Fabian Marozhan is a name that few have heard of before the Rome Masters, but the Hungarian sportsman made a huge surprise and defeated Carlos Alcaraz, who will return to the top spot in the ATP rankings from next week.

Fabian MarozsanPhoto: Dubreuil Corinne/ABACA/Abaca Press/Profimedia

Fabian Marozsan, the player who defeated Carlos Alcaraz in his first ATP tournament

In 2023, Fabian tried his luck at the Australian Open, Marseille, Estoril and Banja Luka, but failed to qualify.

The 23-year-old player took part in 10 Challenger and 2 ITF tournaments this year, but in Rome he reached the main draw of an ATP tournament for the first time (in his career).

Ranked 135th in the ATP rankings, Marozsan has never faced a player in the world’s Top 10, but beat Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 7-6(4), which ended a run of 30 wins and just 2 losses in 2023 year.

Fabian said he started playing tennis at the age of 5 when he saw his father playing with a friend.

His idol is Rafael Nadal, and his favorite surface is clay. Fabian is right-handed, he does a two-handed backhand, and his favorite shot is short.

After losing in two sets at the Challenger tournament in February 2017, Marozsan played only on the ITF circuit for almost five years. Last year he won his first Challenger title in Banja Luka.

The athlete from Hungary is a basketball fan and admits that he loves cars. Innocent pleasures are chocolate and juice, and a favorite dish is goulash.

Know:

  • Thanks to his performance at the Foro Italico (he has already won five), Fabian Marozsan has already made a significant jump to 114th place in the ATP Live rankings.
  • Fabian will fight in the 1/8 finals in Rome with Borna Coric (15th favorite). If he overtakes the Croatian, Marozhan will move up to 99th in the real-time rankings.
  • Fabian Marozsan earned $132,693 in tennis prize money, but he already won €84,900 in Rome.

Fabian Marozsan, dream course at ATP Rome

  • qualification

Round I: 6-0, 2-6, 7-5 against Timofey Skatov (144 ATP)

Second round: 7-5, 6-1 against Felipe Meligeni Alves (175 ATP)

  • The main table

Round I: 6-0, (8)6-7, 6-2 against Corentin Muthe (67 ATP)

Round II: 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4) against Jiri Lehek (39 ATP)

Third round: 6-3, 7-6(4) against Carlos Alcaraz (2 ATP).

The result of the match between Fabian Marozan and Carlos Alcaraz

The Rome Masters takes place from May 10 to 21 on clay, is part of the ATP 1000 category, has a total prize money of €7,705,780, Novak Djokovic is the reigning champion and Rafael Nadal holds the record for titles at the Italian Forum (10 ).