Romanian Open

The Țiriac Open, also known by its original name, the Romanian Open, is a professional men's tennis tournament held in Bucharest, Romania. Played on outdoor clay courts, it is an ATP 250 event on the ATP Tour. Established in 1993, the tournament was held annually until 2016 before returning in 2024 under its current name. The tournament's ATP licence is owned by former Romanian tennis player Ion Țiriac.

History

The tournament was first held in 1993 at Arenele BNR, a tennis complex in Bucharest, where it remained until 2016. Originally known as the Romanian Open and later the BCR Open Romania, it was renamed the BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy in 2011 in honour of former Romanian tennis players Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac. Initially scheduled in September, the tournament moved to April in 2012 to coincide with the European clay-court season.

The tournament left Bucharest after the 2016 edition due to problems with the infrastructure at Arenele BNR. The complex's main stadium could no longer be used because it lacked the required fire safety approval, forcing matches to be played on secondary courts. Renovation of the main stadium was further complicated by legal restrictions on investments by the National Bank of Romania (BNR), which owned the complex. In 2017, Ion Țiriac made a public offer to purchase the sports complex from the BNR, with the aim of renovating it and bringing international tennis competitions back to the venue. Later that year, Țiriac, Ilie Năstase, Simona Halep and other athletes filed a lawsuit seeking recognition of the Romanian state's ownership of the complex and annulment of the 1991 agreement under which it had been transferred to the BNR.

The tournament was relocated to Budapest, Hungary, in 2017, where it was held as the Hungarian Open until 2019. The event subsequently moved to Belgrade, Serbia, in 2021, where it was held as the Serbia Open for two years, before being temporarily relocated to Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the Srpska Open in 2023.

The tournament returned to Bucharest in 2024 under the name Țiriac Open, with its first edition since the relocation held at the Năstase–Marica Sports Club. In 2025, it moved to the National Tennis Centre in Bucharest, which also hosted the 2026 edition.

Plans have been announced to relocate the tournament to a new tennis complex in Otopeni, north of Bucharest, as part of a larger sports development led by Ion Țiriac. Known as Țiriac Sport Center, the development is planned to include a tennis academy with 30 courts and a 5,000-seat main stadium designed to meet ATP requirements. As of October 2026, construction of the tennis facilities was underway, with George Cosac, president of the Romanian Tennis Federation, stating that the tennis complex, including the main stadium, was expected to be completed by the end of 2027.

Notable results

Gilles Simon holds the record for the most singles titles at the tournament, winning in 2007, 2008 and 2012. Victor Hănescu became the first Romanian player to reach the singles final in 2007, losing to Simon.

Romanian players have enjoyed greater success in doubles. Andrei Pavel and Gabriel Trifu won the title in 1998, while Marius Copil and Adrian Ungur won in 2015. Horia Tecău holds the tournament record with four doubles titles, winning three consecutive editions from 2012 to 2014, each with a different partner, and a fourth title alongside Florin Mergea in 2016.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1993	Goran Ivanišević	Andrei Cherkasov	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
1994	Franco Davín	Goran Ivanišević	6–2, 6–4
1995	Thomas Muster	Gilbert Schaller	6–3, 6–4
1996	Alberto Berasategui	Carlos Moyá	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
1997	Richard Fromberg	Andrea Gaudenzi	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
1998	Francisco Clavet	Arnaud Di Pasquale	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1999	Alberto Martín	Karim Alami	6–3, 6–2
2000	Juan Balcells	Markus Hantschk	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
2001	Younes El Aynaoui	Albert Montañés	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
2002	David Ferrer	José Acasuso	6–3, 6–2
2003	David Sánchez	Nicolás Massú	6–2, 6–2
2004	José Acasuso	Igor Andreev	6–3, 6–0
2005	Florent Serra	Igor Andreev	6–3, 6–4
2006	Jürgen Melzer	Filippo Volandri	6–1, 7–5
2007	Gilles Simon	Victor Hănescu	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2008	Gilles Simon (2)	Carlos Moyá	6–3, 6–4
2009	Albert Montañés	Juan Mónaco	7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)
2010	Juan Ignacio Chela	Pablo Andújar	7–5, 6–1
2011	Florian Mayer	Pablo Andújar	6–3, 6–1
2012	Gilles Simon (3)	Fabio Fognini	6–4, 6–3
2013	Lukáš Rosol	Guillermo García-López	6–3, 6–2
2014	Grigor Dimitrov	Lukáš Rosol	7–6(7–2), 6–1
2015	Guillermo García-López	Jiří Veselý	7–6(7–5), 7–6(13–11)
2016	Fernando Verdasco	Lucas Pouille	6–3, 6–2
2017- 2023	replaced by Hungarian Open, Serbia Open and Srpska Open
2024	Márton Fucsovics	Mariano Navone	6–4, 7–5
2025	Flavio Cobolli	Sebastián Báez	6–4, 6–4
2026	Mariano Navone	Daniel Mérida	6–2, 4–6, 7–5

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1993	Menno Oosting Libor Pimek	George Cosac Ciprian Petre Porumb	7–6, 7–6
1994	Wayne Arthurs Simon Youl	Jordi Arrese José Antonio Conde	6–4, 6–4
1995	Mark Keil Jeff Tarango	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	6–4, 7–6
1996	David Ekerot Jeff Tarango (2)	David Adams Menno Oosting	7–6, 7–6
1997	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	Hendrik Jan Davids Daniel Orsanic	7–5, 7–5
1998	Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu	George Cosac Dinu Pescariu	7–6, 7–6
1999	Lucas Arnold Ker Martín García	Marc-Kevin Goellner Francisco Montana	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
2000	Alberto Martín Eyal Ran	Devin Bowen Mariano Hood	7–6(7–4), 6–1
2001	Aleksandar Kitinov Johan Landsberg	Pablo Albano Marc-Kevin Goellner	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
2002	Jens Knippschild Peter Nyborg	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Andrés Schneiter	6–3, 6–3
2003	Karsten Braasch Sargis Sargsian	Simon Aspelin Jeff Coetzee	7–6(9–7), 6–2
2004	Lucas Arnold Ker (2) Mariano Hood	José Acasuso Óscar Hernández	7–6(7–5), 6–1
2005	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	Victor Hănescu Andrei Pavel	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2006	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	Martín García Luis Horna	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
2007	Oliver Marach Michal Mertiňák	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	7–6(7–2), 7–6(10–8)
2008	Nicolas Devilder Paul-Henri Mathieu	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–6(7–4), 6–7(9–11), [22–20]
2009	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák (2)	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6–2, 6–4
2010	Juan Ignacio Chela Łukasz Kubot	Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura	6–2, 5–7, [13–11]
2011	Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace	Julian Knowle David Marrero	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2012	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	7–6(7–2), 6–3
2013	Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău (2)	Lukáš Dlouhý Oliver Marach	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
2014	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău (3)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–4, 6–4
2015	Marius Copil Adrian Ungur	Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak	3–6, 7–5, [17–15]
2016	Florin Mergea Horia Tecău (4)	Chris Guccione André Sá	7–5, 6–4
2017- 2023	replaced by Hungarian Open, Serbia Open and Srpska Open
2024	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten	6–3, 7–5
2025	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	Jakob Schnaitter Mark Wallner	7–6(7–3), 6–4
2026	Sadio Doumbia (2) Fabien Reboul (2)	Adam Pavlásek Patrik Rikl	6–1, 6–4

See also

• Transylvania Open
• Bucharest Open
• Winners Open

• List of tennis tournaments

References

External links

• Bucharest | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis
• Official website (archived)
• atpworldtour.com profile (archived)

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