Florin Mergea
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Florin Mergea (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 26 January 1985) 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 (July 2015) and World No. 243 in singles (May 2005).
Coaching
His current doubles partner is fellow Romanian Adrian Barbu. Florin Mergea is presently coached by Alex Pop-Moldovan and managed by the McCartney Group, Vienna.
Tennis career
Juniors
As a junior Mergea compiled a singles win–loss record of 87–33, reaching as high as No. 2 in the world in July 2003 (and No. 1 in doubles). Along the way, he beat future top ten singles players like Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych, Gaël Monfils and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.[1] As well as winning the Boys' Singles at Wimbledon in 2003 and being runner-up in the Boys' Singles tournament at the 2003 Australian Open, he won the Boys' Doubles in 2002 alongside compatriot Horia Tecău.
Seniors
The transition to the seniors tour proved difficult for Mergea. After turning pro in 2003, he struggled to make a breakthrough. Injuries hampered his career and in spite of reaching no. 103 in the doubles rankings, his lack of singles success and limited support drained his motivation. In 2010, Mergea decided to retire from tennis, a decision he turned around months later, with the help of his wife, Daiana. With renewed focus on the doubles game, his rankings rose steadily, playing alongside the likes of Andrei Daescu and Philipp Marx. After reaching thirteen challenger finals within little over a year, Mergea won his first ATP title in October 2013, when he teamed up with Lukas Rosol for the Erste Bank Open, Vienna.[2]
Tour success continued in 2014, as he won the Royal Guard Open in Vina del Mar, with veteran Oliver Marach, and his first ATP 500 title at the International German Open in Hamburg, with Marin Draganja. Furthermore, siding with the Croatian, Mergea reached the French Open semifinal.
After starting 2015 with Dominic Inglot and reaching two finals, his injury plagued British partner needed time to recover. This gave way to the formation of his partnership with Rohan Bopanna, whom he had played with successfully at the Shanghai Masters the previous season. Together, they found consistency in their results, while winning the Madrid Masters and the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. In November, the team were the last to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals.[3] There, in spite of their seeding, they reached the final against the year-end No. 1 team of Mergea's Davis Cup and former juniors' partner, Romanian Horia Tecău, who played alongside Jean Julien Rojer.
He won the 2016 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy[4] and the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, alongside compatriot Horia Tecău.
In 2017 he won the title in Barcelona partnering with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.[5]
Significant finals
Year-end championships
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2015 | ATP World Tour Finals, London | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna | Template:Flagicon Jean-Julien Rojer Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău |
4–6, 3–6 |
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2015 | Madrid Open | Clay | Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna | Template:Flagicon Marcin Matkowski Template:Flagicon Nenad Zimonjić |
6–2, 6–7(5–7), [11–9] |
| Loss | 2016 | Madrid Open | Clay | Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna | Template:Flagicon Jean-Julien Rojer Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău |
4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Olympic medal matches
Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 2016 | Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro | Hard | Template:Flagicon Horia Tecau | Template:Flagicon Marc Lopez Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal |
2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runners-up)
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| Result | W–L | Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | [[2013 Erste Bank Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Vienna Open, Austria | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Lukáš Rosol | Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor Template:Flagicon Julian Knowle |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | [[2014 Royal Guard Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Chile Open, Chile | 250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Oliver Marach | Template:Flagicon Juan Sebastián Cabal Template:Flagicon Robert Farah |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | [[2014 International German Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Marin Draganja | Template:Flagicon Alexander Peya Template:Flagicon Bruno Soares |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–1 | [[2015 Heineken Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Auckland Open, New Zealand | 250 Series | Hard | Template:Flagicon Dominic Inglot | Template:Flagicon Raven Klaasen Template:Flagicon Leander Paes |
6–7(1–7), 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–2 | [[2015 Open Sud de France – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Open Sud de France, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Dominic Inglot | Template:Flagicon Marcus Daniell Template:Flagicon Artem Sitak |
6–3, 4–6, [14–16] |
| Loss | 3–3 | [[2015 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna | Template:Flagicon Rameez Junaid Template:Flagicon Adil Shamasdin |
6–3, 2–6, [7–10] |
| Win | 4–3 | [[2015 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna | Template:Flagicon Marcin Matkowski Template:Flagicon Nenad Zimonjić |
6–2, 6–7(5–7), [11–9] |
| Win | 5–3 | [[2015 MercedesCup – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Stuttgart Open, Germany | 250 Series | Grass | Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna | Template:Flagicon Alexander Peya Template:Flagicon Bruno Soares |
5–7, 6–2, [10–7] |
