Marcus Daniell

Marcus Daniell

Country (sports)	New Zealand
Residence	Auckland / London
Born	9 November 1989 New Zealand
Height	1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$162,596
Singles
Career record	2–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 500 (21 July 2014)
Doubles
Career record	22–20 (at ATP level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 66 (13 July 2015)
Current ranking	No. 71 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2016)
French Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	2R (2015)
Last updated on: 1 February 2016.

Marcus Daniell (born 9 November 1989) is a professional tennis player from rural Wairarapa in New Zealand.^[1]

Tennis career

While mainly playing in futures events, Daniell received a doubles wild card entry to play in the 2010 Heineken Open, an ATP 250 event in his home country of New Zealand. With new doubles partner, Horia Tecău, they had an improbable run to the finals of the event. The pair first dispatched fellow New Zealanders the Statham brothers, 6-3, 6-2. Daniell and Tecău then won a three set showdown against the third seeded Spaniards Tommy Robredo and Marcel Granollers, 3-6. 7-6(5), 10-8. In the semifinal match Daniell and Tecău faced Johan Brunström and Jean-Julien Rojer who had defeated grand slam winners Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes. Daniell and Tecău prevailed 3-6, 7-6(4), 10-8 to set up a final with Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares. In the championship match, Daniell and Tecău won against the Brazilians 7-5, 6-4, each player winning their first ATP World Tour title.^[2]

Daniell was to represent New Zealand in both the singles and the doubles, paired with Rubin Statham, at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.^[3] However, he had to withdraw due to an ongoing back injury, leaving Statham to compete in the singles alone.^[4]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–0)

Finals by Surface Hard (2–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 January 2010	Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Horia Tecău	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	7-5 6-4
Winner	2.	8 February 2015	Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France	Hard (i)	Artem Sitak	Dominic Inglot Florin Mergea	3–6, 6–4, [16–14]

Challenger & ITF Tour Finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	14 July 2013	F13 Ilkley	Grass	Tom Farquharson	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	2.	13 July 2014	F13 Ilkley	Grass	Lewis Burton	6–2, 7–5

Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runners-up)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (4–6) ITF Futures (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	24 November 2013	Toyota	Synthec (i)	Artem Sitak	Chase Buchanan Blaž Rola	6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Winner	1.	9 February 2014	West Lakes	Hard	Jarmere Jenkins	Dane Propoggia Jose Rubin Statham	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	23 February 2014	F1 Happy Valley	Hard	Dane Propoggia	Takuto Niki Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–3, 6–2
Runner–up	2.	6 April 2014	León	Hard	Artem Sitak	Samuel Groth Chris Guccione	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	20 July 2014	Granby	Hard	Artem Sitak	Jordan Kerr Fabrice Martin	7–6^(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
Runner–up	3.	3 August 2014	Vancouver	Hard	Artem Sitak	Austin Krajicek John-Patrick Smith	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner–up	4.	24 August 2014	F8 Winnipeg	Hard	Philip Bester	Dimitar Kutrovsky Saketh Myneni	5–7, 5–7
Runner–up	5.	9 November 2014	Traralgon 2	Hard	Artem Sitak	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, [6–10]
Runner–up	6.	16 November 2014	Keio	Hard	Artem Sitak	Bradley Klahn Matt Reid	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Runner–up	7.	14 June 2015	Surbiton	Grass	Marcelo Demoliner	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	3–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	21 June 2015	Ilkley	Grass	Marcelo Demoliner	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Winner	5.	13 March 2016	Puebla	Hard (i)	Artem Sitak	Santiago González Mate Pavić	3–6, 6–2, [12–10]

References

1. "Marcus Daniell gets his own Big Day Out". stuff.co.nz. 15 January 2010.
2. "Home Town Hero". heinekenopen.co.nz. 16 January 2010.
3. "Daniell hoping for another big upset at Games". Stuff.co.nz. NZPA. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
4. Ford, Greg (2 October 2010). "Kiwi athletes hope rules will be relaxed at games". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

External links

• ATP Tour site for Marcus Daniell
• TCGW profile of Marcus Daniell
• 3News profile of Marcus Daniell