Fábián Marozsán Explained

Fábián Marozsán
Residence:Érd, Hungary
Birth Date:1999 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Height:1.93m (06.33feet)
Turnedpro:2017
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach:György Balázs
Careerprizemoney:$1,705,650
Singlesrecord:
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 36 (6 May 2024)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 50 (12 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:3R (2024)
Frenchopenresult:2R (2024)
Wimbledonresult:1R (2023, 2024)
Usopenresult:2R (2023)
Othertournaments:yes
Olympicsresult:1R (2024)
Doublesrecord:
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 444 (16 January 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 557 (12 August 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (2024)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (2024)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (2024)
Othertournamentsdoubles:yes
Olympicsdoublesresult:1R (2024)
Team:yes
Daviscupresult:4–5
Updated:5 August 2024

Fábián Marozsán (born 8 October 1999) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 36 achieved on 6 May 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 444 achieved on 16 January 2023.[1] He is currently the No. 1 Hungarian player.[2]

Career

2022: First Challenger title and top 200

He won his first Challenger title in August 2022 in Banja Luka and reached the top 200 at world No. 185 on 29 August 2022.[3]

2023: ATP, Major debut, Masters debut & win over world No. 2 & quarterfinal, top 65

He won his second Challenger in March 2023 in Antalya[4] and moved to a new career high of No. 128 on 20 March 2023.

Ranked No. 135, Marozsán made his ATP and Masters 1000 debut at the 2023 Italian Open after qualifying into the main draw. He won his first Masters level match, defeating Corentin Moutet. In his second round match, he defeated 32nd seed Jiří Lehečka in a third set tiebreaker. He then upset world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets for the biggest win of his career and first top-5 and top-10 win, to reach the fourth round. As a result, he moved 20 positions up to world No. 115 on 22 May 2023.[5] [6] He lost to Borna Ćorić in three sets.[7]

He reached the top 100 on 19 June 2023, after winning the Perugia Challenger title, defeating top seed Pedro Cachin in the semifinals and wildcard Edoardo Lavagno in the final without dropping a set en route.[8]

He made his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser after the late withdrawal of Nick Kyrgios.[9]

In his second Grand Slam main draw appearance, he reached the second round of the 2023 US Open. In his first round match, he defeated Richard Gasquet in a five sets match where he was originally leading by two sets and a break.[10]

At the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters he reached again the fourth round at the Masters level in the season and only twice in his career, defeating Arthur Rinderknech, 11th seed Alex de Minaur and Dušan Lajović for his fourth, fifth and sixth wins at a Masters 1000 level all in straight sets.[11] He became the first Hungarian to reach a quarterfinal at the Masters 1000 level since the series began in 1990 with a top-10 win over Casper Ruud.[12] He lost to 16th seed and eventual champion Hubert Hurkacz in three sets.[13]

He reached another quarterfinal at the 2023 Sofia Open defeating Roberto Bautista Agut coming back from a break down in the third set and converting his fourth match point, before losing to Jan-Lennard Struff.[14]

2024: First Major third round, second Masters quarterfinal, top 40

At the 2024 Australian Open he reached the third round with wins over Marin Čilić and 22nd seed Francisco Cerundolo.[15] At the 2024 BNP Paribas Open he reached the fourth round of a Masters for the third time in his career defeating lucky loser Jurij Rodionov, 24th seed Nicolás Jarry and qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild.At the 2024 Miami Open he reached again the fourth round of a Masters, this time defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic, upsetting sixth seed Holger Rune, for his third top-10 win, dropping only two games en route in less than one hour,[16] [17] and Alexei Popyrin also in straight sets.[18] He defeated another Australian and top 10 player Alex de Minaur to reach his second Masters quarterfinal. As a result he reached the top 40 in the rankings.[19]

Performance timeline

Current through the 2024 National Bank Open.

