17 Facts About Marcus Daniell

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Marcus Daniell was born on 9 November 1989 and is an inactive New Zealand professional tennis player.

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Marcus Daniell reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No 34 on 29 January 2018 after reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.

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Marcus Daniell won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, alongside Michael Venus.

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Marcus Daniell was to represent New Zealand in both the singles and the doubles, paired with Rubin Statham, at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

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Marcus Daniell first teamed up with Brazilian Marcelo Demoliner in the ATP Challenger grass series leading up to Wimbledon.

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Marcus Daniell won the Stuttgart Open with Artem Sitak before again teaming up with Demoliner.

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Marcus Daniell achieved his best win when, having had to qualify for the Swiss Indoor tournament in Basel because Demoliner was playing in Vienna, he and new partner Dominic Inglot beat the top seeds, the world's second-ranked pair of Henri Kontinen and John Peers, in the first round.

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Marcus Daniell played in the Mixed Doubles, teaming up with Chinese player Xu Yifan.

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Marcus Daniell then returned to the ATP tour with Inglot, losing in the first round in Montpellier before finishing runners-up to Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen in Marseille.

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In that match Marcus Daniell aggravated an injury to his right wrist which he had picked up during the Davis Cup tie against China, and announced later that he would miss the rest of the clay court season to concentrate on his rehabilitation.

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Marcus Daniell returned to tournament play at Queen's Club in London.

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Marcus Daniell then travelled to Korea, where he joined the rest of the New Zealand Davis Cup team in Gimcheon.

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Marcus Daniell returned to play a Challenger event in his home city of Barcelona after that match, losing in his third successive quarter-final, and then teamed up again with Koolhof to play in the Stockholm Open.

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Marcus Daniell's final tournament for the year was a Challenger event in Eckental, Germany, where he teamed up with his former long-term partner in Marcelo Demoliner.

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Marcus Daniell partnered with Leander Paes at Ilkley, losing in the final to Santiago Gonzalez and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, before rejoining Koolhof at Eastbourne.

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Marcus Daniell played mixed doubles at the US Open, partnering Croatia's Darija Jurak, but they were well-beaten in the first round by the second seeds, Gabriela Dabrowski and Mate Pavic.

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Marcus Daniell suffered a knee injury in April 2022 which ruled him out of Wimbledon and for the rest of the 2022 season.