Oliver Marach

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Oliver Marach
Marach at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports) Austria
ResidencePanama City, Panama
Born (1980-07-16) 16 July 1980 (age 43)
Graz, Austria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2022
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachJessie Marach
Prize money$4,706,185
Singles
Career record20–33
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 82 (7 August 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2005, 2006)
French Open1R (2002, 2006)
Wimbledon1R (2006)
US Open1R (2006)
Doubles
Career record457–353 (56.4%)
Career titles23
Highest rankingNo. 2 (28 May 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2018)
French OpenF (2018)
WimbledonF (2017)
US OpenQF (2010, 2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2009, 2010, 2017, 2018)
Olympic GamesQF (2016)
Mixed doubles
Career record16–16
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2010)
French OpenSF (2010)
WimbledonSF (2016)
US OpenSF (2017)
Team competitions
Davis CupQF (2012)
Last updated on: 27 February 2023.

Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is a former Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialised in doubles.

He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 on 28 May 2018. Marach won his first Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open, partnering Mate Pavić,[1] and the pair also finished runners-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 French Open. He and Pavić were the 2018 ATP Doubles Team of the year. In mixed doubles, he has reached three Grand Slam semifinals.

He has represented Austria in the Davis Cup since 2003, and also played at the 2016 Olympic Games alongside Alexander Peya. In 2021, in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he partnered with Philipp Oswald.[2]

Marach retired from professional tennis in December 2022.[3]

Significant finals[edit]

Grand Slam tournament finals[edit]

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)[edit]

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2017 Wimbledon Grass Croatia Mate Pavić Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
7–5, 5–7, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 11–13
Win 2018 Australian Open Hard Croatia Mate Pavić Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
6–4, 6–4
Loss 2018 French Open Clay Croatia Mate Pavić France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
2–6, 6–7(4–7)

Masters 1000 finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2018 Monte-Carlo Masters Clay Croatia Mate Pavić United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–7(5–7), 3–6

ATP career finals[edit]

