Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional
tennis
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player. He reached his career-high singles
ranking
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of world No. 19 in July 2012, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in February 2013.
Granollers has won four
ATP singles titles and 24 doubles titles, including the
2012 ATP World Tour Finals
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Champions
Singles ...
. He has also reached the men's doubles finals at the
2014 French Open, the
2014
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and
2019 US Open, and the
2021 Wimbledon Championships.
Personal life
Granollers' brother
Gerard is also a tennis player, and they have won five Challenger doubles titles together.
Career
2006: Breaking top 200
Granollers made the first round of the
Wimbledon tournament in 2006, but lost to
Andrei Pavel. In the qualifying rounds, he beat
Stéphane Robert,
Konstantinos Economidis
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and
Marco Chiudinelli.
2007: Breaking top 150
In 2007, Granollers won the
Naples
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and Rome Challengers for doubles with
Flavio Cipolla
Flavio Cipolla (born 20 October 1983) is a former professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Italy. He reached the second round at the French Open of 2007, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. He reached the 3rd round of the 2008 US Open. His car ...
, and the
Maspalomas
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Challenger for doubles with
Marc López
Marc López Tarrés (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish retired professional tennis player and coach. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 106 (May 2004) and world No. 3 in doubles (January 2013).
Partnering Feliciano López, ...
. At the
2007 French Open, he made the second round of the men's doubles tournament with
Feliciano López before they lost in three close sets to the number 4 seeds
Fabrice Santoro and
Nenad Zimonjić, who won 7–5, 1–6, 6–4. He lost at the French and Wimbledon Championships both times in the second round of qualifying for the main draws.
2008: Breaking top 60 & first singles title
2008 saw Granollers qualify for the
Australian Open Singles Draw, but lost to
Evgeny Korolev
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in straight sets in the first round. He reached the quarterfinals of the
2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in
Acapulco
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, Mexico, an
International Series Gold
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tournament, before losing to
José Acasuso
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7–6, 6–3. On 20 April, he won his first ATP singles title at the
U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
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The tournament began in 1910 when t ...
, defeating World No. 8
James Blake in the final. He had saved two match points in the semifinals. The previous day, he and
Pablo Cuevas lost in the doubles final.
Following Rafael Nadal's announcement that he would not play the Davis Cup Final at Argentina on 21–23 November, Spain's Captain
Emilio Sánchez announced that Marcel Granollers would replace Nadal. This was Granollers' first Davis Cup appearance, although he did not play any matches.
2009: Three doubles titles, Breaking top 25 in doubles
In 2009, Granollers won three ATP doubles titles at the
2009 Brasil Open
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, the
2009 Copa Telmex
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, and the
2009 Kremlin Cup
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, teaming up with
Tommy Robredo
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,
Alberto Martín
Alberto Martín Magret (; born 20 August 1978) is a retired tennis player from Spain. He won three singles titles and reached five Masters Series quarterfinals on clay.
Tennis career
Martín turned professional in 1995. He won three singles ti ...
, and
Pablo Cuevas respectively.
2010: First ATP 500 singles final
In the first round of the
2010 Australian Open
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In the singles competi ...
, Granollers pulled off a remarkable comeback when he recovered from 2 sets down against world no.8 and French Open
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,
Robin Söderling. He then lost to
Alejandro Falla in the 2nd round.
2011: Breaking top 30 in singles, First ATP 500 title
Granollers lost in the first round of the Australian Open to eventual champion
Novak Djokovic
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, and he didn't win consecutive matches until the
2011 Miami Masters, where he got to the fourth round.
In July, he beat
Stanislas Wawrinka,
Mikhail Youzhny, and
Fernando Verdasco to win his first title of the year and his second career title at the
Swiss Open. In the US Open, he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, to break into the top 30.
In November, Granollers claimed the title at the
Valencia Open by defeating Juan Mónaco in three sets and said, "Winning here has been the biggest achievement in my whole career."
He beat four Top 20 players:
Alexandr Dolgopolov
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,
Marin Čilić,
Gaël Monfils and
Juan Martín del Potro en route to the final at the
ATP World Tour 500 tournament.
Granollers played for the victorious
Spain Davis Cup team in
2011
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, losing the doubles rubber (with
Fernando Verdasco) in the quarterfinal against
United States
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.
