Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is an Austrian professional
tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles.
He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 on 28 May 2018. Marach won his first
Grand Slam title at the
2018 Australian Open
The 2018 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played at Melbourne Park between 15 and 28 January 2018, and was the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2018 season. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles ...
, partnering
Mate Pavić, and the pair also finished runners-up at the
2017 Wimbledon Championships
The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 20 ...
and
2018 French Open
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. He and Pavić were the 2018 ATP Doubles Team of the year. In mixed doubles, he has reached three Grand Slam semifinals.
He has represented Austria in the
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...
since 2003, and also played at the
2016 Olympic Games
)
, nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams)
, athletes = 11,238
, events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines)
, opening = 5 August 2016
, closing = 21 August 2016
, opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...
alongside
Alexander Peya
Alexander Peya (born 27 June 1980) is an Austrian male tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 92 in April 2007. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 3, first achieved in August 2013.
In September 2008 Peya h ...
. In 2021, in the
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
, he partnered with
Philipp Oswald.
[https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/tennis/athlete-profile-n1331448-marach-oliver.htm ]
Significant finals
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 53 (23 titles, 30 runners-up)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
''Current through the
2021 Davis Cup Finals
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References
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1980 births
Living people
Austrian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Graz
Sportspeople from Panama City
Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players of Austria
Australian Open (tennis) champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics