# Marius Copil

Marius Copil (born 17 October 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player playing currently on the ATP Challenger Tour. He is a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. Copil is known for his extremely fast, powerful, and consistent serve.

## Career
### 2009: ATP debut

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.

### 2010–2012: Challenger Tour success

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.
Season 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.
In season 2012, Copil beat world No. 13 Marin Čilić in the first round at the China Open in Beijing.

### 2015–2017: Major debut, Maiden ATP doubles title, Top 100 in singles

He made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2015 Australian Open, where he defeated Pablo Andújar. At the same tournament, he recorded the fastest serve at a Grand Slam: 242.0 km/h (150.4 mph).
At the 2015 Romanian Open in April, partnering fellow Romanian Adrian Ungur, after saving five match points, they defeated Nicholas Monroe/Artem Sitak 17–15 in the match tiebreak to become the first Romanian team to win the Bucharest title since 1998 (Pavel/Trifu).
At the 2015 's-Hertogenbosch Open, Copil defeated Jarkko Nieminen and Guillermo García López as a wildcard to reach the quarterfinals.
He made his top 100 singles debut after the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open, where he was a wildcard entry, at World No. 90 on 15 May 2017.

### 2018: Two ATP singles finals

Copil reached his first ATP World Tour-level singles final at the Sofia Open, where he lost to Mirza Bašić.
Ranked No. 93, Copil reached the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basel as a qualifier, losing to Roger Federer after defeating world No. 6 Marin Čilić and No. 5 Alexander Zverev on the way, his first ever wins over top-10 players. He became the lowest-ranked Basel finalist since No. 100 Patrick McEnroe in 1994 and 1st qualifier in the final since Baghdatis in 2005.

### 2019: Career-high singles ranking, Grand Slam success

Copil reached the 2019 Australian Open second round for the second time defeating Marcel Granollers in straight sets. As a result, he reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 56 on 28 January 2019.
His best showing in doubles at a Grand Slam in his career was reaching the third round of the 2019 French Open partnering Rohan Bopanna. He also reached the second round of the 2019 US Open for the first time in his career in singles and doubles.

## Personal life

Copil currently resides and trains in his hometown Arad, Romania. He got married with his long-term girlfriend Ramona in 2018. His first son Arthur was born in 2020. Besides playing professional tennis Copil also enjoys playing football, watching moto GP, collecting watches and he is an amateur photographer. Marius currently has a dog named Alex Bogdan.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP 500 Series (0–1)
* ATP 250 Series (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (0–0)
* Indoor (0–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2018 | Sofia Open, Bulgaria | 250 Series | Hard | Mirza Bašić | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2018 | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | 500 Series | Hard | Roger Federer | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP 250 Series (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (1–0)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2015 | Romanian Open, Romania | 250 Series | Clay | Adrian Ungur | Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak | 3–6, 7–5, [17–15] |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 21 (8–13)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–9)
* ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (5–8)
* Clay (3–3)
* Grass (0–1)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2007 | Romania F16, Arad | Futures | Clay | Martín Alund | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 2008 | Romania F16, Deva | Futures | Clay | Andrei Mlendea | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Loss | 2–1 | Aug 2009 | Romania F14, Arad | Futures | Clay | Attila Balázs | 6–3, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2009 | Greece F3, Paros | Futures | Carpet | Petar Jelenic | 6–2, 4–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Win | 3–2 | Jan 2010 | Guatemala F1, Guatemala City | Futures | Hard | Iván Endara | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 3–3 | May 2010 | Cremona, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Denis Gremelmayr | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jan 2011 | Germany F2, Stuttgart | Futures | Hard | Jan Mertl | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Feb 2011 | Kazan, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Andreas Beck | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–5 | May 2011 | Romania F1, Bucharest | Futures | Clay | Petru-Alexandru Luncanu | 6–3, 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Feb 2012 | Kazan, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Jürgen Zopp | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 5–6 | Feb 2013 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard | Marc Gicquel | 7–6$^{(11–9)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Jun 2013 | Arad, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Adrian Ungur | 4–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 5–8 | Jul 2013 | Guimarães, Portugal | Challenger | Hard | João Sousa | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 5–9 | Sep 2015 | İzmir, Tunisia | Challenger | Hard | Lukaš Lacko | 3–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 5–10 | Jun 2016 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Lu Yen-hsun | 5–7, 6–7$^{(11–13)}$ |
| Win | 6–10 | Oct 2016 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Hard | Steve Darcis | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–11 | Nov 2016 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Norbert Gombos | 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Loss | 6–12 | Oct 2017 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Challenger | Hard | Evgeny Donskoy | 6–7$^{(0–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Loss | 6–13 | Nov 2017 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Lukáš Lacko | 4–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 7–13 | Mar 2022 | M25 Portimao, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Alexey Vatutin | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–13 | Jul 2023 | M25 Bacău, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Hernán Casanova | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |

