Marcel Granollers


Marcel Granollers Pujol 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 four ATP singles titles and 16 doubles titles, including the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals. His brother Gerard is also a tennis player, and they have won five Challenger doubles titles together.

Career

2006: Breaking top 200

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: Breaking top 150

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: Breaking top 60 & first singles title

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: Breaking top 45

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: Breaking top 30

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 in the quarter final against United States.

2012: Breaking top 20

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: Fourth singles title

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.

2014: US & French Open doubles runner-ups

In 2014, he had a very consistent doubles performances at the French & US Open, making the finals at both events.

2015-present

Granollers suffered a significant loss in form, with only one tour-level late round appearance: the semifinals in Zagreb Indoors losing to Andreas Seppi. His year-end ranking dropped to No. 84. He reached the Quarterfinals of the 2016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters before losing to Gaël 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: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Year-End Championships finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

ATP career finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–02008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles|U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United StatesIntl SeriesClay James Blake6–4, 1–6, 7–5
Loss1–12010 Valencia Open 500 – Singles|Valencia Open, Spain500 SeriesHard David Ferrer5–7, 3–6
Win2–12011 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad – Singles|Swiss Open, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Fernando Verdasco6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win3–12011 Valencia Open 500 – Singles|Valencia Open, Spain500 SeriesHard Juan Mónaco6–2, 4–6, 7–6
Loss3–22012 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag – Singles|Croatia Open, Croatia250 SeriesClay Marin Čilić4–6, 2–6
Win4–22013 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel – Singles|Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria250 SeriesClay Juan Mónaco0–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss4–32014 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles|Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco250 SeriesClay Guillermo García López7–5, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 40 (20 titles, 20 runners-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United StatesIntl SeriesClay Pablo Cuevas Ernests Gulbis
Rainer Schüttler
5–7, 6–7
Win1–12009 Brasil Open – Doubles|Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay Tommy Robredo Lucas Arnold Ker
Juan Mónaco
6–4, 7–5
Win2–12009 Copa Telmex – Doubles|Buenos Aires Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Alberto Martín Nicolás Almagro
Santiago Ventura
6–3, 5–7,
Win3–12009 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles|Kremlin Cup, Russia250 SeriesHard Pablo Cuevas František Čermák
Michal Mertiňák
4–6, 7–5,
Loss3–22009 Valencia Open 500 – Doubles|Valencia Open, Spain500 SeriesHard Tommy Robredo František Čermák
Michal Mertiňák
4–6, 3–6
Loss3–32009 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles|Paris Masters, FranceMasters 1000Hard Tommy Robredo Daniel Nestor
Nenad Zimonjić
3–6, 4–6
Win4–32010 Aircel Chennai Open – Doubles|Chennai Open, India250 SeriesHard Santiago Ventura Lu Yen-hsun
Janko Tipsarević
7–5, 6–2
Win5–32010 Brasil Open – Doubles|Brasil Open, Brazil 250 SeriesClay Pablo Cuevas Łukasz Kubot
Oliver Marach
7–5, 6–4
Loss5–42010 Estoril Open – Men's Doubles|Estoril Open, Portugal250 SeriesClay Pablo Cuevas Marc López
David Marrero
7–6, 4–6,
Loss5–52010 BCR Open Romania – Doubles|Romanian Open, Romania250 SeriesClay Santiago Ventura Juan Ignacio Chela
Łukasz Kubot
2–6, 7–5,
Win6–52011 Heineken Open – Doubles|Auckland Open, New Zealand250 SeriesHard Tommy Robredo Johan Brunström
Stephen Huss
6–4, 7–6
Loss6–62011 PBZ Zagreb Indoors – Doubles|Zagreb Indoors, Croatia250 SeriesHard Marc López Dick Norman
Horia Tecău
3–6, 4–6
