Marcel Granollers
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Country (sports) |
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Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
Born |
Barcelona, Spain | 12 April 1986
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Turned pro | 2003 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach(es) | Fernando Vicente |
Prize money | $8,505,616 |
Singles | |
Career record | 185–217 |
Career titles | 4 |
Highest ranking | No. 19 (23 July 2012) |
Current ranking | No. 37 (7 November 2016) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016) |
French Open | 4R (2012, 2014, 2016) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016) |
US Open | 4R (2013) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 288–188 |
Career titles | 13 |
Highest ranking | No. 4 (25 February 2013) |
Current ranking | No. 18 (7 November 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2013, 2016) |
French Open | F (2014) |
Wimbledon | QF (2008, 2010) |
US Open | F (2014) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (2012) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (2008, 2011) |
Last updated on: 7 November 2016. |
Marcel Granollers Pujol (Catalan: [mərˈsɛɫ ɣɾənuˈʎes puˈʒɔɫ], Spanish: [marˈθel ɣɾanoˈʎers puˈʝol]; born 12 April 1986) is a tennis player from Spain who turned professional in 2003. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 in July 2012, and his highest doubles ranking of World No. 4 in February 2013.[1] Granollers has won 4 singles titles and 9 doubles titles, including the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals. His brother Gerard Granollers is also a tennis player.
Career
2006
Granollers made the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in 2006, but lost to Andrei Pavel. In the qualifying rounds, he beat Stéphane Robert, Konstantinos Economidis and Marco Chiudinelli.[2]
2007
In 2007, Granollers won the Naples and Rome Challengers for doubles with Flavio Cipolla, and the Maspalomas Challenger for doubles with Marc López. At the 2007 French Open, he made the second round of the men's doubles tournament with Feliciano López before they lost in three close sets to the number 4 seeds Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić, who won 7–5, 1–6, 6–4. He lost at the French and Wimbledon Championships both times in the second round of qualifying for the main draws.
2008
2008 saw Granollers qualify for the Australian Open Singles Draw, but lost to Evgeny Korolev in straight sets in the first round.[3] He reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico, an International Series Gold tournament, before losing to José Acasuso 7–6, 6–3. On 20 April, he won his first ATP singles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, defeating World No. 8 James Blake in the final.[4] He had saved two match points in the semifinals.[5] The previous day, he and Pablo Cuevas lost in the doubles final. Following Rafael Nadal's announcement that he would not play the Davis Cup Final at Argentina on 21–23 November, Spain's Captain Emilio Sánchez announced that Marcel Granollers would replace Nadal. This was Granollers' first Davis Cup appearance, although he did not play any matches.
2009
In 2009, Granollers won three ATP doubles titles at the 2009 Brasil Open, the 2009 Copa Telmex, and the 2009 Kremlin Cup, teaming up with Tommy Robredo, Alberto Martín, and Pablo Cuevas respectively.
2010
In the first round of the 2010 Australian Open, Granollers pulled off a remarkable comeback when he recovered from 2 sets down against world no.8 and French Open finalist, Robin Söderling. He then lost to Alejandro Falla in the 2nd round.
2011
Granollers lost in the first round of the Australian Open to eventual champion Novak Djokovic, and he didn't win consecutive matches until the 2011 Miami Masters, where he got to the fourth round.[6] In July, he beat Stanislas Wawrinka, Mikhail Youzhny, and Fernando Verdasco to win his first title of the year and his second career title at the Swiss Open.[7][8] In the US Open, he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, to break into the Top 30.[9] In November, Granollers claimed the title at the Valencia Open 500 by defeating Juan Mónaco in three sets and said, "Winning here has been the biggest achievement in my whole career."[10] He beat four Top 20 players: Alexandr Dolgopolov, Marin Čilić, Gaël Monfils and Juan Martín del Potro en route to the final at the ATP World Tour 500 tournament.[10] Granollers played for the victorious Spain Davis Cup team in 2011, losing the doubles rubber (with Fernando Verdasco) in the quarter final against United States.[11]
2012
Marcel Granollers reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time at French Open, losing to David Ferrer in three straight sets.[12] Granollers lost to Marin Čilić in the final match of Croatia Open on 15 July 2012.[13] Playing doubles alongside countryman Marc López, he went 3–4 in finals, winning titles at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Swiss Open and ATP World Tour Finals. Granollers and Lopez were the first Spanish pair to play at the season-ending championships since Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez in 1994.[14] He also partnered López at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[15]
2013
Granollers made it to the fourth round of the US Open for the first time, and he lost to top-seed Novak Djokovic in straight sets.
