Английская Википедия:Ion Țiriac

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Ion Țiriac (Шаблон:IPA-ro; born 9 May 1939), also known as the "Brașov Bulldozer", is a Romanian businessman and former professional tennis and ice hockey player. He has been president of the Romanian Tennis Federation.

A former singles top 10 player on the ATP Tour, he was active from 1958 to 1979 and won 34 career singles titles. Tiriac was the winner of one grand slam title, the 1970 French Open in men's doubles. Țiriac was the first man to play against a woman and defeat her, in a sanctioned tennis tournament (against Abigail Maynard, in 1975). The highlight of his ice hockey career was participating as defenseman in the Romanian national team at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

After retirement, Tiriac became active as a tennis coach, advisor and player agent in the 1980s, taking under his wing Ilie Năstase, Manuel Orantes, Adriano Panatta, Guillermo Vilas, Henri Leconte and the young Boris Becker. Later, Țiriac developed the Mutua Madrid Open ATP masters tennis tournament, which he has owned from 2009 to 2021. In 2013, he was elected as contributor into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He has been managing French tennis player Lucas Pouille since December 2016.

As a tennis player, Tiriac played dramatic five-setters against Rod Laver, Stan Smith, Jan Kodeš and Manuel Orantes. His singles record includes wins over Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Roscoe Tanner, Manuel Orantes, Andrés Gimeno, Adriano Panatta and Niki Pilić. He played three Davis Cup finals (in 1969, 1971 and 1972).

As of April 2022, Forbes ranked him as the third-richest person in Romania with a net worth of $1.6 billion.

Sports career

Țiriac was born in Transylvania, which is probably the reason why he has the nickname 'Count Dracula'. The first sport he practiced, as a child was table tennis.

Afterwards he played ice hockey as a defenceman, winning a Romanian Hockey League title with CCA București in 1961, he also played for Știința București. Țiriac represented Romania's ice hockey team at the 1961 Ice Hockey World Championships where he was used by player-coach Zoltan Czaka in five games in which he scored five goals as the team finished on the 15th place. He was called up by coach Mihai Flamaropol to be in Romania's squad at the 1964 Winter Olympics in which however he did not play.

Shortly after that he switched to tennis as his main sport. With fellow Romanian Ilie Năstase he won the men's doubles in the 1970 French Open and reached the Davis Cup finals several times in the 1970s.

John McPhee wrote of him that his drooping mustache suggests "that this man has been to places most people do not imagine exist. He appears to be a panatela ad, a triple agent from Alexandria, a used-car salesman from central Marrakesh. Tiriac has the air of a man who is about to close a deal in a back room behind a back room."

Țiriac participated in the short period during the 1970s when women participated in established men's tennis tournaments. In his first match he defeated Abigail Maynard 6–0, 6–0 in their round one match at USTA pro circuit's Fairfiled County International Tennis Championship. It was the first time ever a female had entered a men's tournament.

Executive roles

After his retirement, he served as coach and manager for players such as Ilie Năstase, Guillermo Vilas, Mary Joe Fernández, Goran Ivanišević and Marat Safin. He became the sports agent of Boris Becker and managed his career from 1984 to 1993.

Țiriac was president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee from 1998 to 2004.

Țiriac ran major men's events in Germany, including the season-ending championships in Hanover. Although tennis is now a much smaller part of his portfolio and occupies only 5 percent of his time, he has taken particular pleasure and pride in making Madrid Tennis Open a combined men's and women's event with €7.2 million in total prize money. The trophy awarded to the tournament winner bears his name.

Țiriac also held the license for the BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy tennis tournament since 1996, until its last edition in 2016, before the tournament being relocated to Budapest.

In 2012, Țiriac was nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the contributor category.

On 13 July 2013, Țiriac joined the International Tennis Hall of Fame as a successful promoter and tournament director for numerous events including the two of the largest Masters 1000 events, the Italian Open and the Madrid Masters.

Business career

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One of two Rolls-Royce Phantom IV owned by Țiriac, part of his car collection.

After his retirement as a professional tennis player, Țiriac became a businessman in (then West) Germany. In 1987, he appeared in a TV commercial for Miller Lite beer with Bob Uecker, who extols Țiriac's supposed humorous qualities, laughing hysterically while Țiriac sits stone-faced. (In reality, Țiriac was popular and outgoing, especially when he served as player/coach of the Boston Lobsters of World Team Tennis in the 1970s.)

In Germany, Țiriac met another Romanian businessman, Dan Petrescu. Țiriac and Petrescu became economic partners and collaborated in the development of several companies in the following years.

