Oliver Marach

Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach were the fifth team to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

2009 Review

The Polish-Austrian squad turned in an outstanding season by winning three ATP World Tour titles in four finals and winning 39 matches.

They began season with SF at Australian Open (l. to Bhupathi-Knowles), their best Grand Slam result, and in late February, they were finalists in Acapulco (l. to Cermak-Mertinak). In April, they won first ATP World Tour title together in Casablanca (d. Aspelin-Hanley), winning their last three matches in a Match Tie-break. One month later they dropped only one set en route to title in Belgrade (d. Brunstrom-Rojer).

After a second round exit at Roland Garros, they played well on grass with a SF at Queen's (l. to Moodie-Youzhny) and QF at Wimbledon, falling to eventual champions Nestor-Zimonjic. Returned to clay in July and reached SF in Stuttgart.

In August, turned in QF and SF results at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Montreal and Cincinnati, respectively, losing to Bryans both times. During indoor circut, captured title in Vienna (d. Knowle-Melzer), winning all four matches in a Match Tie-break.

Finals History

Kubot and Marach will be making both their team and individual debuts at the season finale.

Began playing tennis at age six...Nicknamed Oli by friends and family...Father, Hans-Karl, works for an electronic planning company; mother, Hilde, is a housewife...Has one younger sister, Michaela...Hobbies include playing squash, going to movies and meeting up with friends...Idols growing up were Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and countryman Thomas Muster...Favourite surfaces are clay and slow hard courts...Has a 3-0 career singles record in Davis Cup play in two ties..Considers his forehand as best shot...Wife, Jessie (married July 4, 2009) in his hometown of Graz.

1998 -- Reached SF at Croatian Futures #4 event

1999 -- Finalist at a Slovenia Futures event (l. to Vacek) and also reached a pair of Futures SF...Was 19-9 in Futures

2000 -- Claimed three straight clay court Futures titles...Picked up two titles in Italy (d. Grossi and di Mauro) and one in Spain (d. Perez)...Also claimed a Futures title in Cyprus (d. Cakl)...Was 34-12 in Futures...Made ATP doubles debut in Kitzbuhel and reached 2nd RD (w/Schaller)...Won three doubles titles at Futures events...

2001 -- Missed first four months of the season...Appeared in first Challenger final at Oberstaufen (l. to Gross)...Reached Kitzbuhel 2nd RD in doubles (w/Peya)...Claimed title at Budapest Challenger (w/Nieminen)...

2002 -- Made Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros, losing to Saretta in five sets...Played Kitzbuhel main draw for first time (l. to Martin)...Won doubles title at Montauban (w/Ogorodov) and Sofia (w/Kas) while reaching final at Graz (w/Andersen) Challenger

2003 -- Won dead rubber in Davis Cup tie against Norway (d. Aarum)...Reached SF at Challengers in Budapest, Furth and St. Petersburg...Doubles finalist at Zell Challenger (w/ Andersen)...

2004 -- Claimed title at Buenos Aires Challenger (d. Moyano)...Finalist at Timisoara Challenger (l. to Gicquel)...Won title at a Mexican Futures event (d. Amador) and finalist at Chilean Futures event (l. to Noviski)...Won doubles title at Tehran Challenger (w/Scherrer)...Doubles finalist at Tasmania Challenger (w/Azzaro)...Reached two doubles finals in futures, winning one title

2005 -- Made Australian Open debut, losing to Lisnard in five sets...Reached 2nd RD in Kitzbuhel (d. Zib, l. to Gonzalez), Bucharest (d. Fyrstenberg, l. to Pavel) and Vienna (d. Novak, l. to Lopez)...Won title at Challengers in Sassuolo (d. Capdeville) and Manerbio (d. van Gemerden)...Won three Challenger doubles titles while reaching six finals

2006 -- The No. 3 Austrian (behind Melzer, Koubek) experienced a breakthrough year on ATP circuit that earned him his first-ever Top 100 ranking...Posted a personal-best 13 ATP level match wins (13-16) and also compiled a 13-8 Challenger record with one title...For the third straight time in a Grand Slam, dropped a 1st RD match in five sets losing to Hrbaty at Australian Open...Reached 2nd RD at Delray Beach (d. Saulnier, l. to Mayer)...Also reached 2nd RD at Houston (d. Marin, l. to Roddick)...In May, won title at Rome Challenger (d. Ungur)...Reached first career ATP QF at Poertschach with wins over Spadea and Simon before falling to Pavel...In June, reached SF at Lugano Challenger (l. to Patience)...Made Wimbledon debut, falling to Wang...Reached 2nd RD at Bastad (d. Prpic, l. to Ferrero)...Reached QF at Stuttgart with wins over T. Popp, Gasquet and Koubek before falling to Acasuso...Also reached QF at Sopot, defeating Waske and Gaudio (l. to Volandri)...Made US Open debut (l. to Gimelstob)...Earned wins over Echagaray and Palencia in Davis Cup World Group playoff tie against Mexico....In doubles, reached three ATP finals, in Poertschach and Kitzbnehel (w/Suk) and in Bastad (w/Kas)...Won doubles title at Lugano Challenger (w/Galimberti)...Earned a career-high $266,895.

2009

The Austrian teamed with Polish native Lukasz Kubot to qualify for their first Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London...They turned in an outstanding season by winning three ATP World Tour titles in four finals and winning 39 matches...They began season with SF at Australian Open (l. to Bhupathi-Knowles), their best Grand Slam result, and in late February, they were finalists in Acapulco (l. to Cermak-Mertinak)...In April, they won first ATP World Tour title together in Casablanca (d. Aspelin-Hanley), winning their last three matches in a Match Tiebreak...One month later they dropped only one set en route to title in Belgrade (d. Brunstrom-Rojer)...After a second round exit at Roland Garros, they played well on grass with a SF at Queen's (l. to Moodie-Youzhny) and QF at Wimbledon, falling to eventual champions Nestor-Zimonjic...Returned to clay in July and reached SF in Stuttgart...In August, turned in QF and SF results at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Montreal and Cincinnati, respectively, losing to Bryans both times...During indoor circut, captured title in Vienna (d. Knowle-Melzer), winning all four matches in a Match Tie-break.