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Slovak tennis player (born 1979)
Michal Mertiňák Mertiňák in 2013
Country (sports) Slovakia Residence Bratislava , SlovakiaBorn (1979-10-11 ) 11 October 1979 (age 44) Považská Bystrica , Czechoslovakia Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Turned pro 1999 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$1,511,590 Career record 10–16 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 129 (11 July 2005) Australian Open Q3 (2007 ) French Open Q2 (2007 ) Wimbledon 1R (2003 ) US Open Q3 (2003 ) Career record 208–172 Career titles 13 Highest ranking No. 12 (8 February 2010) Australian Open 2R (2006 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 ) French Open 3R (2006 , 2008 , 2010 ) Wimbledon QF (2005 ) US Open 3R (2008 , 2012 ) Australian Open 1R (2010 ) French Open QF (2011 ) Wimbledon 2R (2009 ) US Open 1R (2009 , 2010 ) Davis Cup F (2005 ) Last updated on: 4 February 2022.
Michal Mertiňák (born 11 October 1979) is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia . He turned professional in 1999, and has won six doubles titles in his career on the ATP Tour . He reached his career high doubles ranking of World No. 12 in February 2010. He played in the 2005 Davis Cup for Slovakia , who finished runner-up to Croatia . Mertiňák played two ties in the final, including losing the deciding fifth rubber to Mario Ančić .
From 2009 until 2010 his doubles partner was Czech František Čermák . He won five tournaments with him in the 2009 season. Subsequently he partnered up with André Sá .
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (3–0)
ATP International Series (10–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (8–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (9–6)
Indoors (4–4)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Jan 2006
Chennai , India
International Series
Hard
Petr Pála
Prakash Amritraj Rohan Bopanna
6–2, 7–5
Win
2–0
Jan 2006
Zagreb , Croatia
International Series
Carpet
Jaroslav Levinský
Davide Sanguinetti Andreas Seppi
7–6(9–7) , 6–1
Win
3–0
Jul 2007
Umag , Croatia
International Series
Clay
Lukáš Dlouhý
Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch
6–1, 6–1
Win
4–0
Sep 2007
Bucharest , Romania
International Series
Clay
Oliver Marach
Martín García Sebastián Prieto
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(10–8)
Win
5–0
Mar 2008
Acapulco , Mexico
Championship Series
Clay
Oliver Marach
Agustín Calleri Luis Horna
6–2, 6–7(3–7) , [10–7]
Win
6–0
Jul 2008
Umag , Croatia
International Series
Clay
Petr Pála
Fabio Fognini Carlos Berlocq
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win
7–0
Feb 2009
Acapulco , Mexico
500 Series
Clay
František Čermák
Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach
4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win
8–0
Jul 2009
Stuttgart , Germany
250 Series
Clay
František Čermák
Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău
7–5, 6–4
Win
9–0
Aug 2009
Umag , Croatia
250 Series
Clay
František Čermák
Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer
6–4, 6–4
Win
10–0
Sep 2009
Bucharest , Romania
250 Series
Clay
František Čermák
Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer
6–2, 6–4
Loss
10–1
Oct 2009
Moscow , Russia
250 Series
Hard
František Čermák
Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers
4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win
11–1
Nov 2009
Valencia , Spain
500 Series
Hard
František Čermák
Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo
6–4, 6–3
Loss
11–2
Jan 2010
Doha , Qatar
250 Series
Hard
František Čermák
Guillermo García López Albert Montañés
6–4, 7–5
Loss
11–3
Aug 2010
Umag , Croatia
250 Series
Clay
František Čermák
Leoš Friedl Filip Polášek
6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Win
12–3
Oct 2010
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
250 Series
Hard
František Čermák
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
