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Marius Copil
Country (sports)Romania
ResidenceArad, Romania
Born(1990-10-17)17 October 1990(age 33)
Arad, Romania
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachAndrei Mlendea (2016-18, current)[1][2]
Andrei Pavel,Răzvan Itu (former)[3][4]
Prize moneyUS$2,734,741
Official websitemariuscopil/en
Singles
Career record66–95
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 56 (28 January 2019)
Current rankingNo. 422 (17 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2015,2019)
French Open1R (2017,2018,2019)
Wimbledon1R (2016,2017,2018,2019)
US Open2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record16–30
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 182 (24 August 2015)
Current rankingNo. 674 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2018,2019)
French Open3R (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2017,2018,2021)
US Open2R (2019)
Last updated on: 15 May 2024.

Marius Copil(born 17 October 1990) is aRomanianprofessionaltennisplayer playing on theATP World TourandATP Challenger Tour.He is a member of theRomanian Davis Cup team.Copil is known for hisextremely fast,powerful, and consistent serve.[4]

Career

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Copil in 2014

2009: ATP debut

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In September 2009 he receivedwild cardaccess to the main draw of2009 BCR Open Romania,where he defeated his fellow countrymanVictor Crivoiin the first round, but lost to SpaniardRubén Ramírez Hidalgoin the second round.[5]

2010–2012: Challenger Tour success

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In May 2010, Copil reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final at theTrofeo Paolo Corazzias a qualifier. On his route to the final he won in three sets against AustralianBernard Tomicin the semifinals and finished runner-up to GermanDenis Gremelmayr.

Season 2011 started well for Copil. He reached his second Challenger final at theTretorn Serie+event inKazan,Russia. In the final, he won against 4th seeded GermanAndreas Beck,in straight sets.[5]

In season 2012, Copil beat world No. 13Marin Čilićin the first round at theChina Openin Beijing.[6]

2015–2017: Major debut, Maiden ATP doubles title, Top 100 in singles

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He made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the2015 Australian Open,where he defeatedPablo Andújar.[5]At the same tournament, he recorded the fastest serve at a Grand Slam: 242.0 km/h (150.4 mph).[7]

At the2015 Romanian Openin April, partnering fellow RomanianAdrian Ungur,after saving five match points, they defeatedNicholas Monroe/Artem Sitak17–15 in the match tiebreak to become the first Romanian team to win the Bucharest title since 1998 (Pavel/Trifu).[8][9]

At the2015 's-Hertogenbosch Open,Copil defeatedJarkko NieminenandGuillermo García Lópezas a wildcard to reach the quarterfinals.

He made his top 100 singles debut after the2017 Mutua Madrid Open,where he was a wildcard entry, at World No. 90 on 15 May 2017.[6][1]

2018: Two ATP singles finals

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Copil reached his first ATP World Tour-level singles final at theSofia Open,where he lost toMirza Bašić.[10]

Ranked No. 93, Copil reached the final of theSwiss Indoorsin Basel as a qualifier, losing toRoger Federerafter defeating world No. 6Marin Čilićand No. 5Alexander Zverevon the way, his first ever wins over top-10 players. He became the lowest-ranked Basel finalist since No. 100 Patrick McEnroe in 1994 and 1st qualifier in the final since Baghdatis in 2005.[11]

2019: Career-high singles ranking, Grand Slam success

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Copil reached the2019 Australian Opensecond round for the second time defeatingMarcel Granollersin straight sets. As a result, he reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 56 on 28 January 2019.[1][4]

His best showing in doubles at a Grand Slam in his career was reaching the third round of the2019 French OpenpartneringRohan Bopanna.He also reached the second round of the2019 US Openfor the first time in his career in singles and doubles.

