Marius Copil

Marius Copil (born 17 October 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player playing on the ATP World Tour and ATP Challenger Tour and a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. Copil is known for his extremely powerful and consistent serve.

Marius Copil
Copil at the 2016 Wimbledon
championships
Country (sports) Romania
ResidenceArad, Romania
Born (1990-10-17) 17 October 1990
Arad, Romania
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachRăzvan Itu
Prize moneyUS$2,621,523
Official websitemariuscopil.com/en
Singles
Career record65–89
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 56 (28 January 2019)
Current rankingNo. 246 (27 September 2021)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2015, 2019)
French Open1R (2017, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon1R (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
US Open2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record14–30
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 182 (24 August 2015)
Current rankingNo. 520 (27 September 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2018, 2019)
French Open3R (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2017, 2018, 2021)
US Open2R (2019)
Last updated on: 27 September 2021.

Career highlights
Copil in 2014

2009

In September 2009 he received wild card access to the main draw of 2009 BCR Open Romania, where he defeated his fellow countryman Victor Crivoi in the first round, but lost to Spaniard Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the second round.

2010

In May 2010, Copil reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final at the Trofeo Paolo Corazzi as a qualifier. On his route to the final he won in three sets against Australian Bernard Tomic in the semifinals and finished runner-up to German Denis Gremelmayr.

2011

The year 2011 started well for Copil. He reached his second Challenger final at the Tretorn Serie+ event in Kazan, Russia. In the final, he won against 4th seeded German Andreas Beck, in straight sets.

2012

Copil beat world No. 13 Marin Čilić in the first round at the China Open in Beijing.

2015: Grand Slam debut, Maiden ATP doubles title

He made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2015 Australian Open, where he defeated Pablo Andújar. At the same tournament, he recorded the fastest serve at a Grand Slam: 242.0 km/h (150.4 mph).

In April at the Romanian Open partnering fellow Romanian Adrian Ungur, after saving five match points, they defeated Nicholas Monroe/Artem Sitak 17-15 in the match tiebreak to become the first Romanian team to win the Bucharest title since 1998 (Pavel/Trifu).

At 's-Hertogenbosch, Copil defeated Jarkko Nieminen and Guillermo García-López as a wildcard to reach the quarterfinals.

2018: Two ATP singles finals

Copil reached his first ATP World Tour-level singles final at the Sofia Open, where he lost to Mirza Bašić.[2]

Ranked No. 93, Copil reached the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basel as a qualifier, losing to Roger Federer after defeating world No. 6 Marin Čilić and No. 5 Alexander Zverev on 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.

2019: Career-high singles ranking

Copil reached the 2019 Australian Open second round for the second time defeating Marcel Granollers in straight sets. As a result he reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 56 on 28 January 2019.

His best showing in doubles at a Grand Slam in his career was reaching the third round of the 2019 French Open partnering Rohan Bopanna.

He also reached the second round of the 2019 US Open (tennis) for the first time in his career in singles and doubles.

