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Andrei Dăescu

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Andrei Dăescu is a former Romanian professional tennis player who now competes as a professional pickleball player, born on 28 February 1988. In tennis he competed on the ITF Men's Circuit and the ATP Tour and represented Romania in the Davis Cup, qualified for the 2015 US Open, and reached career high ATP rankings of number 126 in doubles and number 654 in singles. He moved to pickleball in 2017 and began his professional career on the Association of Pickleball Players tour, where he won a total of 24 gold medals and in 2022 reached number one in both men's doubles and mixed doubles. He won the 2023 US Open title in men's doubles and later added the Professional Pickleball Association tour and Major League Pickleball, winning the 2025 MLP championship with the Columbus Sliders, his second MLP title.

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1988 1
Gender
Male 1
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5+ 1
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is a former Romanian professional tennis player who now competes as a professional pickleball player
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    born 28 February 1988
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    where he won a total of 24 gold medals
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    is a former Romanian professional tennis player who now competes as a professional pickleball player
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    achieved the #1 ranking in both men's doubles and mixed doubles divisions
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