Marc López Tarrés (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish tennis coach and a former professional player. His career-high ATP ranking was world No. 3 in doubles, achieved in January 2013 and No. 106 in singles, achieved in May 2004.
Partnering with Feliciano López, Marc López won a major title at the 2016 French Open as well as the 2012 ATP Finals with Marcel Granollers. Additionally, at the 2016 Rio Olympics, López won the gold medal in men's doubles for Spain partnering with Rafael Nadal.
Previously, he was Rafael Nadal's and Jasmine Paolini's coach.
Professional career
2001 In his ATP debut at Stuttgart as a qualifier ranked 236, López defeated Richard Fromberg, eventual French Open finalist Guillermo Coria, two-time French Open winner Sergi Bruguera, and Alberto Martín en route to the semifinals, where he lost to Guillermo Cañas.
2004 Although in his beginnings López did not achieve very good results playing doubles, in the last years he has won several doubles titles in Challengers and his best performance in an ATP tournament was in this modality. That was in 2004, when he reached the final of the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana partnering with his friend and countryman Feliciano López.
2008 In April 2008 in Barcelona, López beat No. 141 Yuri Schukin to qualify into the ATP main draw, where he beat No. 68 Ivo Minář before losing to No. 37 Juan Ignacio Chela. In May, he made the main draw of the 2008 French Open as a lucky loser after beating No. 124 Andreas Beck.
2010–2013 In 2010, López won three doubles titles, including the Masters 1000 at Indian Wells partnering with Rafael Nadal. They defeated Daniel Nestor and Serbian Nenad Zimonjić in the final. López made the year-end finals with his frequent partner Marcel Granollers. They won the tournament, defeating the Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in the final.
In 2012, López and Rafael Nadal, again won the doubles final at Indian Wells, defeating Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey. He and Granollers also won the Masters 1000 in Rome, beating Łukasz Kubot and Janko Tipsarević in the final. In Toronto, they were defeated in the final by the Bryan brothers.
In 2013, they only made one final, in Cincinnati, where they again fell to the Bryan brothers.
2014–2017: French Open title, Olympic Gold medal in doubles In 2014, López and Granollers made two Grand Slam finals. At the French Open they were defeated by French duo Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Julien Benneteau. At the US Open, they lost the final to the Bryan brothers.
In 2015, they again made the Masters 1000 final in Rome, but were defeated by Pablo Cuevas and fellow Spaniard David Marrero.
In 2016, López teamed with countryman Feliciano López to win the tournament in Doha, Qatar, and they also made a runner-up showing in Dubai. López won his first major at the 2016 French Open with Feliciano López.
In 2016 Rio Olympics he teamed up with Rafael Nadal to win the gold medal in the men's doubles event.
On 6 September 2016 at the 2016 US Open, López was part of the last match ever played at the old Louis Armstrong Stadium. Alongside his partner Feliciano López, they defeated the Bryan brothers (Bob and Mike) in the quarterfinals of the men's doubles tournament, the score 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–3. The pair then lost in the semifinals against fellow countrymen Pablo Carreño Busta and Guillermo García López in straight sets.
In 2017, they made another Masters 1000 final in Monte Carlo, but were defeated by Pablo Cuevas and Rohan Bopanna.
At the 2017 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 to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău.
2022–2023: Retirement Lopez announced he would retire after the 2022 Barcelona Open. There, he partnered Feliciano López where they defeated the top ranked pair of world No. 1 Joe Salisbury and world No. 2 Rajeev Ram in the first round.
However, he then received a wildcard for the 2022 Madrid Masters to partner Carlos Alcaraz in doubles. The pair lost in the round of 16 to the eventual champions Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.
He played his final match on 31 December 2023, in Brisbane, when he came out of his retirement to play with Rafael Nadal for the very last time.
Coaching In December 2021, López joined Nadal's coaching team.
López became coach of Olympic gold medalist Jasmine Paolini in April 2025, but they split in July, following her WTA 1000 title at home in Rome.
In December 2025, López started coaching Marie Bouzková.