Personal life

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Copil currently resides and trains in his hometown Arad, Romania. He got married with his long-term girlfriend Ramona in 2018. His first son Arthur was born in 2020. Besides playing professional tennis Copil also enjoys playing football, watching moto GP, collecting watches and he is an amateur photographer. Marius currently has a dog named Alex Bogdan.[12][13]

ATP career finals

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Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–1)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (0–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2018 Sofia Open,Bulgaria 250 Series Hard Bosnia and HerzegovinaMirza Bašić 6–7(6–8),7–6(7–4),4–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2018 Swiss Indoors,Switzerland 500 Series Hard SwitzerlandRoger Federer 6–7(5–7),4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2015 Romanian Open,Romania 250 Series Clay RomaniaAdrian Ungur United StatesNicholas Monroe
New ZealandArtem Sitak
3–6, 7–5, [17–15]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 21 (8–13)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–9)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–8)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2007 Romania F16,Arad Futures Clay ArgentinaMartín Alund 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Aug 2008 Romania F16,Deva Futures Clay RomaniaAndrei Mlendea 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–1 Aug 2009 Romania F14,Arad Futures Clay HungaryAttila Balázs 6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Oct 2009 Greece F3,Paros Futures Carpet CroatiaPetar Jelenic 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 3–2 Jan 2010 Guatemala F1,Guatemala City Futures Hard EcuadorIván Endara 7–6(7–5),7–6(7–3)
Loss 3–3 May 2010 Cremona,Italy Challenger Hard GermanyDenis Gremelmayr 4–6, 5–7
Loss 3–4 Jan 2011 Germany F2,Stuttgart Futures Hard Czech RepublicJan Mertl 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win 4–4 Feb 2011 Kazan,Russia Challenger Hard GermanyAndreas Beck 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–5 May 2011 Romania F1,Bucharest Futures Clay RomaniaPetru-Alexandru Luncanu 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 4–6 Feb 2012 Kazan,Russia Challenger Hard EstoniaJürgen Zopp 6–7(4–7),6–7(4–7)
Win 5–6 Feb 2013 Quimper,France Challenger Hard FranceMarc Gicquel 7–6(11–9),6–4
Loss 5–7 Jun 2013 Arad,Romania Challenger Clay RomaniaAdrian Ungur 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 5–8 Jul 2013 Guimarães,Portugal Challenger Hard PortugalJoão Sousa 3–6, 0–6
Loss 5–9 Sep 2015 İzmir,Tunisia Challenger Hard SlovakiaLukaš Lacko 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 5–10 Jun 2016 Surbiton,United Kingdom Challenger Grass Chinese TaipeiLu Yen-hsun 5–7, 6–7(11–13)
Win 6–10 Oct 2016 Budapest,Hungary Challenger Hard BelgiumSteve Darcis 6–4, 6–2
Loss 6–11 Nov 2016 Bratislava,Slovakia Challenger Hard SlovakiaNorbert Gombos 6–7(8–10),6–4, 3–6
Loss 6–12 Oct 2017 Kaohsiung,Taiwan Challenger Hard RussiaEvgeny Donskoy 6–7(0–7),5–7