### Doubles: 19 (9–10)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (2–3)
* ITF Futures (7–7)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–2)
* Clay (5–8)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2008 | Romania F16, Deva | Futures | Clay | Ilie-Aurelian Giurgiu | Bojan Szumanski Hubert Holzler | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Feb 2009 | Germany F5, Nussloch | Futures | Carpet | Petru-Alexandru Luncanu | Jonathan Marray Rasmus Nørby | walkover |
| Win | 3–0 | May 2009 | Romania F1, Craiova | Futures | Clay | Petru-Alexandru Luncanu | Andrei Ciumac Radu Albot | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Jul 2009 | Romania F9, Iași | Futures | Clay | Victor Ioniță | Gleb Alekseenko Vadim Alekseenko | 3–6, 6–2, [7–10] |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jul 2009 | Romania F10, Cluj | Futures | Clay | Ilie-Aurelian Giurgiu | Gleb Alekseenko Vadim Alekseenko | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Jul 2009 | Romania F11, Oradea | Futures | Clay | Ilie-Aurelian Giurgiu | Attila Balázs György Balázs | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Aug 2009 | Italy F23, Bolzano | Futures | Clay | Antal van der Duim | Manuel Jorquera Leonardo Tavares | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 3–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 4–4 | Aug 2009 | Romania F14, Arad | Futures | Clay | Vasek Pospisil | Andrei Mlendea Jiří Školoudík | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Aug 2009 | Romania F15, Brașov | Futures | Clay | Vasek Pospisil | C C-Rodriguez Gerard Granollers-Pujol | 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, [10–12] |
| Win | 5–5 | Jan 2010 | Guatemala F1, Guatemala City | Futures | Hard | Iván Endara | James Ludlow Ruben Gonzales | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Oct 2010 | Italy F30, Calabria | Futures | Clay | Giuseppe Faraone | Andrea Arnaboldi Gianluca Naso | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–6 | Jan 2012 | Germany F2, Stuttgart | Futures | Hard | Simon Stadler | Kevin Krawietz Marcel Zimmermann | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–7 | May 2012 | Romania F2, Bucharest | Futures | Clay | Victor Crivoi | Florin Mergea Andrei Dăescu | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Win | 7–7 | Jun 2012 | Romania F3, Bacău | Futures | Clay | Victor Crivoi | Harri Heliövaara Timo Nieminen | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 8–7 | Sep 2012 | Brașov, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Victor Crivoi | Andrei Ciumac Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, 6–4, [12–10] |
| Loss | 8–8 | Jul 2014 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Sergiy Stakhovsky | Daniel Cox Daniel Smethurst | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 2–6, [6–10] |
| Loss | 8–9 | Sep 2014 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Alexandru-Daniel Carpen | Potito Starace Adrian Ungur | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 8–10 | Sep 2016 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Marco Chiudinelli | Sadio Doumbia Calvin Hemery | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 9–10 | Sep 2016 | İzmir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Marco Chiudinelli | Sadio Doumbia Calvin Hemery | 6–4, 6–4 |

## Singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | A | 2–3 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | 0–3 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | NH | Q2 | Q1 | 0–4 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | Q2 | A | 1–3 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–13 |

### Wins over top 10 players

| Season | 2018 | 2019 | Total |
| Wins | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | MC Rank |
| 2018 ||||||||
| 1. | Marin Čilić | 6 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | 2R | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ | 93 |
| 2. | Alexander Zverev | 5 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | SF | 6–3, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–4 | 93 |

