Florin Segărceanu

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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 63)
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 place 1979 Mexico City Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1981 Bucharest Singles
Gold medal – first place 1981 Bucharest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1981 Bucharest Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 1985 Kobe Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 1985 Kobe Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Kobe Doubles

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

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Doubles (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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