2015
Granollers made it to the second round of the French Open, where he was defeated by Roger Federer, the second seed.
2016
He reaches the Quarterfinals of the 2016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters before losing to Gael Monfils in straight sets, he was lucky to be in the draw as he was only in due to being a lucky loser.
Playing style
Granollers' good serve and net skills account for his excellent doubles record. His comparatively technically weak groundstrokes are underpowered with low takebacks on both wings but they provide a decent defensive framework.[16] He is also known for his heavy grunting, so much as to result in ridicule and accusations of gamesmanship due to its loud volume and questionable timing during matches.[17][18][19]
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 2014 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7(1–7) |
Runner-up | 2014 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Year-End Championships finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 2012 | ATP World Tour Finals | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 3–6, [10–3] |
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 2009 | Paris Masters | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2012 | Italian Open | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2012 | Canadian Open | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 6–4, [10–12] |
Runner-up | 2013 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
Runner-up | 2015 | Rome | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 5–7 |
ATP career finals
Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)
Legend |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) |
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–2) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 14 April 2008 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, USA | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 1–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 1. | 7 November 2010 | Valencia Open, Valencia, Spain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
5–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 31 July 2011 | Swiss Open, Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 5 November 2011 | Valencia Open, Valencia, Spain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–3) |
Runner-up | 2. | 15 July 2012 | Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 3 August 2013 | Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
0–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 13 April 2014 | Casablanca Open, Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 29 (13 titles, 16 runners-up)
Legend |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–2) |
ATP World Tour Finals (1–0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–4) |
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–4) |
ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–6) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 14 April 2008 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–7(3–7) |
Winner | 1. | 14 February 2009 | Brasil Open, Costa do Sauipe, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 2. | 22 February 2009 | Buenos Aires Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, [10–8] |
Winner | 3. | 22 October 2009 | Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
Runner-up | 2. | 8 November 2009 | Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 15 November 2009 | Paris Masters, Paris, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 4. | 10 January 2010 | Chennai Open, Chennai, India | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–2 |
Winner | 5. | 14 February 2010 | Brasil Open, Costa do Sauipe, Brazil (2) | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 9 May 2010 | Portugal Open, Estoril, Portugal | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–1), 4–6, [4–10] |
Runner-up | 5. | 26 September 2010 | Romanian Open, Bucharest, Romania | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–5, [11–13] |
Winner | 6. | 15 January 2011 | Auckland Open, Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
Runner-up | 6. | 6 February 2011 | Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 16 July 2011 | Stuttgart Open, Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 4 March 2012 | Mexican Open, Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 29 April 2012 | Barcelona Open, Barcelona, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7(7–9), [8–10] |
Winner | 7. | 20 May 2012 | Italian Open, Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 10. | 14 July 2012 | Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Winner | 8. | 22 July 2012 | Swiss Open, Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(11–9) |
Runner-up | 11. | 12 August 2012 | Canadian Open, Toronto, Canada | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–4, [10–12] |
Winner | 9. | 12 November 2012 | ATP World Tour Finals, London, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 3–6, [10–3] |
Runner-up | 12. | 18 August 2013 | Cincinnati Masters, Cincinnati, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
Winner | 10. | 16 February 2014 | Buenos Aires Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 13. | 7 June 2014 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7(1–7) |
Runner-up | 14. | 7 September 2014 | US Open, New York, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 15. | 17 May 2015 | Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 16. | 24 April 2016 | Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 11. | 16 July 2016 | Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 12. | 9 October 2016 | Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
Winner | 13. | 30 October 2016 | Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | R# | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Current till 2016 Wimbledon Championships.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 6–9 |
French Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 12–9 |
Wimbledon | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 5–10 |
US Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 11–8 | |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 34–36 |
ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 1–5 |
Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 4R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3–5 |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 5–8 |
Madrid Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 5–9 |
Italian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 3R | QF | 2R | 1R | A | 6–6 |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 1R | A | 5–3 | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1–3 | |
Shanghai Masters | NMS | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1–3 | |||
Paris Masters | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 2–6 | |
German Open | A | A | 1R | Not Masters Series | 0–1 | |||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 4–6 | 8–8 | 8–9 | 1–7 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 30–51 |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||
Titles–Runners-up | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | |
Year End Ranking | 160 | 132 | 56 | 91 | 42 | 27 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 84 |
Doubles performance timeline
Current through 2015 Wimbledon Championships.
