Alberto Martín


Alberto Martín
Country  Spain
Residence Barcelona, Spain
Born 20 August 1978 (1978-08-20) (age 33)
Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 1995
Retired July 29, 2010
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money $3,840,885
Singles
Career record 218-269
Career titles 3
Highest ranking No. 34 (June 1, 2001)
Current ranking No. 309 (February 14, 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 3R (2002, 2003)
French Open 4R (2006)
Wimbledon 3R (1999)
US Open 3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record 89–128
Career titles 3
Highest ranking No. 64 (2 October 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2001, 2002, 2004, 2007)
French Open QF (2006)
Wimbledon 2R (2000)
US Open 2R (2004)
Last updated on: 18 November 2010.

Alberto Martín Magret (born August 20, 1978 in Barcelona) is a retired tennis player from Spain. He turned professional in 1995.

Martin's best Grand Slam performance was reaching the fourth round of Roland Garros in 2006. En route to this performance, Martín's first round win was his first victory over former World number 1 Andy Roddick in their fifth encounter. Martín led by two sets when Roddick retired with an ankle injury. Martín also beat Lleyton Hewitt in the first round where Hewitt was seeded first at the 2002 Australian Open, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6 (4). However, Hewitt had been recovering from chickenpox at the time of his victory.

Martin also has the sad distinction of having suffered the heaviest defeat in the history of the Australian Open. Andy Murray beat him in the first round of the 2007 tournament, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1. In fact, Martin had to wait until the penultimate game of the match before winning his only game.

Contents

Career Finals (11)

Singles (5)

Wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 22 March 1999 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Fernando Vicente 6–3, 6–4
2. 27 September 1999 Bucharest, Romania Clay Karim Alami 6–2, 6–3
3. 7 May 2001 Majorca, Spain Clay Guillermo Coria 6–3, 3–6, 6–2

Runners-up (2)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 20 February 2005 Costa do Sauípe, Brazil Clay Rafael Nadal 6–0, 62–7, 6–1
2. 26 February 2006 Costa do Sauípe, Brazil Clay Nicolás Massú 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (6)

Wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. 18 September 2000 Bucharest, Romania Clay Eyal Ran Devin Bowen
Mariano Hood
7–64, 6–1
2. 17 July 2006 Amersfoort, Netherlands Clay Fernando Vicente Lucas Arnold Ker
Christopher Kas
6–4, 6–3
3. 22 February 2009 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Marcel Granollers Nicolás Almagro
Santiago Ventura
6–3, 5–7, [10-8]

Runners-up (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. 14 September 1997 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Chris Wilkinson Kent Kinnear
Aleksandar Kitinov
7–67, 6–2
2. 4 October 1999 Palermo, Italy Clay Lan Bale Mariano Hood
Sebastián Prieto
6–3, 6–1
3. 1 May 2000 Majorca, Spain Clay Fernando Vicente Michaël Llodra
Diego Nargiso
7–62, 7–63

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