Background
Father, Javier, is a commercial director and mother Montse, is a teacher. Also has a younger brother, Gerard (20), who reached a career-high ATP Ranking of No. 684 in August 2008.
Marcel Granollers of Spain returns a shot during his men's singles first round match against Denis Kudla of the United States on Day One of the 2012 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 27, 2012 in the Flushing neigborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
Marcel Granollers of Spain serves in his men's singles fourth round match against David Ferrer of Spain during day 9 of the French Open at Roland Garros on June 4, 2012 in Paris, France.
Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez of Spain bite their trophies after their straight sets victory against Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia in their final match during day nine of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2012 at the Foro Italico Tennis Centre on May 20, 2012 in Rome, Italy.
Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez of Spain in action during their straight sets victory against Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia in their final match during day nine of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2012 at the Foro Italico Tennis Centre on May 20, 2012 in Rome, Italy.
(L-R) Team captain Albert Costa, Feliciano Lopez, Marcel Granollers, Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Fernando Verdasco of Spain celebrate with the Davis Cup trophy during the third and last day of the final Davis Cup match between Spain and Argentina on December 4, 2011 in Seville, Spain.
Marcel Granollers of Spain holds the trophy aloft celebrating his win over Juan Monaco of Argentina after the final match of the ATP 500 World Tour Valencia Open tennis tournament at the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias on November 6, 2011 in Valencia, Spain.
Marcel Granollers of Spain returns a shot to Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain during the China Open at the National Tennis Center on October 6, 2011 in Beijing, China.
Marcel Granollers of Spain plays a forehand during the men's singles second round match between Marcel Granollers of Spain and Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus on day four of the French Open at Roland Garros on May 26, 2010 in Paris, France.
Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Daniel Nestor of Canada and Marcel Granollers and Tommy Robredo of Spain with their trophys after the Doubles Final at the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on November 15, 2009 in Paris, France.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero congratulates the winners of the Davis Cup after the Final Match Argentina Vs Spain Fernando Verdasco and Jose Acasuso. 3rd Time Spain wins the Copa Davis but first time in foreign country.
Father, Javier, is a commercial director and mother Montse, is a teacher. Also has a younger brother, Gerard (20), who reached a career-high ATP Ranking of No. 684 in August 2008.
2003
Reached QF in four Spanish Futures events and in October won Spain #25 Futures title in Martos (d. Carril).
2004
Played in 19 Futures events and advanced to QF or better 12 times, winning twice (Reus and Martos). Lost on clay to Andy Murray in QF of Vigo Futures event.
2005
Reached six Futures finals (three in Portugal, three in Spain), winning titles on hard courts in Martos and La Palma.
2006
Granollers made the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in 2006, but lost to Andrei Pavel. In the qualifying rounds, he beat Stephane Robert, Konstantinos Economidis and Marco Chiudinelli.
2007
In 2007, Granollers won the Naples and Rome Challengers for doubles with Flavio Cipolla, and the Maspalomas Challenger for doubles with Marc Lopez. At the 2007 French Open, he made the second round of the men's doubles tournament with Feliciano Lopez before they lost in three close sets to the number 4 seeds Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjic, who won 7–5, 1–6, 6–4. He lost at the French and Wimbledon Championships both times in the second round of qualifying for the main draws.
2008
2008 saw Granollers qualify for the 2008 Australian Open Singles Draw, but lost to Evgeny Korolev 7–5, 6–2, 6–0 in the first round. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico, an International Series Gold tournament, before losing to Jose Acasuso 7–6, 6–3. On April 20, he won his first ATP singles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, defeating James Blake in the final. The previous day, he and Pablo Cuevas lost in the doubles final. Following Rafael Nadal's announcement that he would not play the Davis Cup Final at Argentina on November 21–23, Spain's Captain Emilio Sanchez announced that Marcel Granollers would replace Nadal. This was Granollers' first Davis Cup appearance, although he did not play any matches.
2009
In 2009, Granollers won three ATP doubles titles at the 2009 Brasil Open, the 2009 Copa Telmex, and the 2009 Kremlin Cup, teaming up with Tommy Robredo, Alberto Martin, and Pablo Cuevas respectively.
2010
In the 1st round of the 2010 Australian Open, Granollers pulled off a remarkable comeback when he recovered from 2 sets down against world no.8 and French Open finalist, Robin Soderling. He then lost to Alejandro Falla in the 2nd round.
2011
Granollers lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Novak Djokovic, and he didn't win consecutive matches until the 2011 Miami Masters, where he got to the fourth round. In July, he beat Stanislas Wawrinka, Mikhail Youzhny, and Fernando Verdasco to win his first title of the year and his second career title at the 2011 Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad . In the US Open, he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, to reach a career-high singles ranking of World No.30.
2012
Marcel Granollers reached the fourth round of French Open 2012, losing to David Ferrer 6–3, 6–2, 6–0. Granollers lost to Marin Cilic in the final match of Croatia Open on 15th July 2012.