Gabriel Trifu

Gabriel Trifu

Full name	Gabriel Bogdan Trifu
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, United States
Born	(1975-04-14) 14 April 1975 Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 319,110
Singles
Career record	4–14
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 148 (22 April 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (1998, 2003)
French Open	Q3 (2002)
Wimbledon	Q3 (1999)
US Open	Q2 (1998, 1999)
Doubles
Career record	23–27
Career titles	1 13 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 97 (18 July 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2002, 2010)
Wimbledon	2R (1999, 2002)
US Open	1R (2009)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	7–12
Last updated on: 9 April 2022.

Gabriel Trifu (born 14 April 1975) is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. In 1998, he won his first and only title on the ATP Tour, a doubles title at the Romanian Open with Andrei Pavel. Since 2017, Trifu has been the captain of the Romanian Davis Cup team.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1998	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Andrei Pavel	George Cosac Dinu Pescariu	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–2) ITF Futures (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	May 1998	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Neville Godwin	4–6, 6–7
Loss	0-2	Dec 1998	USA F11, Clearwater	Futures	Hard	João Cunha-Silva	1–6, 3–6
Win	1-2	Feb 1999	Amarillo, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Macphie	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1-3	Nov 2001	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard	James Blake	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 20 (13–7)

Legend ATP Challenger (13–6) ITF Futures (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (6–5) Clay (7–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1996	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Luis-Enrique Herrera	Leonardo Lavalle Maurice Ruah	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Aug 1997	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Nelson Aerts André Sá	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1	Apr 1998	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Luis-Enrique Herrera	Ota Fukárek Régis Lavergne	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Aug 1998	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ota Fukárek	Jared Palmer Takao Suzuki	1–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Aug 1999	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Michael Sell	Scott Humphries Kevin Kim	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Win	4–2	Sep 1999	Brașov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Gheorghe Cosac Dinu-Mihai Pescariu	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–3	Oct 2000	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Enrique Abaroa Michael Sell	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win	5–3	Jul 2001	Eisenach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Yves Allegro	Tomas Behrend Franz Stauder	7–6(10–8), 6–4
Loss	5–4	Dec 2001	Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Paul Rosner	Mardy Fish Jeff Morrison	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	6–4	Jan 2002	Waikoloa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	James Blake Justin Gimelstob	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	7–4	Apr 2002	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Vladimir Voltchkov	Leonardo Olguín Martín Vassallo Argüello	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Win	8–4	May 2002	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Vladimir Voltchkov	Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter	6–1, 6–2
Win	9–4	Nov 2002	Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Eric Taino Martin Verkerk	6–3, 6–2
Loss	9–5	Aug 2003	Netherlands F4, Enschede	Futures	Clay	Robert Lindstedt	Edwin Kempes Paul Logtens	walkover
Loss	9–6	Jul 2004	Hilversum, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Attila Sávolt	Fred Hemmes Melle van Gemerden	6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win	10–6	Sep 2004	Freudenstadt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Alexander Waske	Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez Santiago Ventura	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Win	11–6	Nov 2004	Homestead, United States	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	11–7	Nov 2004	Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine	Challenger	Hard	Andrei Pavel	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)
Win	12–7	May 2005	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Enzo Artoni Martín Vassallo Argüello	6–2, 4–6, 7—5
Win	13–7	Jul 2005	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Carlos Berlocq Ricardo Mello	6–4, 4–6, 6—4

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q3	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q1	A	Q2	Q2	Q3	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q2	A	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

Doubles

Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004–2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A	Q1	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
US Open	Q2	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0 / 5	2–5	29%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%

External links

• Gabriel Trifu at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Gabriel Trifu at the International Tennis Federation
• Gabriel Trifu at the Davis Cup
• Gabriel Trifu at ESPN.com
• Gabriel Trifu at Olympedia (archive)
• Gabriel Trifu at Olympics.com