The Catalan tennis player Marcel Granollers this Monday he added his victoria number 500 on the ATP doubles circuitwith the triumph that he and his current partner, the Argentine Horacio Zeballosthey achieved in the tournament Miami over the Salvadoran Marcelo Arévalo and the Croatian Mate Pavic (7-5 and 6-3).
Granollers, from 37 yearshas won throughout his career 25 doubles titlesamong them that of the 2012 ATP Finals along with the also Spanish Marc Lopez
As an individual player he won four tournaments. He started playing doubles in 2007 to improve its performance and over the years it became one of the best specialists in the world.
Nicolás Almagro was his first doubles partner, although his first title he won in 2009 with Tommy Robredo in the Costa do Sauipe tournament (Brazil).
Of his 25 titles, eight have been won with Zeballos, four with Marc López, two with Tommy Robredo, two with the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas, two with the Croatian Ivan Dodig and the rest with different partners.
Teammates with whom Granollers has won a title:
- 8: Horacio Zeballos
- 4: Marc López
- 2: Tommy Robredo, Pablo Cuevas, Ivan Dodig
- 1:Alberto Martín, Santiago Ventura, David Marrero, Marcin Matkowski, Jack Sock, Rajeev Ram, Sergiy Stakhovsky
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos, champions of the Mutua Madrid Open 2021.
17 years on the circuit
His best ATP ranking in doubles was achieved in 2013, when he rose to number 4 on the world list. Currently listed at 9. In the individual ranking she reached number 19 in 2012.
“I have had very good teammates with whom I have also maintained a good relationship and that counts for a lot on the court,” said Granollers about his doubles career, in statements collected by the ATP. “I am grateful that players like Robredo, Feli (Feliciano López) and Almagro gave me the opportunity to play with themin big tournaments when I was starting. Then with Marc (López) I got great results and doing it with a friend is even more special,” he added.
With Marc (López) I got great results and doing it with a friend is even more special
Marcel Granollers
Granollers and Zeballos will compete in the quarter finals of the Miami tournament, in which they are the fourth seeds, against the British Lloyd Glasspool and the Dutch Jean-Julien Rojer.
Who are the tennis players with the most victories on the doubles circuit?
500 victories that demonstrate the Catalan’s great career within the modality. However, the record of wins in the modality doubles that of Granollers. In fact, just Three tennis players in history have managed to surpass the figure of 1,000 victories.
The list is led by the American twin brothers Mike (1.150) y Bob Bryan (1,109), the most successful couple in the history of world tennis, who after winning 119 titles retired in 2020. The podium is completed by the Canadian Daniel Nestor, winner of 8 Grand Slam titles with 1,062 wins.
List of tennis players with the most doubles victories:
- 1.1150 Mike Bryan
- 1.109 Bob Bryan
- 1.062 Daniel Nestor
2024-03-26 15:31:45
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