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Ion Moldovan

ROU 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1996–2003

Ion Moldovan represented Romania on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 111. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 4–11 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

111 (Aug 11, 1997)

Elo peak

1538 (14th percentile)

Singles record

4–11 (26.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$222,260

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Ion Moldovan's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Florin Mergea #582	6-2 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 2008	Q1 Q	Tiriac Open	International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Sargis Sargsian #53	5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 2003*	R16	Tiriac Open	ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Tomas Behrend #79	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 2003*	R32	Tiriac Open	ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Albert Portas #88	2-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 2002*	R32	Tiriac Open	ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Gabriel Trifu #307	6-4 1-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 2001*	R32	Tiriac Open	ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Ion Moldovan's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Sargis Sargsian	0	1	1	Sep 12, 2003	H2H
Tomas Behrend	1	0	1	Sep 11, 2003	H2H
Albert Portas	0	1	1	Sep 12, 2002	H2H
Gabriel Trifu	0	1	1	Sep 13, 2001	H2H
David Nalbandian	0	1	1	Jul 19, 2001	H2H

Career Results

Ion Moldovan career results by season
Season	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1996	ATP	2	1	3	66.7%	935	176
1997	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	178	163
1998	ATP	1	3	4	25.0%	163	296
2000	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	349	302
2001	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2001	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	302	507
2002	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	509	674
2003	ATP	1	1	2	50.0%	676	354
2008	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career	—	4	11	15	26.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Ion Moldovan career results by season and surface
Season	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1996	ATP	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1997	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1998	ATP	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
2000	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2002	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	ATP	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2008	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	—	—	—	4	10	14	28.6%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	4	11	15	26.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Ion Moldovan career results by season and opponent rank
Season	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1996	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
1997	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1998	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
2000	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2002	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	11	15	26.7%

Performance Stats

Ion Moldovan performance statistics by season
Season	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1996	3/3	1.7	1.3	64.0%	60.5%	52.6%	49.2%	45.7%	57.7%	42.9%
1997	2/2	0.5	1.5	70.9%	61.8%	51.8%	50.0%	16.7%	58.4%	29.5%
1998	3/4	1.3	1.0	73.0%	63.2%	64.6%	69.7%	21.0%	64.6%	33.6%
2000	1/1	1.0	3.0	70.7%	60.0%	44.4%	71.4%	20.0%	55.4%	38.2%
2001	2/2	3.5	1.5	68.7%	61.9%	38.2%	55.6%	52.8%	54.4%	36.7%
2002	1/1	2.0	3.0	57.5%	61.9%	58.1%	42.9%	50.0%	60.3%	31.3%
2003	2/2	2.0	2.0	53.5%	76.7%	42.5%	58.3%	63.3%	60.7%	39.0%
Career	14/15	1.7	1.6	66.1%	63.9%	51.3%	57.1%	38.3%	59.3%	36.4%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 14/15 (93.3%) of Ion Moldovan's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Ion Moldovan advanced statistics by season
Season	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1996	1533	108.7	+0.52	+0.82	1.015	50.3%	—	+30	—	50.0%	+0.38	2–0	—	—	+0.06
1997	1512	104.5	+0.49	-3.94	0.709	44.9%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.75	—	0–1	—	-0.09
1998	1506	113.0	+0.81	-1.51	0.951	48.8%	—	+54	—	25.0%	-1.00	—	0–1	—	-0.08
2000	1500	103.6	-1.14	+0.67	0.856	47.6%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	-0.16
2001	1453	96.7	+1.43	-0.56	0.805	45.4%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.83	0–2	0–1	—	+0.31
2002	1442	101.6	-2.76	-2.95	0.787	45.1%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	0–1	—	—	+0.09
2003	1459	105.9	-0.97	+0.16	0.992	50.4%	—	—	—	50.0%	0.00	—	—	—	-0.04
2008	1443	98.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	1538	111.4	+0.14	-0.93	0.893	48.0%	—	+42	—	31.4%	-1.03	2–3 (40%)	0–3 (0%)	—	+0.60

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Ion Moldovan Grand Slams results by season
Season	AO	W-L Win %
2001	Q1	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 250

Ion Moldovan ATP 250 results by season
Season	BUC	MAL	UMA	MAR	GEN	W-L Win %
1996	QF	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1997	R32	—	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
1998	R16	R32	—	—	R32	1–3 (25%)
2000	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2001	R32	—	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2002	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	R16	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2008	Q1	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	4–8 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–12 (25%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

111

Career-high date

Aug 11, 1997

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Ion Moldovan ranking history by month and season
Season	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1995	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	942	935
1996	935	930	930	613	479	424	385	256	177	176	175	176
1997	170	178	191	185	193	186	115	129	153	162	158	163
1998	161	150	152	155	151	160	327	369	289	276	296	296
1999	291	317	337	363	357	362	335	311	325	349	344	352
2000	348	326	327	324	346	348	318	278	317	302	306	302
2001	308	320	312	316	324	327	377	589	516	517	501	507
2002	506	501	501	504	503	493	510	505	652	641	675	674
2003	674	651	667	646	646	554	451	400	358	355	353	354
2004	352	350	352	361	362	389	493	592	1042	1055	1073	1091
2005	1233	1311	1296	—	—	—	—	885	901	913	913	901
2006	898	896	904	922	922	910	1080	1571	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Ion Moldovan's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Giorgio Galimberti	ITA	#115	1,569	26	7	19	26.9%	$619,170	1994–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Marcelo Charpentier	ARG	#114	1,569	32	8	24	25.0%	$328,886	1994–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Mose Navarra	ITA	#119	1,584	12	3	9	25.0%	$309,483	1996–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Fredrik Jonsson	SWE	#108	1,605	36	8	28	22.2%	$291,169	1996–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Francisco Cabello	ARG	#119	1,526	7	2	5	28.6%	$178,111	1997–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Eduardo Medica	ARG	#109	1,537	6	2	4	33.3%	$107,359	1998–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Ville Liukko	FIN	#117	1,520	11	4	7	36.4%	$114,816	1999–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Sebastian Prieto	ARG	#137	1,545	15	4	11	26.7%	$1,271,907	1996–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Christian Vinck	GER	#101	1,647	65	17	48	26.2%	$482,534	1994–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Jamie Delgado	GBR	#121	1,564	41	11	30	26.8%	$834,831	1997–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Gaston Etlis	ARG	#114	1,577	84	29	55	34.5%	$1,559,459	1994–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Axel Pretzsch	GER	#99	1,577	36	11	25	30.6%	$336,815	1998–2002	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Ion Moldovan represent?: Ion Moldovan represents Romania in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Ion Moldovan?: Ion Moldovan is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is Ion Moldovan left-handed or right-handed?: Ion Moldovan plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Ion Moldovan won?: Ion Moldovan has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Ion Moldovan won?: TennisDB does not group any of Ion Moldovan's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Ion Moldovan's highest ATP ranking?: Ion Moldovan's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 111, first achieved on August 11, 1997.
What is Ion Moldovan's career win-loss record?: Ion Moldovan has a career ATP singles record of 4 wins and 11 losses (26.7%).
How much career prize money has Ion Moldovan earned?: Ion Moldovan has earned at least $222,260 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Ion Moldovan's career appear in TennisDB?: Ion Moldovan appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1996 through 2003.
Who has Ion Moldovan faced most often?: Ion Moldovan's most frequent opponent is Sargis Sargsian, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.