7–6(7–3) , 7–6(7–5)
Loss
12–4
Feb 2012
São Paulo , Brazil
250 Series
Clay
André Sá
Eric Butorac Bruno Soares
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss
12–5
Feb 2012
Buenos Aires , Argentina
250 Series
Clay
André Sá
David Marrero Fernando Verdasco
4–6, 4–6
Loss
12–6
Mar 2012
Delray Beach , United States
250 Series
Hard
André Sá
Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins
6–2, 6–7(5–7) , [13–15]
Loss
12–7
Jul 2012
Stuttgart , Germany
250 Series
Clay
André Sá
Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot
1–6, 3–6
Win
13–7
Oct 2012
Moscow , Russia
250 Series
Hard
František Čermák
Simone Bolelli Daniele Bracciali
7–5, 6–3
Loss
13–8
Feb 2013
São Paulo , Brazil
250 Series
Clay
František Čermák
Alexander Peya Bruno Soares
7–6(7–5) , 2–6, [7–10]
Loss
13–9
Feb 2014
Zagreb , Croatia
250 Series
Hard
Philipp Marx
Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău
6–3, 4–6, [2–10]
Loss
13–10
Jul 2014
Gstaad , Switzerland
250 Series
Clay
Rameez Junaid
Andre Begemann Robin Haase
3–6, 4–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–4)
ITF Futures (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 2000
Egypt F1, Cairo
Futures
Clay
Amr Ghoneim
5–7, 2–6
Loss
0–2
Aug 2000
Egypt F2, Cairo
Futures
Clay
Hisham Hemeda
6–7(4–7) , 6–3, 3–6
Loss
0–3
Oct 2000
Uzbekistan F3, Guliston
Futures
Hard
Alexander Shvets
7–6(12–10) , 1–6, 4–6
Win
1–3
Jun 2001
Hungary F1, Sopron
Futures
Clay
Andreas Fasching
6–3, 6–2
Win
2–3
Jun 2002
Czech Republic F3, Karlovy Vary
Futures
Clay
Radim Zitko
walkover
Win
3–3
Feb 2003
Portugal F3, Espinho
Futures
Clay
Roberto Menendez Ferre
6–1, 6–1
Loss
3–4
Mar 2003
Portugal F6, Carcavelos
Futures
Clay
Nicolás Almagro
1–6, 0–6
Win
4–4
May 2003
Hungary F2, Hódmezővásárhely
Futures
Clay
Leonardo Azzaro
7–6(8–6) , 7–6(7–1)
Loss
4–5
Aug 2003
St. Petersburg , Russia
Challenger
Clay
Florian Mayer
6–4, 6–7(3–7) , 1–6
Loss
4–6
Aug 2003
Saransk , Russia
Challenger
Clay
Martin Štěpánek
1–6, 1–6
Loss
4–7
Jul 2004
Manchester , United Kingdom
Challenger
Grass
Alex Bogdanovic
1–6, 3–6
Win
5–7
Aug 2004
Bukhara , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Teymuraz Gabashvili
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss
5–8
Mar 2005
Sarajevo , Bosnia & Herzegovina
Challenger
Hard
Vladimir Voltchkov
6–7(1–7) , 3–6
Win
6–8
Nov 2006
Bratislava , Slovakia
Challenger
Hard
Lukáš Dlouhý
7–6(7–4) , 6–4
Doubles: 41 (19–22)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (12–12)
ITF Futures (7–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–9)
Clay (8–13)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 2000
Egypt F1, Cairo
Futures
Clay
Tomas Janci
Amr Ghoneim Karim Maamoun
6–3, 7–5
Loss
1–1
Aug 2000
Egypt F2, Cairo
Futures
Clay
Tomas Janci
Amr Ghoneim Karim Maamoun
6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win
2–1
Nov 2000
India F5, Chandigarh
Futures
Hard
Tomas Janci
Branislav Sekáč Viktor Bruthans
6–4, 6–1
Loss
2–2
Feb 2001
Croatia F1, Zagreb
Futures
Hard
Tomas Janci
Andrej Kračman Borut Urh
6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss
2–3
May 2001
Slovakia F1, Levice
Futures
Clay
Tomas Janci
Petr Dezort Radomír Vašek
walkover
Loss
2–4
May 2001
Slovakia F3, Trnava
Futures
Clay
Tomas Janci
Bartlomiej Dabrowski Mariusz Fyrstenberg
4–6, 4–6
Loss
2–5
Jun 2001
Hungary F1, Sopron
Futures
Clay
Branislav Sekáč
Kornél Bardóczky Zoltán Nagy
6–7(3–7) , 3–6
Loss
2–6
Apr 2002
Greece F1, Syros
Futures
Hard
Karol Beck
Thierry Ascione Florent Serra
6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win
3–6
Apr 2002
Greece F2, Kalamata
Futures
Hard
Karol Beck
Tapio Nurminen Marko Tkalec
6–1, 6–2
Loss
3–7
May 2002
Poland F1, Wrocław
Futures
Clay
Tomas Janci
Lauri Kiiski Tero Vilen
0–6, 3–6
Loss
3–8
Jun 2002
Slovakia F1A, Košice
Futures
Clay
Frantisek Babej
Juraj Hasko Igor Zelenay
6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win
4–8
Aug 2002
Austria F4, Seefeld
Futures
Clay
David Sebok
Jiri Folber David Miketa
6–4, 6–3