| Loss | 5–4 | [[2015 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Halle Open, Germany | 500 Series | Grass | Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna | Template:Flagicon Raven Klaasen Template:Flagicon Rajeev Ram |
6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
| Loss | 5–5 | [[2015 ATP World Tour Finals – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | ATP World Tour Finals, United Kingdom | Tour Finals | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna | Template:Flagicon Jean-Julien Rojer Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–6 | [[2016 Apia International Sydney – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] | Sydney International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna | Template:Flagicon Jamie Murray Template:Flagicon Bruno Soares |
3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
| Win | 6–6 | [[2016 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Romanian Open, Romania | 250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău | Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione Template:Flagicon André Sá |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6–7 | [[2016 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna | Template:Flagicon Jean-Julien Rojer Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău |
4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 6–8 | [[Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] | Olympic Games, Brazil | Olympics | Hard | Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău | Template:Flagicon Marc López Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal |
2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Win | 7–8 | [[2017 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Barcelona Open, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Template:Flagicon Philipp Petzschner Template:Flagicon Alexander Peya |
6–4, 6–3 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles 13 (7 titles, 6 runners-up)
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) |
| ITF Futures Circuit (7–6) |
| Result | W–L | Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Template:Dts | Kuwait F2, Mishref | Futures | Hard | Template:Flagicon Ivo Klec | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Template:Dts | Kuwait F3, Mishref | Futures | Hard | Template:Flagicon Ivo Klec | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Template:Dts | Lebanon F2, Jounieh | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Augustin Gensse | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–2 | Template:Dts | France F18, Saint-Brieuc | Futures | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Nicolas Thomann | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
| Win | 3–2 | Template:Dts | USA F1, Tampa | Futures | Hard | Template:Flagicon Matías Boeker | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–2 | Template:Dts | Kuwait F1, Mishref | Futures | Hard | Template:Flagicon Mohammad Ghareeb | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 5–2 | Template:Dts | France F16, Nevers | Futures | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Jean-Michel Pequery | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Template:Dts | France F18, La Roche-sur-Yon | Futures | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Olivier Vandewiele | 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Template:Dts | Romania F5, Zalău | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Adrian Cruciat | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Template:Dts | Romania F6, Pitești | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Gabriel Moraru | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–5 | Template:Dts | Germany F1, Nußloch | Futures | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Dustin Brown | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–5 | Template:Dts | Romania F2, Bucharest | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Gabriel Moraru | 2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
| Loss | 7–6 | Template:Dts | Canada F2, Montreal | Futures | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Martin Verkerk | 7–6(10–8), 6–7(9–11), 4–6 |
Doubles 77 (45 titles, 32 runners-up)
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger Tour (17–18) |
| ITF Futures Circuit (28–14) |
Doubles performance timeline
Template:Performance key Current through the 2021 Antalya Open.
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 8–5 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 2R | SF | 3R | QF | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 11–6 | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | SF | 3R | 3R | A | A | NH | 0 / 5 | 8–5 | |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | QF | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 6–4 | 12–4 | 7–3 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 19 | 31–19 |
| ATP World Tour Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Finals | Did not qualify | F | Did not qualify | 0 / 1 | 3–2 | ||||||||||||||||
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | 2R | A | A | NH | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | NH | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 2R | A | A | NH | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | F | 1R | 1R | A | NH | 1 / 4 | 8–3 | |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | SF | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | SF | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 10–7 | 8–7 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 22 | 24–22 |
| National representation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | A | Not held | A | Not held | A | Not Held | F–S | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 4–1 | ||||||||||
| Davis Cup | PO | PO | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | A | Z2 | Z2 | P | 0 / 2 | 11–4 | |
| Win–loss | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 13–5 |
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 12–13 | 32–24 | 48–25 | 24–22 | 15–16 | 4–8 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Year-end ranking | 531 | 175 | 378 | 213 | 166 | 112 | 319 | 1,430 | 306 | 88 | 64 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 53 | 381 | 151 | 155 | 0% | ||
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