Alberto Martín

For the Spanish footballer, see Alberto Martín (footballer). For the Spanish basketball player, see Alberto Miguel.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martín and the second or maternal family name is Magret.

Alberto Martín

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1978-08-20) 20 August 1978 Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	29 July 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 (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈβeɾto maɾˈtim maˈɣɾet]; born 20 August 1978) is a retired tennis player from Spain. He won three singles titles and reached five Masters Series quarterfinals on clay.

Tennis career

Martín turned professional in 1995. He won three 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. 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.

In 2017, he was a member of the victorious H30 Team of TV Ober-Eschbach which got promoted to the Bezirks-Oberliga (HTV) in 2018.

Career finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1999	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Fernando Vicente	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	Sep 1999	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Karim Alami	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–0	May 2001	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Guillermo Coria	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Feb 2005	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Rafael Nadal	0–6, 7–6(7–2), 1–6
Loss	3–2	Feb 2006	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Nicolás Massú	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1997	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Chris Wilkinson	Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov	6–7(7–9), 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 1999	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Lan Bale	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	3–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2000	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Eyal Ran	Devin Bowen Mariano Hood	7–64, 6–1
Win	2–2	Jul 2006	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Fernando Vicente	Lucas Arnold Ker Christopher Kas	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–2	Feb 2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Nicolás Almagro Santiago Ventura	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	3–3	May 2000	Mallorca, 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-ten players 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	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	Clay	1R	6–4, 7–5, 1–0 ret.

External links

• Alberto Martín at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alberto Martín at the International Tennis Federation
• Alberto Martín at the Davis Cup
• Alberto Martín at TV Ober-Eschbach