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Ion Tiriac

ROU Age 87 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1979

Ion Tiriac represented Romania on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 55. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 228–189 and 4 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

55 (Jun 3, 1974)

Elo peak

1888 (81st percentile)

Singles record

228–189 (54.7%)

Singles titles

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 Tiriac's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Sandy Mayer #19	2-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 1979*	R32	Memphis	ATP 250	Carpet
Guillermo Vilas	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 1979*	R32	Birmingham	ATP 250	Carpet
Phil Dent #87	7-6 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 1979*	R16	Hobart	ATP 250	Grass
Andrew Rae #465	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 1979*	R32	Hobart	ATP 250	Grass
Tony Roche #52	3-6 0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 30, 1978*	R64	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass

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Ion Tiriac's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ilie Nastase	2	7	9	Feb 17, 1973	H2H
Raymond Moore	2	6	8	Apr 25, 1974	H2H
Manuel Orantes	1	6	7	Jul 21, 1973	H2H
Guillermo Vilas	0	6	6	Jan 18, 1979	H2H
Zeljko Franulovic	3	3	6	Aug 9, 1978	H2H

Singles Titles (4)

Ion Tiriac singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1968	29	2	—	—	—	2	—	Lugano, Ortisei
1970	31	1	—	—	—	1	—	Munich Open
1971	32	1	—	—	—	1	—	Madrid
Total		4	—	—	—	4	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Ion Tiriac career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	29	60	12	72	83.3%	—	—
1969	30	14	14	28	50.0%	—	—
1970	31	34	22	56	60.7%	—	—
1971	32	27	16	43	62.8%	—	—
1972	33	23	26	49	46.9%	—	—
1973	34	34	35	69	49.3%	87	74
1974	35	9	14	23	39.1%	72	72
1975	36	8	10	18	44.4%	72	138
1976	37	1	7	8	12.5%	190	248
1977	38	15	20	35	42.9%	173	97
1978	39	2	10	12	16.7%	103	263
1979	40	1	3	4	25.0%	439	439
Career		228	189	417	54.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Ion Tiriac career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	29	—	—	—	—	56	11	67	83.6%	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—	—	—	60	12	72	83.3%
1969	30	4	5	9	44.4%	7	5	12	58.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	14	14	28	50.0%
1970	31	6	5	11	54.5%	25	10	35	71.4%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	34	22	56	60.7%
1971	32	4	4	8	50.0%	20	7	27	74.1%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	27	16	43	62.8%
1972	33	6	9	15	40.0%	10	10	20	50.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	3	4	7	42.9%	23	26	49	46.9%
1973	34	2	9	11	18.2%	21	19	40	52.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	7	4	11	63.6%	34	35	69	49.3%
1974	35	2	3	5	40.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	9	14	23	39.1%
1975	36	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	8	10	18	44.4%
1976	37	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%
1977	38	1	2	3	33.3%	13	14	27	48.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	15	20	35	42.9%
1978	39	1	2	3	33.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	10	12	16.7%
1979	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
Career	—	28	42	70	40.0%	154	89	243	63.4%	21	21	42	50.0%	25	37	62	40.3%	228	189	417	54.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Ion Tiriac career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1973	34	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
1974	35	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1975	36	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1977	38	0	4	4	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	8	14	42.9%	0	0	—	—	8	14	22	36.4%
1978	39	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%
1979	40	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		0	6	6	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	6	18	24	25.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	12	29	41	29.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 41/417 (9.8%) of Ion Tiriac's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Ion Tiriac advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	29	1833	137.7	—	—	—	—	—	+131	-203	75.3%	+1.86	9–2 (82%)	—	—	+2.00
1969	30	1763	123.3	—	—	—	—	-148	+136	-139	51.5%	+0.17	1–0	—	—	-1.84
1970	31	1810	138.9	—	—	—	—	-162	+93	-151	63.9%	+0.98	3–10 (23%)	—	—	-0.73
1971	32	1783	135.6	—	—	—	—	-170	+109	-57	58.1%	+0.67	5–1 (83%)	2–4 (33%)	103.9	+3.37
1972	33	1676	128.9	—	—	—	—	-62	+101	+65	51.5%	+0.05	6–15 (29%)	3–4 (43%)	92.8	+3.07
1973	34	1678	129.1	—	—	—	—	-55	0	+87	50.6%	+0.14	10–13 (43%)	7–6 (54%)	98.5	+4.23
1974	35	1619	121.8	—	—	—	—	+72	-35	—	38.5%	-0.69	3–2 (60%)	1–3 (25%)	100.2	+0.03
1975	36	1595	116.1	—	—	—	—	+71	-22	—	43.5%	-0.11	4–4 (50%)	1–8 (11%)	94.0	+2.98
1976	37	1548	112.0	—	—	—	—	+53	—	—	20.0%	-2.20	0–1	0–1	—	+0.52
1977	38	1631	139.0	—	—	—	—	-92	+39	—	44.9%	-0.49	2–6 (25%)	6–4 (60%)	98.6	-0.45
1978	39	1523	117.6	—	—	—	—	+24	+99	+113	23.3%	-1.60	1–2 (33%)	0–1	—	+0.15
1979	40	1525	117.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.10	0–2	1–0	—	-0.12
Career		1888	137.1	—	—	—	—	-53	+83	-30	55.4%	+0.43	44–58 (43%)	21–31 (40%)	92.5	+3.23

