Marius Copil


Marius Copil is a Romanian professional tennis player playing on the ATP World Tour and ATP Challenger Tour and a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. Copil is known for his extremely powerful and consistent serve.

Career highlights

2009

In September 2009 he received wild card access to the main draw of 2009 BCR Open Romania, where he defeated his fellow countryman Victor Crivoi in the first round, but lost to Spaniard Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the second round.

2010

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 Bernard Tomic in the semifinals and finished runner-up to German Denis Gremelmayr.

2011

The year 2011 started well for Copil. He reached his second Challenger final at the Tretorn Serie+ event in Kazan, Russia. In the final, he won against 4th seeded German Andreas Beck, in straight sets.

2012

Copil beat world no. 13 Marin Čilić in the first round at the China Open in Beijing.

2015

At 's-Hertogenbosch, Copil defeated Jarkko Nieminen and Guillermo García-López to reach the quarterfinals. At the Australian Open, he recorded the fastest serve at a Grand Slam: 242.0 km/h.

2018

Copil reached the final at the Sofia Open, where he lost to Mirza Bašić. It was his first ATP World Tour-level final.
Copil reached the final of the Swiss Indoors, losing to Roger Federer after defeating world number 6 Marin Čilić and number 5 Alexander Zverev on the way. These were his first ever wins over top-10 players.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–12018 Diema Xtra Sofia Open – Singles|Sofia Open, Bulgaria250 SeriesHard Mirza Bašić6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss0–22018 Swiss Indoors – Singles|Swiss Indoors, Switzerland500 SeriesHard Roger Federer6–7, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–02015 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy – Doubles|Romanian Open, Romania250 SeriesClay Adrian Ungur Nicholas Monroe
Artem Sitak
3–6, 7–5,

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 10 (3–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.23 May 2010Cremona, ItalyHard Denis Gremelmayr4–6, 5–7
Winner2.6 February 2011Kazan, RussiaHard Andreas Beck6–4, 6–4
Runner-up3.5 February 2012Kazan, RussiaHard Jürgen Zopp6–7, 6–7
Winner4.17 February 2013Quimper, FranceHard Marc Gicquel7–6, 6–4
Runner-up5.27 September 2015Izmir, TurkeyHard Lukaš Lacko3–6, 6–7
Runner-up6.12 June 2016Surbiton, United KingdomGrass Lu Yen-hsun5–7, 6–7
Winner7.30 October 2016Hungarian Open, HungaryHard Steve Darcis6–4, 6–2
Runner-up8.13 November 2016Slovak Open, SlovakiaHard Norbert Gombos6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up9.8 October 2017OEC Kaohsiung, Chinese TaipeiHard Evgeny Donskoy6–7, 5–7
Runner-up10.12 November 2017Slovak Open, SlovakiaHard Lukáš Lacko4–6, 6–7

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.8 September 2012Brașov, RomaniaClay Victor Crivoi Andrei Ciumac
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6–7, 6–4,
Runner-up2.20 July 2014Binghampton, United StatesHard Sergiy Stakhovsky Daniel Cox
Daniel Smethurst
7–6, 2–6,
Runner-up3.28 September 2014Sibiu, RomaniaClay Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Potito Starace
Adrian Ungur
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up4.18 September 2016Istanbul, TurkeyHard Marco Chiudinelli Sadio Doumbia
Calvin Hemery
4–6, 3–6
Winner5.25 September 2016İzmir, TurkeyHard Marco Chiudinelli Sadio Doumbia
Calvin Hemery
6–4, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Wins over top 10 players

Davis Cup

Singles performances (10–5)

Doubles performances (2–1)