Following the collapse of communism in Romania, Țiriac started numerous businesses and investments back home. In 1990, he founded Ion Țiriac Bank, the first private bank in post-Communist Romania. Between that and several other enterprises (retail, insurance, auto leasing, auto dealerships, airlines, etc.), his fortune was estimated at over US$900 million in 2005.

Țiriac is an avid car collector. The Tiriac Collection represents the exhibition of cars and motorcycles under his ownership. Reopened to the public in May 2015, the collection includes historical vehicles manufactured since 1899 and also modern exotics with about 350 cars and 165 cars at full time display on a rotation basis. Visitors will find the only collection in the world with 2 Rolls-Royce Phantoms IV, as well as exhibits that previously belonged to great names such as Sir Elton John, Sammy Davis Jr. or Bernie Ecclestone.

In 2006, Țiriac was selected as one of the 100 Greatest Romanians, ranking #77.

Ion Țiriac became the first Romanian to enter Forbes' List of billionaires in the 2007 Forbes rankings, ranking 840th in the world. His wealth was estimated at $1.0 billion as of 2010, according to the magazine. In 2010, TOP 300 Capital declared Ion Țiriac the richest man in Romania with a wealth estimated at €1.5–€1.6 billion ($2–$2.2 billion).

In 2018, Ion Țiriac ranked #1867 on the Forbes World's Billionaires list, with wealth listed at US$1.2 billion.

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Țiriac on a Romanian postage stamp

Personal life

Țiriac was married to Erika Braedt, a handball player, between 1963 and 1965.

He has a son, Ion Țiriac Jr., with Mikette von Issenberg, a fashion model; and further two children, Karim Mihai and Ioana Natalia, with Sophie Ayad, an Egyptian journalist.

According to Cinemagia, he dubbed the character Kron for the Romanian version of Dinosaur.

Career statistics

Grand Slam finals

Doubles 2 (1–1)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1966	French Championships	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Dennis Ralston Шаблон:Flagicon Clark Graebner	3–6, 3–6, 0–6
Win	1970	French Open	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Шаблон:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 6–4, 6–3

Grand Prix and WCT Tour finals (24–25)

Singles (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1970	Munich, Germany	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Nikola Pilić	2–6, 9–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	May 1971	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	7–5, 6–1, 6–0
Loss	2–1	Feb 1972	Omaha, Nebraska, US	Hard (i)	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–2, 0–6, 1–6

Doubles (22–24)

