The pair made up by Romanian tennis player Florin Mergea (photo) and Pakistani player Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi has won the double event at the Barcelona ATP tournament with total prizes of EUR 2,324,905 on Sunday, after defeating the German-Austrian pair Philipp Petzschner/Alexander Peya 6-4, 6-3.
Mergea and Qureshi, who defeated in the semi-finals the Romanian-Dutch pair Horia Tecău/Jean-Julien Rojer, won in one hour and 10 minutes.
This is Mergea’s first final with Qureshi and the seventh title won by the Romanian tennis player in the doubles in the ATP circuit.
Mergea and Qureshi will receive a cheque of EUR 150,780 and 500 ATP points, while Tecău and Rojer have received EUR 37,030 and 180 points.
Mergea won six ATP titles in 2013 in Vienna (together with Czech Lukas Rosol), in 2014 at Vina del Mar (pairing with Austrian Oliver Marach) and in Hamburg (pairing with Croat Marin Draganja), in 2015 in Stuttgart (along with Indian Rohan Bopanna) and last year in Bucharest (together with Horia Tecău).
Qureshi has won his13th ATP title, losing 16 finals.