Doubles: 53 (23 titles, 30 runners-up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (4–8)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (18–19)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–7)
Clay (14–19)
Grass (0–4)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2006 Pörtschach Open,
Austria
International Clay Czech Republic Cyril Suk Australia Paul Hanley
United States Jim Thomas
3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 0–2 Jul 2006 Swedish Open,
Sweden
International Clay Germany Christopher Kas Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Thomas Johansson
3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss 0–3 Jul 2006 Austrian Open Kitzbühel,
Austria
Intl. Gold Clay Czech Republic Cyril Suk Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
Austria Stefan Koubek
2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–4 Apr 2007 Grand Prix Hassan II,
Morocco
International Clay Poland Łukasz Kubot Australia Jordan Kerr
Czech Republic David Škoch
6–7(4–7), 6–1, [4–10]
Win 1–4 Sep 2007 Romanian Open,
Romania
International Clay Slovakia Michal Mertiňák Argentina Martín García
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
7–6(7–2), 7–6(10–8)
Win 2–4 Mar 2008 Mexican Open,
Mexico
Intl. Gold Clay Slovakia Michal Mertiňák Argentina Agustín Calleri
Peru Luis Horna
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Loss 2–5 Mar 2009 Mexican Open,
Mexico
500 Series Clay Poland Łukasz Kubot Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 3–5 Apr 2009 Grand Prix Hassan II,
Morocco
250 Series Clay Poland Łukasz Kubot Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Paul Hanley
7–6(7–4), 3–6, [10–6]
Win 4–5 May 2009 Serbia Open,
Serbia
250 Series Clay Poland Łukasz Kubot Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Win 5–5 Nov 2009 Vienna Open,
Austria
250 Series Hard (i) Poland Łukasz Kubot Austria Julian Knowle
Austria Jürgen Melzer
2–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Win 6–5 Feb 2010 Chile Open,
Chile
250 Series Clay Poland Łukasz Kubot Italy Potito Starace
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 6–0
Loss 6–6 Feb 2010 Brasil Open,
Brazil
250 Series Clay Poland Łukasz Kubot Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Spain Marcel Granollers
5–7, 4–6
Win 7–6 Feb 2010 Mexican Open,
Mexico (2)
500 Series Clay Poland Łukasz Kubot Italy Fabio Fognini
Italy Potito Starace
6–0, 6–0
Win 8–6 May 2010 Bavarian Open,
Germany
250 Series Clay Spain Santiago Ventura United States Eric Butorac
Germany Michael Kohlmann
5–7, 6–3, [16–14]
Loss 8–7 Feb 2011 Chile Open,
Chile
250 Series Clay Poland Łukasz Kubot Brazil Bruno Soares
Brazil Marcelo Melo
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 9–7 Feb 2011 Argentina Open,
Argentina
250 Series Clay Argentina Leonardo Mayer Brazil Franco Ferreiro
Brazil André Sá
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss 9–8 Apr 2011 Serbia Open,
Serbia
250 Series Clay Austria Alexander Peya Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Filip Polášek
5–7, 2–6
Win 10–8 Jul 2011 German Open,
Germany
500 Series Clay Austria Alexander Peya Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Filip Polášek
6–4, 6–1
Win 11–8 Oct 2011 Thailand Open,
Thailand
250 Series Hard (i) Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Germany Michael Kohlmann
Germany Alexander Waske
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win 12–8 Jan 2012 Auckland Open,
New Zealand
250 Series Hard Austria Alexander Peya Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Filip Polášek
6–3, 6–2
Loss 12–9 May 2012 Open de Nice,
France
250 Series Clay Slovakia Filip Polášek United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 12–10 Apr 2013 Romanian Open,
Romania
250 Series Clay Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Belarus Max Mirnyi
Romania Horia Tecău
6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss 12–11 Oct 2013 Swiss Indoors,
Switzerland
500 Series Hard (i) Austria Julian Knowle Philippines Treat Huey
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Win 13–11 Feb 2014 Chile Open,
Chile (2)
250 Series Clay Romania Florin Mergea Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
6–3, 6–4
Loss 13–12 Jul 2014 Swedish Open,
Sweden
250 Series Clay France Jérémy Chardy Sweden Johan Brunström
United States Nicholas Monroe
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [7–10]
Loss 13–13 Feb 2015 Rio Open,
Brazil
500 Series Clay Spain Pablo Andújar Slovakia Martin Kližan
Austria Philipp Oswald
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 13–14 Mar 2015 Argentina Open,
Argentina
250 Series Clay Spain Pablo Andújar Finland Jarkko Nieminen
Brazil André Sá
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 13–15 Aug 2015 Swiss Open,
Switzerland
250 Series Clay Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Belarus Aliaksandr Bury
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
6–3, 2–6, [5–10]
Win 14–15 Jan 2016 Chennai Open,
India
250 Series Hard France Fabrice Martin United States Austin Krajicek
France Benoît Paire
6–3, 7–5
Win 15–15 Feb 2016 Delray Beach Open,
United States
250 Series Hard France Fabrice Martin United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 7–6(9–7), [13–11]
Loss 15–16 Jun 2016 Stuttgart Open,
Germany
250 Series Grass France Fabrice Martin Australia Marcus Daniell
Australia Artem Sitak
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 15–17 Oct 2016 Shenzhen Open,
China
250 Series Hard France Fabrice Martin Italy Fabio Fognini
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 15–18 Oct 2016 Vienna Open,
Austria
500 Series Hard (i) France Fabrice Martin Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–4, 3–6, [11–13]
Loss 15–19 Jun 2017 Stuttgart Open,
Germany
250 Series Grass Croatia Mate Pavić United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares
7–6(7–4), 5–7, [5–10]
Loss 15–20 Jun 2017 Antalya Open,
Turkey
250 Series Grass Croatia Mate Pavić Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
5–7, 1–4 ret.
Loss 15–21 Jul 2017 Wimbledon,
United Kingdom
Grand Slam Grass Croatia Mate Pavić Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
7–5, 5–7, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 11–13
Win 16–21 Jul 2017 Swiss Open,
Switzerland
250 Series Clay Austria Philipp Oswald France Jonathan Eysseric
Croatia Franko Škugor
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 17–21 Oct 2017 Stockholm Open,
Sweden
250 Series Hard (i) Croatia Mate Pavić Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
3–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–4]
Win 18–21 Jan 2018 Qatar Open,
Qatar
250 Series Hard Croatia Mate Pavić United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Win 19–21 Jan 2018 Auckland Open,
New Zealand (2)
250 Series Hard Croatia Mate Pavić Belarus Max Mirnyi
Austria Philipp Oswald
6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Win 20–21 Jan 2018 Australian Open,
Australia
Grand Slam Hard Croatia Mate Pavić Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
6–4, 6–4
Loss 20–22 Feb 2018 Rotterdam Open,
Netherlands
500 Series Hard (i) Croatia Mate Pavić France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
6–2, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss 20–23 Apr 2018 Monte-Carlo Masters,
Monaco
Masters 1000 Clay Croatia Mate Pavić United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win 21–23 May 2018 Geneva Open,
Switzerland
250 Series Clay Croatia Mate Pavić Croatia Ivan Dodig
United States Rajeev Ram
3–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
Loss 21–24 Jun 2018 French Open,
France
Grand Slam Clay Croatia Mate Pavić France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 21–25 Jul 2018 German Open,
Germany
500 Series Clay Croatia Mate Pavić Chile Julio Peralta
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
1–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss 21–26 Oct 2018 China Open,
China
500 Series Hard Croatia Mate Pavić Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
1–6, 4–6
Win 22–26 May 2019 Geneva Open,
Switzerland
250 Series Clay Croatia Mate Pavić Australia Matthew Ebden
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
6–4, 6–4
Loss 22–27 Jul 2019 Croatia Open,
Croatia
250 Series Clay Austria Jürgen Melzer Netherlands Robin Haase
Austria Philipp Oswald
5–7, 7–6(7–2), [12–14]
Win 23–27 Jul 2019 German Open,
Germany (2)
500 Series Clay Austria Jürgen Melzer Netherlands Robin Haase
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 23–28 Feb 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships,
United Arab Emirates
500 Series Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen Australia John Peers
New Zealand Michael Venus
3–6, 2–6
Loss 23–29 May 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open,
Italy
250 Series Clay Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Italy Simone Bolelli
Argentina Máximo González
3–6, 3–6
Loss 23–30 Oct 2021 Sofia Open,
Bulgaria
250 Series Hard (i) Austria Philipp Oswald United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara
United Kingdom Ken Skupski
3–6, 4–6

