Adrian Marcu

Adrian Marcu

Full name	Adrian Marcu
Country (sports)	Romania
Born	(1961-12-03) 3 December 1961 (age 63) Hunedoara, Romania
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	0–1
Highest ranking	No. 190 (28 March 1988)
Doubles
Career record	1–3
Highest ranking	No. 195 (24 June 1985)

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

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.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1988	Sofia, Bulgaria	Carpet	Florin Segărceanu	Jaroslav Bulant Richard Vogel	7–5, 6–2

See also

• List of Romania Davis Cup team representatives

References

1. "Mercedes Cup At Stuttgart, W. Germany". Detroit Free Press. 14 July 1987. p. 37. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
2. "McEnroe and Connors beat Australians for 2-0 US. lead". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 29 September 1984. p. 27. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
3. Atkins, Hunter (29 August 2013). "Determined Romanian Women Finding Success". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

External links

• Adrian Marcu at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Adrian Marcu at the Davis Cup
• Adrian Marcu at the International Tennis Federation