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Ion Tiriac
Famous Lawn Tennis Player and Businessman
Born: May 9, 1939, Brasov
Nationality: Romanian
Education
- Institute for Physical Education and Sports, Bucharest, Physical Education Teacher
Professional titles: Merited Master of Sport
Professional career and managerial activity
- 1972 - 1983 - Coach, manager, promoter
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- 1983 up to the present:
- Coach and manager of famous tennis players, such as: Ilie
Nastase, Guillermo Villas, Henri Leconte, Boris Becker, Mary Joe
Fernandez, Anke Huber and Goran Ivanisevic
- Sports promoter in the U.S.A. and Europe and technical consultant of
many companies in the same field
- Manager of the first class ATP and WTA tennis tournaments, such as:
Eurocard Open, Ausrian Open, Italian Open, Faber Grand Prix and Open Romania
- Adviser, coordinator and policy maker of the ATP World Championships
organized in Hannover by Expo 2000 (World Business Exhibition) for the
period 1996 - 2000
- Adviser of the German Tennis Federation for the organization of the
Davis Cup events in Germany
- Holder and marketer-with Rupert Murdock (News International) - of the
broadcasting rights of the last three World Swimming Championships
- Investor and businessman
Sports participation: (1964-1972)
- Member of the National Ice Hockey team, representing Romania at the
Winter Olympic Games Insbruck 1964
- 150 participations as a tennis player in the Davis Cup, including 3 Cup
Finals, together with Ilie Nastase
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- 9 times Romania's National Lawn Tennis Champion
- 40 international titles in tennis competitions, in single and double events
Sports Administration
- Honorary President of the Romanian Tennis Federation
Decorations
- "Work Merit Order" First Class
Foreign Languages
- English, French, Italian, German, Spanish
Address
- c/o Romanian Olympic Committee, str. Otetari nr. 2, 70206 Bucharest,
Romania
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