Quick Facts
Biography
Marcel Granollers Pujol (Catalan: [mərˈsɛɫ ɣɾənuˈʎes puˈʒɔɫ], Spanish: [marˈθel ɣɾanoˈʎers puˈʝol]; born 12 April 1986) is a tennis player from Spain who turned professional in 2003. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 in July 2012, and his highest doubles ranking of World No. 4 in February 2013. Granollers has won 4 singles titles and 9 doubles titles, including the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals. His brother Gerard Granollers is also a tennis player.
Career
2006
Granollers made the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in 2006, but lost to Andrei Pavel. In the qualifying rounds, he beat Stéphane Robert, Konstantinos Economidis and Marco Chiudinelli.
2007
In 2007, Granollers won the Naples and Rome Challengers for doubles with Flavio Cipolla, and the Maspalomas Challenger for doubles with Marc López. At the 2007 French Open, he made the second round of the men's doubles tournament with Feliciano López before they lost in three close sets to the number 4 seeds Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić, who won 7–5, 1–6, 6–4. He lost at the French and Wimbledon Championships both times in the second round of qualifying for the main draws.
2008
2008 saw Granollers qualify for the Australian Open Singles Draw, but lost to Evgeny Korolev in straight sets in the first round. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico, an International Series Gold tournament, before losing to José Acasuso 7–6, 6–3. On 20 April, he won his first ATP singles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, defeating World No. 8 James Blake in the final. He had saved two match points in the semifinals. The previous day, he and Pablo Cuevas lost in the doubles final. Following Rafael Nadal's announcement that he would not play the Davis Cup Final at Argentina on 21–23 November, Spain's Captain Emilio Sánchez announced that Marcel Granollers would replace Nadal. This was Granollers' first Davis Cup appearance, although he did not play any matches.
2009
In 2009, Granollers won three ATP doubles titles at the 2009 Brasil Open, the 2009 Copa Telmex, and the 2009 Kremlin Cup, teaming up with Tommy Robredo, Alberto Martín, and Pablo Cuevas respectively.
2010
In the first round of the 2010 Australian Open, Granollers pulled off a remarkable comeback when he recovered from 2 sets down against world no.8 and French Open finalist, Robin Söderling. He then lost to Alejandro Falla in the 2nd round.
2011
Granollers lost in the first round of the Australian Open to eventual champion Novak Djokovic, and he didn't win consecutive matches until the 2011 Miami Masters, where he got to the fourth round. In July, he beat Stanislas Wawrinka, Mikhail Youzhny, and Fernando Verdasco to win his first title of the year and his second career title at the Swiss Open. In the US Open, he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, to break into the Top 30. In November, Granollers claimed the title at the Valencia Open 500 by defeating Juan Mónaco in three sets and said, "Winning here has been the biggest achievement in my whole career." He beat four Top 20 players: Alexandr Dolgopolov, Marin Čilić, Gaël Monfils and Juan Martín del Potro en route to the final at the ATP World Tour 500 tournament. Granollers played for the victorious Spain Davis Cup team in 2011, losing the doubles rubber (with Fernando Verdasco) in the quarter final against United States.
2012
Marcel Granollers reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time at French Open, losing to David Ferrer in three straight sets. Granollers lost to Marin Čilić in the final match of Croatia Open on 15 July 2012. Playing doubles alongside countryman Marc López, he went 3–4 in finals, winning titles at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Swiss Open and ATP World Tour Finals. Granollers and Lopez were the first Spanish pair to play at the season-ending championships since Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez in 1994. He also partnered López at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
2013
Granollers made it to the fourth round of the US Open for the first time, and he lost to top-seed Novak Djokovic in straight sets.
2015
Granollers made it to the second round of the French Open, where he was defeated by Roger Federer, the second seed.
2016
He reaches the Quarterfinals of the 2016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters before losing to Gael Monfils in straight sets, he was lucky to be in the draw as he was only in due to being a lucky loser.
Playing style
Granollers' good serve and net skills account for his excellent doubles record. His comparatively technically weak groundstrokes are underpowered with low takebacks on both wings but they provide a decent defensive framework. He is also known for his heavy grunting, so much as to result in ridicule and accusations of gamesmanship due to its loud volume and questionable timing during matches.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 2014 | French Open | Clay |  Marc López |  Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 3–6, 6–7(1–7) |
| Runner-up | 2014 | US Open | Hard | Marc López |  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 4–6 |
Year-End Championships finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 2012 | ATP World Tour Finals | Hard (i) | Marc López |  Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna | 7–5, 3–6, [10–3] |
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 6 (1 title, 4 runners-up, 1 pending)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 2009 | Paris Masters | Hard (i) | Tommy Robredo |  Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2012 | Italian Open | Clay | Marc López |  Łukasz Kubot Janko Tipsarević | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2012 | Canadian Open | Hard | Marc López | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 1–6, 6–4, [10–12] |
| Runner-up | 2013 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | Marc López | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 4–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
| Runner-up | 2015 | Rome | Clay | Marc López |  Pablo Cuevas David Marrero | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Pending | 2017 | Italian Open | Clay |  Ivan Dodig | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut |
ATP career finals
Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) |
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–2) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 14 April 2008 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, USA | Clay | James Blake | 6–4, 1–6, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 7 November 2010 | Valencia Open, Valencia, Spain | Hard (i) | David Ferrer | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 31 July 2011 | Swiss Open, Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Fernando Verdasco | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Winner | 3. | 5 November 2011 | Valencia Open, Valencia, Spain | Hard (i) |  Juan Mónaco | 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–3) |
| Runner-up | 2. | 15 July 2012 | Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia | Clay | Marin Čilić | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 3 August 2013 | Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Juan Mónaco | 0–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 13 April 2014 | Casablanca Open, Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Guillermo García-López | 7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 32 (14 titles, 17 runners-up, 1 pending)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–2) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (1–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–4) |
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–4) |
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–7) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 14 April 2008 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, United States | Clay | Pablo Cuevas |  Ernests Gulbis Rainer Schüttler | 5–7, 6–7(3–7) |
| Winner | 1. | 14 February 2009 | Brasil Open, Costa do Sauipe, Brazil | Clay | Tommy Robredo | Lucas Arnold Ker Juan Mónaco | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 2. | 22 February 2009 | Buenos Aires Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Alberto Martín | Nicolás Almagro Santiago Ventura | 6–3, 5–7, [10–8] |
| Winner | 3. | 22 October 2009 | Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | Pablo Cuevas |  František Čermák Michal Mertiňák | 4–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
| Runner-up | 2. | 8 November 2009 | Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain | Hard (i) | Tommy Robredo | František Čermák Michal Mertiňák | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 15 November 2009 | Paris Masters, Paris, France | Hard (i) | Tommy Robredo | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 10 January 2010 | Chennai Open, Chennai, India | Hard | Santiago Ventura |  Lu Yen-Hsun Janko Tipsarević | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Winner | 5. | 14 February 2010 | Brasil Open, Costa do Sauipe, Brazil (2) | Clay | Pablo Cuevas | Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 9 May 2010 | Portugal Open, Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Pablo Cuevas | Marc López David Marrero | 7–6(7–1), 4–6, [4–10] |
| Runner-up | 5. | 26 September 2010 | Romanian Open, Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Santiago Ventura | Juan Ignacio Chela Łukasz Kubot | 2–6, 7–5, [11–13] |
| Winner | 6. | 15 January 2011 | Auckland Open, Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Tommy Robredo |  Johan Brunström Stephen Huss | 6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
| Runner-up | 6. | 6 February 2011 | Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia | Hard (i) | Marc López |  Dick Norman Horia Tecău | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 16 July 2011 | Stuttgart Open, Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Marc López | Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 4 March 2012 | Mexican Open, Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Marc López | David Marrero Fernando Verdasco | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 29 April 2012 | Barcelona Open, Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Marc López | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 6–2, 6–7(7–9), [8–10] |
| Winner | 7. | 20 May 2012 | Italian Open, Rome, Italy | Clay | Marc López | Łukasz Kubot Janko Tipsarević | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 14 July 2012 | Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia | Clay | Marc López | David Marrero Fernando Verdasco | 3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Winner | 8. | 22 July 2012 | Swiss Open, Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Marc López |  Robert Farah Santiago Giraldo | 6–4, 7–6(11–9) |
| Runner-up | 11. | 12 August 2012 | Canadian Open, Toronto, Canada | Clay | Marc López | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 1–6, 6–4, [10–12] |
