Marc López Tarrés (Catalan: [ˈmaɾɡ ˈlopəs təˈres], Spanish: [ˈmaɾk ˈlopeθ taˈres]; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish retired professional tennis player and coach. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 106 (May 2004) and world No. 3 in doubles (January 2013).

Marc López
López at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (1982-07-31) 31 July 1982 (age 42)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2022[1][2]
(last doubles match 2024)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachCarlos Gómez Ferré
Prize moneyUS$4,443,757
Singles
Career record23–31
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 106 (10 May 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2009)
French Open2R (2003)
Wimbledon1R (2004)
Doubles
Career record310–244
Career titles14
Highest rankingNo. 3 (28 January 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2013)
French OpenW (2016)
Wimbledon3R (2014)
US OpenF (2014, 2017)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (2012)
Olympic GamesW (2016)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2011, 2016, 2018)
French Open2R (2011)
Wimbledon1R (2011, 2012, 2021)
US Open1R (2010, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (2012)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's Tennis
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Doubles
Last updated on: as of 27 April 2022.

Partnering with Feliciano López, Marc López won a major title at the 2016 French Open as well as the 2012 ATP Finals. Additionally, at the 2016 Rio Olympics, López won the gold medal in men's doubles for Spain partnering with Rafael Nadal.

Professional career

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2001

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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

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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

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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

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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 champion and Olympic Gold medal in doubles

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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.[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 then the previous year by defeating again the Bryan brothers en route to the final where they lost to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău.

2021–2024: Coaching and Retirement

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In December 2021, López joined Nadal's coaching team.[4][5]

Lopez announced he would retire after the 2022 Barcelona Open.[5] 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.[1][6] However, he then received a wildcard for the Madrid Masters to partner Carlos Alcaraz in doubles.[2] The pair lost in the round of 16 to the eventual champions Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.[7] His final match was in 2024 Brisbane International, he came out of his retirement to play with Rafael Nadal for the very last time.

Significant finals

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Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2014 French Open Clay   Marcel Granollers   Julien Benneteau
  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 2014 US Open Hard   Marcel Granollers   Bob Bryan
  Mike 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

Year-end championships

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2012 ATP World Tour Finals, London Hard (i)   Marcel Granollers   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Rohan Bopanna
7–5, 3–6, [10–3]

Masters 1000 finals

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

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
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 Isner
  Sam Querrey
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Win 2012 Italian Open Clay   Marcel Granollers   Łukasz Kubot
  Janko Tipsarević
6–3, 6–2
Loss 2012 Canadian Open Hard   Marcel Granollers   Bob Bryan
  Mike 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 Cuevas
  David Marrero
4–6, 5–7
Loss 2017 Monte-Carlo Masters Clay   Feliciano López   Rohan Bopanna
  Pablo Cuevas
3–6, 6–3, [4–10]

Olympic medal matches

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Doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Gold 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro Hard   Rafael Nadal   Florin Mergea
  Horia Tecău
6–2, 3–6, 6–4

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 34 (14 titles, 19 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (7–7)
Clay (7–12)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (13–17)
Indoor (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2004 Valencia Open,
Spain
International Clay   Feliciano López   Gastón Etlis
  Martín Rodríguez
5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win 1–1 Jan 2009 Qatar Open,
Qatar
250 Series Hard   Rafael Nadal   Daniel Nestor
  Nenad 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 Cuevas
  Marcel Granollers
6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–4]
Win 4–1 Jul 2010 German Open,
Germany
500 Series Clay   David Marrero   Jérémy Chardy
  Paul-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 Bracciali
  Andreas Seppi
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 5–3 Feb 2011 Zagreb Indoors,
Croatia
250 Series Hard (i)   Marcel Granollers   Dick Norman
  Horia 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 Marrero
  Fernando Verdasco
3–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Mar 2012 Indian Wells Masters (2),
United States
Masters 1000 Hard   Rafael Nadal   John Isner
  Sam Querrey
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 6–7 Apr 2012 Barcelona Open,
Spain
500 Series Clay   Marcel Granollers   Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
6–2, 6–7(7–9), [8–10]
Win 7–7 May 2012 Italian Open,
Italy
Masters 1000 Clay   Marcel Granollers   Łukasz Kubot
  Janko 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 Farah
  Santiago Giraldo
6–4, 7–6(11–9)
Loss 8–9 Aug 2012 Canadian Open,
Canada
Masters 1000 Hard   Marcel Granollers   Bob Bryan
  Mike 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 Bhupathi
  Rohan 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 Cuevas
  Horacio Zeballos
7–5, 6–4
Loss 10–11 Jun 2014 French Open,
France
Grand Slam Clay   Marcel Granollers   Julien Benneteau
  Édouard 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 Huey
  Scott 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 Petzschner
  Alexander 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

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
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

Doubles

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Current through the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
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%

Personal life

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He married his girlfriend María S. in November 2015, after a four-year relationship. The couple separated in 2017.[8]

In August 2021, López welcomed his first child with María García-Planas Albert, a former college tennis player at the Loyola Marymount University.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ a b @bcnopenbs (23 April 2022). "G R À C I E S ❤️ M A R C @ATPTour_ES" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b "Marc López will have his "Last Dance" in Madrid with Alcaraz". 30 April 2022.
  3. ^ Coffey, Wayne (6 September 2016). "Louis Armstrong: A final farewell". US Open. New York City. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Marc López joins Rafael Nadal's coaching team". Tennis.com.
  5. ^ a b "Marc López Feeling Lucky & Excited About New Role Coaching Rafael Nadal". ATP Tour.
  6. ^ "'In a regular situation, Rafael Nadal might be ready to...', says expert".
  7. ^ "Koolhof/Skupski Oust Alcaraz/Lopez in Lopez's Final Match". ATP Tour.
  8. ^ Borrajo, Jorge (9 October 2017). "Marc López sigue los pasos de Feliciano y se separa dos años después de casarse". El Español. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Marc López, padre de su primera hija". Mundo Deportivo. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Maria Garcia-Planas Albert – Women's Tennis – Loyola Marymount University Athletics". lmulions.com.
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