## Davis Cup
### Singles performances (18–8)

| Edition | Round | Date | Against | Surface | Opponent | Win/Lose | Result |
| 2009 World Group play-offs | PO | 18–20 September 2009 | Sweden | Hard (i) | Andreas Vinciguerra | Win | 4–6 ret. |
| 2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | QF | 7–8 May 2010 | Ukraine | Clay | Ivan Sergeyev | Unfinished | 4–6, 2–1 |
| 2011 World Group play-offs | PO | 16–18 September 2011 | Czech Republic | Clay | Lukáš Rosol | Lose | 4–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| 2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 1R PO | 14–16 September 2012 | Finland | Hard (i) | Harri Heliövaara | Win | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 1R PO | 14–16 September 2012 | Finland | Hard (i) | Jarkko Nieminen | Lose | 3–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| 2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 1R | 1–3 February 2013 | Denmark | Hard (i) | Frederik Nielsen | Win | 6–3, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 6–4 |
| 2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 1R | 1–3 February 2013 | Denmark | Hard (i) | Christoffer Kønigsfeldt | Win | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 2R | 5–7 April 2013 | Netherlands | Hard | Thiemo de Bakker | Lose | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| 2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 1R PO | 12–14 September 2014 | Sweden | Clay | Elias Ymer | Win | 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 1R | 6–8 March 2015 | Israel | Hard (i) | Dudi Sela | Win | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 1R | 6–8 March 2015 | Israel | Hard (i) | Bar Tzuf Botzer | Win | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3 |
| 2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 2R | 17–19 July 2015 | Slovakia | Clay | Norbert Gombos | Win | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–4, 7–6$^{(12–10)}$ |
| 2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 2R | 17–19 July 2015 | Slovakia | Clay | Martin Kližan | Lose | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3 |
| 2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 1R | 4–6 March 2016 | Slovenia | Hard (i) | Blaž Rola | Win | 7–5, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| 2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 1R | 4–6 March 2016 | Slovenia | Hard (i) | Tomislav Ternar | Win | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 2R | 15–17 July 2016 | Spain | Hard | Feliciano López | Lose | 6–7$^{(7-7)}$, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| 2017 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 1R | 3–5 February 2017 | Belarus | Hard (i) | Egor Gerasimov | Lose | 3–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
| 2017 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 1R | 3–5 February 2017 | Belarus | Hard (i) | Ilya Ivashka | Win | 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 2018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | 1R | 3–4 February 2018 | Luxembourg | Hard (i) | Christophe Tholl | Win | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | 1R | 3–4 February 2018 | Luxembourg | Hard (i) | Ugo Nastasi | Win | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 2018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | 2R | 7–8 April 2019 | Morocco | Hard (i) | Amine Ahouda | Win | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 2018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | 3R | 15–16 September 2019 | Poland | Clay (i) | Kamil Majchrzak | Win | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | 3R | 15–16 September 2019 | Poland | Clay (i) | Hubert Hurkacz | Lose | 3–6, 4–6 |
| 2019 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | — | 5–6 April 2019 | Zimbabwe | Hard (i) | Benjamin Lock | Lose | 4–6, 5–7 |
| 2019 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | — | 5–6 April 2019 | Zimbabwe | Hard (i) | Takanyi Garanganga | Win | 6–4, 7–5 |
| 2020–2021 World Group I | PO | 17–19 September 2021 | Portugal | Hard (i) | Gastão Elias | Win | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2020–2021 World Group I | PO | 17–19 September 2021 | Portugal | Hard (i) | Gastão Elias | Win | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |

### Doubles performances (2–1)

| Edition | Round | Date | Partner | Against | Surface | Opponents | Win/Lose | Result |
| 2009 World Group | 1R | 6–8 March 2009 | Horia Tecău | Russia | Hard (i) | Marat Safin Dmitry Tursunov | Win | 4–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |
| 2011 World Group play-offs | PO | 16–18 September 2011 | Horia Tecău | Czech Republic | Clay | Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek | Lose | 6–3, 3–6, 0–6, 2–6 |
| 2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 1R | 31 January – 2 February 2014 | Horia Tecău | Ukraine | Hard | Sergei Bubka Denys Molchanov | Win | 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |