Career Highlights

-          in 2010 he was finalist of the Rabat Challenger in Morocco

-          Marcel reached a career-high ranking in doubles of 21

-          with Pablo Cuevas Marcel won the ATP Tour doubles event of Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil where they defeated Kubot/ Marach: 7-5, 6-4

-          with Cuevas he also reached the final of Estoril

-          with Santiago Ventura Marcel won Chennai, India

-          Marcel reached the semi final of the Master Series of Madrid, together with Viktor Troicki, loosing to the Bryan brothers

-          in 2009 Marcel reached a career-high ranking of 44 in singles

-          he reached the semi final of the ATP Tour event of Chennai, India where he lost to Marin Cilic

-          he reached the final of the Khanty-Mansiysk Challenger in Russia, where he also won the doubles tournament with his brother Gerard, defeating the Russians Kirilov/ Kutnetsov

-          in doubles Marcel reached the final of the Master Series of Paris with Tommy Robredo, with whom he also reached the final of the ATP Tour event of Valencia

-          in doubles Marcel won the ATP Tour events of: Moscow, Buenos Aires and Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil    

-          in 2008 Marcel won his first ATP title in Houston where he defeated No. 8 Blake in a three set final

-          he was member of the winning Spanish Davis Cup team which defeated Argentina with 3-1

-          he won the Challenger title in Tanger, Morocco where he defeated Gimeno-Traver

-          in 2007 Marcel enjoyed an excellent season on the Challenger circuit, reaching three finals in Montevideo, Belo Horizonte and Bucharest-2

-          in doubles he won nine Challenger titles –including five with Ventura-

-          he reached his first ATP quarter final in Valencia

-          in 2006 Marcel captured his first Challenger title in Barcelona where he defeated Oscar Hernandez

Personal

His full name is Marcel Granollers Pujol. He began playing at the age of five. His father Javier is a commercial director and his mother Montse is a teacher. He also has a younger brother Gerard (20) who reached a career-high ranking of No. 684 in August 2008. Marcel speaks Spanish and English. He enjoys football and supports R.C.D. Espanyol. He considers clay his favorite surface. He is coached by David de Miguel.