Marc López Tarrés (Catalan: [ˈmark ˈɫopes təˈres], Spanish: [ˈmark ˈlopeθ taˈres]; born 31 July 1982) is a professional male tennis player from Spain, who started playing tennis at the age of 8 years old and became professional in 1999. The right-handed player's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 106 (May 2004) and world No. 3 in doubles (January 2013).
Professional career
2004
Although in his beginnings López did not achieve very good results playing doubles, in the last years he has won several doubles titles in Challengers and his best performance in an ATP tournament was in this modality. That was in 2004, when he reached the final of the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana partnering with his friend and countryman Feliciano López.
2008
In April 2008 in Barcelona, López beat No. 141 Yuri Schukin to qualify into the ATP main draw, where he beat No. 68 Ivo Minář before losing to No. 37 Juan Ignacio Chela.
In May, he made the main draw of the 2008 French Open as a Lucky Loser after beating No. 124 Andreas Beck.
2010-2013
In 2010, López won three doubles titles, including the Masters 1000 at Indian Wells partnering Rafael Nadal. They defeated Daniel Nestor and Serbian Nenad Zimonjić in the final. López made the year-end finals with his frequent partner Marcel Granollers. They won the tournament, defeating the Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupati and Rohan Bopanna in the final.
In 2012, Marc and Rafael Nadal, again won the doubles final at Indian Wells, defeating Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey. He and Granollers also won the Masters 1000 in Rome, beating Łukasz Kubot
and Janko Tipsarević in the final. In Toronto, they were defeated in the final by the Bryan brothers.
In 2013, they only made one final, in Cincinnati, where they again fell to the Bryan brothers.
2014-2016
In 2014, López and Granollers made two Grand Slam finals. At the French Open they were defeated by French duo Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Julien Benneteau. At the US Open, they lost the final to the Bryan brothers.
In 2015, they again made the final in Rome, but were defeated by Pablo Cuevas and fellow Spaniard David Marrero.
In 2016, López teamed with countryman Feliciano López to win the tournament in Doha, Qatar, and they also made a runner-up showing in Dubai.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-up)
Year-End Championships finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 26 (11 titles, 15 runners-up)
Legend |
Grand Slam tournaments (0–2) |
ATP World Tour Finals (1–0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3–3) |
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–3) |
ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–7) |
|
Wins by Surface |
Hard (5–6) |
Clay (5–9) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (0–0) |
|
Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
Runner-up |
1. |
18 April 2004 |
Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain |
Clay |
Feliciano López |
Gastón Etlis
Martín Rodríguez |
7–5, 7–6(7–5) |
Winner |
1. |
9 January 2009 |
Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar |
Hard |
Rafael Nadal |
Daniel Nestor
Nenad Zimonjić |
4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Winner |
2. |
20 March 2010 |
BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, United States |
Hard |
Rafael Nadal |
Daniel Nestor
Nenad Zimonjić |
7–6(10–8), 6–3 |
Winner |
3. |
9 May 2010 |
Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal |
Clay |
David Marrero |
Pablo Cuevas
Marcel Granollers |
6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–4] |
Winner |
4. |
25 July 2010 |
International German Open, Hamburg, Germany |
Clay |
David Marrero |
Jérémy Chardy
Paul-Henri Mathieu |
6–2, 2–6, [10–8] |
Runner-up |
2. |
31 October 2010 |
Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France |
Hard |
Eduardo Schwank |
Stephen Huss
Ross Hutchins |
6–2, 4–6, [10–7] |
Winner |
5. |
7 January 2011 |
Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar (2) |
Hard |
Rafael Nadal |
Daniele Bracciali
Andreas Seppi |
6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Runner-up |
3. |
6 February 2011 |
PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia |
Hard |
Marcel Granollers |
Dick Norman
Horia Tecău |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
4. |
1 May 2011 |
Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal |
Clay |
David Marrero |
Eric Butorac
Jean-Julien Rojer |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
5. |
16 July 2011 |
MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany |
Clay |
Marcel Granollers |
Jürgen Melzer
Philipp Petzschner |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
6. |
4 March 2012 |
Abierto Mexicano TELCEL, Acapulco, Mexico |
Clay |
Marcel Granollers |
David Marrero
Fernando Verdasco |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner |
6. |
18 March 2012 |
BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, United States |
Hard |
Rafael Nadal |
John Isner
Sam Querrey |
6–2, 7–6(7–3) |
Runner-up |
7. |
29 April 2012 |
Barcelona Open, Barcelona, Spain |
Clay |
Marcel Granollers |
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski |
6–2, 6–7(7–9), [8–10] |
Winner |
7. |
20 May 2012 |
Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy |
Clay |
Marcel Granollers |
Łukasz Kubot
Janko Tipsarević |
6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up |
8. |
14 July 2012 |
ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia |
Clay |
Marcel Granollers |
David Marrero
Fernando Verdasco |
3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Winner |
8. |
22 July 2012 |
Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland |
Clay |
Marcel Granollers |
Robert Farah
Santiago Giraldo |
6–4, 7–6(11–9) |
Runner-up |
9. |
12 August 2012 |
Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada |
Hard |
Marcel Granollers |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
1–6, 6–4, [10–12] |
Winner |
9. |
12 November 2012 |
ATP World Tour Finals, London, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) |
Marcel Granollers |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Rohan Bopanna |
7–5, 3–6, [10–3] |
Runner-up |
10. |
18 August 2013 |
Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States |
Hard |
Marcel Granollers |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
4–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
Winner |
10. |
16 February 2014 |
Copa Claro, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Clay |
Marcel Granollers |
Pablo Cuevas
Horacio Zeballos |
7–5, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
11. |
7 June 2014 |
French Open, Paris, France |
Clay |
Marcel Granollers |
Julien Benneteau
Edouard Roger-Vasselin |
3–6, 6–7(1–7) |
Runner-up |
12. |
7 September 2014 |
US Open, New York, United States |
Hard |
Marcel Granollers |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up |
13. |
3 May 2015 |
Estoril Open, Cascais, Portugal |
Clay |
David Marrero |
Treat Huey
Scott Lipsky |
1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up |
14. |
17 May 2015 |
Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy |
Clay |
Marcel Granollers |
Pablo Cuevas
David Marrero |
4–6, 5–7 |
Winner |
11. |
8 January 2016 |
Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar |
Hard |
Feliciano López |
Philipp Petzschner
Alexander Peya |
6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
15. |
27 February 2016 |
Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Hard |
Feliciano López |
Simone Bolelli
Andreas Seppi |
2–6, 6–3, [12–14] |
Singles performance timeline
Key
W |
F |
SF |
QF |
R# |
RR |
Q# |
A |
P |
Z# |
PO |
G |
F-S |
SF-B |
NMS |
NH |
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Current till 2013 French Open.
Doubles performance timeline
Current till 2015 Wimbledon Championships.
External links