Loss
4–9
Oct 2002
Jamaica F17, Negril
Futures
Hard
Darko Madjarovski
Cedric Kauffmann Miles Maclagan
3–6, 7–6(7–4) , 6–7(2–7)
Win
5–9
Jan 2003
Germany F1C, Munich
Futures
Carpet
Igor Zelenay
Daniel Elsner Philipp Petzschner
4–6, 7–6(20–18) , 7–6(7–5)
Loss
5–10
Feb 2003
Portugal F1, Espinho
Futures
Clay
Marco Mirnegg
Christopher Kas Mike Scheidweiler
3–6, 2–6
Win
6–10
Feb 2003
Portugal F2, Espinho
Futures
Clay
Marco Mirnegg
Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy
7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win
7–10
Feb 2003
Portugal F3, Espinho
Futures
Clay
Marco Mirnegg
Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy
6–4, 6–4
Loss
7–11
Oct 2003
Tumkur , India
Challenger
Hard
Branislav Sekáč
Prakash Amritraj Rik de Voest
4–6, 3–6
Win
8–11
Oct 2003
Belgaum , India
Challenger
Hard
Branislav Sekáč
Mustafa Ghouse Vishal Uppal
7–6(7–3) , 7–6(7–2)
Win
9–11
Feb 2004
Cherbourg , France
Challenger
Hard
Alexander Waske
Jun Kato Emilio Benfele Álvarez
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win
10–11
Aug 2004
Bukhara , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Pavel Šnobel
Paul Logtens Melle van Gemerden
6–4, 6–2
Win
11–11
Jan 2005
Heilbronn , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Sébastien de Chaunac
Gilles Elseneer Gilles Müller
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss
11–12
Feb 2005
Besançon , France
Challenger
Hard
Jean-Claude Scherrer
Jason Marshall Huntley Montgomery
7–6(9–7) , 2–6, 3–6
Win
12–12
Mar 2005
Sarajevo , Bosnia & Herzegovina
Challenger
Hard
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Lukáš Dlouhý Jan Vacek
6–7(8–10) , 6–2, 6–2
Loss
12–13
Mar 2005
Saint-Brieuc , France
Challenger
Clay
Jan Vacek
Victor Ioniță Gabriel Moraru
1–6, 4–6
Loss
12–14
Nov 2005
Bratislava , Slovakia
Challenger
Hard
Dominik Hrbatý
Jean-Claude Scherrer Chris Haggard
3–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7)
Win
13–14
May 2006
Dresden , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Yves Allegro
Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner
6–3, 6–0
Win
14–14
May 2006
Zagreb , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Yves Allegro
Julien Jeanpierre Nicolas Renavand
6–1, 6–2
Loss
14–15
Feb 2007
Wrocław , Poland
Challenger
Hard
Jean-Claude Scherrer
Lukáš Rosol Jan Vacek
5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win
15–15
Mar 2007
Cherbourg , France
Challenger
Hard
Robin Vik
Łukasz Kubot Dick Norman
6–2, 6–4
Loss
15–16
Apr 2007
Casablanca , Morocco
Challenger
Clay
Robin Vik
Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach
3–6, 3–6
Loss
15–17
Apr 2007
Marrakech , Morocco
Challenger
Clay
Leoš Friedl
Tomáš Cibulec Jordan Kerr
2–6, 4–6
Loss
15–18
Mar 2008
Barletta , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Oliver Marach
Flavio Cipolla Marcel Granollers
3–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Loss
15–19
Sep 2008
Trnava , Slovakia
Challenger
Clay
Daniel Köllerer
Igor Zelenay David Škoch
3–6, 1–6
Win
16–19
Oct 2008
Mons , Belgium
Challenger
Hard
Lovro Zovko
Yves Allegro Horia Tecău
7–5, 6–3
Loss
16–20
Nov 2011
Helsinki , Finland
Challenger
Hard
James Cerretani
Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström
4–6, 4–6
Loss
16–21
Mar 2012
Sarajevo , Bosnia & Herzegovina
Challenger
Hard
Igor Zelenay
Dustin Brown Jonathan Marray
6–7(2–7) , 6–2, [9–11]
Win
17–21
Aug 2012
San Marino , San Marino
Challenger
Clay
Lukáš Dlouhý
Stefano Ianni Matteo Viola
2–6, 7–6(7–3) , [11–9]
Win
18–21
Aug 2012
Cordenons , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Lukáš Dlouhý
Philipp Marx Florin Mergea
5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Win
19–21
Feb 2014
Bergamo , Italy
Challenger
Hard
Karol Beck
Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov
4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss
19–22
Jul 2014
Braunschweig , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Rameez Junaid
Andreas Siljeström Igor Zelenay
5–7, 4–6