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Grand Prix Masters

Group 1 tournaments

Group 2 tournaments

Team events

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 1970	Philadelphia WCT, US	Carpet	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Шаблон:Flagicon Dennis Ralston	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–0	May 1970	French Open, Paris	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Шаблон:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Win	3–0	Apr 1970	Rome, Italy	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon William Bowrey Шаблон:Flagicon Owen Davidson	0–6, 10–8, 6–3, 6–8, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Jul 1970	Washington, D.C., US	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Шаблон:Flagicon Frew McMillan	5–7, 0–6
Win	4–1	Jul 1970	Cincinnati, US	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Шаблон:Flagicon Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–2	Jul 1970	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Шаблон:Flagicon Clark Graebner	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–3	Nov 1970	London, UK	Carpet	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Ken Rosewall Шаблон:Flagicon Stan Smith	4–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win	5–3	Mar 1971	Hampton, US	Hard (i)	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Clark Graebner Шаблон:Flagicon Thomaz Koch	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win	6–3	Apr 1971	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Okker Шаблон:Flagicon Roger Taylor	1–6, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6
Loss	6–4	Apr 1971	Palermo, Sicily, Italy	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Georges Goven Шаблон:Flagicon Pierre Barthès	2–6, 3–6
Loss	6–5	May 1971	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Marty Riessen Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Okker
Win	7–5	Feb 1972	Kansas City, US	Indoor	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Andrés Gimeno Шаблон:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	7–6	Feb 1972	Los Angeles, California, US		Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Jim Osborne Шаблон:Flagicon Jim McManus	2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	8–6	Mar 1972	Hampton, US	Hard (i)	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Andrés Gimeno Шаблон:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	6–4, 7–6
Win	9–6	Apr 1972	Rome, Italy	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Lew Hoad Шаблон:Flagicon Frew McMillan	3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 5–3, RET.
Loss	9–7	May 1972	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Frew McMillan Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	5–7, 2–6
Loss	9–8	Jun 1972	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Шаблон:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	6–4, 0–6, 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Win	10–8	Aug 1972	Montreal, Canada	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Jan Kodeš Шаблон:Flagicon Jan Kukal	7–6, 6–3
Loss	10–9	Feb 1973	Des Moines, Iowa, US	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Gisbert	Шаблон:Flagicon Jan Kukal Шаблон:Flagicon Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Loss	10–10	Mar 1973	Hampton, Virginia, US	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Шаблон:Flagicon Clark Graebner	6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Win	11–10	Mar 1973	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Mike Estep	Шаблон:Flagicon Patrick Hombergen Шаблон:Flagicon Bernard Mignot	6–4, 1–6, 10–8
Loss	11–11	Apr 1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Mike Estep	Шаблон:Flagicon Manuel Orantes Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Gisbert	4–6, 6–7
Loss	11–12	May 1973	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Adriano Panatta	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Gisbert	4–6, 6–8
Loss	11–13	Jun 1973	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	Шаблон:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Шаблон:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender	6–7, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	11–14	Jun 1973	Eastbourne, England	Grass	Шаблон:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	Шаблон:Flagicon Jim McManus Шаблон:Flagicon Ove Nils Bengtson	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	12–14	Aug 1973	Louisville, Kentucky, US	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	Шаблон:Flagicon Clark Graebner Шаблон:Flagicon John Newcombe	0–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	12–15	Aug 1973	Indianapolis, Indiana, US	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	Шаблон:Flagicon Frew McMillan Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Carmichael	3–6, 4–6
Win	13–15	Jan 1977	Baltimore, Maryland, US	Carpet	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon Ross Case Шаблон:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	13–16	Feb 1977	Springfield, Massachusetts	Carpet	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon Frew McMillan Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	6–7, 6–2
Loss	14–16	Mar 1977	Nice, France	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Kachel Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Lewis	6–4, 6–1
Loss	14–17	Jul 1977	South Orange, New Jersey, US	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon Colin Dibley Шаблон:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	1–6, 5–7
Loss	14–18	Sep 1977	Paris, France	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Jacques Thamin Шаблон:Flagicon Christophe Roger-Vasselin	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	15–18	Sep 1977	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Шаблон:Flagicon Patrice Dominguez Шаблон:Flagicon Rolf Norberg	7–5, 7–6
Win	16–18	Oct 1977	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Шаблон:Flagicon Frew McMillan	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	17–18	Oct 1977	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Шаблон:Flagicon Frew McMillan	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	18–18	Nov 1977	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon Ricardo Cano Шаблон:Flagicon Antonio Muñoz	6–4, 6–0
Win	19–18	May 1978	Munich, Germany	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Okker	3–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	19–19	Jul 1978	South Orange, New Jersey, US	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon John McEnroe Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Fleming	3–6, 3–6
Win	20–19	Sep 1978	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon Jan Kodeš Шаблон:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 6–1
Loss	20–20	Nov 1978	Paris Bercy, France	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon Andrew Pattison Шаблон:Flagicon Bruce Manson	6–7, 2–6
Loss	20–21	Jan 1979	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	Grass	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Giltinan Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Dent	6–8
Loss	20–22	Jan 1979	Richmond, Virginia, US	Carpet	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon John McEnroe Шаблон:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	4–6, 3–6
Win	21–22	Mar 1979	San José, Costa Rica	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Шаблон:Flagicon Colin Dibley	7–6, 6–1
Loss	21–23	May 1979	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Virginia Ruzici	Шаблон:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	21–24	Jul 1979	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon John Marks Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Edmondson	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	22–24	Jul 1979	North Conway, US	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Шаблон:Flagicon John Sadri Шаблон:Flagicon Tim Wilkison	6–4, 7–6

Performance timeline

Tournament	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Championships/Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33.33
French Championships/French Open	3R	3R	3R	QF	2R	4R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A		A	0 / 9	15–9	62.50
Wimbledon	A	1R	4R	2R	2R	2R	3R	4R	A	1R	1R	A	A		1R	0 / 10	11–10	52.38
US National Championships/US Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	2R	3R	A	A	A	A		A	0 / 4	5–4	55.55
Win–loss	2–1	2–2	5–2	5–2	3–3	4–2	3–3	4–3	3–2	0–1	0–1	n/a	1–1		0–2	0 / 25	32–25	56.14

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Companies

• Țiriac Holdings
• ȚiriacAIR
• Allianz-Țiriac Asigurări România
• ȚiriacAuto
• Țiriac Leasing
• Tir Travel (formerly Țiriac Travel)

See also

• Capital Top 300 wealthiest men in Romania

Selected publications

• Шаблон:Cite book
• Шаблон:Cite book

External links

• Шаблон:ATP
• Шаблон:Tennis Hall of Fame
• Шаблон:ITF
• Шаблон:Davis Cup player
• Forbes World's Billionaires #840
• Ion Tiriac; Tennis's Grandest Bad Boy June 24, 1993 The New York Times