Loss6–72011 MercedesCup – Doubles|Stuttgart Open, Germany250 SeriesClay Marc López Jürgen Melzer
Philipp Petzschner
3–6, 4–6
Loss6–82012 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Doubles|Mexican Open, Mexico500 SeriesClay Marc López David Marrero
Fernando Verdasco
3–6, 4–6
Loss6–92012 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles|Barcelona Open, Spain500 SeriesClay Marc López Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
6–2, 6–7,
Win7–92012 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Doubles|Italian Open, ItalyMasters 1000Clay Marc López Łukasz Kubot
Janko Tipsarević
6–3, 6–2
Loss7–102012 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag – Doubles|Croatia Open, Croatia250 SeriesClay Marc López David Marrero
Fernando Verdasco
3–6, 6–7
Win8–102012 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad – Doubles|Swiss Open, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Marc López Robert Farah
Santiago Giraldo
6–4, 7–6
Loss8–112012 Rogers Cup – Men's Doubles|Canadian Open, CanadaMasters 1000Hard Marc López Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
1–6, 6–4,
Win9–112012 ATP World Tour Finals – Doubles|ATP World Tour Finals, United KingdomTour FinalsHard Marc López Mahesh Bhupathi
Rohan Bopanna
7–5, 3–6,
Loss9–122013 Western & Southern Open – Men's Doubles|Cincinnati Masters, United StatesMasters 1000Hard Marc López Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
4–6, 6–4,
Win10–122014 Copa Claro – Doubles|Buenos Aires Open, Argentina 250 SeriesClay Marc López Pablo Cuevas
Horacio Zeballos
7–5, 6–4
Loss10–132014 French Open – Men's Doubles|French Open, FranceGrand SlamClay Marc López Julien Benneteau
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
3–6, 6–7
Loss10–142014 US Open – Men's Doubles|US Open, United StatesGrand SlamHard Marc López Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Loss10–152015 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Doubles|Italian Open, Italy Masters 1000Clay Marc López Pablo Cuevas
David Marrero
4–6, 5–7
Loss10–162016 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Doubles|Barcelona Open, Spain 500 SeriesClay Pablo Cuevas Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
5–7, 5–7
Win11–162016 Swedish Open – Men's Doubles|Swedish Open, Sweden250 SeriesClay David Marrero Marcus Daniell
Marcelo Demoliner
6–2, 6–3
Win12–162016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles|Japan Open, Japan500 SeriesHard Marcin Matkowski Raven Klaasen
Rajeev Ram
6–2, 7–6
Win13–162016 Swiss Indoors – Doubles|Swiss Indoors, Switzerland500 SeriesHard Jack Sock Robert Lindstedt
Michael Venus
6–3, 6–4
Win14–162017 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|Rotterdam Open, Netherlands500 SeriesHard Ivan Dodig Wesley Koolhof
Matwé Middelkoop
7–6, 6–3
Loss14–172017 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles|Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco250 SeriesClay Marc López Dominic Inglot
Mate Pavić
4–6, 6–2,
Loss14–182017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Doubles|Italian Open, Italy Masters 1000Clay Ivan Dodig Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut
6–4, 4–6,
Win15–182017 Swiss Indoors – Doubles|Swiss Indoors, Switzerland 500 SeriesHard Ivan Dodig Fabrice Martin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
7–5, 7–6
Loss15–192017 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles|Paris Masters, France Masters 1000Hard Ivan Dodig Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo
6–7, 6–3,
Win16–192018 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles|Paris Masters, FranceMasters 1000Hard Rajeev Ram Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău
6–4, 6–4
Win17–192019 Hall of Fame Open – Doubles|Hall of Fame Open, United States250 SeriesGrass Sergiy Stakhovsky Marcelo Arévalo
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–7, 6–4,
Win18–192019 Rogers Cup – Men's Doubles|Canadian Open, CanadaMasters 1000Hard Horacio Zeballos Robin Haase
Wesley Koolhof
7–5, 7–5
Loss18–202019 US Open – Men's Doubles|US Open, United StatesGrand SlamHard Horacio Zeballos Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
4–6, 5–7
Win19–202020 Argentina Open – Doubles|Argentina Open, Argentina 250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Guillermo Durán
Juan Ignacio Londero
6–4, 5–7,
Win20–202020 Rio Open – Doubles|Rio Open, Brazil500 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Salvatore Caruso
Federico Gaio
6–4, 5–7,

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 27 (13–14)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Spain F25, MartosFuturesHard Esteban Carril-Caso6–2, 6–3
Win2–0Spain F5, ReusFuturesClay Javier Genaro-Martínez6–3, 6–3
Win3–0Spain F25, MartosFuturesHard Tony Holzinger6–3, 6–4
Loss3–1Portugal F1, FaroFuturesHard Fred Gil2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss3–2Portugal F2, LagosFuturesHard David Guez2–6, 4–6
Loss3–3Portugal F3, LagosFuturesHard Fred Gil1–6, 3–6
Loss3–4Spain F7, LleidaFuturesClay Daniel Gimeno Traver4–6, 1–6
Win4–4Spain F12, La PalmaFuturesHard Carlos Rexach-Itoiz7–5, 6–7, 6–3
Win5–4Spain F26, MartosFuturesHard Steven Korteling6–2, 6–3
Win6–4Portugal F1, FaroFuturesHard Tony Holzinger6–1, 7–5
Loss6–5Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Ivo Minář1–6, 0–6
Loss6–6Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Flavio Cipolla3–6, 3–6
Win7–6Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Óscar Hernández Pérez6–4, 6–1
Loss7–7Bucharest, RomaniaChallengerClay Victor Hănescu6–7, 1–6
Loss7–8Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerClay Nicolas Devilder2–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss7–9Montevideo, UruguayChallengerClay Santiago Ventura6–4, 0–6, 4–6
Win8–9Tanger, MoroccoChallengerClay Daniel Gimeno Traver6–4, 6–4
Loss8–10Saint Brieuc, FranceChallengerClay Christophe Rochus2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss8–112009 Yugra Cup – Singles|Khanty-Mansiysk, RussiaChallengerHard Konstantin Kravchuk6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Loss8–122010 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat – Singles|Rabat, MoroccoChallengerClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo4–6, 4–6
Loss8–132010 Blu-express.com Tennis Cup – Singles|Todi, ItalyChallengerClay Carlos Berlocq4–6, 3–6
Win9–132010 Open Tarragona Costa Daurada – Singles|Tarragona, SpainChallengerClay Jaroslav Pospíšil1–6, 7–5, 6–0
Win10–132016 Irving Tennis Classic – Singles|Irving, USAChallengerHard Aljaž Bedene6–1, 6–1
Win11–132018 Bangkok Challenger – Singles|Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Mats Moraing4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win12–132018 Bangkok Challenger II – Singles|Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Enrique López Pérez4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Loss12–142018 Tiburon Challenger – Singles|Tiburon, USAChallengerHard Michael Mmoh3–6, 5–7
Win13–142019 Da Nang Tennis Open – Singles|Danang, VietnamChallengerHard Matteo Viola6–2, 6–0

Doubles: 39 (31 titles, 8 runners-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Spain F2, AlgezaresFuturesClay Marc Fornell Mestres Nicolás Almagro
Roberto Menéndez-Ferré
5–7, 4–6
Win1–1Spain F19, IrunFuturesClay Valentin Sanon Ivan Esquerdo-Andreu
Marc Fornell Mestres
6–2, 6–0
Win2–1Spain F20, SantanderFuturesClay Valentin Sanon David Marrero
Pablo Santos González
w/o
Win3–1Spain F24, MadridFuturesHard Komlavi Loglo Marco Mirnegg
Marko Neunteibl
6–4, 6–0
Win4–1Spain F26, El EjidoFuturesHard Adrian Cruciat Marc Rocafort Dolz
Javier Ruiz González
6–3, 6–3
Win5–1Spain F3, TotanaFuturesHard Marc Fornell Mestres Filip Urban
Marius Zay
6–2, 6–3
Win6–1Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Álex López Morón Daniele Bracciali
Uros Vico
6–4, 6–2
Win7–1Spain F27, El EjidoFuturesHard David Marrero Marcos Jiménez-Letrado
Juan-Miguel Such-Pérez
6–4, 6–4
Win8–1Spain F32, Gran CanariaFuturesHard David Marrero Antonio Baldellou-Esteva
José Luis Muguruza
6–1, 6–3
Win9–1Portugal F1, FaroFuturesHard Alessandro da Col Bart Beks
Matwé Middelkoop
6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win10–1Portugal F2, LagosFuturesHard Rui Machado Sebastian Fitz
Franko Škugor
6–1, 6–1
Win11–1Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Marc López Leonardo Azzaro
Flavio Cipolla
6–4, 6–3
Win12–1Mantova, ItalyChallengerClay Pablo Andújar Alessandro Motti
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
6–3, 5–7,
Win13–1Vigo, SpainChallengerClay Pablo Andújar Augustin Gensse
Horacio Zeballos
7–6, 6–1
Win14–1Seville, SpainChallengerClay Pablo Andújar Hugo Armando
Carles Poch-Gradin
4–6, 6–3,
Win15–1Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Flavio Cipolla David Marrero
Pablo Santos González
7–6, 6–4
Loss15–2Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Pablo Andújar Tomas Behrend
Flavio Cipolla
3–6, 2–6
Loss15–3Aracaju, BrazilChallengerClay Tomas Behrend Máximo González
Sergio Roitman
6–7, 6–3,
Loss15–4Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Tomas Behrend André Ghem
Flávio Saretta
1–6, 4–6
Win16–4Naples, ItalyChallengerClay Flavio Cipolla Marco Crugnola
Alessio di Mauro
6–4, 6–2
Win17–4Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flavio Cipolla Stefano Galvani
Manuel Jorquera
3–6, 6–1,
Win18–4Maspalomas, SpainChallengerClay Marc López Leonardo Azzaro
Rainer Eitzinger
3–6, 6–1,
Win19–4Timișoara, RomaniaChallengerClay Santiago Ventura Lazar Magdinčev
Predrag Rusevski
6–1, 6–4
Win20–4Seville, SpainChallengerClay Santiago Ventura Miquel Pérez Puigdomènech
José Antonio Sánchez de Luna
6–3, 6–3
Win21–4Bucharest, RomaniaChallengerClay Santiago Ventura Florin Mergea
Horia Tecău
6–2, 6–1
Win22–4Tarragona, SpainChallengerClay Santiago Ventura Pablo Andújar
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
6–4, 7–6
Loss22–5Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Santiago Ventura Thomaz Bellucci
Bruno Soares
4–6, 6–4,
Win23–5Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerClay Santiago Ventura Adrián García
Leonardo Mayer
6–3, 6–3
Loss23–6Montevideo, UruguayChallengerClay Santiago Ventura Pablo Cuevas
Luis Horna
w/o
Win24–6Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Flavio Cipolla Oliver Marach
Michal Mertiňák
6–3, 2–6,
Win25–62009 Yugra Cup – Doubles|Khanty-Mansiysk, RussiaChallengerHard Gerard Granollers Pujol Evgeny Kirillov
Andrey Kuznetsov
6–3, 6–2
Win26–62010 UniCredit Czech Open – Doubles|Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay David Marrero Johan Brunström
Jean-Julien Rojer
3–6, 6–4,
Win27–62010 Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco – Doubles|Pozoblanco, SpainChallengerHard Gerard Granollers Pujol Brian Battistone
Filip Prpic
6–4, 4–6,
Loss27–72010 Blu-express.com Tennis Cup – Doubles|Todi, ItalyChallengerClay Gerard Granollers Pujol Flavio Cipolla
Alessio di Mauro
1–6, 4–6
Win28–72018 Bangkok Challenger – Doubles|Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Gerard Granollers Pujol Zdeněk Kolář
Gonçalo Oliveira
6–3, 7–6
Win29–72018 Burnie International – Men's Doubles|Burnie, AustraliaChallengerHard Gerard Granollers Pujol Evan King
Max Schnur
7–6, 6–2
Loss29–82018 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – Men's Doubles|Winnipeg, CanadaChallengerHard Gerard Granollers Pujol Marc-Andrea Hüsler
Sem Verbeek
7–6, 3–6,
Win30–82018 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Doubles|Binghamton, USAChallengerHard Gerard Granollers Pujol Alejandro Gómez
Caio Silva
7–6, 6–4
Win31–82019 Surbiton Trophy – Men's Doubles|Surbiton, United KingdomChallengerGrass Ben McLachlan Kwon Soon-woo
Ramkumar Ramanathan
4–6, 6–3,

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2019 Paris Masters.

Doubles

Wins over top 10 players

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