Tournament2021202220232024SRwidth=35W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAQ13R0 / 12–1
French OpenAAQ22R0 / 11–1
WimbledonAA1R1R0 / 20–2
US OpenAA2R0 / 11–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–01–23–30 / 54–5
National representation
Davis CupRRWG1WG10 / 11–2
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsAAA4R0 / 13–1
Miami OpenAAAQF0 / 14–1
Monte-Carlo MastersAAAA0 / 00–0
Madrid OpenAAA2R0 / 11–1
Italian OpenAA4R1R0 / 23–2
Canadian OpenAAA1R0 / 10–1
Cincinnati MastersAAA0 / 00–0
Shanghai MastersAAQF0 / 14–1
Paris MastersAAA0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–07–28–50 / 715–7
Career statistics
Tournaments0072128
style=text-align:leftOverall win–loss0–10–012–817–2229–31
Year-end ranking37117364

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 15 (8-7)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (5–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (6–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1M15 Belgrade, SerbiaWorld TourClay Marko Miladinović3–6, 3–6
Loss0–2M15 Piešťany, SlovakiaWorld TourClay Lukáš Klein1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss0–3M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld TourClay Máté Valkusz2–6, 5–7
Loss0–4M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld TourClay Lorenzo Musetti5–7, 2–6
Win1–4M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld TourClay Ronald Slobodchikov7–5, 6–4
Win2–4M15 Bratislava, SlovakiaWorld TourHard Jonathan Eysseric6–2, 3–0 ret.
Loss2–5M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld TourClay Christopher Heyman2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss2–6M15 Bratislava, SlovakiaWorld TourClay Máté Valkusz6–3, 1–6, 4–5 ret.
Win3–6M15 Žilina, SlovakiaWorld TourClay Bastián Malla1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win4–6M15 Zlatibor, SlovakiaWorld TourClay Marko Tepavac6–4, 2–1 ret.
Win5–6M25 Loulé, PortugalWorld TourHard Lucas Miedler6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–3
Win6–6Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaChallengerClay Damir Džumhur6–2, 6–1
Loss6–7Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard (i) Márton Fucsovics2–6, 4–6
Win7–7Antalya, TurkeyChallengerClay Sebastian Ofner7–5, 6–0
Win8–7Perugia, ItalyChallengerClay Edoardo Lavagno6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 11 (6-5)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (6–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Slovakia F1
Trnava
FuturesClay Matthew Kandath Petr Michnev
Tadeas Paroulek
6–7(1–7), 7–6(10–8), [7–10]
Loss0–2Serbia F5
Zlatibor
FuturesClay Martin Fekiač Caio Silva
Thales Turini
4–6, 2–6
Win1–2M15 Piešťany
Slovakia
World TourClay Péter Nagy Raphael Baltensperger
Matvey Khomentovskiy
7–6(7–2), 6–0
Win2–2M25 Gyula
Hungary
World TourClay Gábor Borsos Alexander Igoshin
Evgenii Tiurnev
7–6(9–7), 2–6, [12–10]
Win3–2M15 Antalya
Turkey
World TourClay Máté Valkusz Vladimir Korolev
Ronald Slobodchikov
7–5, 6–2
Win4–2M15 Antalya
Turkey
World TourClay Péter Fajta Stefano Battaglino
Riccardo Bonadio
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [14–12]
Win5–2M15 Antalya
Turkey
World TourClay Máté Valkusz David Jordà Sanchis
Niklas Schell
6–3, 7–5
Loss5–3M15 Antalya
Turkey
World TourClay Péter Nagy Călin Manda
Oleg Prihodko
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [8–10]
Loss5–4M15 Antalya
Turkey
World TourClay Péter Nagy Jonáš Forejtek
Michael Vrbenský
3–6, 4–6
Win6–4M15 Antalya
Turkey
World TourClay Péter Fajta Emiliano Maggioli
Oleksandr Ovcharenko
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss6–5M25 Vilnius
Lithuania
World TourHard (i) Péter Fajta Ivan Liutarevich
Denis Yevseyev
4–6, 6–7(4–7)

Wins against top 10 players

WPlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore
2023
1. Carlos Alcarazalign=center bgcolor=thistle2Italian Open, ItalyClay3R6–3, 7–6(7–4)135
2. Casper Ruudalign=center bgcolor=eee8aa9Shanghai Masters, ChinaHard4R7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–491
2024
3. Holger Runealign=center bgcolor=eee8aa7Miami Open, United StatesHard2R6–1, 6–157
4. Alex de Minauralign=center bgcolor=eee8aa10Miami Open, United StatesHard4R6–4, 0–6, 6–157
5. Grigor Dimitrovalign=center bgcolor=eee8aa9Cincinnati Open, United StatesHard2R4–6, 6–4, 6–350