2012: Top 20 singles debut, ATP Finals & First Masters doubles titles
Marcel Granollers reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time at
French Open, losing to David Ferrer in three straight sets. Granollers lost to
Marin Čilić in the final match of
Croatia Open
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The tournament began in 1990 when it was part of Yugoslavia, and is the oldest tennis ...
on 15 July 2012.
Playing doubles alongside countryman
Marc López
Marc López Tarrés (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish retired professional tennis player and coach. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 106 (May 2004) and world No. 3 in doubles (January 2013).
Partnering Feliciano López, ...
, he went 3–4 in finals, winning titles at the
Italian Open,
Swiss Open and the
ATP World Tour Finals.
Granollers and Lopez were the first Spanish pair to play at the
season-ending championships since
Sergio Casal
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and
Emilio Sánchez in 1994. They won the title defeating Indian duo
Mahesh Bhupathi and
Rohan Bopanna in the final.
He also partnered López at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
2013: Success in doubles as World No. 4 & in singles with Fourth title
Granollers reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 in doubles on 25 February 2013.
He made it also to the fourth round of the US Open in singles for the first time, where he lost to top-seed
Novak Djokovic
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in straight sets.
2014: US & French Open doubles runner-ups, Two Masters semis
In 2014, he had a very consistent doubles performances at the French and US Opens, making the finals at both events with partner
Marc López
Marc López Tarrés (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish retired professional tennis player and coach. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 106 (May 2004) and world No. 3 in doubles (January 2013).
Partnering Feliciano López, ...
. They qualified for their third consecutive
ATP Finals where they lost in the round robin stage for a second year in a row.
2015–18: Second Masters doubles title, Three Masters finals
Granollers suffered a significant loss in form, with only one tour-level late round appearance: the semifinals in
Zagreb Indoors losing to
Andreas Seppi. His 2015 year-end singles ranking dropped to No. 84.
He reached the quarterfinals of the
2016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
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before losing to
Gaël Monfils in straight sets, making the main draw as a lucky loser.
Granollers reached the finals in both the
2015
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and
2017 Masters 1000 in Rome. He also reached the final of the
2017 Rolex Paris Masters in doubles with
Ivan Dodig and in the following year
2018
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, he won the Masters 1000 title in Paris with
Rajeev Ram
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Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's d ...
.
2019–21: New partnership: US Open & Wimbledon finals, 4 Masters titles, back to top 5
With his new partner
Horacio Zeballos Granollers won 6 titles thus far, starting in August 2019, and also made his first Grand Slam doubles final at the
2019 US Open, losing to the World No. 1 and top seeded pair Farah/Cabal.
The pair won 3 Masters 1000: the
2019 Canadian Open, the
2020 Italian Open and the
2021 Mutua Madrid Open
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. As a result, he reentered the top 10 in doubles at World No. 9 on 9 September 2019 and No. 7 on 21 September 2020.
He also reentered the top 5 on 12 July 2021 following the final at the
2021 Wimbledon Championships where they lost to World No. 1 and top seeds Mektic/Pavic.
In August 2021, they reached a second Masters 1000 final for 2021 and fourth overall at the
2021 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati defeating Arévalo/Fognini. They defeated
Austin Krajicek and
Steve Johnson in the final to win their fourth Masters.
2022: Two Major semis, 5 Masters quarters, Third straight ATP Finals
Granollers and Zebalos qualified for their third consecutive ATP finals, having advanced to the semifinals of the year-end championships in 2020 and 2021. It was Granollers seventh participation.
Playing style
Granollers' good serve and net skills account for his excellent doubles record. His comparatively technically weak groundstrokes are underpowered with low takebacks on both wings but they provide a decent defensive framework. He is also known for his heavy grunting, so much as to result in ridicule and accusations of gamesmanship due to its loud volume and questionable timing during matches.
"David Ferrer dispatches groaning Granollers"
''stuff.co.nz'', 5 June 2012.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)
Year-end championships finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)
ATP career finals
Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Doubles: 47 (24 titles, 23 runner-ups)
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 27 (13–14)
Doubles: 39 (31 titles, 8 runners-up)
Performance timelines
Singles
''Current through the 2022 Mexican Open.''
Doubles
Wins over top 10 players
*He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Notes
References
External links
Official website
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1986 births
Living people
Tennis players from Catalonia
French Open junior champions
Spanish male tennis players
Tennis players from Barcelona
Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players of Spain
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles