_(29862893135).jpg) López at the2016 US Open | ||||||||||||
| Country (sports) |  Spain | |||||||||||
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| Residence | Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||
| Born | (1982-07-31)31 July 1982 (age 43) Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1999 | |||||||||||
| Retired | 2022[1][2] (last doubles match 2024) | |||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
| Coach | Carlos Gómez Ferré | |||||||||||
| Prize money | US$4,443,757 | |||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||
| Career record | 23–31 | |||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 106 (10 May 2004) | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q3 (2009) | |||||||||||
| French Open | 2R (2003) | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R (2004) | |||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||
| Career record | 310–244 | |||||||||||
| Career titles | 14 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (28 January 2013) | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | SF (2013) | |||||||||||
| French Open | W (2016) | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R (2014) | |||||||||||
| US Open | F (2014,2017) | |||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Tour Finals | W (2012) | |||||||||||
| Olympic Games | W (2016) | |||||||||||
| Mixed doubles | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (2011,2016,2018) | |||||||||||
| French Open | 2R (2011) | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R (2011,2012,2021) | |||||||||||
| US Open | 1R (2010,2016,2017,2018) | |||||||||||
| Team competitions | ||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | F (2012) | |||||||||||
| Coaching career | ||||||||||||
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Marc López Tarrés (Catalan:[ˈmaɾɡˈlɔpəθtəˈres],Spanish:[ˈmaɾɣˈlopeθtaˈres]; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanishtennis coach and a former professional player. His career-highATPranking was world No. 3 in doubles, achieved in January 2013 and No. 106, achieved in May 2004.
Partnering withFeliciano López, Marc López won amajor title at the2016 French Open as well as the2012 ATP Finals withMarcel Granollers. Additionally, at the2016 Rio Olympics, López won thegold medal in men's doubles forSpain partnering withRafael Nadal.
Previously, he wasRafael Nadal's coach and from April to July 2025 he coachedJasmine Paolini, helping her in winning the2025 Italian Open.
In his ATP debut at Stuttgart as a qualifier ranked 236, López defeatedRichard Fromberg, eventual French Open finalistGuillermo Coria, two-time French Open winnerSergi Bruguera, and Alberto Martín en route to the semifinals, where he lost toGuillermo Cañas.
Although in his beginnings López did not achieve very good results playing doubles, in the last years he has won several doubles titles inChallengers and his best performance in an ATP tournament was in this modality. That was in 2004, when he reached the final of theOpen de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana partnering with his friend and countrymanFeliciano López.
In April 2008 inBarcelona, López beat No. 141Yuri Schukin to qualify into the ATP main draw, where he beat No. 68Ivo Minář before losing to No. 37Juan Ignacio Chela.In May, he made the main draw of the2008 French Open as alucky loser after beating No. 124Andreas Beck.
In 2010, López won three doubles titles, including the Masters 1000 at Indian Wells partnering withRafael Nadal. They defeatedDaniel Nestor and SerbianNenad Zimonjić in the final. López made the year-end finals with his frequent partnerMarcel Granollers. They won the tournament, defeating the Indian duo ofMahesh Bhupathi andRohan Bopanna in the final.
In 2012, López andRafael Nadal, again won the doubles final atIndian Wells, defeating AmericansJohn Isner andSam Querrey. He and Granollers also won the Masters 1000 in Rome, beatingŁukasz KubotandJanko Tipsarević in the final. In Toronto, they were defeated in the final by theBryan brothers.
In 2013, they only made one final, inCincinnati, where they again fell to the Bryan brothers.
In 2014, López and Granollers made two Grand Slam finals. At the French Open they were defeated by French duoÉdouard Roger-Vasselin andJulien Benneteau. At the US Open, they lost the final to theBryan brothers.
In 2015, they again made the Masters 1000 final in Rome, but were defeated byPablo Cuevas and fellow SpaniardDavid Marrero.
In 2016, López teamed with countrymanFeliciano López to win the tournament in Doha, Qatar, and they also made a runner-up showing in Dubai. López won his first major at the2016 French Open with Feliciano López.[3]
In2016 Rio Olympics he teamed up withRafael Nadal to win the gold medal in the men's doubles event.[4][5]
On 6 September 2016 at the2016 US Open, López was part of the last match ever played at the oldLouis Armstrong Stadium. Alongside his partnerFeliciano López, they defeatedthe Bryan brothers (Bob andMike) in the quarterfinals of the men's doubles tournament, the score 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–3.[6] The pair then lost in the semifinals against fellow countrymenPablo Carreño Busta andGuillermo García López in straight sets.
In 2017, they made another Masters 1000 final in Monte Carlo, but were defeated byPablo Cuevas andRohan Bopanna.
At the2017 US Open, Marc and Feliciano went one step further than the previous year by again defeating the Bryan brothers en route to the final where they lost toJean-Julien Rojer andHoria Tecău.
In December 2021, López joined Nadal's coaching team.[7][8]
Lopez announced he would retire after the2022 Barcelona Open.[8] There, he partneredFeliciano López where they defeated the top ranked pair of world No. 1Joe Salisbury and world No. 2Rajeev Ram in the first round.[1][9] However, he then received a wildcard for theMadrid Masters to partnerCarlos Alcaraz in doubles.[2] The pair lost in the round of 16 to the eventual championsWesley Koolhof andNeal Skupski.[10] His final match was in2024 Brisbane International, he came out of his retirement to play withRafael Nadal for the very last time.[citation needed]
López became coach of Olympic gold medalistJasmine Paolini in April 2025.[11][12]
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 2014 | French Open | Clay | Marcel Granollers |  Julien BenneteauÉdouard Roger-Vasselin | 3–6, 6–7(1–7) |
| Loss | 2014 | US Open | Hard | Marcel Granollers |  Bob BryanMike Bryan | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2016 | French Open | Clay | Feliciano López | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 |
| Loss | 2017 | US Open | Hard | Feliciano López |  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2012 | ATP World Tour Finals, London | Hard (i) | Marcel Granollers |  Mahesh BhupathiRohan Bopanna | 7–5, 3–6, [10–3] |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2010 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | Rafael Nadal |  Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić | 7–6(10–8), 6–3 |
| Win | 2012 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | Rafael Nadal | John IsnerSam Querrey | 6–2, 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 2012 | Italian Open | Clay | Marcel Granollers |  Łukasz KubotJanko Tipsarević | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2012 | Canadian Open | Hard | Marcel Granollers | Bob BryanMike Bryan | 1–6, 6–4, [10–12] |
| Loss | 2013 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | Marcel Granollers | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 4–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
| Loss | 2015 | Italian Open | Clay | Marcel Granollers |  Pablo CuevasDavid Marrero | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2017 | Monte-Carlo Masters | Clay | Feliciano López | Rohan Bopanna Pablo Cuevas | 3–6, 6–3, [4–10] |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Gold | 2016 | Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro | Hard | Rafael Nadal | Florin MergeaHoria Tecău | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2004 | Valencia Open, Spain | International | Clay | Feliciano López |  Gastón EtlisMartín Rodríguez | 5–7, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 1–1 | Jan 2009 | Qatar Open, Qatar | 250 Series | Hard | Rafael Nadal | Daniel NestorNenad Zimonjić | 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Win | 2–1 | Mar 2010 | Indian Wells Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Rafael Nadal | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić | 7–6(10–8), 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | May 2010 | Estoril Open, Portugal | 250 Series | Clay | David Marrero | Pablo CuevasMarcel Granollers | 6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–4] |
| Win | 4–1 | Jul 2010 | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | David Marrero | Jérémy ChardyPaul-Henri Mathieu | 6–3, 2–6, [10–8] |
| Loss | 4–2 | Oct 2010 | Open Sud de France, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Eduardo Schwank |  Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins | 2–6, 6–4, [7–10] |
| Win | 5–2 | Jan 2011 | Qatar Open(2), Qatar | 250 Series | Hard | Rafael Nadal |  Daniele BraccialiAndreas Seppi | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
| Loss | 5–3 | Feb 2011 | Zagreb Indoors, Croatia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Marcel Granollers |  Dick NormanHoria Tecău | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–4 | May 2011 | Estoril Open, Portugal | 250 Series | Clay | David Marrero | Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Jul 2011 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Marcel Granollers |  Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Mar 2012 | Mexican Open, Mexico | 500 Series | Clay | Marcel Granollers | David MarreroFernando Verdasco | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–6 | Mar 2012 | Indian Wells Masters(2), United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Rafael Nadal | John IsnerSam Querrey | 6–2, 7–6(7–3) |
| Loss | 6–7 | Apr 2012 | Barcelona Open, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | Marcel Granollers | Mariusz FyrstenbergMarcin Matkowski | 6–2, 6–7(7–9), [8–10] |
| Win | 7–7 | May 2012 | Italian Open, Italy | Masters 1000 | Clay | Marcel Granollers | Łukasz KubotJanko Tipsarević | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7–8 | Jul 2012 | Croatia Open, Croatia | 250 Series | Clay | Marcel Granollers | David Marrero Fernando Verdasco | 3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 8–8 | Jul 2012 | Swiss Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Marcel Granollers |  Robert FarahSantiago Giraldo | 6–4, 7–6(11–9) |
| Loss | 8–9 | Aug 2012 | Canadian Open, Canada | Masters 1000 | Hard | Marcel Granollers | Bob BryanMike Bryan | 1–6, 6–4, [10–12] |
| Win | 9–9 | Nov 2012 | ATP World Tour Finals, United Kingdom | Tour Finals | Hard (i) | Marcel Granollers | Mahesh BhupathiRohan Bopanna | 7–5, 3–6, [10–3] |
| Loss | 9–10 | Aug 2013 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Marcel Granollers | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 4–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
| Win | 10–10 | Feb 2014 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Marcel Granollers | Pablo CuevasHoracio Zeballos | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 10–11 | Jun 2014 | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Marcel Granollers | Julien BenneteauÉdouard Roger-Vasselin | 3–6, 6–7(1–7) |
| Loss | 10–12 | Sep 2014 | US Open, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | Marcel Granollers | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 10–13 | May 2015 | Estoril Open, Portugal | 250 Series | Clay | David Marrero |  Treat HueyScott Lipsky | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 10–14 | May 2015 | Italian Open, Italy | Masters 1000 | Clay | Marcel Granollers | Pablo Cuevas David Marrero | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 11–14 | Jan 2016 | Qatar Open(3), Qatar | 250 Series | Hard | Feliciano López | Philipp PetzschnerAlexander Peya | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 11–15 | Feb 2016 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates | 500 Series | Hard | Feliciano López | Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi | 2–6, 6–3, [12–14] |
| Win | 12–15 | Jun 2016 | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Feliciano López | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 |
| Win | 13–15 | Aug 2016 | Olympic Games, Brazil | Olympics | Hard | Rafael Nadal | Florin Mergea Horia Tecău | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 13–16 | Apr 2017 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Marcel Granollers | Dominic Inglot Mate Pavić | 4–6, 6–2, [9–11] |
| Loss | 13–17 | Apr 2017 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco | Masters 1000 | Clay | Feliciano López | Rohan Bopanna Pablo Cuevas | 3–6, 6–3, [4–10] |
| Loss | 13–18 | Jul 2017 | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | Pablo Cuevas | Ivan Dodig Mate Pavić | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 13–19 | Sep 2017 | US Open, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | Feliciano López | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 14–19 | Apr 2018 | Barcelona Open, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | Feliciano López |  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | SR | W–L |
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| Australian Open | A | A | Q2 | A | Q2 | A | Q3 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| French Open | 2R | 1R | Q3 | A | Q3 | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| US Open | Absent | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 |
Current through the2022 Mutua Madrid Open.
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | SF | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 12 | 10–12 | 45% |
| French Open | QF | QF | 2R | A | QF | F | 1R | W | 1R | SF | 1R | A | 1R | A | 1 / 11 | 25–10 | 71% |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | NH | 1R | A | 0 / 11 | 5–11 | 33% |
| US Open | A | 1R | 3R | SF | 3R | F | 3R | SF | F | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 9 | 25–8 | 76% |
| Win–loss | 3–2 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 9–4 | 13–4 | 3–4 | 11–3 | 7–4 | 6–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1 / 43 | 65–41 | 61% |
| ATP World Tour Finals | |||||||||||||||||
| ATP Finals | Did not qualify | W | RR | RR | DNQ | RR | Did not qualify | 1 / 4 | 7–6 | 54% | |||||||
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | 2R | W | SF | W | 2R | A | 2R | SF | 1R | QF | A | NH | A | A | 2 / 9 | 21–7 | 75% |
| Miami | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | SF | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | NH | A | A | 0 / 11 | 8–11 | 42% |
| Monte Carlo | A | QF | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | F | 1R | 1R | NH | A | A | 0 / 10 | 9–10 | 47% |
| Madrid | 2R | QF | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | SF | 1R | SF | 1R | 1R | NH | 1R | 2R | 0 / 13 | 12–13 | 48% |
| Rome | A | A | 1R | W | QF | A | F | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | A | A | A | 1 / 8 | 10–7 | 59% |
| Canada | A | A | 1R | F | QF | QF | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | 50% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | 2R | QF | F | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | QF | A | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 8–7 | 53% |
| Shanghai | A | 2R | 1R | A | QF | SF | A | QF | 2R | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% | |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | QF | SF | A | QF | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | 55% |
| Win–loss | 3–3 | 11–4 | 6–8 | 20–5 | 11–9 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 6–8 | 5–5 | 5–8 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3 / 75 | 85–72 | 54% |
| Career Statistics | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Career | |||
| Titles–Finals | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 4–8 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 14–33 | ||
| Win–loss | 13–10 | 37–20 | 33–27 | 48–20 | 32–23 | 19–12 | 20–18 | 36–22 | 24–27 | 20–26 | 4–11 | 0–3 | 1–12 | 2–1 | 311–245 | ||
| Year-end ranking | 62 | 15 | 37 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 32 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 191 | 327 | 532 | 55.94% | |||
He married his girlfriend María S. in November 2015, after a four-year relationship. The couple separated in 2017.[13]
In August 2021, López welcomed his first child with María García-Planas Albert, a former college tennis player at theLoyola Marymount University.[14][15]
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