| Winner | 9. | 12 November 2012 | ATP World Tour Finals, London, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Marc López | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna | 7–5, 3–6, [10–3] |
| Runner-up | 12. | 18 August 2013 | Cincinnati Masters, Cincinnati, United States | Hard | Marc López | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 4–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
| Winner | 10. | 16 February 2014 | Buenos Aires Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Marc López | Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 13. | 7 June 2014 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | Marc López | Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 3–6, 6–7(1–7) |
| Runner-up | 14. | 7 September 2014 | US Open, New York, United States | Hard | Marc López | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 15. | 17 May 2015 | Italian Open, Rome, Italy | Clay | Marc López | Pablo Cuevas David Marrero | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 16. | 24 April 2016 | Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Pablo Cuevas | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Winner | 11. | 16 July 2016 | Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden | Clay | David Marrero |  Marcus Daniell Marcelo Demoliner | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 12. | 9 October 2016 | Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Marcin Matkowski |  Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
| Winner | 13. | 30 October 2016 | Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | Jack Sock | Robert Lindstedt Michael Venus | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 14. | 19 February 2017 | Rotterdam Open, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | Ivan Dodig |  Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop | 7–6 (7–5) , 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 17. | 15 April 2017 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Marrakesh, Morocco | Clay | Marc López |  Dominic Inglot Mate Pavić | 4–6, 6–2, [9–11] |
| Pending | 15./18. | 21 May 2017 | Italian Open, Rome, Italy | Clay | Ivan Dodig | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut |
Singles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Current till 2017 Mutua Madrid Open.
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 6–10 |
| French Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 12–9 | |
| Wimbledon | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 5–10 | |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 12–9 | |
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 0–1 | 35–38 |
| ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1–6 |
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 4R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3–6 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | 5–9 |
| Madrid Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 5–10 |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 3R | QF | 2R | 1R | A | 6–6 | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 1R | A | A | 5–3 | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 2–4 | |
| Shanghai Masters | NMS | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 3R | 3–4 | |||
| Paris Masters | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 2–6 | |
| German Open | A | A | 1R | Not Masters Series | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 4–6 | 8–8 | 8–9 | 1–7 | 3–6 | 7–6 | 0–4 | 33–57 |
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||
| Titles–Runners-up | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 |
| Year End Ranking | 160 | 132 | 56 | 91 | 42 | 27 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 84 | 37 | ||
Doubles performance timeline
Current through 2016 Swiss Indoors.
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | SF | 0 / 9 | 12–9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | F | 1R | QF | 0 / 10 | 15–10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 10 | 13–10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R | 1R | 2R | SF | 3R | SF | 3R | F | 3R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 16–7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Win–Loss | 2–3 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 8–4 | 7–2 | 4–4 | 9–4 | 13–4 | 3–4 | 9–4 | 0 / 38 | 62–38 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year-End Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP World Tour Finals | A | A | A | A | A | W | RR | RR | A | A | 1 / 3 | 6–5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Masters Series 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | SF | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | 1R | QF | SF | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | 0 / 7 | 6–6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Madrid Open (clay) | As Hamburg | QF | SF | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | SF | 2R | 0 / 8 | 12–8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | QF | W | SF | 2R | F | QF | 1 / 6 | 14–5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | F | QF | QF | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | QF | F | 2R | A | 2R | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Madrid Open (hard) | A | QF | Held as Shanghai | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | Not Held | A | A | A | 2R | QF | SF | A | QF | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | F | 1R | A | A | QF | SF | 2R | A | 0 / 5 | 7–5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 16–6 | 11–9 | 7–8 | 7–6 | 7–7 | 1 / 49 | 65–47 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year–End Ranking | 59 | 60 | 25 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wins over top 10 players
| Season | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| # | Player | Rank | Tournament | Surface | Rd | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | ||||||
| 1. | James Blake | 8 | Houston, United States | Hard | F | 6–4, 1–6, 7–5 |
| 2010 | ||||||
| 2. | Robin Söderling | 8 | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | 1R | 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2011 | ||||||
| 3. | Gaël Monfils | 10 | Valencia, Spain | Hard | QF | 7–6(14–12), 3–6, 6–4 |
| 2013 | ||||||
| 4. | Andy Murray | 2 | Rome, Italy | Clay | 2R | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), ret. |
| 2014 | ||||||
| 5. | David Ferrer | 5 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | 1R | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2016 | ||||||
| 6. | Tomáš Berdych | 9 | Shanghai, China | Hard | 2R | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–1) |