Todd Martin

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Todd Martin
Martin serving at the US Open.
Country U.S.
Residence Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA
Date of birth July 8, 1970[1]
Place of birth Hinsdale,Illinois,United States
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight 206 lb (93 kg/14.7 st)
Turned pro 1990
Retired 2004
Plays Right
Career prize money US$ $8,254,455
Singles
Career record: 411 - 234
Career titles: 8
Highest ranking: 4 (September 13, 1999)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open F (1994)
French Open 4th (1991)
Wimbledon SF (1994, 1996)
US Open F (1999)
Doubles
Career record: 100–85
Career titles: 5
Highest ranking: 30 (April 26, 1996)

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For the musician of the same name, see Todd Martin (Musician).

Todd Christopher Martin (born July 8, 1970, in Hinsdale, Illinois) a native of East Lansing, Michigan, is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

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[edit] Career

Martin played tennis for Northwestern University, where he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, for two years before turning professional in 1990. He won his first top-level singles title in 1993 at Coral Springs, Florida.

1994 proved to be a breakout year for Martin. At the year's first Grand Slam tournament, he reached the men's singles final at the Australian Open, where he lost in straight sets to World No. 1 Pete Sampras 7–6, 6–4, 6–4. At Wimbledon, he made it to the semifinals before falling to the eventual champion Sampras - the set that Martin took from Sampras in the match was the only set that Sampras lost during the entire tournament.[1] Martin's third Grand Slam semifinal of 1994 came at the US Open, where he again fell to the eventual champion, this time being Andre Agassi. He also captured singles titles at Queen's Club and the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, the latter of which was the first of back to back titles.

Martin was a member of the US team which won the Davis Cup in 1995 (beating Russia 3–2 in the final). He also reached the final of the 1995 Grand Slam Cup, where he lost in straight sets to Goran Ivanišević 7–6, 6–3, 6–4. He reached the Wimbledon semi-finals again in 1996, but eventually lost 10–8 in the fifth set against MaliVai Washington, after holding a 5–1 lead in the final set and serving for the match twice. Martin would later reflect on the outcome and admit that he choked during the crucial moments of the match.[2] He missed most of the 1997 season due to injury, but came back strongly in 1998 when he won two singles titles in Barcelona and Stockholm.

In 1999, Martin had a solid year, reaching the quarterfinals of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and reached his second Grand Slam final in 1999 at the US Open. Along the way, Martin had a memorable battle with Greg Rusedski in the fourth round, in which Rusedski held numerous advantages, including a two sets to love lead, serving for the match in the third set, and a 4–1 advantage in the fifth. Yet Martin was able to prevail, winning 5–7, 0–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4. Martin won 20 of the final 21 points of the match despite playing with a heavily bandaged leg and dealing with dehydration (he needed intravenous fluids after the match).[3] In the final, he faced Andre Agassi in a very high-quality five-set contest, which Agassi eventually won 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2. Martin also won another singles title in Sydney that year, and reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 4.

In 2000, Martin again turned in a strong performance at the U.S. Open, reaching the semifinals before falling to the eventual champion, Marat Safin, in straight sets 6–3, 7–6, 7–6. As with the previous year's tournament, Martin made another grueling comeback from a two set deficit in the fourth round, this time against Carlos Moya 6–7, 6–7, 6–1, 7–6, 6–2.

Martin was named the ATP's Most Improved Player in 1993, and won its Sportsmanship Award in 1993 and 1994. He was President of ATP Players Council for 1995–97 and 1998–99.

From 1996 to 2002, Martin retained the services of Dean Goldfine as coach.

During his career Martin won eight singles and five doubles titles, and earned prize money totalling US$8,254,455. He retired from the professional tour in 2004.

Currently, Martin coaches Mardy Fish part-time and is a contributor to ESPN.com. He also plays on the Outback Champions Series tennis event for senior players.[4] Martin finished 2006 ranked third and 2007 ranked first in the Outback Series.

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1994 Australian Open Flag of the United States Pete Sampras 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
1999 U.S. Open Flag of the United States Andre Agassi 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2

[edit] Titles

[edit] Singles wins (8)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (8)
Titles by Surface
Hard (5)
Grass (1)
Clay (2)
Carpet (0)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 17 May 1993 Coral Springs, U.S. Clay Flag of the United States David Wheaton 6–3, 6–4
2. 14 February 1994 Memphis, U.S. Hard Flag of the United States Brad Gilbert 6–4, 7–5
3. 13 June 1994 London, UK Grass Flag of the United States Pete Sampras 7–64, 7–64
4. 20 February 1995 Memphis, U.S. Hard Flag of the Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 7-6², 6–4
5. 15 January 1996 Sydney, Australia Hard Flag of Croatia Goran Ivanišević 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
6. 20 April 1998 Barcelona, Spain Clay Flag of Spain Alberto Berasategui 6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
7. 16 November 1998 Stockholm, Sweden Hard Flag of Sweden Thomas Johansson 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
8. 18 January 1999 Sydney, Australia Hard Flag of Spain Àlex Corretja 6–3, 7–65

[edit] Singles runner-ups

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 15 February 1993 Memphis, U.S. Hard (i) Flag of the United States Jim Courier 5–7, 7–64, 7–64
2. 26 July 1993 Washington D.C., U.S. Hard Flag of Israel Amos Mansdorf 7–63, 7–5
3. 2 August 1993 Montreal, Canada Hard Flag of Sweden Mikael Pernfors 2–6, 6–2, 7–5
4. 18 October 1993 Tokyo, Japan Carpet Flag of the United States Ivan Lendl 6–4, 6–4
5. 31 January 1994 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Flag of the United States Pete Sampras 7–64, 6–4, 6–4
6. 2 May 1994 Atlanta, U.S. Clay Flag of the United States Michael Chang 6–74, 7–64, 6–0
7. 9 May 1994 Pinehurst, U.S. Clay Flag of the United States Jared Palmer 6–4, 7–65
8. 18 December 1995 Grand Slam Cup, Munich Carpet Flag of Croatia Goran Ivanišević 7–6, 6–3, 6–4
9. 26 February 1996 Memphis, U.S. Hard (i) Flag of the United States Pete Sampras 6–4, 7–62
10. 22 August 1996 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Flag of Sweden Thomas Enqvist 7–5, 6–4, 7–60
11. 12 April 1999 Estoril, Portugal Clay Flag of Spain Albert Costa 7–64, 2–6, 6–3
12. 13 September 1999 U.S. Open, New York Hard Flag of the United States Andre Agassi 6–4, 6–75, 6–72, 6–3, 6–2

[edit] Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Australian Open A A A 1R F 4R 3R A 2R QF 2R QF 3R A 3R
French Open A 4R A 1R 3R 3R 3R A 1R A 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R
Wimbledon A A 2R QF SF 4R SF A 4R QF 2R 4R 2R 3R 2R
U.S. Open 1R 3R 3R 3R SF 4R 3R 2R 2R F SF 2R 1R 4R 1R

A = did not participate in the tournament

[edit] Senior tour titles

[edit] References

Tennis Portal
  1. ^ http://tenniscorner.net/index.php?corner=m&action=activity&playerid=SAP001&season=1994&type=singles
  2. ^ http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/tennis/articles/2004/09/01/long_haul_ends_for_martin
  3. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/1999/us_open/news/1999/09/08/martin_victory
  4. ^ http://www.sportsmediainc.net/tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=15812&bannerregion=

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