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Ion Tiriac Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	29	—	QF	R64	—	5–2 (71%)
1969	30	—	R64	R64	R64	3–3 (50%)
1970	31	—	R16	R64	—	4–2 (67%)
1971	32	—	R128	R32	R64	3–3 (50%)
1972	33	—	R64	R16	R64	4–3 (57%)
1973	34	—	R64	—	R32	3–2 (60%)
1974	35	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	36	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	38	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1978	39	R64	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	9–6 (60%)	8–8 (50%)	5–4 (56%)	23–20 (53%)

ATP 500

Ion Tiriac ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1970	31	QF	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1972	33	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1973	34	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)

ATP 250

Ion Tiriac ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	BAS	BUC	BUE	CIN	EAS	FLR	GST	HAM	HOU	AUS	MAD	MC	MUN	NAP	PAR	ITA	STG	STO	TKY	VIE	WAS	AIX	BAL	BER	BIR	MIA	BOG	BOL	BOM	BOU	BRU	CAL	CAL	CAN	CAT	CHA	COL	DEN	DEN	DES	DUS	DUT	FAI	FRE	HAM	HOB	JAC	JAC	JOH	KAN	AUS	LA	LAS	LIT	LON	LON	LON	LON	LOS	LOU	LUG	MAC	MEM	NEW	NIC	OCE	OMA	ORT	PAL	PAL	IW	PAR	PAR	PHI	REG	RIC	ROA	SAL	SAL	SAO	SEN	SOU	SOU	SPR	SYD	TEH	U.S	VAL	VIA	VIR	WEM	W-L Win %
1968	29	F	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	W	—	W	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	W	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	55–10 (85%)
1969	30	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	11–11 (50%)
1970	31	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	W	R16	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	25–18 (58%)
1971	32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	W	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	QF	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24–13 (65%)
1972	33	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	R32	—	—	R64	QF	—	—	R32	R64	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18–22 (45%)
1973	34	—	R16	—	—	QF	R32	R32	QF	—	R32	—	SF	QF	R16	—	R16	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	31–29 (52%)
1974	35	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	9–12 (43%)
1975	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–9 (47%)
1976	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	1–7 (12%)
1977	38	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	R32	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	13–18 (42%)
1978	39	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–8 (20%)
1979	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		8–4 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	6–6 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	6–3 (67%)	7–4 (64%)	10–6 (62%)	10–1 (91%)	4–3 (57%)	1–4 (20%)	8–5 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	3–3 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	3–1 (75%)	5–0 (100%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	4–5 (44%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	5–0 (100%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	4–0 (100%)	8–1 (89%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	6–0 (100%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–6 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	198–160 (55%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jun 3, 1974

First Top 100

Aug 27, 1973

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 Tiriac ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	87	75	66	74	74
1974	35	—	—	72	64	67	55	60	60	72	—	70	72
1975	36	72	—	113	133	124	121	—	—	—	—	—	138
1976	37	—	—	—	—	—	190	—	—	—	—	—	248
1977	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	173	—	—	97	96	97
1978	39	97	91	84	89	91	93	106	—	—	—	—	263
1979	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	439

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Gerald Battrick	GBR	#59	1,888	384	184	200	47.9%	—	4	0	1968–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Bob Carmichael	AUS	#55	1,902	469	213	256	45.4%	$414	1	0	1968–1979	Rivalries	Match log
Robert Maud	RSA	#57	1,765	253	123	130	48.6%	—	2	0	1968–1975	Rivalries	Match log
Georges Goven	FRA	#56	1,863	436	204	232	46.8%	$212	1	0	1968–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Pierre Barthes	FRA	#57	1,894	375	185	190	49.3%	$8,040	0	0	1968–1977	Rivalries	Match log
Ian Fletcher	AUS	#56	1,751	219	105	114	47.9%	—	0	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Hans Kary	AUT	#54	1,767	370	152	218	41.1%	—	1	0	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Byron Bertram	RSA	#57	1,815	253	115	138	45.5%	—	0	0	1969–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Andres Gimeno	ESP	#49	2,044	377	246	131	65.3%	$2,500	10	1	1968–1974	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Estep	USA	#59	1,760	300	118	182	39.3%	—	2	0	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Leif Johansson	SWE	#51	1,618	34	16	18	47.1%	—	0	0	1969–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Geoff Masters	AUS	#42	1,889	490	237	253	48.4%	—	2	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ion Tiriac?: Ion Tiriac is 87 years old, born on May 9, 1939.
Which country does Ion Tiriac represent?: Ion Tiriac represents Romania in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Ion Tiriac?: Ion Tiriac is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Ion Tiriac left-handed or right-handed?: Ion Tiriac plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Ion Tiriac won?: Ion Tiriac has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Ion Tiriac won?: TennisDB does not group any of Ion Tiriac's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Ion Tiriac won?: Ion Tiriac has won 4 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Madrid in 1971.
What is Ion Tiriac's highest ATP ranking?: Ion Tiriac's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 55, first achieved on June 3, 1974.
What is Ion Tiriac's career win-loss record?: Ion Tiriac has a career ATP singles record of 228 wins and 189 losses (54.7%).
Which seasons of Ion Tiriac's career appear in TennisDB?: Ion Tiriac appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1979.
On which surface does Ion Tiriac have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Ion Tiriac's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 63.4% (154–89).
Who has Ion Tiriac faced most often?: Ion Tiriac's most frequent opponent is Ilie Nastase, with a head-to-head record of 2–7 across 9 meetings.