ATP career finals


Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour 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 Mirza Bašić 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 4–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2018 Swiss Indoors, Switzerland 500 Series Hard Roger Federer 6–7(5–7), 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 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 Adrian Ungur Nicholas Monroe
Artem Sitak		 3–6, 7–5, [17–15]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (6–13)
Legend
ATP Challenger (3–9)
ITF Futures (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–8)
Clay (2–3)
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 Martin Alund 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Aug 2008 Romania F16, Deva Futures Clay Andrei Mlendea 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–1 Aug 2009 Romania F14, Arad Futures Clay Attila Balazs 6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Oct 2009 Greece F3, Paros Futures Carpet Petar Jelenic 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 3–2 Jan 2010 Guatemala F1, Guatemala City Futures Hard Ivan Endara 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 3–3 May 2010 Cremona, Italy Challenger Hard Denis Gremelmayr 4–6, 5–7
Loss 3–4 Jan 2011 Germany F2, Stuttgart Futures Hard Jan Mertl 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win 4–4 Feb 2011 Kazan, Russia Challenger Hard Andreas Beck 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–5 May 2011 Romania F1, Bucharest Futures Clay Petru-Alexandru Luncanu 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 4–6 Feb 2012 Kazan, Russia Challenger Hard Jürgen Zopp 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win 5–6 Feb 2013 Quimper, France Challenger Hard Marc Gicquel 7–6(11–9), 6–4
Loss 5–7 Jun 2013 Arad, Romania Challenger Clay Adrian Ungur 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 5–8 Jul 2013 Guimaraes, Portugal Challenger Hard Joao Sousa 3–6, 0–6
Loss 5–9 Sep 2015 Izmir, Tunisia Challenger Hard Lukaš Lacko 3–6, 6–7(5-7)
Loss 5–10 Jun 2016 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Lu Yen-hsun 5–7, 6–7(11–13)
Win 6–10 Oct 2016 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Hard Steve Darcis 6–4, 6–2
Loss 6–11 Nov 2016 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard Norbert Gombos 6–7(8–10), 6–4, 3–6
Loss 6–12 Oct 2017 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Challenger Hard Evgeny Donskoy 6–7(0–7), 5–7
Loss 6–13 Nov 2017 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard Lukáš Lacko 4–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 19 (9–10)
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 Ilie-Aurelian Giurgiu Bojan Szumanski
Hubert Holzler		 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Feb 2009 Germany F5, Nussloch Futures Carpet Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Jonathan Marray
Rasmus Norby		 walkover
Win 3–0 May 2009 Romania F1, Craiova Futures Clay Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Andrei Ciumac
Radu Albot		 7–5, 6–1
Loss 3–1 Jul 2009 Romania F9, Iasi Futures Clay Victor Ionita Gleb Alekseenko
Vadim Alekseenko		 3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss 3–2 Jul 2009 Romania F10, Cluj Futures Clay Ilie-Aurelian Giurgiu Gleb Alekseenko
Vadim Alekseenko		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Jul 2009 Romania F11, Oradea Futures Clay Ilie-Aurelian Giurgiu Attila Balazs
Gyorgy Balazs		 2–6, 2–6
Loss 3–4 Aug 2009 Italy F23, Bolzano Futures Clay Antal Van Der Duim Manuel Jorquera
Leonardo Tavares		 7–6(7–2), 3–6, [5–10]
Win 4–4 Aug 2009 Romania F14, Arad Futures Clay Vasek Pospisil Andrei Mlendea
Jiri Skoloudik		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–5 Aug 2009 Romania F15, Brasov Futures Clay Vasek Pospisil C C-Rodriguez
Gerard Granollers-Pujol		 5–7, 7–6(7–2), [10–12]
Win 5–5 Jan 2010 Guatemala F1, Guatemala City Futures Hard Ivan Endara James Ludlow
Ruben Gonzales		 7–5, 6–3
Loss 5–6 Oct 2010 Italy F30, Calabria Futures Clay Giuseppe Faraone Andrea Arnaboldi
Gianluca Naso		 4–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Jan 2012 Germany F2, Stuttgart Futures Hard Simon Stadler Kevin Krawietz
Marcel Zimmermann		 6–1, 6–2
Loss 6–7 May 2012 Romania F2, Bucharest Futures Clay Victor Crivoi Florin Mergea
Andrei Daescu		 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win 7–7 Jun 2012 Romania F3, Bacau Futures Clay Victor Crivoi Harri Heliovaara
Timo Nieminen		 6–3, 6–4
Win 8–7 Sep 2012 Brasov, Romania Challenger Clay Victor Crivoi Andrei Ciumac
Aleksandr Nedovyesov		 6–7(8–10), 6–4, [12–10]
Loss 8–8 Jul 2014 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Sergiy Stakhovsky Daniel Cox
Daniel Smethurst		 7–6(7–3), 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 8–9 Sep 2014 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Potito Starace
Adrian Ungur		 5–7, 2–6
Loss 8–10 Sep 2016 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Marco Chiudinelli Sadio Doumbia
Calvin Hemery		 4–6, 3–6
Win 9–10 Sep 2016 İzmir|Izmir, Turkey Challenger Hard Marco Chiudinelli Sadio Doumbia
Calvin Hemery		 6–4, 6–4


Singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS P NH
(W) Won; (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, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A Q1 Q2 2R Q2 Q1 1R 2R Q2 Q1 2-3
French Open A A A A A A Q2 A Q1 Q2 Q3 Q3 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q1 0-3
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A Q2 Q2 1R 1R 1R 1R NH Q2 0-4
US Open A A A A A A Q2 Q3 Q1 Q1 Q2 Q1 1R 1R 2R A Q2 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 3–13

Wins over top 10 players
Season 2018 2019 Total
Wins 2 0 2
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score MC Rank
2018
1. Marin Čilić 6 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) 2R 7–5, 7–6(7–2) 93
2. Alexander Zverev 5 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) SF 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–4 93

Davis Cup

Singles performances (18–8)
Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent Win/Lose Result
2009 World Group Play-offs PO 18–20 September 2009 Sweden Hard (i) Andreas Vinciguerra Win 4–6 ret.
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group I QF 7–8 May 2010 Ukraine Clay Ivan Sergeyev Unfinished 4–6, 2–1
2011 World Group Play-offs PO 16–18 September 2011 Czech Republic Clay Lukáš Rosol Lose 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R PO 14–16 September 2012 Finland Hard (i) Harri Heliövaara Win 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Jarkko Nieminen Lose 3–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)
2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R 1–3 February 2013 Denmark Hard (i) Frederik Nielsen Win 6–3, 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Christoffer Kønigsfeldt Win 6–4, 6–3
2R 5–7 April 2013 Netherlands Hard Thiemo de Bakker Lose 6–7(3-7), 6–7(2–7)
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R PO 12–14 September 2014 Sweden Clay Elias Ymer Win 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R 6–8 March 2015 Israel Hard (i) Dudi Sela Win 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–4, 6-2
Bar Tzuf Botzer Win 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2R 17–19 July 2015 Slovakia Clay Norbert Gombos Win 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–6(12–10)
Martin Kližan Lose 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R 4–6 March 2016 Slovenia Hard (i) Blaž Rola Win 7-5, 6-3, 7–6(7–5)
Tomislav Ternar Win 6-3, 6–3
2R 15–17 July 2016 Spain Hard Feliciano 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 Belarus Hard (i) Egor Gerasimov Lose 3-6, 4-6, 4-6
Ilya Ivashka Win 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
2018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II 1R 3–4 February 2018 Luxembourg Hard (i) Christophe Tholl Win 6-3, 6-2
Ugo Nastasi Win 6-1, 6-1
2R 7–8 April 2019 Morocco Hard (i) Amine Ahouda Win 6-0, 6-1
3R 15–16 September 2019 Poland Clay (i) Kamil Majchrzak Win 6-2, 6-4
Hubert Hurkacz Lose 3-6, 4-6
2019 Europe/Africa Zone Group II — 5–6 April 2019 Zimbabwe Hard (i) Benjamin Lock Lose 4-6, 5-7
Takanyi Garanganga Win 6-4, 7-5
2020-2021 World Group I PO 17–19 September 2021 Portugal Hard (i) Gastão Elias Win 6-4, 6-3
Gastão Elias Win 6-3, 2-6, 6-4

Doubles performances (2–1)
Edition Round Date Partner Against Surface Opponents Win/Lose Result
2009 World Group 1R 6–8 March 2009 Horia Tecău Russia Hard (i) Marat Safin
Dmitry 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 Horia Tecău Czech Republic Clay Tomáš Berdych
Radek Štěpánek		 Lose 6–3, 3–6, 0–6, 2–6
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R 31 January - 2 February 2014 Horia Tecău Ukraine Hard Sergei Bubka
Denys Molchanov		 Win 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

References
  1. ATP Profile
  2. "Basic Bests Copil For First Title". 11 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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