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. Copil was known for his extremely fast, powerful, and consistent serve. He was a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team.
Career
2009: ATP debut 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.
2010–2012: Challenger Tour success 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.
In 2012, Copil beat world No. 13 Marin Čilić in the first round at the China Open in Beijing.
2015–2017: Major and top 100 debuts, ATP doubles title He made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2015 Australian Open, where he defeated Pablo Andújar. At the same tournament, he recorded the fastest serve at a Grand Slam: 242.0 km/h (150.4 mph).
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). 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.
2018: Two ATP singles finals Copil reached his first ATP World Tour-level singles final at the Sofia Open, where he lost to Mirza Bašić.
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.
2019: Career-high singles ranking, Grand Slam success Copil reached the 2019 Australian Open second round for the second time defeating Marcel Granollers in straight sets. As a result, he reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 56 on 28 January 2019.
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.
2022–2024: Surgery, comeback In 2022, he won his first title in six years, at the ITF M25 Portimao, since the Budapest Challenger in 2016.
Copil underwent surgery on 30 May 2024 and came back to the ITF tour five months later in October.
2025: Retirement Following a four-month hiatus, Copil played his last two ATP matches at the 2025 Țiriac Open partnering with Luca Preda.
Copil announced his retirement from professional tennis in November 2025.
Personal life
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.
Performance timeline
Tournament200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAAAQ1Q22RQ2Q11R2RQ2Q1A2–3French OpenAAAAAAQ2AQ1Q2Q3Q31R1R1RQ1Q1 Q20–3WimbledonAAAAAAAAAQ2Q21R1R1R1RNHQ2Q10–4US OpenAAAAAAQ2Q3Q1Q1Q2Q11R1R2RAQ2A1–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–10–10–30–42–40–00–00–03–13
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP 1000 (0–0)ATP 500 (0–1)ATP 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–0)Indoor (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Sofia Open, BulgariaATP 250Hard (i) Mirza Bašić6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 4–6Loss0–2Swiss Indoors, SwitzerlandATP 500Hard (i) Roger Federer6–7(5–7), 4–6
Doubles: 1 (title) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP 1000 (0–0)ATP 500 (0–0)ATP 250 (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–0)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Romanian Open, RomaniaATP 250Clay Adrian Ungur Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak3–6, 7–5, [17–15]
National representation
Davis Cup
Singles: 26 (18–8) EditionRoundDateAgainstSurfaceOpponentWin/LoseResult2009 World Group play-offsPO18–20 September 2009 SwedenHard (i) Andreas VinciguerraWin4–6 ret.2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group IQF7–8 May 2010 UkraineClay Ivan SergeyevUnfinished4–6, 2–12011 World Group play-offsPO16–18 September 2011 Czech RepublicClay Lukáš RosolLose4–6, 6–7(2–7)2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I1R PO14–16 September 2012 FinlandHard (i) Harri HeliövaaraWin3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 Jarkko NieminenLose3–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group I1R1–3 February 2013 DenmarkHard (i) Frederik NielsenWin6–3, 7–6(9–7), 6–4 Christoffer KønigsfeldtWin6–4, 6–32R5–7 April 2013 NetherlandsHard Thiemo de BakkerLose6–7(3–7), 6–7(2–7)2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I1R PO12–14 September 2014 SwedenClay Elias YmerWin 6–2, 6–3, 6–22015 Europe/Africa Zone Group I1R6–8 March 2015 IsraelHard (i) Dudi SelaWin6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–4, 6–2 Bar Tzuf BotzerWin7–6(7–3), 6–32R17–19 July 2015 SlovakiaClay Norbert GombosWin7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–6(12–10) Martin KližanLose7–6(7–3), 6–32016 Europe/Africa Zone Group I1R4–6 March 2016 SloveniaHard (i) Blaž RolaWin7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Tomislav TernarWin6–3, 6–32R15–17 July 2016 SpainHard Feliciano LópezLose6–7(7-7), 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 3–62017 Europe/Africa Zone Group I1R3–5 February 2017 BelarusHard (i) Egor GerasimovLose 3–6, 4–6, 4–6 Ilya IvashkaWin 7–5, 6–3, 6–12018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II1R3–4 February 2018 LuxembourgHard (i) Christophe ThollWin6–3, 6–2 Ugo NastasiWin6–1, 6–12R7–8 April 2019 MoroccoHard (i) Amine AhoudaWin6–0, 6–13R15–16 September 2019 PolandClay (i) Kamil MajchrzakWin6–2, 6–4 Hubert HurkaczLose3–6, 4–62019 Europe/Africa Zone Group II—5–6 April 2019 ZimbabweHard (i) Benjamin LockLose4–6, 5–7 Takanyi GarangangaWin6–4, 7–52020–2021 World Group IPO17–19 September 