National representation

Davis Cup

Marozsán represents Hungary at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 4–5.[22]

Group membership
Finals (0–3)
Qualifying round (2–1)
World Group I (2–1)
Matches by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (1–2)
Doubles (3–3)
ResultNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score
1–2; 27 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Finals Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Loss1IIIDoubles (with Zsombor Piros) AustraliaAlex Bolt / John Peers3–6, 7–6(13–11), 3–6
1–2; 28 November 2021; Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy; Davis Cup Finals Group D round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Loss2ISingles CroatiaNino Serdarušić4–6, 4–6
Loss3IIIDoubles (with Péter Nagy)Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić6–7(6–8), 2–6
2–3; 4–5 March 2022; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard surface
Win4IIDoubles (with Máté Valkusz) AustraliaJohn Peers / Luke Saville6–4, 6–4
3–1; 15–16 September 2022; SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania; World Group I first round; hard (indoor) surface
Loss5IIIDoubles (with Péter Fajta) UkraineIllya Beloborodko / Vladyslav Manafov6–7(4–7), 4–6
2–3; 3–4 February 2023; Multifunctional Arena, Tatabánya, Hungary; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Win6IIIDoubles (with Máté Valkusz) FranceNicolas Mahut / Arthur Rinderknech6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss7VSinglesUgo Humbert3–6, 3–6
3–0; 15–16 September 2023; Helikon Teniszcentrum, Keszthely, Hungary; World Group I first round; clay surface
Win8ISingles TurkeyAltuğ Çelikbilek7–5, 6–2
Win9IIIDoubles (with Máté Valkusz)Altuğ Çelikbilek / Cem İlkel6–3, 6–3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fabian Marozsan | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour.
  2. Web site: ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  3. Web site: Meet Fabian Marozsan, The Rising Hungarian Who Has Never Lost Against the Top-10.
  4. Web site: Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Benoit Paire Back in the Winners' Circle . 14 March 2023 .
  5. Web site: Fabian Marozsan Beats Carlos Alcaraz in Rome Upset | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  6. Web site: Hungarian Legend Taroczy Reflects on Marozsan's 'Incredible' Alcaraz Win | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  7. Web site: Stefanos Tsitsipas Does Double Duty to Reach Rome Quarter-finals | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  8. Web site: Fabian Marozsan Wins Challenger Title to Crack Top 100; Murray & Nishikori Also Triumph | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  9. Web site: Nick Kyrgios told 'don't come back' to Wimbledon after late withdrawal.
  10. Web site: Fabian Marozsan Emerging as Best of Hungarian 'Golden Generation' . 29 August 2023 .
  11. Web site: Casper Ruud Through in Shanghai, Brandon Nakashima Beats Holger Rune | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  12. Web site: Fabian Marozsan Upsets Casper Ruud in Shanghai | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  13. Web site: Hubert Hurkacz Beats Fabian Marozsan, Reaches Shanghai SFS | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  14. https://twitter.com/sofiaopentennis/status/1722535213857722749
  15. Web site: The journey of Fabian Marozsan, who beat Alcaraz last season. 18 January 2024.
  16. Web site: Miami match point: Fabian Marozsan drops two games in blowing out Holger Rune. 23 March 2024.
  17. Web site: Fabian Marozsan, still "the new guy" on tour, after Holger Rune upset: "I can't believe what just happened!". 23 March 2024.
  18. Web site: This is Fabian Marozsan: Why the Hungarian likes The Rock & Jason Statham. 26 March 2024.
  19. Web site: Showtime Alcaraz ousts Musetti; Dimitrov buries his Miami 'kryptonite' . 27 March 2024.
  20. Web site: Fábián Marozsán – ATP Win/Loss. ATP Tour.
  21. Web site: H2H.
  22. Web site: Davis Cup – Players .