Victor Crivoi

Victor-Valentin Crivoi (born 25 May 1982 ) is a Romanian former professional tennis player and tennis coach. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 75 on 17 August 2009 and played his last professional matches in 2020. A clay-court specialist who spent most of his career on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Circuit, he has since worked as a coach, most prominently with Irina Begu.

Playing career Crivoi turned professional in 2003. In 2005 he won seven titles on the International Tennis Federation's Professional Circuit and was named the ITF's "Player Of The Year" for that season; he finished the year ranked No. 275 by the ATP, up from No. 480 at the year's start.

His most productive season came in 2009. At the 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome — his only appearance in the main draw of an ATP Masters 1000 event — he came through qualifying and beat 14th seed James Blake 7–5, 6–3 in the first round before losing to Robin Söderling. He also qualified for the 2009 French Open, where he reached the second round before losing to Gaël Monfils, and matched that result at Wimbledon; those, together with the 2008 French Open and the 2009 US Open, were his four Grand Slam main draws. He has since coached Irina Begu for several years, and was credited with guiding her return to competition in 2026 after an absence of almost ten months.

Career Timelines Singles

Career performance timeline, compiled from ITF/ATP activity records. Current through the 2020 season (final year on tour).

Note: career-statistics rows count ATP Tour–level main-draw matches plus Davis Cup only (16–37). Outside the tour, Crivoi went 384–211 in ATP Challenger and ITF main draws, winning 1 Challenger title (Manerbio 2008) from 9 finals and 25 ITF Futures titles from 36 finals.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 45 (26–19) LegendATP Challenger (1–8)ITF Futures (25–11)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (26–18)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 13 (6–7) LegendATP Challenger (3–2)ITF Futures (3–5)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (6–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)