Marcos Daniel


Marcos Diniz Daniel is a retired professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 56 in September 2009. He is coached by his brother, Márcio.

Tennis career

Marcos Daniel's brother owns an academy for developing young tennis players, called Daniel Tennis Center where Marcos Daniel used to work as a ball catcher. He started playing youth tournaments at age 5. When he was 12, representing this academy, he reached his first final but he did not succeed in winning the title.
In August 2009, he reached the semi-finals of the ATP Gstaad tournament. He also reached the semi-finals there in 2006.
He qualified for the 2009 French Open and lost in the first round to Rafael Nadal after giving a strong performance, 5–7, 4–6, 3–6.

Titles (21)

Singles (14)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
1.September 2, 2003Gramado, BrazilHard José de Armas7–5, 7–5
2.July 18, 2005Bogotá, ColombiaClay Jean-Julien Rojer6–4, 6–4
3.October 17, 2005Bogotá, ColombiaClay Daniel Köllerer6–2, 6–3
4.November 7, 2005Guayaquil, EcuadorClay Flávio Saretta6–2, 1–6, 6–0
5.October 15, 2007Bogotá, ColombiaClay Santiago Giraldo7–6, 6–4
6.March 3, 2008Bogotá, ColombiaClay Iván Navarro6–3, 1–6, 6–3
7.September 15, 2008Cali, ColombiaClay Leonardo Mayer6–2 retired
8.September 22, 2008Bogotá, ColombiaClay Horacio Zeballos6–4, 4–6, 6–4
9.March 22, 2009Marrakech, MoroccoClay Lamine Ouahab4–6, 7–5, 6–2
10.May 17, 2009Zagreb, CroatiaClay Olivier Rochus6–3, 6–4
11.July 19, 2009Bogotá, ColombiaClay Horacio Zeballos4–6, 7–6, 6–4
12.April 18, 2010Blumenau, BrazilClay Bastian Knittel7–5, 6–7, 6–4
13.October 30, 2010São Paulo, BrazilClay Thomaz Bellucci6–1, 3–6, 6–3
14.November 7, 2010Medellín, ColombiaClay Juan Sebastián Cabal6–3, 7–5

Doubles (7)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponents in the finalScore
1.July 28, 2003Belo Horizonte, BrazilHard Alexandre Simoni Kentaro Masuda
Takahiro Terachi		6–4, 6–2
2.September 2, 2003Gramado, BrazilHard Alexandre Simoni Santiago González
Alejandro Hernández		7–6, 6–4
3.August 9, 2004Manta, EcuadorHard Santiago González Eric Nunez
Jimy Szymanski		3–6, 6–2, 7–6
4.April 18, 2005Bogotá, ColombiaClay Santiago González Goran Dragicevic
Mirko Pehar		7–6, 6–3
5.September 12, 2005Sevilla, SpainClay Fernando Vicente Flavio Cipolla
Alessandro Motti		6–2, 6–7, 7–5
6.October 17, 2005Bogotá, ColombiaClay Santiago González Frederico Gil
Marcelo Melo		6–2, 7–5
7.October 8, 2007Quito, EcuadorClay Brian Dabul Hugo Armando
Ricardo Mello		4–6, 7–5,

Runners-up (14)

Singles (7)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
1.October 8, 2001Lima, PeruClay Juan Ignacio Chela6–2, 1–0 retired
2.September 12, 2005Sevilla, SpainClay Marco Mirnegg6–3, 3–0 retired
3.October 10, 2005Quito, EcuadorClay Thiago Alves1–6, 7–6, 6–2
4.March 5, 2007Salinas, EcuadorHard Juan Pablo Brzezicki6–4, 6–4
5.November 12, 2007Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Sergio Roitman6–1, 6–4
6.November 19, 2007Lima, PeruClay Pablo Cuevas0–6, 6–4, 6–3
7.March 31, 2008Napoli, ItalyClay Potito Starace6–4, 4–6, 7–6

Doubles (7)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponents in the finalScore
1.September 24, 2001São Paulo, BrazilClay Ricardo Mello Adriano Ferreira
Edgardo Massa		Walkover
2.June 24, 2002Eisenach, GermanyClay Adrián García Edwin Kempes
Martin Verkerk		6–3, 6–4
3.July 26, 2004Belo Horizonte, BrazilHard Iván Miranda Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana		6–2, 7–5
4.January 3, 2005São Paulo, BrazilHard Tomas Behrend André Sá
Bruno Soares		6–2, 6–2
5.January 17, 2005La Serena, ChileClay Tomas Behrend Enzo Artoni
Ramón Delgado		7–6, 6–4
6.April 4, 2005Mexico City, MexicoClay Flávio Saretta Lukáš Dlouhý
Pavel Šnobel		5–7, 6–4, 6–3
7.July 18, 2005Bogotá, ColombiaClay Santiago González Brian Dabul
Marcelo Melo		6–4, 6–4