Marius Copil (born 17 October 1990) is a

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n professional

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player playing on the

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and

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. He is a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. Copil is known for his extremely fast, powerful, and consistent serve.

Career

2009: ATP debut

In September 2009 he received wild card access to the main draw of 2009 BCR Open Romania, where he defeated his fellow countryman

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in the first round, but lost to Spaniard Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the second round.

2010–2012: Challenger Tour success

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

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in the semifinals and finished runner-up to German

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. Season 2011 started well for Copil. He reached his second Challenger final at the Tretorn Serie+ event in

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, Russia. In the final, he won against 4th seeded German Andreas Beck, in straight sets. In season 2012, Copil beat world No. 13

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in the first round at the China Open in Beijing.

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

He made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2015 Australian Open, where he defeated

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. At the same tournament, he recorded the fastest serve at a Grand Slam: 242.0 km/h (150.4 mph). In April at the

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partnering fellow Romanian Adrian Ungur, after saving five match points, they defeated

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17–15 in the match tiebreak to become the first Romanian team to win the Bucharest title since 1998 (Pavel/Trifu). At the 's-Hertogenbosch Open, Copil defeated

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and

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as a wildcard to reach the quarterfinals. He made his top 100 singles debut after the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open, where he was a wildcard entry, at World No. 90 on 15 May 2017.

2018: Two ATP singles finals

Copil reached his first ATP World Tour-level singles final at the Sofia Open, where he lost to

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. Ranked No. 93, Copil reached the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basel as a qualifier, losing to

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after defeating world No. 6

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, Grand Slam success

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

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partnering

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

2020–2022: Loss of form, drop in rankings, out of top 350

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 20 (7–13)

Doubles: 19 (9–10)

Singles performance timeline

Wins over top 10 players

Davis Cup

Singles performances (18–8)

Doubles performances (2–1)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Copil, Marius 1990 births Sportspeople from Arad, Romania Romanian male tennis players Living people 21st-century Romanian people