Andrei Mlendea
| School: |
TCU |
| Year: |
Sophomore |
| Home Town: |
Oradea |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
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| High School: |
Mihai Eminescu |
| Height: |
5-10 |
| Weight: |
174 lbs. |
| Birth Date: |
Friday, August 03, 1984 |
| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
15-8 |
| Doubles Record: |
8-6 |
Prior to TCU: Comes to the Metroplex after spending his first season at the University of Brasov...Reached a career high ATP ranking of 564 in singles play and 425 in doubles....Two-time former No. 1 junior in Europe for doubles and singles...Successful player on the men's circuit...Qualified for the Croatia 1 in March 2004...Dispatched Marian Paraschiv (ROM) 6-1, 6-0 in the opening round...Continued with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Matteo Viola (ITA) 6-1, 6-3...Stayed strong in the round of 32 with a 6-2, 6-1 triumph over Mario Janjic (CRO) 6-2, 6-1...Finished out the qualifying rounds with a 6-2, 6-1 triumph over Eric Kuijlen (NED)...Qualified for the 2004 Romania F1 Futures...Defeated Christopher Roman (AUS) 6-4, 6-3...Finished the qualifying rounds with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Dan Vasilescu (ROM)...Victorious in the opening round of the F1 Futures...Defeated Gilles Kremer (LUX) 6-0, 6-4...Fell to Adrian Cruciat (ROM) 5-7, 4-6 in the round of 16...Qualified for the F3 Futures in June 2004...After a first-round bye, defeated Dietmar Rautenbach (CAN) 6-4, 6-2 to advance past the round of 32...Ousted Lucian Budescu (ROM) 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the main draw...Forced to retire in the main draw...Played exceptionally well in the 2004 F5 Futures main draw...Defeated Adrian Cruciat (ROM) 7-6(3), 7-6(5) to open the competition...Followed with an impressive victory over current TCU teammate Radu-Marian Barbu (ROM) in the round of 16 (6-1, 6-3)...Fell in the quarterfinals to Gabriel Moraru (ROM) 2-6, 0-6 to end his tournament run...Also made a quarterfinals appearance at the F6 Futures...Easily moved on to the second round with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph over Ciprian Popa (ROM)...Lost only one game versus Alin-Alexandru Simion (ROM) (6-0, 6-1) to advance to the quarters...Suffered a tough defeat to David Luque-Velasco (ESP) 6-7(3), 6-4, 4-6...Finished 1-1 in the F8 Futures...Knocked off Cristobal Aguirre (ARG) 6-3, 6-2 in the round of 32...Played in the F10, 11 and 12 Futures...Went 3-0 to qualify for the F16 Futures...Dispatched Alexandru-Daniel Carpen (ROM) 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round...Blasted Cyril Hervieux (FRA) 6-1, 6-2...Concluded the qualifying rounds with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Horatiu-Razvan Oltean (ROM) 6-2, 6-1...Finished 2-1 at the F17 Futures...Defeated Victor-Valentin Crivoi (ROM) 6-7, 6-1, 4-0 RET...Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over TCU teammate Cosmin Cotet...Failed to reach the semis after falling to Adrian Cruciat (ROM) 3-6, 3-6...Advanced to the quaterfinals of the 2005 Romania F5 Futures...Ended Luca Bonati's (ITA) tournament run with a 6-1, 6-2 victory...Outlasted Robert Moldoveanu (ROM) 7-6(4), 6-3 in the round of 16...Unable to compete in the quarterfinals against Adrian Ungur (ROM)...Qualified for the F8 Futures...Took out Paul-Mihai Puscasu (ROM) 6-3, 6-1 in the opening round of the qualifying draw...Followed with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Zoltan Bus (ROM) 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the finals of the qualifying...Bounced Idan Rosenberg (ISR) 6-0, 6-3 to move to the main draw...Ousted Shuon Madden (USA) 7-6(6), 7-5 in the opening round...Ended his tournament run with a 4-6, 3-6 loss to Victor-Valentin (CRIVOI)...Qualified for the F11 Futures...Nipped Ionel-Catalin Buzatu (ROM) 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the round of 32...Defeated Marek Semjan (SVK) 6-1, 6-3 to move to the qualifying round...Qualified for the main draw with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Dan Vasilescu (ROM)...Defeated TCU teammate Radu-Marian Barbu (ROM) 6-3, 6-1 in the round of 32...Made a quarterfinal appearance after Victor-Valentin Crivoi (ROM) was unable to continue...Dispatched Lazar Magdincey (MKD) 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals...After dropping the first set, rallied to defeat Guillaume Legat (FRA) 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-0 in the semis...Won the tournament with a 7-6(5), 6-3 victory over Adrian Cruciat (ROM)...Made appearances in the F12-17 Futures...Advanced to the quarterfinals of the F18 Futures...Ousted Roman Borvanov (USA) 6-2, 6-1 in the opening round...Continued with a 7-5, 6-4 triumph over Teodor Bolanu (ROM) 7-5, 6-4...Unable to finish in the quarterfinals...Also a strong doubles player...Partnered with Adrian Barbu (ROM) to win the 2004 F5 Futures...Defeated Barbu (ROM)/Moraru (ROM) 6-2, 6-2 to win the tournament...Paired with Catalin-Ionut Gard (ROM) in the 2005 F17 Futures...The tandem strung together four-straight wins to win the tournament...Knocked off Apostu-Efremov (ROM)/Simon (ROM) 6-4, 6-1 to win the tournament. Personal: Born on Aug. 3, 1984, Andrei Mlendea is the son of Petru and Mariana Mlendea.
