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.

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

External links

• Alberto Martín at the Association of Tennis Professionals

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