Marius Copil

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.

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 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).

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.

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.

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

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)

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)

National representation

Davis Cup

Singles: 26 (18–8)

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

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)

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)

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