Marcos Giron
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| Full name | Marcos Andres Giron |
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| Country (sports) |  United States |
| Residence | Thousand Oaks, California |
| Born | July 24, 1993 Thousand Oaks, California |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Turned pro | 2014 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | UCLA |
| Coach | Evan Lee, Robby Ginepri |
| Prize money | $1,222,692 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 27–31 (46.6%) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 64 (12 July 2021) |
| Current ranking | No. 65 (26 July 2021) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2020, 2021) |
| French Open | 3R (2021) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2021) |
| US Open | 2R (2020, 2021) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2021) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–3 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 199 (1 July 2019) |
| Current ranking | No. 657 (14 June 2021) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2021) |
| US Open | 1R (2014) |
| Last updated on: 1 July 2021. | |
Marcos Giron (born July 24, 1993; Spanish: Marcos Girón) is an American professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 64 on 12 July 2021 and a doubles ranking of No. 199 on 1 July 2019. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2011.[1] In 2014, Giron won the singles title at the 2014 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships for UCLA.[2]
Professional career[]
2020: Grand Slam debut and maiden win, Top-100 debut, First top-10 win[]
Giron reached the second rounds of a Grand Slam at the 2020 US Open where he won his first Grand Slam main draw match against Marc Polmans in five sets and at the 2020 French Open for the first time in his career.
In November 2020, Giron recorded his first top-ten win against Matteo Berrettini at the Paris Masters.[3]
2021: French Open third round, Olympics debut[]
Giron participated in the main draw as a direct entry at the 2021 Australian Open for a second consecutive year but lost in the first round to 6th seed Alexander Zverev in four sets.[4]
In June 2021, Giron reached the third round of a Grand Slam at the 2021 French Open for the first time in his career.[5]
At the 2021 Halle Open, Giron reached his first quarterfinal at an ATP 500 level tournament as a qualifier where he was defeated by Félix Auger-Aliassime.[6] As a result of this good run, he reached a then career-high of No. 65 on 21 June 2021.
Giron won his first match at the Olympics, beating Norbert Gombos[7] before losing to Kei Nishikori in three sets.[8]
Challenger and Futures finals[]
Singles: 13 (8–5)[]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2013 | USA F23, Claremont | Futures | Hard | Dennis Novikov
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6–0, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2013 | USA F25, Laguna Niguel | Futures | Hard | Jarmere Jenkins
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4–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–0 | Mar 2014 | USA F9, Calabasas | Futures | Hard | Jason Jung
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6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Nov 2014 | Mexico F13, Mazatlán | Futures | Hard | Daniel Nguyen
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0–6, 6–2, 6–7(0–7) |
| Win | 4–1 | Oct 2016 | USA F33, Berkeley | Futures | Hard |  André Göransson
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5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| Win | 5–1 | Jan 2017 | USA F2, Long Beach | Futures | Hard | Collin Altamirano
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7–6(7–3), 6–1 |
| Loss | 5–2 | May 2017 | China F7, Wuhan | Futures | Hard |  Dayne Kelly
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6–7(4–7), 6–7(6–8) |
| Win | 6–2 | May 2017 | China F8, Fuzhou | Futures | Hard | Alexander Sarkissian
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7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6–3 | Jul 2017 | Canada F4, Saskatoon | Futures | Hard |  Filip Peliwo
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6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–5), 1–6 |
| Loss | 6–4 | Mar 2018 | USA F8, Calabasas | Futures | Hard | JC Aragone
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2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 7–4 | Jan 2019 | Orlando, U.S. | Challenger | Hard |  Darian King
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6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–5 | Sep 2019 | New Haven, U.S. | Challenger | Hard | Tommy Paul
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3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 8–5 | Nov 2019 | Houston, U.S. | Challenger | Hard |  Ivo Karlović
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7–5, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(11–9) |
Doubles: 9 (5–4)[]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2012 | USA F26, Irvine | Futures | Hard | Dennis Novikov
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Devin Britton Austin Krajicek
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2–6 ret. |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2013 | USA F17, Rochester | Futures | Clay | Dennis Novikov
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Chase Buchanan Fernando Romboli
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2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Jul 2013 | USA F18, Pittsburgh | Futures | Clay | Connor Smith
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Christopher Mengel Jason Tahir
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6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jul 2013 | USA F20, Godfrey | Futures | Hard | Devin McCarthy
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Evan King Peter Kobelt
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5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Sep 2013 | USA F24, Costa Mesa | Futures | Hard | Mackenzie McDonald
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 Keith-Patrick Crowley Matt Fawcett
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6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jun 2015 | Canada F3, Richmond | Futures | Hard |  Farris Fathi Gosea
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Hunter Nicholas Raymond Sarmiento
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Aug 2015 | Canada F6, Saskatoon | Futures | Hard | Farris Fathi Gosea
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Patrick Davidson Matt Reid
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6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–4 | Feb 2019 | Dallas, U.S. | Challenger | Hard (i) | Dennis Novikov
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Ante Pavić Ruan Roelofse
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6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 5–4 | Mar 2019 | Indian Wells, U.S. | Challenger | Hard | JC Aragone
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Darian King Hunter Reese
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6–4, 6–4 |
Record against other players[]
Record against top 10 players[]
Giron's match record against players who have been ranked in the ATP top 10 (former #1 in bold):
Matteo Berrettini 1–0
Grigor Dimitrov 1–0
David Goffin 1–0
Jack Sock 1–0
Marin Čilić 0–1
Juan Martín del Potro 0–1
Daniil Medvedev 0–1
Kei Nishikori 0–1- Andrey Rublev 0–1
Dominic Thiem 0–1
Alexander Zverev 0–1- John Isner 0–2
Milos Raonic 0–2
- * As of 14 June 2021
Wins over top 10 players[]
- He has a 1–5 (16.7%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Season | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
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| Wins | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | MG Rank |
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| 1. |  Matteo Berrettini
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10 | Paris Masters, France | Hard (i) | 2R | 7–6 (7–3), 6–7 (0–7), 7–5 | 91 |
Singles performance timeline[]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Current through the 2021 Winston-Salem Open.
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 2R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| US Open | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | ||
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0 / 9 | 5–9 | |
| National representation | |||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | A | Not Held | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 3R | NH | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Cincinnati Masters | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | |
| Career statistics | |||||||||||
| Tournaments | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 31 | ||
| Overall Win–Loss | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 14–15 | 26–31 | ||
| Year-end ranking | 375 | 469 | 579 | 295 | 308 | 102 | 73 | 46% | |||
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References[]
- ^ [1]
- ^ "NCAA men's tennis: UCLA's Marcos Giron wins singles title". Pac-12. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ "Raonic Solid On Serve In Paris, Berrettini's London Hopes End". ATP Tour. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Zverev Battles Past Giron At Australian Open". ATP Tour. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "'BEATS ALL OF US LOSING': 4 US MEN, 8 WOMEN STILL IN FRENCH". Tennis Magazine. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Felix Soars Past Giron To Reach Halle SF". ATP Tour. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Thousand Oaks' Marcos Giron wins his Olympics debut in Tokyo, beating Norbert Gombos of Slovakia 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-2 to advance to the second round in men's tennis singles tournament. @TOHSAthletics @UCLAAthletics @marcos_giron93 @usatodaysports". Twitter. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "USA's Giron falls to Nishikori in second round". NBC Olympic broadcasts. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
External links[]
- Marcos Giron at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Marcos Giron at the International Tennis Federation
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