Happy Birthday, Marc!
Once again, the Open Court blog reminded me it’s Marc!’s birthday. Here’s Stephanie Myles’s write up:
Lopez was a fairly obscure journeyman who teamed up with buddy Rafael Nadal early in 2009 to pull off a major doubles win at Doha, shocking Canadian Daniel Nestor and partner Nenad Zimonjic in the final. Rafa even lend him some duds, or got some for him.
It wasn’t all Nadal; though. Lopez teamed up with Tommy Robredo to make the doubles quarters at the French Open, and the semis two weeks ago in Bastad, Sweden.
So it turns out, all Lopez really needed was a shot. He’s a regular fixture on the doubles circuit now, and seems to play well with everyone he teams up with (usually a fellow Spaniard).
He had started off really well in his singles career, reaching the final in Stuttgart in 2001 (when he was just 19) and beating former top Spaniard Sergi Bruguera along the way. After that, it was pretty much Challenger city.
He’s No. 25 in the world in doubles now, down one spot from his career high just before the French Open this year. And he’s up to nearly a million in prize money.
He has three titles this year: Estoril and the ATP 500 in Hamburg with David Marrero, and the big Indian Wells event with Nadal.
Posted on July 31, 2010 at 5:14 pm by miri