Marius Copil

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Marius Copil
Copil at the 2016 Wimbledon
championships
Country (sports)Error creating thumbnail:  Romania
ResidenceArad, Romania
Born (1990-10-17) 17 October 1990 (age 35)
Arad, Romania
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2008
Retired4 November 2025
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachAndrei Mlendea (2016-18, current)[1]
Andrei Pavel, Răzvan Itu (former)[2][3]
Prize moneyUS$ 2,738,400
Singles
Career record66–95
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 56 (28 January 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2015, 2019)
French Open1R (2017, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon1R (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
US Open2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record17–35
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 182 (24 August 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2018, 2019)
French Open3R (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2017, 2018, 2021)
US Open2R (2019)

Marius Copil (born 17 October 1990) is a former Romanian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 56 on 28 January 2019.[4] Copil was known for his extremely fast, powerful, and consistent serve.[3] He was a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team.

Career

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Copil in 2014

2009: ATP debut

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In September 2009 he received wildcard for 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.[5]

2010–2012: Challenger Tour success

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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.

The 2011 season started well for Copil, when he reached his second Challenger final at the Tretorn Serie+ event in Kazan, Russia. In the final, he won against fourth seed German Andreas Beck, in straight sets.[5]

In 2012, Copil beat world No. 13 Marin Čilić in the first round at the China Open in Beijing.[6]

2015–2017: Major and top 100 debuts, ATP doubles title

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He made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2015 Australian Open, where he defeated Pablo Andújar.[5] At the same tournament, he recorded the fastest serve at a Grand Slam: 242.0 km/h (150.4 mph).[7]

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).[8][9] At the 2015 's-Hertogenbosch Open, Copil defeated Jarkko Nieminen and Guillermo García López as a wildcard to reach the quarterfinals.

Copil 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.[6][4]

2018: Two ATP singles finals

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Copil reached his first ATP World Tour-level singles final at the Sofia Open, where he lost to Mirza Bašić.[10][11]

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 the first qualifier in the final since Baghdatis in 2005.[12]

2019–2022: Career-high singles ranking, Grand Slam success

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Copil reached the 2019 Australian Open second round for the second time defeating Marcel Granollers in straight sets.[3] As a result, he reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 56 on 28 January 2019.[4]

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.

In 2022, he won his first title in six years, at the ITF M25 Portimao, since the Budapest Challenger in 2016.[13]

2025: Retirement

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Copil announced his retirement from professional tennis in November 2025.[14]

Personal life

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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.[15][16]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
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

ATP Tour finals

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Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–1)
ATP 250 (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 ATP 250 Hard (i) Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Bašić 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 4–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2018 Swiss Indoors, Switzerland ATP 500 Hard (i) Switzerland Roger Federer 6–7(5–7), 4–6

Doubles: 1 (title)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (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 ATP 250 Clay Error creating thumbnail: Adrian Ungur United States Nicholas Monroe
New Zealand Artem Sitak 		3–6, 7–5, [17–15]

National representation

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Davis Cup

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Singles: 26 (18–8)

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

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

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Edition Round Date Partner Against Surface Opponents Win/Lose Result
2009 World Group 1R 6–8 March 2009 Error creating thumbnail: Horia Tecău Russia Russia Hard (i) Russia Marat Safin
Russia 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 Error creating thumbnail: Horia Tecău Czech Republic Czech Republic Clay Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek 		Lose 6–3, 3–6, 0–6, 2–6
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R 31 January – 2 February 2014 Error creating thumbnail: Horia Tecău Ukraine Ukraine Hard Ukraine Sergei Bubka
Ukraine Denys Molchanov 		Win 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

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Singles: 21 (8 titles, 13 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–9)
ITF Futures/WTT (5–4)
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 Argentina Martín Alund 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Aug 2008 Romania F16, Deva Futures Clay Error creating thumbnail: Andrei Mlendea 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–1 Aug 2009 Romania F14, Arad Futures Clay Hungary Attila Balázs 6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Oct 2009 Greece F3, Paros Futures Carpet Croatia Petar Jelenic 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 3–2 Jan 2010 Guatemala F1, Guatemala City Futures Hard Ecuador Iván Endara 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 0–1 May 2010 Cremona, Italy Challenger Hard Germany Denis Gremelmayr 4–6, 5–7
Loss 3–3 Jan 2011 Germany F2, Stuttgart Futures Hard Czech Republic Jan Mertl 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2011 Kazan, Russia Challenger Hard Germany Andreas Beck 6–4, 6–4
Loss 3–4 May 2011 Romania F1, Bucharest Futures Clay Error creating thumbnail: Petru-Alexandru Luncanu 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 1–2 Feb 2012 Kazan, Russia Challenger Hard Estonia Jürgen Zopp 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win 2–2 Feb 2013 Quimper, France Challenger Hard France Marc Gicquel 7–6(11–9), 6–4
Loss 2–3 Jun 2013 Arad, Romania Challenger Clay Error creating thumbnail: Adrian Ungur 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2–4 Jul 2013 Guimarães, Portugal Challenger Hard Portugal João Sousa 3–6, 0–6
Loss 2–5 Sep 2015 İzmir, Tunisia Challenger Hard Slovakia Lukaš Lacko 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 2–6 Jun 2016 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun 5–7, 6–7(11–13)
Win 3–6 Oct 2016 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Hard Belgium Steve Darcis 6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–7 Nov 2016 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard Slovakia Norbert Gombos 6–7(8–10), 6–4, 3–6
Loss 3–8 Oct 2017 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Challenger Hard Russia Evgeny Donskoy 6–7(0–7), 5–7
Loss 3–9 Nov 2017 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 4–4 Mar 2022 M25 Portimão, Portugal WTT Hard File:Flag placeholder.svg Alexey Vatutin 7–5, 6–2
Win 5–4 Jul 2023 M25 Bacău, Romania WTT Clay Argentina Hernán Casanova 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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

Wins over top 10 players

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  • Copil's match record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season 2018 2019 Total
Wins 2 0 2
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score MC Rank
2018
1. Croatia Marin Čilić 6 Swiss Indoors, Switzerland Hard (i) 2R 7–5, 7–6(7–2) 93
2. Germany Alexander Zverev 5 Swiss Indoors, Switzerland Hard (i) SF 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–4 93

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