In July 2023 Marcus was unranked.  Now he's ranked 118 on the ATP Doubles Tour, and no. 42 in the Race to Turin.  What a difference in just 9 months!

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Marcus's big goal in early 2023 was to make it to the top 100 ATP Doubles rankings in 1 year.  Having shown his doubles calibre back in 2017 with a win at Wimbledon over World no. 1 pair of the time, Herbert & Mahut, Marcus knew he wanted to get to that level and stay there.  Multiple Challenger Tour wins with his partner Christian Harrison from the USA (pictured above together after winning last week's Savannah (GA) Challenger) have brought him to this strong position, still with 4 months of the 1-year points-building period to go.   And those 4 months feature Marcus's favourite surface - grass!

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As Marcus explains: "Last summer I had to start from scratch again with Futures-level tennis, and then moved pretty quickly to Challengers.  Christian and I have had a great run in the last few months to bring our rankings to just outside the top 100.  Now, our eyes are fixed on getting the right rankings in the next few months to qualify for main-draws of the US Open and the Australian Open.  Naturally, I'm keen to play Wimbledon, although it might be tough to get the ranking to the right level with the time remaining.  But the goal was always a 12-month goal to be in the top 100 and playing Grand Slam level doubles again, and I'm pleased about how things have gone so far.  With the grass-court season in front of us, which will bring me to London in June and July and then to Newport, Rhode Island straight after Wimbledon, I'm looking to make a big step up into the top 100.  Winning 2 more Challenger level events would do this, so that's the current goal."

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Marcus continues to be a big fan of the College Tennis route, and is available to speak to anyone who might be thinking about how to make College Tennis a part of their tennis career, and ultimately their Pathway to the Pros.