Ion Tiriac
Personal life
Ion Țiriac is a Romanian businessman
Former professional tennis and ice hockey
player.
The current owner of the Mutua Madrileña
Madrid Open.
In 2013 Tiriac was elected into the
International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Born in Transylvania,
First appeared on the international sports
scene as an ice hockey player on the Romanian
national team at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
Shortly after switched to tennis as his main
sport.
With fellow he won the men's doubles in the
1970 French Open and reached the Davis Cup
finals several times in the 1970s.
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 managed Boris Becker from 1984 to 1993.
In 1998 he became president of the Romanian
National Olympic Committee.
Holds the license for the BRD Năstase Țiriac
Trophy tennis tournament since 1996.
It is currently a €450,000 event, part of the
ATP World Tour 250 series, held annually in
Bucharest, Romania, just 2 weeks before the
Madrid Open.
In 2012 nominated for the ITF Hall of Fame in
the contributor category.
13 July 2013 he joined the ITF 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.
the first Romanian to enter Forbes' List of
billionaires in the 2007 Forbes rankings, placing
number 840 in the world.
wealth estimated at $1.0 billion as of 2010,
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).
Fortune
is the most appreciated businessman in Romania
according to market research conducted by
Course national journal.
With an estimated fortune 2 bilion euros,
Performance in the tennis,
a skillful businessman.