David Marrero

David Marrero

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Alicante, Spain
Born	(1980-04-08) 8 April 1980 (age 44) 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	US$2,375,557
Singles
Career record	3–6 (33.3%)
Career titles	0
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	247–216 (53.3%)
Career titles	14
Highest ranking	No. 5 (11 November 2013)
Current ranking	No. 588 (18 April 2022)
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)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	0–3 (0%)
Last updated on: 18 April 2022.

David Marrero Santana (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið maˈreɾo sanˈtana]; born 8 April 1980) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Marrero won 14 doubles titles and reached 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 García before losing to No. 104 Fabio Fognini in the 2nd round. In February, Marrero scored another upset, defeating World No. 114 Máximo González.

2009–2013: ATP tour finals and World No. 5 in doubles

Marrero reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 143 on 8 February 2010 and career-high ranking of World No. 5 in doubles on 11 November 2013 after winning the ATP World Tour Finals with Fernando Verdasco defeating the Bryan brothers.

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]

2022: Retirement announcement

He announced his retirement at the 2022 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell,^[2] but continued to play on the ITF and Challenger circuits.

Significant finals

Year-end championships finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	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)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2013	Shanghai	Hard	Fernando Verdasco	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), [2–10]
Win	2015	Rome	Clay	Pablo Cuevas	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–4, 7–5

