Romanian tennis player
Marius Copil Country (sports) Romania Residence Arad, Romania Born (1990-10-17 ) 17 October 1990 (age 35) Arad, Romania
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Turned pro 2008 Retired 4 November 2025 Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Coach Andrei Pavel (2018-19),[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Prize money US$ 2,738,400 Singles Career record 66–95 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 56 (28 January 2019) Grand Slam singles results Australian Open 2R (2015 ,2019 ) French Open 1R (2017 ,2018 ,2019 ) Wimbledon 1R (2016 ,2017 ,2018 ,2019 ) US Open 2R (2019 ) Doubles Career record 17–35 Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 182 (24 August 2015) Grand Slam doubles results Australian Open 1R (2018 ,2019 ) French Open 3R (2019 ) Wimbledon 1R (2017 ,2018 ,2021 ) US Open 2R (2019 )
Marius Copil (born 17 October 1990) is a former Romanian professionaltennis player. He reached a career-highATP singles ranking of world No. 56 on 28 January 2019.[ 4] extremely fast , powerful, and consistent serve.[ 5] [ 2] Romanian Davis Cup team .
Copil in 2014 In September 2009 he receivedwildcard for the main draw of2009 BCR Open Romania , where he defeated his fellow countrymanVictor Crivoi in the first round, but lost to SpaniardRubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the second round.[ 6]
[ edit ] In May 2010, Copil reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final at theTrofeo Paolo Corazzi as a qualifier. On his route to the final he won in three sets against AustralianBernard Tomic in the semifinals and finished runner-up to GermanDenis Gremelmayr .
The 2011 season started well for Copil, when he reached his second Challenger final at theTretorn Serie+ event inKazan , Russia. In the final, he won against fourth seed GermanAndreas Beck , in straight sets.[ 6]
In 2012, Copil beat world No. 13Marin Čilić in the first round at theChina Open in Beijing.[ 7]
[ edit ] He made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the2015 Australian Open , where he defeatedPablo Andújar .[ 6] [ 8]
At the2015 Romanian Open in April, partnering fellow RomanianAdrian Ungur , after saving five match points, they defeatedNicholas Monroe /Artem Sitak 17–15 in the match tiebreak to become the first Romanian team to win the Bucharest title since 1998 (Pavel/Trifu).[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] 2015 's-Hertogenbosch Open , Copil defeatedJarkko Nieminen andGuillermo García López as a wildcard to reach the quarterfinals.
Copil made his top 100 singles debut after the2017 Mutua Madrid Open , where he was a wildcard entry, at World No. 90 on 15 May 2017.[ 7] [ 4] [ 11]
2018: Two ATP singles finals [ edit ] Copil reached his first ATP World Tour-level singles final at theSofia Open , where he lost toMirza Bašić .[ 12] [ 13]
Ranked No. 93, Copil reached the final of theSwiss Indoors in Basel as a qualifier, losing toRoger Federer after defeating world No. 6Marin Čilić and No. 5Alexander 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.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
[ edit ] Copil reached the2019 Australian Open second round for the second time defeatingMarcel Granollers in straight sets.[ 2] [ 4] [ 11]
His best showing in doubles at a Grand Slam in his career was reaching the third round of the2019 French Open partneringRohan Bopanna . He also reached the second round of the2019 US Open for the first time in his career in singles and doubles.
[ edit ] In 2022, he won his first title in six years, at the ITF M25 Portimao, since the Budapest Challenger in 2016.[ 17]
Copil underwent surgery on 30 May 2024 and came back to the ITF tour five months later in October.[ 18]
Following a four-month hiatus, Copil played his last two ATP matches at the2025 Țiriac Open partnering withLuca Preda .[ 19] [ 20] [ 18]
Copil announced his retirement from professional tennis in November 2025.[ 21] [ 22]
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.[ 11]
Performance timeline [ edit ] 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.