Loss 6–13 Nov 2017 Bratislava,Slovakia Challenger Hard SlovakiaLukáš Lacko 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 7–13 Mar 2022 M25Portimao,Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard RussiaAlexey Vatutin 7–5, 6–2
Win 8–13 Jul 2023 M25Bacău,Romania World Tennis Tour Clay ArgentinaHernán Casanova 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 19 (9–10)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (7–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (5–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2008 Romania F16,Deva Futures Clay RomaniaIlie-Aurelian Giurgiu PolandBojan Szumanski
AustriaHubert Holzler
6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Feb 2009 Germany F5,Nussloch Futures Carpet RomaniaPetru-Alexandru Luncanu United KingdomJonathan Marray
DenmarkRasmus Nørby
walkover
Win 3–0 May 2009 Romania F1,Craiova Futures Clay RomaniaPetru-Alexandru Luncanu MoldovaAndrei Ciumac
MoldovaRadu Albot
7–5, 6–1
Loss 3–1 Jul 2009 Romania F9,Iași Futures Clay RomaniaVictor Ioniță UkraineGleb Alekseenko
UkraineVadim Alekseenko
3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss 3–2 Jul 2009 Romania F10,Cluj Futures Clay RomaniaIlie-Aurelian Giurgiu UkraineGleb Alekseenko
UkraineVadim Alekseenko
4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Jul 2009 Romania F11,Oradea Futures Clay RomaniaIlie-Aurelian Giurgiu HungaryAttila Balázs
HungaryGyörgy Balázs
2–6, 2–6
Loss 3–4 Aug 2009 Italy F23,Bolzano Futures Clay NetherlandsAntal van der Duim ItalyManuel Jorquera
PortugalLeonardo Tavares
7–6(7–2),3–6, [5–10]
Win 4–4 Aug 2009 Romania F14,Arad Futures Clay CanadaVasek Pospisil RomaniaAndrei Mlendea
Czech RepublicJiří Školoudík
6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–5 Aug 2009 Romania F15,Brașov Futures Clay CanadaVasek Pospisil SpainC C-Rodriguez
SpainGerard Granollers-Pujol
5–7, 7–6(7–2),[10–12]
Win 5–5 Jan 2010 Guatemala F1,Guatemala City Futures Hard EcuadorIván Endara United StatesJames Ludlow
United StatesRuben Gonzales
7–5, 6–3
Loss 5–6 Oct 2010 Italy F30,Calabria Futures Clay ItalyGiuseppe Faraone ItalyAndrea Arnaboldi
ItalyGianluca Naso
4–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Jan 2012 Germany F2,Stuttgart Futures Hard GermanySimon Stadler GermanyKevin Krawietz
GermanyMarcel Zimmermann
6–1, 6–2
Loss 6–7 May 2012 Romania F2,Bucharest Futures Clay RomaniaVictor Crivoi RomaniaFlorin Mergea
RomaniaAndrei Dăescu
6–7(4–7),2–6
Win 7–7 Jun 2012 Romania F3,Bacău Futures Clay RomaniaVictor Crivoi FinlandHarri Heliövaara
FinlandTimo Nieminen
6–3, 6–4
Win 8–7 Sep 2012 Brașov,Romania Challenger Clay RomaniaVictor Crivoi MoldovaAndrei Ciumac
UkraineAleksandr Nedovyesov
6–7(8–10),6–4, [12–10]
Loss 8–8 Jul 2014 Binghamton,United States Challenger Hard UkraineSergiy Stakhovsky United KingdomDaniel Cox
United KingdomDaniel Smethurst
7–6(7–3),2–6, [6–10]
Loss 8–9 Sep 2014 Sibiu,Romania Challenger Clay RomaniaAlexandru-Daniel Carpen ItalyPotito Starace
RomaniaAdrian Ungur
5–7, 2–6
Loss 8–10 Sep 2016 Istanbul,Turkey Challenger Hard SwitzerlandMarco Chiudinelli FranceSadio Doumbia
FranceCalvin Hemery
4–6, 3–6
Win 9–10 Sep 2016 İzmir,Turkey Challenger Hard SwitzerlandMarco Chiudinelli FranceSadio Doumbia
FranceCalvin Hemery
6–4, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

