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Horia Tecău -(born January 19, 1985 [3] ) is a Romanian tennis player currently
ranked World No. 8 in doubles. He turned pro in 2003 and reached the men's
doubles
finals
of
the 2010, 2011 and 2012
Wimbledon
Championships with Robert Lindstedt before winning it in 2015 with Jean-Julien
Rojer, with whom he also won the 2017 US Open. Tecău also won the 2012
Australian Open mixed doubles title with Bethanie Mattek-Sands and the 2015
ATP World Tour Finals with Rojer.
He won his third doubles title at 's-Hertogenbosch and his second with
partner Robert Lindstedt (his first with him came in Casablanca).
At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Tecău reached, for the first time in his
career, a Grand Slam doubles final. He and his partner, Robert Lindstedt,
defeated the pair of Tommy Robredo and Marcel Granollers in four sets in the
quarter finals, qualifying for the semifinals where they defeated the duo of Juan
Ignacio Chela and Eduardo Schwank. In the final Tecău and Lindstedt were
defeated by the pair of Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner.
At Wimbledon in the mixed doubles, he and his
partner, fellow Romanian Monica Niculescu, lost in
the second round to Marcelo Melo and Rennae
Stubbs.
At the 2010 Swedish Open, Lindstedt and Tecău won
their third title together after winning in the final
against Andreas Seppi and Simone Vagnozzi.
At the 2010 Farmers Classic, Tecău and Lindstedt
were defeated by Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien
Rojer in the quarterfinals.
At the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated by
the pair of Marcos Baghdatis and Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round on the
doubles category.
The fifth title of Tecău's career and fourth partnering Lindstedt came at the 2010
Pilot Pen Tennis. The final saw them beating Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq
Qureshi, this being their second title win against the Indian-Pakistani pair.
Horia
Tecău
and Jean-Julien
Murray and John Peers in the final.
Rojer won Wimbledon defeating Jamie
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