Spanish tennis player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Martín and the second or maternal family name is
Magret .
Alberto Martín Magret (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈβeɾto maɾˈtim maˈɣɾet] ;[ a] 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 , though Hewitt was recovering from chickenpox at the time of his victory.[ 1]
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.[ 2]
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.
Personal life
He studied psychology at the University of Barcelona and graduated with a masters degree from Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia .[ 3]
ATP Tour career finals
Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (3–2)
Indoor (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Mar 1999
Grand Prix Hassan II , Morocco
World Series
Clay
Fernando Vicente
6–3, 6–4
Win
2–0
Oct 1999
Bucharest , Romania
World Series
Clay
Karim Alami
6–2, 6–3
Win
3–0
May 2001
Majorca Open , Spain
World Series
Clay
Guillermo Coria
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss
3–1
Feb 2005
Brasil Open , Brazil
International Series
Clay
Rafael Nadal
0–6, 7–6(7–2) , 1–6
Loss
3–2
Feb 2006
Brasil Open , Brazil
International Series
Clay
Nicolás Massú
3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (3–3)
Indoor (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Sep 1997
Brighton International , United Kingdom
World Series
Clay
Chris Wilkinson
Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov
6–7(7–9) , 2–6
Loss
0–2
Oct 1999
Palermo , Italy
World Series
Clay
Lan Bale
Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto
3–6, 1–6
Loss
0–3
May 2000
Majorca Open , Spain
World Series
Clay
Fernando Vicente
Michaël Llodra Diego Nargiso
6–7(2–7) , 6–7(3–7)
Win
1–3
Sep 2000
Bucharest , Romania
World Series
Clay
Eyal Ran
Devin Bowen Mariano Hood
7–6(7–4) , 6–1
Win
2–3
Jul 2006
Dutch Open , Netherlands
World Series
Clay
Fernando Vicente
Lucas Arnold Ker Christopher Kas
6–4, 6–3
Win
3–3
Feb 2009
Buenos Aires , Argentina
250 Series
Clay
Marcel Granollers
Nicolás Almagro Santiago Ventura
6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 14 (5–9)
Legend
ATP Challenger (5–9)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (5–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Aug 1997
Geneva , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Andrea Gaudenzi
2–6, 1–6
Win
1–1
Sep 1998
Seville , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Davide Scala
6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Loss
1–2
Oct 1998
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Clay
Albert Portas
2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss
1–3
Nov 1998
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Challenger
Clay
Younes El Aynaoui
6–7, 1–6
Loss
1–4
Mar 1999
Singapore , Singapore
Challenger
Hard
Mosé Navarra
2–6, 2–6
Loss
1–5
Jun 2000
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Bohdan Ulihrach
0–6, 2–6
Loss
1–6
Sep 2005
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Agustín Calleri
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss
1–7
Mar 2006
Sunrise , United States
Challenger
Hard
Dmitry Tursunov
3–6, 1–6
Win
2–7
Oct 2007
Tarragona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Peter Luczak
6–4, 7–5
Loss
2–8
Apr 2008
Monza , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Albert Montañés
6–3, 6–7(1–7) , 3–6
Loss
2–9
Apr 2008
Chiasso , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Younes El Aynaoui
6–7(2–7) , 3–6
Win
3–9
Sep 2008
Trnava , Slovakia
Challenger
Clay
Julian Reister
6–2, 6–0
Win
4–9
Oct 2008
Tarragona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Simon Greul
6–7(5–7) , 6–4, 6–4
Win
5–9
Sep 2009
Genova , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Carlos Berlocq
6–3, 6–3
Doubles: 19 (7–12)
Legend
ATP Challenger (7–12)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (7–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Apr 1997
Barletta , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Albert Portas
Tom Vanhoudt Nuno Marques
3–6, 4–6
Loss
0–2
Aug 1997
Graz , Austria
Challenger
Clay
Albert Portas
Tom Vanhoudt Lucas Arnold Ker
1–6, 2–6
Loss
0–3
Apr 1998
Espinho , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Tomas Anzari
Jens Knippschild Stephen Noteboom
6–7, 5–7
Loss
0–4
May 1998
Ljubljana , Slovenia
Challenger
Clay
Tomas Anzari
Marius Barnard Stephen Noteboom
6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Loss
0–5
Jun 1998
Split , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Álex López Morón
Geoff Grant Attila Sávolt
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win
1–5
Sep 1998
Seville , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez
Edwin Kempes Rogier Wassen
2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss
1–6
Oct 1998
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Clay
Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez
Albert Portas Álex López Morón
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss
1–7
Nov 1998
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Challenger
Clay
Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez
Martin Garcia Guillermo Cañas
7–6, 1–6, 4–6
Loss
1–8
Oct 1999
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Javier Sánchez
Eduardo Nicolás Espin Germán Puentes Alcañiz
6–7, 6–7
Win
2–8
Jun 2000
Prostějov , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Eyal Ran
Petr Luxa Vincenzo Santopadre
6–2, 6–2
Win
3–8
Jun 2000
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Eyal Ran
Martín Rodríguez Mariano Hood
7–6(7–2) , 6–7(5–7) , 6–2
Loss
3–9
Sep 2004
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Óscar Hernández
Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood
0–6, 4–6
Loss
3–10
Aug 2007
Manerbio , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Fred Gil
Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof
6–7(4–7) , 6–3, [8–10]
Win
4–10
Mar 2008
Meknes , Morocco
Challenger
Clay
Daniel Munoz De La Nava
Yuri Schukin Mikhail Elgin
6–4, 6–7(2–7) , [10–6]
Win
5–10
Apr 2008
Monza , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Stefano Galvani
Denis Gremelmayr Simon Greul
7–5, 2–6, [10–3]
Win
6–10
Apr 2008
Chiasso , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Mariano Hood
Fabio Colangelo Marco Crugnola
4–6, 7–6(7–4) , [11–9]
Loss
6–11
Jul 2008
Poznań , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Santiago Giraldo
Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer
6–4, 0–6, [6–10]
Win
7–11
Aug 2008
Como , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Mariano Hood
Guillermo Hormazábal Antonio Veić
6–1, 6–4
Loss
7–12
Mar 2009
Marrakesh , Morocco
Challenger
Clay
Daniel Munoz De La Nava
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Santiago Ventura
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
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.
Singles
Doubles
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
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.
Notes
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