Ionuţ "Ion" Moldovan (born 17 January 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Romania.
He was Vice-President of the Romanian Tennis Federation from 2013 to 2015.
Career Moldovan had his best results on the ATP Tour at the 1996 Open Romania, where he was a singles quarter-finalist and in 2005, when he made the semi-finals of the same event, this time in the doubles, with countryman Gabriel Moraru.ITF Tennis Profile
He played one Masters Series tournament, the 2000 Stuttgart Masters. In that tournament he partnered Andrei Pavel in the doubles and the pair were eliminated in the first round by Pablo Albano and Jaime Oncins.ATP World Tour Profile
The Romanian played five Davis Cup matches (three World Group matches) for his country, four in singles and one in doubles, all of which were lost.Davis Cup Profile
He comes from a family of athletes. His father Ion is a former soccer player and head coach of Dinamo Bucharest. Valentina, his mother, is a former handball player for Hidrotehnica Constanta. He also has a sister Mihaela who was a tennis player, with a highest WTA ranking of 390. She played Fed Cup for Romania.
Challenger titles Singles: (2) No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1. 1997Brasov, RomaniaClay Dinu Pescariu6–2, 6–42. 1997Scheveningen, NetherlandsClay Salvador Navarro3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Doubles: (7) No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1. 2000Sylt, GermanyClay Yuri Schukin Ashley Fisher Gareth Williams6–4, 6–22. 2000Freudenstadt, GermanyClay Yuri Schukin Julian Knowle Jean-Claude Scherrer3–6, 6–3, 6–43. 2000Brasov, RomaniaClay Yuri Schukin Dick Norman Wolfgang Schranz6–4, 6–14. 2000Tangier, MoroccoClay Yuri Schukin Cristian Kordasz Cristiano Testa6–4, 2–6, 6–25. 2003Banja Luka, Bosnia & HerzegovinaClay Yuri Schukin Nikola Ćirić Goran Tošić6–2, 7–56.2005Timișoara, RomaniaClay Gabriel Moraru Ilia Kushev Radoslav Lukaev6–2, 6–07. 2005Brasov, RomaniaClay Gabriel Moraru Melvyn op der Heijde Dennis van Scheppingen6–1, 6–4
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