in September 2012 after a fruitful three-year relationship where they won a total of 10 titles. 2013: Three more doubles titles with Mirnyi Tecău paired up with Max Mirnyi for 2013. They reached five finals and won three of them. 2014–2019: Two Grand Slam doubles titles, world No. 2, Olympic Silver Tecău and his partner Jean-Julien Rojer won 2015 Wimbledon defeating Jamie Murray and John Peers in the final and the 2017 US Open defeating Feliciano López and Marc López in the final. He won the 2016 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy and the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with Florin Mergea. 2020–2022: Major doubles semifinal, an ATP title, and retirement He qualified with his new partner German Kevin Krawietz on 4 November 2021 for the 2021 ATP Finals with whom he won his 38th title in Halle. Tecău played his last match at the 2021 ATP Finals before his retirement. However he postponed his retirement when he was called back to play doubles in the 2022 Davis Cup with Marius Copil where they won their match against Spain duo Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Pedro Martínez (tennis). He was announced as the Billie Jean King Cup captain for Romania in March 2022. Personal life Tecău was chosen by Sony Pictures to dub Charles Darwin's voice in Romanian in the animated movie The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!. Significant finals Grand Slam finals Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) Mixed doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Year-end championships Doubles: 1 (1 title) Masters 1000 finals Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) Olympic medal matches Doubles: 1 (silver medal) ATP career finals Doubles: 62 (38 titles, 24 runner-ups) Performance timelines Doubles 1 Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009 – present. 2 Held as Stuttgart Masters (indoor hard) until 2001, Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002 to 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009 – present. Mixed doubles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 38 (20 titles, 18 runner-ups) Junior Grand Slam finals Boys' doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups) ATP Tour career earnings References Publication External links 1985 births Sportspeople from Constanța Romanian male tennis players Living people Wimbledon junior champions Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Romania Olympic silver