Oliver Marach

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 compiled a 26-12 match record through mid-June, highlighted by ATP World Tour titles on clay in Casablanca and Belgrade...Also SF at Australian Open and Queen's (all w/Kubot).