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)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | 2018 Diema Xtra Sofia Open – Singles| | Sofia Open, Bulgaria | 250 Series | Hard | Mirza Bašić | 6–7, 7–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | 2018 Swiss Indoors – Singles| | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | 500 Series | Hard | Roger Federer | 6–7, 4–6 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Win | 1–0 | 2015 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy – Doubles| | Romanian Open, Romania | 250 Series | Clay | Adrian Ungur | Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak | 3–6, 7–5, |
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 10 (3–7)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 23 May 2010 | Cremona, Italy | Hard | Denis Gremelmayr | 4–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 2. | 6 February 2011 | Kazan, Russia | Hard | Andreas Beck | 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 5 February 2012 | Kazan, Russia | Hard | Jürgen Zopp | 6–7, 6–7 |
Winner | 4. | 17 February 2013 | Quimper, France | Hard | Marc Gicquel | 7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 5. | 27 September 2015 | Izmir, Turkey | Hard | Lukaš Lacko | 3–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 6. | 12 June 2016 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Grass | Lu Yen-hsun | 5–7, 6–7 |
Winner | 7. | 30 October 2016 | Hungarian Open, Hungary | Hard | Steve Darcis | 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 8. | 13 November 2016 | Slovak Open, Slovakia | Hard | Norbert Gombos | 6–7, 6–4, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 8 October 2017 | OEC Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei | Hard | Evgeny Donskoy | 6–7, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 10. | 12 November 2017 | Slovak Open, Slovakia | Hard | Lukáš Lacko | 4–6, 6–7 |
Doubles: 5 (2–3)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 8 September 2012 | Brașov, Romania | Clay | Victor Crivoi | Andrei Ciumac Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6–7, 6–4, |
Runner-up | 2. | 20 July 2014 | Binghampton, United States | Hard | Sergiy Stakhovsky | Daniel Cox Daniel Smethurst | 7–6, 2–6, |
Runner-up | 3. | 28 September 2014 | Sibiu, Romania | Clay | Alexandru-Daniel Carpen | Potito Starace Adrian Ungur | 5–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 18 September 2016 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Marco Chiudinelli | Sadio Doumbia Calvin Hemery | 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | 25 September 2016 | İzmir, Turkey | Hard | Marco Chiudinelli | Sadio Doumbia Calvin Hemery | 6–4, 6–4 |