The 24-year-old has won 13 of his first 16 matches at Masters events. By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday March 25, 2024
Fabian Marozsan has barely cut his teeth at the ATP level, but already the young Hungarian is making a name for himself at the biggest events.
Now 24, he only has 40 ATP matches to his name, and just made his Top 100 debut last July. So who is this young player that already owns wins over Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune? Here are five things to know about Fabian Marozsan.
He’s a Ringer at the Masters
Marozsan has played four Masters 1000 tournaments in his career, and he has managed to reach at least the round of 16 in all four. After today’s win over Alex de Minaur, the World No. 57 owns a 14-3 lifetime record at the Masters 1000s. He will face Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals next.
He’s good against the Top 10
Marozsan burst onto the scene last year at Rome when he toppled Carlos Alcaraz in his first ever match against the Top 10, 6-3, 7-6(4).
Read more about that upset victory, which snapped Alcaraz’s 12-match winning streak, here:
Marozsan, who qualified and was ranked 135 at the time, has gone on to win four of five total matches against the Top 10. He defeated then ninth-ranked Casper Ruud en route to the Shanghai quarterfinals (his best Masters result to date) last year, and took out world No.7 Holger Rune 6-1 6-1 in the second round at Miami this week. He backed up the win over Rune by taking out No.9-ranked De Minaur in three sets on Tuesday.
He’s Headed for a Top 50 debut
Marozsan is already up to 38 in the ATP live rankings – he was ranked 128 this time last year.
Fabulous Fabian 😄
Marozsan at Masters 1000 events, a brief yet successful history:
13-3 lifetime in main draws ✅
3-1 vs Top-10 ✅
Never failed to reach Round of 16 ✅#MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/HKsY7dDJyo— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 25, 2024
Like His Idol, He’s Good on Clay
Marozsan won two challenger titles on clay last year, and was 31-13 overall on the surface across all levels in 2023. He has yet to play a main draw match at Roland-Garros, however, as he lost in the qualifying last year, so he’ll look forward to that privilege later this season.
He uses his big ground strokes and deft touch and drop shots to keep his opponents off balance on the surface.
Marozsan was 12-12 on hard courts across all levels last year, if you’re scoring at home.
The Hungarian, who started playing tennis at age five, cites King of Clay Rafael Nadal as his idol.
He’s the No.1 Hungarian
Marozsan has taken over for Marton Fucsovics at the top of Hungarian men’s tennis. With a game like his, expect him to break some records for his country in the next few years. Last year at Shanghai, Marozsan reached the quarterfinals at Shanghai to become the first man from his country to reach that far at a Masters 1000 since the series began in 1990
Now he’s done it again in Miami!