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W–L | |||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | 0 / 8 | 8–8 | |||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | F | 1R | 0 / 9 | 12–9 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 9 | 11–9 | |||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 2R | 1R | 2R | SF | 3R | SF | 3R | F | 0 / 7 | 14–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 2–3 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 8–4 | 7–2 | 4–4 | 9–4 | 13–4 | 1-3 | 0 / 33 | 51–33 | |||||||||||||||||||
Year-End Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ATP World Tour Finals | A | A | A | A | A | W | RR | RR | 1 / 3 | 6–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ATP Masters Series 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | SF | 1R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | 1R | QF | SF | 2R | 1R | QF | 0 / 6 | 6–5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Madrid Open (clay) | As Hamburg | QF | SF | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | SF | 0 / 7 | 11–7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | QF | W | SF | 2R | F | 1 / 5 | 12–4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | F | QF | QF | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | QF | F | 2R | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Madrid Open (hard) | A | QF | Held as Shanghai | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | Not Held | A | A | A | 2R | QF | SF | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Paris Masters | A | A | F | 1R | A | A | QF | SF | 0 / 4 | 7-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 16–6 | 11–9 | 7–8 | 7–5 | 1 / 41 | 58–39 | |||||||||||||||||||
Year–End Ranking | 59 | 60 | 25 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
Wins over top 10 players
Season | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Total |
Wins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
# | Player | Rank | Tournament | Surface | Rd | Score |
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8 | Houston, United States | Hard | F | 6–4, 1–6, 7–5 |
2010 | ||||||
2. | ![]() |
8 | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | 1R | 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 |
2011 | ||||||
3. | ![]() |
10 | Valencia, Spain | Hard | QF | 7–6(14–12), 3–6, 6–4 |
2013 | ||||||
4. | ![]() |
2 | Rome, Italy | Clay | 2R | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), ret. |
2014 | ||||||
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5 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | 1R | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
2016 | ||||||
6. | ![]() |
9 | Shanghai, China | Hard | 2R | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–1) |
References
- ↑ "Marcel Granollers Player Profile". ATPWorldTour.com.
- ↑ Wimbledon bio
- ↑ ATP Vault
- ↑ "Granollers Defeats Blake To Win First ATP Title". ATPWorldTour.com. 21 April 2008.
- ↑ "First-Time Winner Spotlight Marcel Granollers". ATPWorldTour.com. 21 April 2008.
- ↑ "Playing Activity". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
- ↑ "Granollers Wins All-Spanish Contest To Capture Second Title". ATPWorldTour.com. 31 July 2011.
- ↑ "Granollers Beats Verdasco To Win Swiss Open". 31 July 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
- ↑ "Emirates ATP Rankings History". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- 1 2 "Granollers Outlasts Monaco For Valencia Title". ATPWorldTour.com. 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "Davis Cup 2011". Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ↑ "Marcel Granollers". Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ↑ "Marin Cilic beats Marcel Granollers to win Croatia Open". 16 July 2012.
- ↑ "Granollers/Lopez Win Biggest Title of Their Careers in London". ATPWorldTour.com. 12 November 2012.
- ↑ "Marcel Granollers Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ↑ ATP: Q&A With Marcel Granollers, 12 March 2010.
- ↑ "Grunting plagues the men's game, too", Sports Illustrated.
- ↑ "With Granollers, the Volume Is Out of Control", Straight Sets: Tennis Blog of The New York Times, 4 June 2012.
- ↑ "David Ferrer dispatches groaning Granollers", stuff.co.nz, 5 June 2012.
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