ATP career finals

Doubles: 30 (14 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2010	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Marc López	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–4]
Win	2–0	Jul 2010	German Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Marc López	Jérémy Chardy Paul-Henri Mathieu	6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss	2–1	May 2011	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Marc López	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	May 2011	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France	250 Series	Clay	Santiago González	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Sep 2011	Romanian Open, Romania	250 Series	Clay	Julian Knowle	Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	2–4	Oct 2011	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Carlos Berlocq	František Čermák Filip Polášek	3–6, 1–6
Win	3–4	Feb 2012	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	Michal Mertiňák André Sá	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–4	Feb 2012	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–5	May 2012	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Julian Knowle	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	5–7, 5–7
Win	5–5	Jul 2012	Croatia Open, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win	6–5	Jul 2012	German Open, Germany (2)	500 Series	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	Rogério Dutra Silva Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Oct 2012	Valencia Open, Spain	500 Series	Hard (i)	Fernando Verdasco	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	3–6, 2–6
Win	7–6	Mar 2013	Mexican Open, Mexico (2)	500 Series	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	7–5, 6–2
Win	8–6	Jul 2013	Croatia Open, Croatia (2)	250 Series	Clay	Martin Kližan	Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler	6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
Win	9–6	Sep 2013	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Fernando Verdasco	Dominic Inglot Denis Istomin	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss	9–7	Oct 2013	Shanghai Masters, China	Masters 1000	Hard	Fernando Verdasco	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), [2–10]
Win	10–7	Nov 2013	ATP World Tour Finals, United Kingdom	Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Fernando Verdasco	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Loss	10–8	Feb 2014	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	4–6, 2–6
Loss	10–9	Apr 2014	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States	250 Series	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss	10–10	May 2014	Portugal Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Pablo Cuevas	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	10–11	May 2015	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Marc López	Treat Huey Scott Lipsky	1–6, 4–6
Win	11–11	May 2015	Italian Open, Italy	Masters 1000	Clay	Pablo Cuevas	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–4, 7–5
Loss	11–12	Jun 2015	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	250 Series	Grass	Pablo Cuevas	Chris Guccione André Sá	2–6, 5–7
Loss	11–13	Feb 2016	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Pablo Carreño Busta	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–7(5–7), 1–6
Loss	11–14	Feb 2016	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay	Pablo Carreño Busta	Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Win	12–14	Jul 2016	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Marcus Daniell Marcelo Demoliner	6–2, 6–3
Win	13–14	Jul 2016	Croatia Open, Croatia (3)	250 Series	Clay	Martin Kližan	Nikola Mektić Antonio Šančić	6–4, 6–2
Loss	13–15	Feb 2017	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Santiago González	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	1–6, 4–6
Loss	13–16	May 2017	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Tommy Robredo	Ryan Harrison Michael Venus	5–7, 2–6
Win	14–16	Feb 2018	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya	5–7, 7–5, [10–8]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 16 (8–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2002	France F22, Rodez	Futures	Hard (i)	Jérôme Hanquez	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2003	Chile F3, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Paul Capdeville	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Aug 2004	Spain F20, Santander	Futures	Clay	Mariano Albert-Ferrando	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(7–9)
Win	2–2	May 2005	Spain F5, Lleida	Futures	Clay	Javier Genaro Martínez	7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Win	3–2	May 2005	Spain F14, Alicante	Futures	Clay	Bartolomé Salvá Vidal	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Sep 2005	Spain F25, Madrid	Futures	Hard	Michel Koning	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win	4–3	Oct 2005	Spain F27, El Ejido	Futures	Hard	Jesse Huta Galung	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–4	Feb 2006	Spain F5, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos González	3–6, 0–3 ret.
Loss	4–5	Oct 2006	Spain F32, El Ejido	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Perić	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–5	Feb 2007	Spain F4, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Gabriel Trujillo Soler	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	5–6	Mar 2007	Spain F9, Sabadell	Futures	Clay	Bartolomé Salvá Vidal	2–6, 2–6
Win	6–6	Apr 2007	Spain F12, Zaragoza	Futures	Clay (i)	Gabriel Trujillo Soler	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	7–6	Jul 2007	France F9, Toulon	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Sidorenko	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7–7	Jan 2008	La Serena, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	3–6, 1–6
Loss	7–8	Mar 2009	Meknes, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Rui Machado	2–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Win	8–8	Apr 2009	Monza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Antonio Veić	5–7, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 60 (33–27)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2000	France F15, Aix-les-Bains	Futures	Clay	Sergi Durán Bernad	Luke Bourgeois Domenic Marafiote	4–5(5–7), 2–4, 2–4
Loss	0–2	Aug 2001	Spain F5, Xàtiva	Futures	Clay	Francesc Lleal Garrés	Carlos Rexach Itoiz Gabriel Trujillo Soler	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	0–3	Dec 2001	Spain F16, Las Palmas	Futures	Clay	Carlos Rexach Itoiz	Jun Kato Jan Weinzierl	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–4	Jun 2002	Spain F2, Canarias	Futures	Clay	Marc Fornell Mestres	Jesús Manteca Jurado Fernando Verdasco	6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss	0–5	Sep 2002	Poland F8, Warszawa	Futures	Clay	Carlos Rexach Itoiz	Marcin Gołąb Kamil Lewandowicz	w/o
Loss	0–6	Dec 2002	Spain F20, Gran Canaria	Futures	Clay	Gabriel Rodríguez Ruano	Iván Navarro Santiago Ventura	3–6, 2–1 ret.
Loss	0–7	Apr 2003	Chile F3, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Paul Capdeville	Francisco Cabello Adrián García	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–8	Feb 2004	Spain F1, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Germán Puentes Alcañiz	Ionuț Moldovan Gabriel Moraru	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–8	Apr 2004	Italy F3, Cremona	Futures	Clay	José Antonio Sánchez de Luna	Fabio Colangelo Alessandro Motti	6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–9	Aug 2004	Spain F18, Vigo	Futures	Clay	Carlos Rexach Itoiz	Rui Machado Martín Vilarrubí	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–10	Aug 2004	Spain F20, Santander	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos González	Marcel Granollers Valentin Sanon	w/o