Performance timelines[edit]

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[edit]

Tournament 2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R Q1 Q1 0 / 2 0–2
French Open 1R Q1 1R Q2 A 0 / 2 0–2
Wimbledon A Q1 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 0–6

Doubles[edit]

Current through the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A 1R 3R 1R SF 3R QF 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R A W 2R 2R 1R 1 / 15 23–14
French Open A A A A A A A A 2R 3R A 2R QF 1R QF 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R F 3R 1R 2R 0 / 15 24–15
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 A A A 2R A 1R QF 1R A 2R A 1R 1R 3R F 1R 2R NH 3R 0 / 12 15–12
US Open A A A A A A A A 1R A A 1R QF A A 2R 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R QF 1R 1R 0 / 12 9–12
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 4–2 0–2 8–4 8–4 3–2 4–3 3–3 2–4 3–4 5–4 8–3 11–3 6–4 1–3 3–4 1 / 54 71–53
Year-end championship
ATP Finals Did not qualify RR RR Did not qualify RR RR Did not qualify 0 / 4 5–5
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 2R A 2R 2R A A A A A SF SF NH A 0 / 6 10–5
Miami Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R SF 2R QF 2R A 1R 1R QF QF QF 0 / 10 12–10
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 2R QF QF QF A 1R A 1R A F 2R 1R 0 / 9 8–9
Madrid Open Not Held A A A A A A A A QF 2R 1R 1R A A A 2R A QF 1R 0 / 7 4–7
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A SF QF A A A A QF 2R QF SF 1R 1R 0 / 8 10–8
Canada Open A A A A A A A A A A A QF 2R A A A A A A SF SF 1R NH 2R 0 / 6 5–6
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A A SF SF 1R A A A A A 2R 2R 1R 2R A 0 / 7 5–7
Shanghai Masters Not Held QF SF 2R A A A A 1R QF SF 1R NH 0 / 7 6–7
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 1R QF QF A A A A A A SF A QF A 0 / 5 6–4
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–6 9–8 8–8 4–4 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–4 5–6 13–7 11–8 3–3 3–5 0 / 65 66–63
National representation
Olympics Not Held A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held QF Not Held 2R 0 / 2 3–2
Davis Cup A A A A A Z1 A A PO A A A A 1R QF PO A Z1 A A PO QR RR 0 / 4 7–6
Career statistics
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Career
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 23
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 4 4 5 2 2 2 3 5 5 9 3 1 2 53
Overall W–L 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 21–17 14–10 8–10 46–27 38–26 39–25 16–16 21–24 16–26 22–26 42–26 38–22 55–21 40–27 17–15 22–29 457–353
Year-end ranking 793 828 264 233 169 463 213 153 40 48 69 13 11 17 48 38 67 48 33 19 4 32 29 45 56.42%

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Marach, Pavic claim Australian Open men's doubles crown". Reuters. 27 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Oliver MARACH Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2022-11-16.
  3. ^ "Doppel-Legende Oliver Marach verabschiedet sich". TennisNet (in German). 22 December 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

External links[edit]

Awards
Preceded by ATP Doubles Team of the Year
(with Croatia Mate Pavić)

2018
Succeeded by