Victor Hănescu
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| Country (sports) |
 Romania
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|---|---|
| Residence | Bucharest, Romania |
| Born |
21 July 1981 Bucharest, Romania |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | 2000 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $4,297,051 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 201–244 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 26 (6 July 2009) |
| Current ranking | No. 187 (18 May 2015) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014) |
| French Open | QF (2005) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2003, 2009, 2010) |
| US Open | 2R (2008, 2010) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 43–70 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 92 (30 January 2012) |
| Current ranking | No. 1154 (18 May 2015) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2012, 2013) |
| French Open | 2R (2012) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2005, 2008, 2009) |
| US Open | 2R (2005, 2010) |
| Last updated on: May 21, 2015. | |
Victor Hănescu born 21 July 1981 is a Romanian tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world no. 26.
Hănescu attained a career-high singles ranking of No. 26 on 6 July 2009. Six weeks later, in a Davis Cup match against the United States, he suffered a severe rib injury, and a subsequent injury sidelined him further in May 2006. By January 2007, his ranking had plummeted to No. 759, before he finally began making progress on a comeback.
Hănescu earned his first ATP singles ranking points in August 1999, with first-round wins two weeks in a row at the Romania F1 and F2 Futures tournaments. Although he played four more tournaments from September through December, he did not earn any additional points and finished the year ranked No. 1231.
In 2000, Hănescu played Satellites and Futures tournaments. His fourth-place finish at a Satellite in Croatia in April/May and third place at a Satellite in Portugal in October/November provided him with 36 of the 45 ATP singles ranking points he earned in 2000. He finished the year ranked No. 477.
Hănescu won his first pro tournaments in May 2001, taking the singles titles in consecutive weeks at the Slovakia F1 and F2 Futures events. A quarterfinal finish at a Challenger in Budapest two weeks later put him in the top 400 for the first time. In July, as the top seed in consecutive weeks in Bucharest, he reached the final at Romania F1 and won the F2 Futures event to improve his ranking to No. 319. In August in Challengers in three consecutive weeks, he reached the semifinals in Poland and Germany, and then the final in Germany to improve to No. 209. He broke into the top 200 for the first time in October, but went just 4–7 in Challengers after August and finished the year ranked No. 212.
Hănescu did not make much career progress in 2002. His highlights were reaching his first career ATP-level quarterfinal at Umag, Croatia in July, and then winning his first Challenger in Portugal in September. He finished the year ranked No. 172.
Moderate success in Challengers improved Hănescu's ranking to No. 150 by April 2003. He then qualified for the ATP tournament in Estoril and reached the third round of the Rome Masters in May and beat No. 31 Mikhail Youzhny, his highest-ranked win to that point. At the end of May, he qualified for the French Open and reached the third round, losing to Jarkko Nieminen, to break into the top 100 for the first time. He was a Lucky Loser entry at Wimbledon, and reached the third round there also, beating No. 34 Juan Ignacio Chela before losing to No. 12 Sjeng Schalken, improving his ranking to No. 85. He had limited success the rest of the year, losing in the first round at the US Open to No. 6 Lleyton Hewitt, before reaching the quarterfinals in Bucharest in September. In October, he qualified for his second Masters event of the year in Paris, upsetting No. 49 Rafael Nadal and No. 69 Anthony Dupuis, and then upsetting No. 27 Wayne Ferreira in the first round, before losing to No. 2 Andy Roddick. He finished the year ranked No. 70.
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