David Marrero

David Marrero

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Alicante, Spain
Born	(1980-04-08) 8 April 1980 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,890,625
Singles
Career record	3–6
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 7 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 143 (8 February 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	2R (2008)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2008)
US Open	Q1 (2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	192–144
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 5 (11 November 2013)
Current ranking	No. 40 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2013, 2015)
French Open	QF (2013)
Wimbledon	3R (2012, 2014)
US Open	QF (2011, 2014)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2013)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2013)
French Open	1R (2012, 2013, 2014)
Wimbledon	3R (2013)
US Open	QF (2012)
Last updated on: 1 February 2016.

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.^[1]

Significant finals

Year-End Championships finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2013	London	Hard (i)	Fernando Verdasco	Bob Bryan 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	Fernando Verdasco	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–7(2-7), 7–6(8–6), [2–10]
Winner	2015	Rome	Clay	Pablo Cuevas	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–4, 7–5

ATP career finals

Doubles: 27 (13 titles, 14 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	9 May 2010	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Marc López	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–4]
Winner	2.	25 July 2010	International German Open, Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Marc López	Jérémy Chardy Paul-Henri Mathieu	6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	1.	1 May 2011	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Marc López	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	21 May 2011	Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France	Clay	Santiago Gonzalez	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	24 September 2011	BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Julian Knowle	Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	4.	23 October 2011	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Carlos Berlocq	František Čermák Filip Polášek	3–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	25 February 2012	Copa Claro, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	Michal Mertiňák André Sá	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	4 March 2012	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL, Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	6 May 2012	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Julian Knowle	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	5–7, 5–7
Winner	5.	14 July 2012	ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	6.	22 July 2012	International German Open, Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	Rogério Dutra da Silva Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	28 October 2012	Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain	Hard (i)	Fernando Verdasco	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	3–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	2 March 2013	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	7–5, 6–2
Winner	8.	27 July 2013	ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia	Clay	Martin Kližan	Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler	6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
Winner	9.	22 September 2013	St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Fernando Verdasco	Dominic Inglot Denis Istomin	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Runner-up	7.	13 October 2013	Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China	Hard	Fernando Verdasco	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), [2–10]
Winner	10.	11 November 2013	ATP World Tour Finals, London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Fernando Verdasco	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Runner-up	8.	23 February 2014	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	12 April 2014	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, United States	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 4–6, [9–11]
Runner-up	10.	4 May 2014	Portugal Open, Oeiras, Portugal	Clay	Pablo Cuevas	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Runner-up	11.	3 May 2015	Estoril Open, Cascais, Portugal	Clay	Marc López	Treat Huey Scott Lipsky	1-6, 4-6
Winner	11.	17 May 2015	Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy	Clay	Pablo Cuevas	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	12.	27 June 2015	Nottingham Open, Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Pablo Cuevas	Chris Guccione André Sá	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	13.	21 February 2016	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Pablo Carreño	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–7(5–7), 1–6
Runner-up	14.	27 February 2016	Brazil Open, São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Pablo Carreño	Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Winner	12.	16 July 2016	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Marcus Daniell Marcelo Demoliner	6–2, 6–3
Winner	13.	23 July 2016	Croatia Open Umag, Crotaia	Clay	Martin Kližan	Nikola Mektić Antonio Šančić	6–4, 6–2

Doubles Performance Timeline

References

External links

• David Marrero at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marrero Recent Match Results
• Marrero World Ranking History

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Spanish male doubles tennis players as of 28 November 2016
1. Marc López (10 ) 2. Feliciano López (11 ) 3. Marcel Granollers (18 ) 4. Pablo Carreño Busta (25 ) 5. David Marrero (41 )
6. Guillermo García-López (46 ) 7. Íñigo Cervantes (126 1) 8. Rafael Nadal (132 ) 9. Fernando Verdasco (171 1) 10. David Pérez Sanz (172 6)