Florin Segărceanu

Florin Segărceanu (born 29 March 1961) is a former tennis player from Romania.

Segărceanu in 1990
Country (sports) Romania
Born29 March 1961 (1961-03-29) (age 62)
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$192,212[1]
Singles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 73 (10 October 1983)
Doubles
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 49 (8 October 1984)
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place1979 Mexico CityDoubles
Gold medal – first place1981 BucharestSingles
Gold medal – first place1981 BucharestDoubles
Gold medal – first place1981 BucharestMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place1985 KobeMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place1985 KobeSingles
Bronze medal – third place1985 KobeDoubles

When John McEnroe won Wimbledon in 1983, Segărceanu was the only player to take a set off McEnroe throughout the entire championship when he won the first set of their second round match.

Segărceanu defeated Brian Teacher, then ranked 22nd, at Cincinnati in 1983; Paul Annacone, then ranked 25th, in the opening round at Roland Garros in 1985; Martín Jaite, then ranked 20th, at Tel Aviv in 1985; and Guy Forget, then ranked 28th, at Nice in 1986.[2]

His career prize money total was $192,212, with 1985's being his highest earning year at $25,138.[1]

Career finals

Doubles (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1983 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Sweden Stefan Edberg Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
1–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win 1–1 Oct 1983 Cologne, West Germany Hard United States Nick Saviano United States Paul Annacone
United States Eric Korita
6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 May 1984 Munich, West Germany Clay United States Eric Fromm West Germany Boris Becker
Poland Wojciech Fibak
4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 1985 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard South Africa Michael Robertson United States Brad Gilbert
Romania Ilie Năstase
3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Jul 1989 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay Czechoslovakia Cyril Suk Czechoslovakia Petr Korda
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Aug 1990 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay Romania George Cosac Czech Republic Vojtěch Flégl
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
7–5, 4–6, 3–6

References

  1. Florin Segarceanu | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis. ATP World Tour. Retrieved on 10 May 2017.
  2. Florin Segarceanu | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis. ATP World Tour. Retrieved on 10 May 2017.


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