[ edit ] Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting Outdoor (0–0) Indoor (0–2)
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)
National representation [ edit ] 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 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 Christoffer Kønigsfeldt Win 6–4, 6–3 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 Bar Tzuf Botzer Win 7–6(7–3) , 6–3 2R 17–19 July 2015 Slovakia Clay Norbert Gombos Win 7–6(7–5) , 6–7(6–8) , 6–4, 7–6(12–10) 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) Tomislav Ternar Win 6–3, 6–3 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 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 Ugo Nastasi Win 6–1, 6–1 2R 7–8 April 2019 Morocco Hard (i) Amine Ahouda Win 6–0, 6–1 3R 15–16 September 2019 Poland Clay (i) Kamil Majchrzak Win 6–2, 6–4 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 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 Gastão Elias Win 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
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
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals [ edit ] [ edit ] 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 Martín Alund 6–4, 6–3 Win 2–0 Aug 2008 Romania F16, Deva Futures Clay 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 0–1 May 2010 Cremona , ItalyChallenger Hard Denis Gremelmayr 4–6, 5–7 Loss 3–3 Jan 2011 Germany F2, Stuttgart Futures Hard Jan Mertl 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 Win 1–1 Feb 2011 Kazan , RussiaChallenger Hard Andreas Beck 6–4, 6–4 Loss 3–4 May 2011 Romania F1, Bucharest Futures Clay Petru-Alexandru Luncanu 6–3, 4–6, 5–7 Loss 1–2 Feb 2012 Kazan , RussiaChallenger Hard Jürgen Zopp 6–7(4–7) , 6–7(4–7) Win 2–2 Feb 2013 Quimper , FranceChallenger Hard Marc Gicquel 7–6(11–9) , 6–4 Loss 2–3 Jun 2013 Arad , RomaniaChallenger Clay Adrian Ungur 4–6, 6–7(3–7) Loss 2–4 Jul 2013 Guimarães , PortugalChallenger Hard João Sousa 3–6, 0–6 Loss 2–5 Sep 2015 İzmir , TunisiaChallenger Hard Lukaš Lacko 3–6, 6–7(5–7) Loss 2–6 Jun 2016 Surbiton , United KingdomChallenger Grass Lu Yen-hsun 5–7, 6–7(11–13) Win 3–6 Oct 2016 Budapest , HungaryChallenger Hard Steve Darcis 6–4, 6–2 Loss 3–7 Nov 2016 Bratislava , SlovakiaChallenger Hard Norbert Gombos 6–7(8–10) , 6–4, 3–6 Loss 3–8 Oct 2017 Kaohsiung , TaiwanChallenger Hard Evgeny Donskoy 6–7(0–7) , 5–7 Loss 3–9 Nov 2017 Bratislava , SlovakiaChallenger Hard 4–6, 6–7(4–7) Win 4–4 Mar 2022 M25 Portimão, Portugal WTT Hard Alexey Vatutin 7–5, 6–2 Win 5–4 Jul 2023 M25 Bacău, Romania WTT Clay Hernán Casanova 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
[ edit ] 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 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 Andrei Ciumac Radu Albot 7–5, 6–1 Loss 3–1 Jul 2009 Romania F9, Iași Futures Clay Victor Ioniță 3–6, 6–2, [7–10] Loss 3–2 Jul 2009 Romania F10, Cluj-Napoca Futures Clay 4–6, 4–6 Loss 3–3 Jul 2009 Romania F11, Oradea Futures Clay Attila 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 6–3, 6–4 Loss 4–5 Aug 2009 Romania F15, Brașov Futures Clay Gerard Granollers-Pujol 5–7, 7–6(7–2) , [10–12] Win 5–5 Jan 2010 Guatemala F1, Guatemala City Futures Hard Iván Endara Ruben Gonzales 7–5, 6–3 Loss 5–6 Oct 2010 Italy F30, Calabria Futures Clay 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 Harri Heliövaara Timo Nieminen 6–3, 6–4 Win 1–0 Sep 2012 Brașov , RomaniaChallenger Clay Victor Crivoi Andrei Ciumac Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6–7(8–10) , 6–4, [12–10] Loss 1–1 Jul 2014 Binghamton , United StatesChallenger Hard Sergiy Stakhovsky Daniel Cox Daniel Smethurst 7–6(7–3) , 2–6, [6–10] Loss 1–2 Sep 2014 Sibiu , RomaniaChallenger Clay Potito Starace Adrian Ungur 5–7, 2–6 Loss 1–3 Sep 2016 Istanbul , TurkeyChallenger Hard Marco Chiudinelli Sadio Doumbia Calvin Hemery 4–6, 3–6 Win 2–3 Sep 2016 İzmir , TurkeyChallenger Hard 6–4, 6–4
Wins over top 10 players [ edit ] 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
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Mirza Bašić
Roger Federer
Nicholas Monroe
Artem Sitak
Sweden
Ukraine
Czech Republic
Finland
Denmark
Netherlands
Israel
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Belarus
Luxembourg
Morocco
Poland
Zimbabwe
Portugal
Russia
Martín Alund
Attila Balázs
Petar Jelenic
Iván Endara
Denis Gremelmayr
Jürgen Zopp
Marc Gicquel
Lu Yen-hsun
Steve Darcis
Alexey Vatutin
Hubert Holzler
Jonathan Marray
Andrei Ciumac
Manuel Jorquera
Vasek Pospisil
