# Oliver Marach

Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is a former Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialised 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, partnering Mate Pavić, and the pair also finished runners-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 French Open. 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 since 2003, and also played at the 2016 Olympic Games alongside Alexander Peya. In 2021, in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he partnered with Philipp Oswald.
Marach retired from professional tennis in December 2022.

## Significant finals
### Grand Slam tournament finals
#### Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2017 | Wimbledon | Grass | Mate Pavić | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo | 7–5, 5–7, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–3, 11–13 |
| Win | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | Mate Pavić | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2018 | French Open | Clay | Mate Pavić | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 2–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |

### Masters 1000 finals
#### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2018 | Monte-Carlo Masters | Clay | Mate Pavić | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 53 (23 titles, 30 runners-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (1–2)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (4–8)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (18–19)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (9–7)
* Clay (14–19)
* Grass (0–4)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2006 | Pörtschach Open, Austria | International | Clay | Cyril Suk | Paul Hanley Jim Thomas | 3–6, 6–4, [5–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2006 | Swedish Open, Sweden | International | Clay | Christopher Kas | Jonas Björkman Thomas Johansson | 3–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jul 2006 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | Intl. Gold | Clay | Cyril Suk | Philipp Kohlschreiber Stefan Koubek | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Apr 2007 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | International | Clay | Łukasz Kubot | Jordan Kerr David Škoch | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–1, [4–10] |
| Win | 1–4 | Sep 2007 | Romanian Open, Romania | International | Clay | Michal Mertiňák | Martín García Sebastián Prieto | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–6$^{(10–8)}$ |
| Win | 2–4 | Mar 2008 | Mexican Open, Mexico | Intl. Gold | Clay | Michal Mertiňák | Agustín Calleri Luis Horna | 6–2, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, [10–7] |
| Loss | 2–5 | Mar 2009 | Mexican Open, Mexico | 500 Series | Clay | Łukasz Kubot | František Čermák Michal Mertiňák | 6–4, 4–6, [7–10] |
| Win | 3–5 | Apr 2009 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Łukasz Kubot | Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 4–5 | May 2009 | Serbia Open, Serbia | 250 Series | Clay | Łukasz Kubot | Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 5–5 | Nov 2009 | Vienna Open, Austria | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Łukasz Kubot | Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer | 2–6, 6–4, [11–9] |
| Win | 6–5 | Feb 2010 | Chile Open, Chile | 250 Series | Clay | Łukasz Kubot | Potito Starace Horacio Zeballos | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 6–6 | Feb 2010 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay | Łukasz Kubot | Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 7–6 | Feb 2010 | Mexican Open, Mexico (2) | 500 Series | Clay | Łukasz Kubot | Fabio Fognini Potito Starace | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Win | 8–6 | May 2010 | Bavarian Open, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Santiago Ventura | Eric Butorac Michael Kohlmann | 5–7, 6–3, [16–14] |
| Loss | 8–7 | Feb 2011 | Chile Open, Chile | 250 Series | Clay | Łukasz Kubot | Bruno Soares Marcelo Melo | 3–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Win | 9–7 | Feb 2011 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Leonardo Mayer | Franco Ferreiro André Sá | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9–8 | Apr 2011 | Serbia Open, Serbia | 250 Series | Clay | Alexander Peya | František Čermák Filip Polášek | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 10–8 | Jul 2011 | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | Alexander Peya | František Čermák Filip Polášek | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 11–8 | Oct 2011 | Thailand Open, Thailand | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 12–8 | Jan 2012 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | 250 Series | Hard | Alexander Peya | František Čermák Filip Polášek | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 12–9 | May 2012 | Open de Nice, France | 250 Series | Clay | Filip Polášek | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 12–10 | Apr 2013 | Romanian Open, Romania | 250 Series | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Loss | 12–11 | Oct 2013 | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Julian Knowle | Treat Huey Dominic Inglot | 3–6, 6–3, [4–10] |
| Win | 13–11 | Feb 2014 | Chile Open, Chile (2) | 250 Series | Clay | Florin Mergea | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 13–12 | Jul 2014 | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | Jérémy Chardy | Johan Brunström Nicholas Monroe | 6–4, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [7–10] |
| Loss | 13–13 | Feb 2015 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | Pablo Andújar | Martin Kližan Philipp Oswald | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 13–14 | Mar 2015 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Pablo Andújar | Jarkko Nieminen André Sá | 6–4, 4–6, [7–10] |
| Loss | 13–15 | Aug 2015 | Swiss Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Aliaksandr Bury Denis Istomin | 6–3, 2–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 14–15 | Jan 2016 | Chennai Open, India | 250 Series | Hard | Fabrice Martin | Austin Krajicek Benoît Paire | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 15–15 | Feb 2016 | Delray Beach Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Fabrice Martin | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, [13–11] |
| Loss | 15–16 | Jun 2016 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | 250 Series | Grass | Fabrice Martin | Marcus Daniell Artem Sitak | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 15–17 | Oct 2016 | Shenzhen Open, China | 250 Series | Hard | Fabrice Martin | Fabio Fognini Robert Lindstedt | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 15–18 | Oct 2016 | Vienna Open, Austria | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Fabrice Martin | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo | 6–4, 3–6, [11–13] |
| Loss | 15–19 | Jun 2017 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | 250 Series | Grass | Mate Pavić | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 5–7, [5–10] |
| Loss | 15–20 | Jun 2017 | Antalya Open, Turkey | 250 Series | Grass | Mate Pavić | Robert Lindstedt Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 5–7, 1–4 ret. |
| Loss | 15–21 | Jul 2017 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Mate Pavić | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo | 7–5, 5–7, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–3, 11–13 |
| Win | 16–21 | Jul 2017 | Swiss Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Philipp Oswald | Jonathan Eysseric Franko Škugor | 6–3, 4–6, [10–8] |
| Win | 17–21 | Oct 2017 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Mate Pavić | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer | 3–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, [10–4] |
| Win | 18–21 | Jan 2018 | Qatar Open, Qatar | 250 Series | Hard | Mate Pavić | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 6–2, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ |
| Win | 19–21 | Jan 2018 | Auckland Open, New Zealand (2) | 250 Series | Hard | Mate Pavić | Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald | 6–4, 5–7, [10–7] |
| Win | 20–21 | Jan 2018 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Mate Pavić | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 20–22 | Feb 2018 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Mate Pavić | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 6–2, 2–6, [7–10] |
| Loss | 20–23 | Apr 2018 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco | Masters 1000 | Clay | Mate Pavić | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 21–23 | May 2018 | Geneva Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Mate Pavić | Ivan Dodig Rajeev Ram | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, [11–9] |
| Loss | 21–24 | Jun 2018 | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Mate Pavić | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 2–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 21–25 | Jul 2018 | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | Mate Pavić | Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos | 1–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
| Loss | 21–26 | Oct 2018 | China Open, China | 500 Series | Hard | Mate Pavić | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 22–26 | May 2019 | Geneva Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Mate Pavić | Matthew Ebden Robert Lindstedt | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 22–27 | Jul 2019 | Croatia Open, Croatia | 250 Series | Clay | Jürgen Melzer | Robin Haase Philipp Oswald | 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, [12–14] |
| Win | 23–27 | Jul 2019 | German Open, Germany (2) | 500 Series | Clay | Jürgen Melzer | Robin Haase Wesley Koolhof | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 23–28 | Feb 2020 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates | 500 Series | Hard | Raven Klaasen | John Peers Michael Venus | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 23–29 | May 2021 | Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy | 250 Series | Clay | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Simone Bolelli Máximo González | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 23–30 | Oct 2021 | Sofia Open, Bulgaria | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Philipp Oswald | Jonny O'Mara Ken Skupski | 3–6, 4–6 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2002 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| French Open | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 0–6 |