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Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A Q1 Q2 2R Q2 Q1 1R 2R Q2 Q1 A 2–3
French Open A A A A A A Q2 A Q1 Q2 Q3 Q3 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q1 Q2 0–3
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A Q2 Q2 1R 1R 1R 1R NH Q2 Q1 0–4
US Open A A A A A A Q2 Q3 Q1 Q1 Q2 Q1 1R 1R 2R A Q2 A 1–3
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–4 2–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–13

Wins over top 10 players

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Season 2018 2019 Total
Wins 2 0 2
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score MC Rank
2018
1. CroatiaMarin Čilić 6 Basel,Switzerland Hard (i) 2R 7–5, 7–6(7–2) 93
2. GermanyAlexander Zverev 5 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) SF 6–3, 6–7(6–8),6–4 93

Davis Cup

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Singles performances (18–8)

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Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent Win/Lose Result
2009 World Group play-offs PO 18–20 September 2009 SwedenSweden Hard (i) SwedenAndreas Vinciguerra Win 4–6 ret.
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group I QF 7–8 May 2010 UkraineUkraine Clay UkraineIvan Sergeyev Unfinished 4–6, 2–1
2011 World Group play-offs PO 16–18 September 2011 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Clay Czech RepublicLukáš Rosol Lose 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R PO 14–16 September 2012 FinlandFinland Hard (i) FinlandHarri Heliövaara Win 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
FinlandJarkko Nieminen Lose 3–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)
2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R 1–3 February 2013 DenmarkDenmark Hard (i) DenmarkFrederik Nielsen Win 6–3, 7–6(9–7),6–4
DenmarkChristoffer Kønigsfeldt Win 6–4, 6–3
2R 5–7 April 2013 NetherlandsNetherlands Hard NetherlandsThiemo de Bakker Lose 6–7(3–7),6–7(2–7)
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R PO 12–14 September 2014 SwedenSweden Clay SwedenElias Ymer Win 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R 6–8 March 2015 IsraelIsrael Hard (i) IsraelDudi Sela Win 6–7(3–7),7–6(7–3),6–4, 6–2
IsraelBar Tzuf Botzer Win 7–6(7–3),6–3
2R 17–19 July 2015 SlovakiaSlovakia Clay SlovakiaNorbert Gombos Win 7–6(7–5),6–7(6–8),6–4, 7–6(12–10)
SlovakiaMartin Kližan Lose 7–6(7–3),6–3
2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R 4–6 March 2016 SloveniaSlovenia Hard (i) SloveniaBlaž Rola Win 7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
SloveniaTomislav Ternar Win 6–3, 6–3
2R 15–17 July 2016 SpainSpain Hard SpainFeliciano López Lose 6–7(7-7),7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
2017 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R 3–5 February 2017 BelarusBelarus Hard (i) BelarusEgor Gerasimov Lose 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
BelarusIlya Ivashka Win 7–5, 6–3, 6–1
2018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II 1R 3–4 February 2018 LuxembourgLuxembourg Hard (i) LuxembourgChristophe Tholl Win 6–3, 6–2
LuxembourgUgo Nastasi Win 6–1, 6–1
2R 7–8 April 2019 MoroccoMorocco Hard (i) MoroccoAmine Ahouda Win 6–0, 6–1
3R 15–16 September 2019 PolandPoland Clay (i) PolandKamil Majchrzak Win 6–2, 6–4
PolandHubert Hurkacz Lose 3–6, 4–6
2019 Europe/Africa Zone Group II 5–6 April 2019 ZimbabweZimbabwe Hard (i) ZimbabweBenjamin Lock Lose 4–6, 5–7
ZimbabweTakanyi Garanganga Win 6–4, 7–5
2020–2021 World Group I PO 17–19 September 2021 PortugalPortugal Hard (i) PortugalGastão Elias Win 6–4, 6–3
PortugalGastão Elias Win 6–3, 2–6, 6–4

Doubles performances (2–1)

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Edition Round Date Partner Against Surface Opponents Win/Lose Result
2009 World Group 1R 6–8 March 2009 RomaniaHoria Tecău RussiaRussia Hard (i) RussiaMarat Safin
RussiaDmitry Tursunov
Win 4–6, 6–7(2–7),7–6(7–4),7–6(7–5),6–4
2011 World Group play-offs PO 16–18 September 2011 RomaniaHoria Tecău Czech RepublicCzech Republic Clay Czech RepublicTomáš Berdych
Czech RepublicRadek Štěpánek
Lose 6–3, 3–6, 0–6, 2–6
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R 31 January – 2 February 2014 RomaniaHoria Tecău UkraineUkraine Hard UkraineSergei Bubka
UkraineDenys Molchanov
Win 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

References

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