Adrian Voinea is a former Romania

Romania

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n tennis player who turned professional in 1993.

The right-hander won one singles title (1999, Bournemouth

Brighton International

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). Voinea was born in Romania, but moved to Italy

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 at age 15 because his older brother, Marian, was coaching there. He reached his highest singles ATP

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-ranking on April 15, 1996, when he became the number 36 of the world. One year before he achieved his biggest success in career advancing as a qualifier to the quarter-finals in Paris

Paris

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 (Roland Garros), beating inter alia, Boris Becker

Boris Becker

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 in the third round in four sets.

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Winner – Legend (pre/post 2009) Grand Slam tournaments (0/0) Tennis Masters Cup (0/0) ATP Masters Series (0/0) ATP International Series Gold (0/0) ATP International Series (1/1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0/0) Clay (1/1) Grass (0/0) Carpet (0/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score
Runner Up	1.	1996	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a tennis tournament held annually in Palermo in Italy. Held from 1935 until 2006, the tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was a part of the ATP Tour schedule from 1979 to 2006.-Singles:-Doubles:...	Clay	Karim Alami Karim Alami Karim Alami is a tennis player from Morocco, who turned professional in 1990. He represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Switzerland's eventual winner Marc Rosset. The right-hander won two career titles in...	7–5, 2–1 ret.
Winner	1.	1999	Bournemouth International Brighton International The Brighton International was a tennis tournament held in Brighton, UK. It was a WTA Tour event from 1978-1995 and an ATP Tour event from 1996-2000, upon the discontinuation of the women's tournament. The women's event was held in October....	Clay	Stefan Koubek Stefan Koubek Stefan Koubek is a tennis player from Austria. Koubek plays left-handed with a double-handed backhand. His idol when growing up was Thomas Muster. Koubek has won three titles, two of which have come on hardcourts; despite this, he says his favorite surface is clay.His nickname is Cooley or Stef...	1–6, 7–5, 7–6(2)

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