2021 PortugalHard (i) Gastão EliasWin6–4, 6–3 Gastão EliasWin 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Doubles: 3 (2–1) EditionRoundDatePartnerAgainstSurfaceOpponentsWin/LoseResult2009 World Group1R6–8 March 2009 Horia Tecău RussiaHard (i) Marat Safin Dmitry TursunovWin4–6, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 6–42011 World Group play-offsPO16–18 September 2011 Horia Tecău Czech RepublicClay Tomáš Berdych Radek ŠtěpánekLose6–3, 3–6, 0–6, 2–62014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I1R31 January – 2 February 2014 Horia Tecău UkraineHard Sergei Bubka Denys MolchanovWin5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 21 (8 titles, 13 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger (3–9)ITF Futures/WTT (5–4)Finals by surfaceHard (5–8)Clay (3–3)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Romania F16, AradFuturesClay Martín Alund6–4, 6–3Win2–0Romania F16, DevaFuturesClay Andrei Mlendea6–3, 7–6(7–5)Loss2–1Romania F14, AradFuturesClay Attila Balázs6–3, 5–7, 3–6Loss2–2Greece F3, ParosFuturesCarpet Petar Jelenic6–2, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)Win3–2Guatemala F1, Guatemala CityFuturesHard Iván Endara7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)Loss0–1Cremona, ItalyChallengerHard Denis Gremelmayr4–6, 5–7Loss3–3Germany F2, StuttgartFuturesHard Jan Mertl6–2, 3–6, 4–6Win1–1Kazan, RussiaChallengerHard Andreas Beck6–4, 6–4Loss3–4Romania F1, BucharestFuturesClay Petru-Alexandru Luncanu6–3, 4–6, 5–7Loss1–2Kazan, RussiaChallengerHard Jürgen Zopp6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)Win2–2Quimper, FranceChallengerHard Marc Gicquel7–6(11–9), 6–4Loss2–3Arad, RomaniaChallengerClay Adrian Ungur4–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss2–4Guimarães, PortugalChallengerHard João Sousa3–6, 0–6Loss2–5İzmir, TunisiaChallengerHard Lukaš Lacko3–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss2–6Surbiton, United KingdomChallengerGrass Lu Yen-hsun5–7, 6–7(11–13)Win3–6Budapest, HungaryChallengerHard Steve Darcis6–4, 6–2Loss3–7Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Norbert Gombos6–7(8–10), 6–4, 3–6Loss3–8Kaohsiung, TaiwanChallengerHard Evgeny Donskoy6–7(0–7), 5–7Loss3–9Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Lukáš Lacko4–6, 6–7(4–7)Win4–4M25 Portimão, PortugalWTTHard Alexey Vatutin7–5, 6–2Win5–4M25 Bacău, RomaniaWTTClay Hernán Casanova6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger (2–3)ITF Futures (7–7)Finals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (5–8)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Romania F16, DevaFuturesClay Ilie-Aurelian Giurgiu Bojan Szumanski Hubert Holzler6–3, 6–2Win2–0Germany F5, NusslochFuturesCarpet Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Jonathan Marray Rasmus NørbywalkoverWin3–0Romania F1, CraiovaFuturesClay Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Andrei Ciumac Radu Albot7–5, 6–1Loss3–1Romania F9, IașiFuturesClay Victor Ioniță Gleb Alekseenko Vadim Alekseenko3–6, 6–2, [7–10]Loss3–2Romania F10, Cluj-NapocaFuturesClay Ilie-Aurelian Giurgiu Gleb Alekseenko Vadim Alekseenko4–6, 4–6Loss3–3Romania F11, OradeaFuturesClay Ilie-Aurelian Giurgiu Attila Balázs György Balázs2–6, 2–6Loss3–4Italy F23, BolzanoFuturesClay Antal van der Duim Manuel Jorquera Leonardo Tavares7–6(7–2), 3–6, [5–10]Win4–4Romania F14, AradFuturesClay Vasek Pospisil Andrei Mlendea Jiří Školoudík6–3, 6–4Loss4–5Romania F15, BrașovFuturesClay Vasek Pospisil C C-Rodriguez Gerard Granollers-Pujol5–7, 7–6(7–2), [10–12]Win5–5Guatemala F1, Guatemala CityFuturesHard Iván Endara James Ludlow Ruben Gonzales7–5, 6–3Loss5–6Italy F30, CalabriaFuturesClay Giuseppe Faraone Andrea Arnaboldi Gianluca Naso4–6, 4–6Win6–6Germany F2, StuttgartFuturesHard Simon Stadler Kevin Krawietz Marcel Zimmermann6–1, 6–2Loss6–7Romania F2, BucharestFuturesClay Victor Crivoi Florin Mergea Andrei Dăescu6–7(4–7), 2–6Win7–7Romania F3, BacăuFuturesClay Victor Crivoi Harri Heliövaara Timo Nieminen6–3, 6–4Win1–0Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Victor Crivoi Andrei Ciumac Aleksandr Nedovyesov6–7(8–10), 6–4, [12–10]Loss1–1Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Sergiy Stakhovsky Daniel Cox Daniel Smethurst7–6(7–3), 2–6, [6–10]Loss1–2Sibiu, RomaniaChallengerClay Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Potito Starace Adrian Ungur5–7, 2–6Loss1–3Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Marco Chiudinelli Sadio Doumbia Calvin Hemery4–6, 3–6Win2–3İzmir, TurkeyChallengerHard Marco Chiudinelli Sadio Doumbia Calvin Hemery6–4, 6–4
Wins over top 10 players Copil's match record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season 20182019 Total Wins 2 0 2 #PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreMC Rank20181. Marin Čilić6Swiss Indoors, SwitzerlandHard (i)2R7–5, 7–6(7–2)932. Alexander Zverev5Swiss Indoors, SwitzerlandHard (i)SF6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–493
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