Răzvan Sabău
Tennis Player
1977 –
Who is Răzvan Sabău?
Răzvan Sabău is a Romanian tennis player.
Born in Bucharest, Romania, Sabău trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in his junior years and in 1993 he won the Wimbledon junior singles title, finishing the year as the No. 2 junior in the world. He ranked No. 1 for four months that year.
Sabău turned pro in 1993, at age 16, and the next year he reached the doubles semifinals of the Bucharest Open
Sabău also made his Davis Cup debut in 1994, when he posted his first two wins, against Jeremy Bates and Mark Petchey of Great Britain. Sabău continues to be a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team.
When he made his first appearance at a Grand Slam tournament, at Roland Garros in 1999, he lost in the first round.
After a series of injuries between 2000 and 2002, he had to start from the bottom of the ATP rankings, and played mostly in Challenger Series tournaments. Sabău won three Challenger titles in his career: Homestead in 2004, Košice and Budapest in 2005.
His biggest achievements in the ATP Tour are reaching the semifinals twice, at the Bucharest Open in 2003, where he lost to Nicolás Massú and at Gstaad in 2005, where he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka.
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- Born
- Jun 18, 1977
Bucharest - Also known as
- Razvan Sabau
- Nationality
- Romania
- Profession
- Education
- Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy
- Lived in
- Bucharest
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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