Alberto Martín

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Alberto Martín

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	20 August 1978 Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	July 29, 2010
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,840,885
Singles
Career record	218–269
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 34 (1 June 2001)
Grand Slam Singles 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)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2004)

Alberto Martín Magret (born 20 August 1978) is a retired tennis player from Spain. He won 3 singles titles and reached 5 Masters Series quarterfinals on clay.

Tennis career

Martín turned professional in 1995. He won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 34 in June 2001.

His 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 No. 1 Andy Roddick in their fifth encounter. Martín led by two sets when Roddick retired with an ankle injury. Martín also beat No. 1 seed Lleyton Hewitt in the first round of 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.

Martín 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. Martín had to wait until the penultimate game of the match before winning his only game.

In 2004, Martín was a member of the victorious Spain Davis Cup team for the Davis Cup first round against Czech Republic in Brno, although he did not play. ^[1]

Career finals

Singles (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	22 March 1999	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Fernando Vicente	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	27 September 1999	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Karim Alami	6–2, 6–3
Winner	3.	7 May 2001	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Guillermo Coria	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	20 February 2005	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Rafael Nadal	0–6, 7–6^(7–2), 1–6
Runner-up	5.	26 February 2006	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Nicolás Massú	3–6, 4–6

Doubles (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 September 1997	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Chris Wilkinson	Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov	6–7^(7–9), 2–6
Runner-up	2.	4 October 1999	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Lan Bale	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	3–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	18 September 2000	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Eyal Ran	Devin Bowen Mariano Hood	7–6^4, 6–1
Winner	4.	17 July 2006	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Fernando Vicente	Lucas Arnold Ker Christopher Kas	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	22 February 2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Nicolás Almagro Santiago Ventura	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Runner-up	6.	1 May 2000	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Fernando Vicente	Michaël Llodra Diego Nargiso	6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(3–7)

Top 10 wins per season

Season	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Total
Wins	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5

Wins over Top 10s per season

#	Player	Rank	Tournament	Surface	Rd	Score
1997
1.	Wayne Ferreira	10	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	2R	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
2002
2.	Lleyton Hewitt	1	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	1R	1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
2004
3.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	2	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	3R	6–2, 6–3
4.	Sébastien Grosjean	10	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Clay	2R	6–4, 6–2
2006
5.	Andy Roddick	5	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	1R	6–4, 7–5, 1–0 r.

References

1. "Davis Cup 2004". Retrieved 16 December 2013.

External links

• Alberto Martín at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alberto Martín at the International Tennis Federation
• Alberto Martín at the Davis Cup