Loss	1–11	Sep 2004	Spain F21, Oviedo	Futures	Clay	Héctor Ruiz-Cadenas	Antonio Baldellou-Esteva Germán Puentes Alcañiz	4–6, 0–6
Loss	1–12	Oct 2004	Spain F28, Barcelona	Futures	Clay	Gorka Fraile	Marc Fornell Mestres Mario Muñoz-Bejarano	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	2–12	Oct 2004	Spain F29, Vilafranca	Futures	Clay	Gorka Fraile	Antonio Baldellou-Esteva Germán Puentes Alcañiz	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win	3–12	May 2005	Spain F8, Balaguer	Futures	Clay	Carlos Rexach Itoiz	Miguel Ángel López Jaén Pablo Santos González	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	3–13	May 2005	Spain F9, Reus	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos González	Marc Fornell Mestres Komlavi Loglo	7–5, 5–7, 1–6
Win	4–13	May 2005	Spain F14, Alicante	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos González	Pablo Andújar Jun Kato	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	4–14	May 2005	Spain F16, Gandia	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos González	Marc Fornell Mestres Jordi Marsé-Vidri	6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	5–14	Oct 2005	Spain F27, El Ejido	Futures	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Marcos Jiménez-Letrado Juan-Miguel Such-Pérez	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–14	Oct 2005	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Gabriel Trujillo Soler	Bart Beks Matwé Middelkoop	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–15	Oct 2005	Spain F29, Barcelona	Futures	Clay	Gabriel Trujillo Soler	Antonio Baldellou-Esteva Germán Puentes Alcañiz	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win	7–15	Nov 2005	Spain F32, Gran Canaria	Futures	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Antonio Baldellou-Esteva José Luis Muguruza	6–1, 6–3
Win	8–15	Feb 2006	Spain F4, Yecla	Futures	Hard	Gabriel Trujillo Soler	Farrukh Dustov Denis Matsukevich	6–1, 6–2
Win	9–15	Feb 2006	Spain F5, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos González	Javier Foronda Bolaños Daniel Monedero-González	6–2, 6–4
Win	10–15	Feb 2006	Spain F7, Cartagena	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos González	Marc Fornell Mestres Héctor Ruiz-Cadenas	6–2, 6–4
Win	11–15	Apr 2006	Spain F8, Zaragoza	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos González	Marc Fornell Mestres Jordi Marsé-Vidri	6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–16	May 2006	Telde, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	Adam Chadaj Michael Ryderstedt	7–5, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	12–16	May 2006	Spain F15, Balaguer	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos González	Marc Fornell Mestres Jordi Marsé-Vidri	6–3, 6–4
Loss	12–17	Sep 2006	Spain F28, Oviedo	Futures	Clay	Miguel Ángel López Jaén	Marc Fornell Mestres Juan-Miguel Such-Pérez	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss	12–18	Sep 2006	Spain F29, Móstoles	Futures	Hard	Miguel Ángel López Jaén	Komlavi Loglo Carlos Rexach Itoiz	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	12–19	Oct 2006	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Santos González	Flavio Cipolla Marcel Granollers	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	13–19	Oct 2006	Spain F35, Sant Cugat	Futures	Clay	Miguel Ángel López Jaén	Diego Álvarez Carlos Poch Gradin	6–4, 6–2
Loss	13–20	Nov 2006	Spain F36, Vilafranca	Futures	Clay	Miguel Ángel López Jaén	Diego Álvarez Carlos Poch Gradin	6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win	14–20	Jan 2007	Spain F2, Calvià	Futures	Clay	Miguel Ángel López Jaén	José Antonio Sánchez de Luna Santiago Ventura	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6)
Win	15–20	Feb 2007	Spain F5, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Miguel Ángel López Jaén	Carlos Poch Gradin Carlos Rexach Itoiz	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	16–20	Mar 2007	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Albert Portas	Alessandro Motti Simone Vagnozzi	6–4, 6–4
Win	17–20	Apr 2007	Spain F15, Reus	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos González	Julián Alonso Gerard Granollers Pujol	6–4, 6–4
Loss	17–21	Jun 2007	France F8, Blois	Futures	Clay	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	Adrian Mannarino Josselin Ouanna	2–6, 1–6
Win	18–21	Jul 2007	France F9, Toulon	Futures	Clay	Augustin Gensse	Adriano Biasella Marcel Felder	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	18–22	Oct 2007	Portugal F4, Porto	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos González	Yann Marti Cristian Villagrán	w/o
Loss	18–23	Oct 2007	Spain F38, Sant Cugat	Futures	Clay	Miguel Ángel López Jaén	Marc Fornell Mestres Jordi Marsé-Vidri	7–5, 0–6, [4–10]
Win	19–23	Sep 2008	Brașov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	Carlos Poch Gradin Pablo Santos González	6–4, 6–3
Win	20–23	Sep 2008	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Santos González	Rogério Dutra Silva Flávio Saretta	2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	21–23	Sep 2008	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Dawid Olejniczak	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	22–23	Mar 2009	Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Juan Pablo Brzezicki	Daniele Bracciali Simone Vagnozzi	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	23–23	Apr 2009	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Cuevas	Frank Moser Lukáš Rosol	6–4, 6–3
Win	24–23	Jun 2009	Constanța, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Adrián García	Adrian Cruciat Florin Mergea	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	25–23	Oct 2009	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Juan Pablo Brzezicki	Martín Cuevas Pablo Cuevas	6–4, 6–4
Loss	25–24	Oct 2009	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Juan Pablo Brzezicki	Diego Cristin Eduardo Schwank	4–6, 5–7
Loss	25–25	Nov 2009	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Diego Junqueira	Franco Ferreiro Ricardo Mello	3–6, 3–6
Loss	25–26	Nov 2009	Medellín, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Diego Junqueira	Sebastián Decoud Eduardo Schwank	0–6, 2–6
Win	26–26	Mar 2010	Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Uladzimir Ignatik Martin Kližan	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win	27–26	Mar 2010	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Ilija Bozoljac Daniele Bracciali	6–3, 6–3
Win	28–26	Apr 2010	Saint Brieuc, France	Challenger	Clay (i)	Uladzimir Ignatik	Brian Battistone Ryler DeHeart	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	29–26	Apr 2010	Monza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Martin Fischer Frederik Nielsen	6–3, 6–3
Win	30–26	Jun 2010	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	30–27	Jun 2011	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Sergey Bubka Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	5–7, 2–6
Win	31–27	Oct 2011	Madrid, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Daniel Gimeno Traver Morgan Phillips	4–6, 7–6(10–8), [11–9]
Win	32–27	Dec 2013	Spain F41, Puerto del Carmen	Futures	Hard	Marcos Conde-Jackson	Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez Jaime Pulgar-García	6–3, 6–3
Win	33–27	Apr 2019	Murcia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Marcus Daniell	Rameez Junaid Andrei Vasilevski	6–4, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

• David Marrero at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• David Marrero at the International Tennis Federation
• David Marrero at the Davis Cup
• Marrero recent match results
• Marrero world ranking history