David Marrero
Spanish tennis player

David Marrero

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Spanish tennis player
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8 April 1980(Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain)
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David Marrero Santana (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið maˈreɾo sanˈtana]; born 8 April 1980 in Las Palmas, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain. He has achieved most of his success in doubles, winning 9 titles and reaching a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 5 in November 2013.

Professional career

2000–2007

Marrero earned his first world ranking late in 2000 as a 20-year-old, but he spent only a few weeks inside the top-500 until early 2005. By late 2005, he had made it into the top-300, but faded over the next year to close out 2006 outside the top-400. In the middle of 2007, he again inched into the top-300, but faded again to close out 2007 at No. 362.

2008

As a qualifier, Marrero reached the final of a Challenger in Chile in January, losing to No. 132 Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo after upsetting No. 272 Sebastián Decoud, No. 187 Adrián García and No. 111 Nicolás Lapentti. This result brought him back into the Top 300 at World No. 289. The very next week he gained revenge over Ramirez-Hidalgo to qualify into an ATP stop in Chile, where he again beat Garcia before losing to No. 104 Fabio Fognini in the 2nd round. In February, Marrero scored another upset, defeating World No. 114 Máximo González.

2009–2012

Marrero reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 143 in February 2010.

2016 match fixing controversy

In January 2016, Marrero was featured in a New York Times article about his suspected match-fixing at the Australian Open.

Significant finals

Year-End Championships finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2013 London Hard (i) Spain Fernando Verdasco United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2013 Shanghai Hard Spain Fernando Verdasco Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–7(2-7), 7–6(8–6), [2–10]
Winner 2015 Rome Clay Uruguay Pablo Cuevas Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Marc López
6–4, 7–5

