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Dumitru Hărădău

Romanian tennis player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ5313862 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dumitru Hărădău (born 2 December 1951) is a Romanian former tennis player.

Career

Hărădău was a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team between 1972 and 1984 and played the Davis Cup finals in 1977 and 1980, and the Davis Cup semi-finals in 1978 and 1979. He won the Romanian National Tennis Championship (1973-77) and the Balkan Tennis Championship 5 times each. He was ranked twice No. 3 at the European Tennis Championships.

He coached several tennis players, such as Horst Skoff (highest ranked 18 ATP) and Raluca Sandu (highest ranked 90 WTA).

Hărădău was ATP tournament director at Open Romania 1996-2006. He was the General Manager of the Romanian Tennis Federation 2005-08.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dumitru Hărădău” as romanian tennis player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1951, 1972, 1984, 1977—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1951-12-02. The account is most persuasive where Dumitru, Hărădău and Romanian can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as romanian tennis player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5313862. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1951, 1972, 1984 and 1977.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
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  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Dumitru Hărădău” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.