Significant finals Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up) Result YearChampionship Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss2014French OpenClay Marcel Granollers Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin3–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss2014US OpenHard Marcel Granollers Bob Bryan Mike Bryan3–6, 4–6Win2016French OpenClay Feliciano López Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3Loss2017US OpenHard Feliciano López Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău3–6, 4–6
Year-end championships
Doubles: 1 (1 title) Result Year Championship Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWin2012ATP World Tour Finals, LondonHard (i) Marcel Granollers Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna7–5, 3–6, [10–3]
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up) Result YearTournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWin2010Indian Wells MastersHard Rafael Nadal Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić7–6(10–8), 6–3Win2012Indian Wells MastersHard Rafael Nadal John Isner Sam Querrey6–2, 7–6(7–3)Win2012Italian OpenClay Marcel Granollers Łukasz Kubot Janko Tipsarević6–3, 6–2Loss2012Canadian OpenHard Marcel Granollers Bob Bryan Mike Bryan1–6, 6–4, [10–12]Loss2013Cincinnati MastersHard Marcel Granollers Bob Bryan Mike Bryan4–6, 6–4, [4–10]Loss2015Italian OpenClay Marcel Granollers Pablo Cuevas David Marrero4–6, 5–7Loss2017Monte-Carlo MastersClay Feliciano López Rohan Bopanna Pablo Cuevas3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Olympic medal matches
Doubles: 1 (1 gold medal) Result Year Championship Surface Partner OpponentsScoreGold 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro Hard Rafael Nadal Florin Mergea Horia Tecău 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
ATP career finals
Doubles: 34 (14 titles, 19 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (1–3)ATP World Tour Finals (1–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3–4)Olympic Games (1–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–4)ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–8)Titles by surfaceHard (7–7)Clay (7–12)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (13–17)Indoor (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Valencia Open, SpainInternationalClay Feliciano López Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez5–7, 6–7(5–7)Win1–1Qatar Open, Qatar250 SeriesHard Rafael Nadal Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić4–6, 6–4, [10–8]Win2–1Indian Wells Masters, United StatesMasters 1000Hard Rafael Nadal Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić7–6(10–8), 6–3Win3–1Estoril Open, Portugal250 SeriesClay David Marrero Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–4]Win4–1German Open, Germany500 SeriesClay David Marrero Jérémy Chardy Paul-Henri Mathieu6–3, 2–6, [10–8]Loss4–2Open Sud de France, France250 SeriesHard (i) Eduardo Schwank Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins2–6, 6–4, [7–10]Win5–2Qatar Open (2), Qatar250 SeriesHard Rafael Nadal Daniele Bracciali Andreas Seppi6–3, 7–6(7–4)Loss5–3Zagreb Indoors, Croatia250 SeriesHard (i) Marcel Granollers Dick Norman Horia Tecău3–6, 4–6Loss5–4Estoril Open, Portugal250 SeriesClay David Marrero Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer3–6, 4–6Loss5–5Stuttgart Open, Germany250 SeriesClay Marcel Granollers Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner3–6, 4–6Loss5–6Mexican Open, Mexico500 SeriesClay Marcel Granollers David Marrero Fernando Verdasco3–6, 4–6Win6–6Indian Wells Masters (2), United StatesMasters 1000Hard Rafael Nadal John Isner Sam Querrey6–2, 7–6(7–3)Loss6–7Barcelona Open, Spain500 SeriesClay Marcel Granollers Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski6–2, 6–7(7–9), [8–10]Win7–7Italian Open, ItalyMasters 1000Clay Marcel Granollers Łukasz Kubot Janko Tipsarević6–3, 6–2Loss7–8Croatia Open, Croatia250 SeriesClay Marcel Granollers David Marrero Fernando Verdasco3–6, 6–7(4–7)Win8–8Swiss Open, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Marcel Granollers Robert Farah Santiago Giraldo6–4, 7–6(11–9)Loss8–9Canadian Open, CanadaMasters 1000Hard Marcel Granollers Bob Bryan Mike Bryan1–6, 6–4, [10–12]Win9–9ATP World Tour Finals, United KingdomTour FinalsHard (i) Marcel Granollers Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna7–5, 3–6, [10–3]Loss9–10Cincinnati Masters, United StatesMasters 1000Hard Marcel Granollers Bob Bryan Mike Bryan4–6, 6–4, [4–10]Win10–10Argentina Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Marcel Granollers Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos7–5, 6–4Loss10–11French Open, FranceGrand SlamClay Marcel Granollers Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin3–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss10–12US Open, United StatesGrand SlamHard Marcel Granollers Bob Bryan Mike Bryan3–6, 4–6Loss10–13Estoril Open, Portugal250 SeriesClay David Marrero Treat Huey Scott Lipsky1–6, 4–6Loss10–14Italian Open, ItalyMasters 1000Clay Marcel Granollers Pablo Cuevas David Marrero4–6, 5–7Win11–14Qatar Open (3), Qatar250 SeriesHard Feliciano López Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya6–4, 6–3Loss11–15Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates500 SeriesHard Feliciano López Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi2–6, 6–3, [12–14]Win12–15French Open, FranceGrand SlamClay Feliciano López Bob Bryan Mike Bryan6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3Win13–15Olympic Games, BrazilOlympicsHard Rafael Nadal Florin Mergea Horia Tecău6–2, 3–6, 6–4Loss13–16Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco250 SeriesClay Marcel Granollers Dominic Inglot Mate Pavić4–6, 6–2, [9–11]Loss13–17Monte-Carlo Masters, MonacoMasters 1000Clay Feliciano López Rohan Bopanna Pablo Cuevas3–6, 6–3, [4–10]Loss13–18German Open, Germany500 SeriesClay Pablo Cuevas Ivan Dodig Mate Pavić3–6, 4–6Loss13–19US Open, United StatesGrand SlamHard Feliciano López Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău3–6, 4–6Win14–19Barcelona Open, Spain500 SeriesClay Feliciano López Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer7–6(7–5), 6–4
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ2AQ2AQ3Q10 / 00–0French Open2R1RQ3AQ31RQ1A0 / 31–3WimbledonA1RAAQ3Q1Q1A0 / 10–1US OpenAbsent0 / 00–0Win–loss1–10–20–00–00–00–10–00–00 / 41–4
Doubles Current through the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open.
Tournament20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022Win%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1R1R2RSF2R1R2R3R2R1R1R1RA0 / 1210–12French OpenQFQF2RAQFF1RW1RSF1RA1RA1 / 1125–10Wimbledon1R2R2R1R1R3R2R1R1R1RANH1RA0 / 115–11US OpenA1R3RSF3RF3RSFF2RAAAA0 / 925–8Win–loss3–24–44–35–39–413–43–411–37–46–40–20–10–30–01 / 4365–41ATP World Tour FinalsATP FinalsDid not qualifyWRRRRDNQRRDid not qualify1 / 47–6ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells2RWSFW2RA2RSF1RQFANHAA2 / 921–7Miami2R2R2R2RSF1R1R2R1R1R1RNHAA0 / 118–11Monte CarloAQF1RSF2R1RQF1RF1R1RNHAA0 / 109–10Madrid2RQF2RQF2R2RSF1RSF1R1RNH1R2R0 / 1312–13RomeAA1RWQFAF1R2RQF2RAAA1 / 810–7CanadaAA1RFQFQFAA1R2RANHAA0 / 66–6CincinnatiAA2RQFF2RA1R2RQFAAAA0 / 78–7ShanghaiA2R1RAQFSFAQF2RAANHA0 / 65–6ParisAAAAQFSFAQFQF1RAAAA0 / 56–5Win–loss3–3 11–46–820–511–96–77–56–85–55–81–40–00–11–13 / 7585–72Career Statistics20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022CareerTitles–Finals1–13–41–44–80–11–30–23–40–41–10–00–00–00–014–33Win–loss13–1037–2033–2748–2032–2319–1220–1836–2224–2720–264–110–31–122–1311–245Year-end ranking621537611932102031191327532
Personal life
He married his girlfriend María S. in November 2015, after a four-year relationship. The couple separated in 2017.
In August 2021, López welcomed his first child with María García-Planas Albert, a former college tennis player at the Loyola Marymount University.
References
External links
Lopez Recent Match Results Lopez World Ranking History