Horia Tecău (born January 19, 1985 in Braşov, Romania) is a Romanian tennis player who turned pro in 2003, and is a doubles specialist. Tecău is currently ranked 15th in ATP's doubles ranking, while his highest doubles ranking of 15 was achieved on October 11, 2010.
Horia showed a solid game in the beginning of 2010 and won two doubles titles, (one Challenger and one ATP World Tour 250 Series), at Marrakech and Casablanca, which confirmed his good form.
He won his third doubles title at 's-Hertogenbosch and his second with partner Robert Lindstedt (his first with him came in Casablanca).
At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Tecău reached, for the first time in his career, a Grand Slam doubles final. He and his partner, Robert Lindstedt, defeated in the quarter finals the pair Tommy Robredo and Marcel Granollers in four sets, qualifying for the semifinals where they defetead the duo Juan Ignacio Chela and Eduardo Schwank 6–4, 7–5, 6–2. In the final Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated the pair of Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner with the score 6-1, 7-5, 7-5.
At Wimbledon mixed doubles, he and his fellow Romanian partner Monica Niculescu, lost in the second round to the pair Marcelo Melo and Rennae Stubbs with the score 3–6, 2–6.
At the 2010 Swedish Open, Lindstedt and Tecău won their third title together after winning in the final against Andreas Seppi and Simone Vagnozzi with the score 6–4, 7–5.
At the 2010 Farmers Classic, Tecău and Lindstedt he was defeated the pair Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer with the score 3-6, 6-4, [10-6] in the quarterfinals.
At the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Tecău and Lindstedt were defeated by the pair Marcos Baghdatis and Stanislas Wawrinka with the score 4-6, 6-4, [10-8] in the first round on the doubles category.
The fifth title of Tecău's career and fourth partnering Lindstedt came at the 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis. The final saw them winning over Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, 6–4, 7–5, this being their second title against the Indian-Pakistani pair.
At the Australian Open Horia and Robert were seeds No. 11 but despite leading 1-0 in the first round match against wildcards Colin Ebelthite and Adam Feeney they were forced to retire yet again due to Robert's injury.
After the year's first Grand Slam, Horia decided to give his partner, Robert, time to recover and paired for the PBZ Zagreb Indoors with experienced doubles player, Belgian Dick Norman. This was a successful choice and they reached the tournament final and won it.
Following the Zagreb title Horia paired for the next two tournaments with Austrian Julian Knowle and Pakistani Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi but with little succes exiting both competitions after the first round. He then paired with fellow countryman Victor Hănescu for their biggest doubles title to date, the 500 point Abierto Mexicano Telcel. In the final they won against Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in straight sets, 6–1, 6–3.
In April, they have defended their title in Casablanca, after an impressive display and losing just one set in the first round of the tournament.
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