Marc López Tarrés (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish
tennis
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coach and a former professional player. His career-high
ATP singles
ranking
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was world No. 3 in doubles, achieved in January 2013 and No. 106, achieved in May 2004.
Partnering with
Feliciano López, Marc López won a
major title at the
2016 French Open as well as the
2012 ATP Finals. Additionally, at the
2016 Rio Olympics, López won the
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
in men's doubles for
Spain
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partnering with
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
.
He has been
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
’s coach and since April 2025 he has coached
Jasmine Paolini, helping her in winning the
2025 Italian Open.
Professional career
2001
In his ATP debut at Stuttgart as a qualifier ranked 236, López defeated
Richard Fromberg, eventual French Open finalist
Guillermo Coria, two-time French Open winner
Sergi Bruguera, and Alberto Martín en route to the semifinals, where he lost to
Guillermo Cañas.
2004
Although in his beginnings López did not achieve very good results playing doubles, in the last years he has won several doubles titles in
Challengers and his best performance in an ATP tournament was in this modality. That was in 2004, when he reached the final of the
Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana partnering with his friend and countryman
Feliciano López.
2008
In April 2008 in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, López beat No. 141
Yuri Schukin to qualify into the ATP main draw, where he beat No. 68
Ivo Minář before losing to No. 37
Juan Ignacio Chela.
In May, he made the main draw of the
2008 French Open as a
lucky loser after beating No. 124
Andreas Beck.
2010–2013
In 2010, López won three doubles titles, including the Masters 1000 at Indian Wells partnering with
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
. They defeated
Daniel Nestor and Serbian
Nenad Zimonjić in the final. López made the year-end finals with his frequent partner
Marcel Granollers. They won the tournament, defeating the Indian duo of
Mahesh Bhupathi and
Rohan Bopanna in the final.
In 2012, López and
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
, again won the doubles final at
Indian Wells, defeating Americans
John Isner and
Sam Querrey.
He and Granollers also won the Masters 1000 in Rome, beating
Łukasz Kubot
and
Janko Tipsarević in the final. In Toronto, they were defeated in the final by the
Bryan brothers.
In 2013, they only made one final, in
Cincinnati
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, where they again fell to the Bryan brothers.
2014–2017: French Open champion and Olympic Gold medal in doubles
In 2014, López and Granollers made two Grand Slam finals. At the French Open they were defeated by French duo
Édouard Roger-Vasselin and
Julien Benneteau. At the US Open, they lost the final to the
Bryan brothers.
In 2015, they again made the Masters 1000 final in Rome, but were defeated by
Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ...
and fellow Spaniard
David Marrero.
In 2016, López teamed with countryman
Feliciano López to win the tournament in Doha, Qatar, and they also made a runner-up showing in Dubai. López won his first major at the
2016 French Open with Feliciano López.
In
2016 Rio Olympics he teamed up with
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
to win the gold medal in the men's doubles event.
On 6 September 2016 at the
2016 US Open, López was part of the last match ever played at the old
Louis Armstrong Stadium. Alongside his partner
Feliciano López, they defeated
the Bryan brothers (
Bob and
Mike) in the quarterfinals of the men's doubles tournament, the score 7–6
(7–2), 4–6, 6–3. The pair then lost in the semifinals against fellow countrymen
Pablo Carreño Busta and
Guillermo García López in straight sets.
In 2017, they made another Masters 1000 final in Monte Carlo, but were defeated by
Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ...
and
Rohan Bopanna.
At the
2017 US Open, Marc and Feliciano went one step further than the previous year by again defeating the Bryan brothers en route to the final where they lost to
Jean-Julien Rojer and
Horia Tecău.
2021–2025: Coaching and Retirement
In December 2021, López joined Nadal's coaching team.
Lopez announced he would retire after the
2022 Barcelona Open.
There, he partnered
Feliciano López where they defeated the top ranked pair of world No. 1
Joe Salisbury and world No. 2
Rajeev Ram in the first round.
However, he then received a wildcard for the
Madrid Masters to partner
Carlos Alcaraz in doubles.
The pair lost in the round of 16 to the eventual champions
Wesley Koolhof
Wesley Koolhof (; born 17 April 1989) is a Dutch former professional tennis player who was ranked World No. 1 in doubles.
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2023 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles with Neal Skupski an ...
and
Neal Skupski. His final match was in
2024 Brisbane International, he came out of his retirement to play with
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
for the very last time.
López became coach of Olympic gold medalist
Jasmine Paolini in April 2025.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)
Year-end championships
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up)
Olympic medal matches
Doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 34 (14 titles, 19 runner-ups)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
''Current through the
2022 Mutua Madrid Open.''
Personal life
He married his girlfriend María S. in November 2015, after a four-year relationship. The couple separated in 2017.
In August 2021, López welcomed his first child with María García-Planas Albert, a former college tennis player at the
Loyola Marymount University.
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
French Open junior champions
French Open champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Spanish male tennis players
Tennis players from Barcelona
Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players for Spain
Olympic gold medalists for Spain
Olympic medalists for Spain in tennis
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
21st-century Spanish sportsmen