ATP career finals

Doubles: 29 (13 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (1–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (8–12)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (11–12)
Grass (0–1)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (11–14)
Indoor (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 000000002010-05-01-0000May 2010 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Spain Marc López Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Spain Marcel Granollers
6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–4]
Win 2–0 000000002010-07-01-0000Jul 2010 German Open, Germany 500 Series Clay Spain Marc López France Jérémy Chardy
France Paul-Henri Mathieu
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 2–1 000000002011-05-01-0000May 2011 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Spain Marc López United States Eric Butorac
Curaçao Jean-Julien Rojer
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 000000002011-05-01-0000May 2011 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France 250 Series Clay Mexico Santiago González United States Eric Butorac
Curaçao Jean-Julien Rojer
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 000000002011-09-01-0000Sep 2011 Romanian Open, Romania 250 Series Clay Austria Julian Knowle Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Potito Starace
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 2–4 000000002011-10-01-0000Oct 2011 Kremlin Cup, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Argentina Carlos Berlocq Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Filip Polášek
3–6, 1–6
Win 3–4 000000002012-02-01-0000Feb 2012 Argentina Open, Argentina 250 Series Clay Spain Fernando Verdasco Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Brazil André Sá
4–6, 4–6
Win 4–4 000000002012-02-01-0000Feb 2012 Mexican Open, Mexico 500 Series Clay Spain Fernando Verdasco Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Marc López
6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–5 000000002012-05-01-0000May 2012 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Austria Julian Knowle Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
5–7, 5–7
Win 5–5 000000002012-07-01-0000Jul 2012 Croatia Open, Croatia 250 Series Clay Spain Fernando Verdasco Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Marc López
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 6–5 000000002012-07-01-0000Jul 2012 German Open, Germany (2) 500 Series Clay Spain Fernando Verdasco Brazil Rogério Dutra Silva
Spain Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
6–4, 6–3
Loss 6–6 000000002012-10-01-0000Oct 2012 Valencia Open, Spain 500 Series Hard (i) Spain Fernando Verdasco Austria Alexander Peya
Brazil Bruno Soares
3–6, 2–6
Win 7–6 000000002013-03-01-0000Mar 2013 Mexican Open, Mexico (2) 500 Series Clay Poland Łukasz Kubot Italy Simone Bolelli
Italy Fabio Fognini
7–5, 6–2
Win 8–6 000000002013-07-01-0000Jul 2013 Croatia Open, Croatia (2) 250 Series Clay Slovakia Martin Kližan United States Nicholas Monroe
Germany Simon Stadler
6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
Win 9–6 000000002013-09-01-0000Sep 2013 St. Petersburg Open, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Spain Fernando Verdasco United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss 9–7 000000002013-10-01-0000Oct 2013 Shanghai Masters, China Masters 1000 Hard Spain Fernando Verdasco Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), [2–10]
Win 10–7 000000002013-11-01-0000Nov 2013 ATP World Tour Finals, United Kingdom Tour Finals Hard (i) Spain Fernando Verdasco United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Loss 10–8 000000002014-02-01-0000Feb 2014 Rio Open, Brazil 500 Series Clay Brazil Marcelo Melo Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
4–6, 2–6
Loss 10–9 000000002013-10-01-0000Oct 2013 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States 250 Series Clay Spain Fernando Verdasco United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss 10–10 000000002014-05-01-0000May 2014 Portugal Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Uruguay Pablo Cuevas Mexico Santiago González
United States Scott Lipsky
3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss 10–11 000000002015-05-01-0000May 2015 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Spain Marc López Philippines Treat Huey
United States Scott Lipsky
1–6, 4–6
Win 11–11 000000002015-05-01-0000May 2015 Italian Open, Italy Masters 1000 Clay Uruguay Pablo Cuevas Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Marc López
6–4, 7–5
Loss 11–12 000000002015-06-01-0000Jun 2015 Nottingham Open, United Kingdom 250 Series Grass Uruguay Pablo Cuevas Australia Chris Guccione
Brazil André Sá
2–6, 5–7
Loss 11–13 000000002016-02-01-0000Feb 2016 Rio Open, Brazil 500 Series Clay Spain Pablo Carreño Busta Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
6–7(5–7), 1–6
Loss 11–14 000000002016-02-01-0000Feb 2016 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay Spain Pablo Carreño Busta Chile Julio Peralta
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Win 12–14 000000002016-07-01-0000Jul 2016 Swedish Open, Sweden 250 Series Clay Spain Marcel Granollers New Zealand Marcus Daniell
Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
6–2, 6–3
Win 13–14 000000002016-07-01-0000Jul 2016 Croatia Open, Croatia (3) 250 Series Clay Slovakia Martin Kližan Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Antonio Šančić
6–4, 6–2
Loss 13–15 000000002017-02-01-0000Feb 2017 Argentina Open, Argentina 250 Series Clay Mexico Santiago González Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
1–6, 4–6
Loss 13–16 000000002017-05-01-0000May 2017 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Spain Tommy Robredo United States Ryan Harrison
New Zealand Michael Venus
5–7, 2–6

Doubles Performance Timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 SR W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 3R 2R QF 2R QF 1R 1R 0 / 7 10–7
French Open A 1R 2R 2R QF 2R 2R 2R 3R 0 / 8 10–8
Wimbledon Q1 2R 2R 3R 2R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 7 7–7
US Open A 2R QF 1R 1R QF 1R 3R 0 / 7 9–7
Win–Loss 0–0 2–3 7–4 4–4 7–4 7–4 4–4 3–4 2–2 0 / 29 36–29
Year-End Championship
ATP World Tour Finals A A A A W A A A A 1 / 1 4–1
ATP Masters Series 1000
Indian Wells A A 1R A 1R 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 5 1–5
Miami A A 2R QF 2R QF 1R 2R A 0 / 6 7–6
Monte Carlo A A A 2R SF A A 2R A 0 / 3 5–3
Madrid (Clay) A 1R A 2R SF SF 2R A 1R 0 / 6 6–6
Rome A A 1R 1R QF QF W A A 1 / 5 8–4
Canada A A A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2
Cincinnati A A A A A 2R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2
Shanghai A 2R A 1R F 2R 1R A 0 / 5 5–4
Paris A 2R 1R A 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 6 2–6
Win–Loss 0–0 2–2 1–4 4–5 12–7 7–8 6–7 2–4 0–1 1 / 40 34–38
Year End Ranking 102 40 40 23 5 28 30 41