### Doubles

Current through the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | SF | 3R | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | W | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1 / 15 | 23–14 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | A | 2R | QF | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | F | 3R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 15 | 24–15 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | F | 1R | 2R | NH | 3R | 0 / 12 | 15–12 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | QF | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 0 / 12 | 9–12 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 8–3 | 11–3 | 6–4 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1 / 54 | 71–53 |
| Year-end championship |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Finals | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | RR | RR | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | RR | RR | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 0 / 4 | 5–5 |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | SF | SF | NH | A | 0 / 6 | 10–5 |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | SF | 2R | QF | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | QF | QF | NH | QF | 0 / 10 | 12–10 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | QF | QF | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | F | 2R | NH | 1R | 0 / 9 | 8–9 |
| Madrid Open | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | A | QF | NH | 1R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | QF | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | QF | SF | 1R | 1R | 0 / 8 | 10–8 |
| Canada Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | SF | 1R | NH | 2R | 0 / 6 | 5–6 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | SF | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 7 | 5–7 |
| Shanghai Masters | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | QF | SF | 2R | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | SF | 1R | NH | NH | 0 / 7 | 6–7 |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | QF | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | QF | A | 0 / 5 | 6–4 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–6 | 9–8 | 8–8 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 5–6 | 13–7 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 0 / 65 | 66–63 |
| National representation |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | QF | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 2R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 |
| Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | A | Z1 | A | A | PO | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | PO | A | Z1 | A | A | PO | QR | RR | RR | 0 / 4 | 7–6 |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Career | Career |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 53 |
| Overall W–L | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 21–17 | 14–10 | 8–10 | 46–27 | 38–26 | 39–25 | 16–16 | 21–24 | 16–26 | 22–26 | 42–26 | 38–22 | 55–21 | 40–27 | 17–15 | 22–29 | 457–353 | 457–353 |
| Year-end ranking | 793 | 828 | 264 | 233 | 169 | 463 | 213 | 153 | 40 | 48 | 69 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 48 | 38 | 67 | 48 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 32 | 29 | 45 | 56.42% | 56.42% |