris, and the other at the 2006 Miami Open.

Andrei Pavel is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 and won three titles, including the 2001 Canada Masters. He also reached a career-high in doubles of No. 18 and won six doubles titles.

Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli is an Italian former tennis player. He won two singles titles at the French Championships and is considered by many to be one of Italy's greatest tennis champions.

Neale Andrew Fraser, was an Australian champion tennis player. Fraser is the most recent man to have completed the triple crown, which he did in 1959 and 1960 at the U.S. National Championships. He won the 1960 Wimbledon championships. Fraser was ranked world No. 1 amateur tennis player in 1959 and 1960 by Lance Tingay and Ned Potter.

Richard Dennis Ralston was an American professional tennis player whose active career spanned the 1960s and 1970s.

The Romanian Open is a professional men's tennis 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 ATP Tour. It was held annually in Bucharest, Romania, between 1993 and 2016 and revived in 2024. Its name is taken from Romania's famous tennis players Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac.

José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favoured clay. He was known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off both sides. His clothes sponsor was Topper and his racquet sponsor Head.

Adrian Voinea is a former Romanian tennis player. He has been ranked as high as No. 36 in singles by the ATP. Voinea has won one ATP Tour singles title on the ATP Tour.

Eric Taino is a retired ATP Tour American tennis player, who later represented the Philippines in international competition.

Florin Mergea is a Romanian former tennis player and a doubles specialist. He has reached the final of the ATP World Tour Finals in 2015 and won an ATP Masters title at the Mutua Madrid Open earlier that year. He achieved a career-high ATP ranking of World No. 7 in doubles and World No. 243 in singles.

Horia Tecău is a Romanian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.

Robert Lindstedt is a Swedish former professional tennis player who specialized in doubles. He turned professional in 1998, and reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in May 2013. Lindstedt won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 Australian Open with partner Łukasz Kubot. He has also reached four finals at the Wimbledon Championships: in 2010, 2011 and 2012 alongside Horia Tecău in men's doubles, and in 2019 with Jeļena Ostapenko in mixed doubles.

Marius Copil is a Romanian professional tennis player playing on the ATP World Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. He is a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. Copil is known for his extremely fast, powerful, and consistent serve.

Adrian Ungur is a Romanian former tennis player who mainly competed on the ATP 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.

Cristina-Andreea Mitu is a professional tennis player from Romania.

Gabriel Markus is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

The 1998 Romanian Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Bucharest, Romania that was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 14 September until 21 September 1997. First-seeded Francisco Clavet won the singles title.

Bobby Kokavec is a former professional tennis player from Canada.

Zdeněk Kolář is a Czech tennis player. Kolář has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 111 achieved on 13 June 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 110 achieved on 1 August 2022.

Ivan Beroš is a former professional tennis player from Croatia.

References

1 2 Gabriel TRIFU. itftennis.com

External links

Gabriel Trifu at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Gabriel Trifu at the International Tennis Federation
Gabriel Trifu at the Davis Cup
Gabriel Trifu at ESPN.com
Gabriel Trifu at Olympedia ( archive )
Gabriel Trifu at Olympics.com

This biographical article relating to Romanian tennis is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[itftennis.com-1] 1 2 Gabriel TRIFU. itftennis.com

[1]