Martin Lee (born 13 January 1978) is an English former professional tennis player. Born in London, he resides in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
Tennis career Lee was a promising junior, reaching No. 1 in the world junior rankings. In 1995 he won the Boys Doubles at Wimbledon. A left-hander, he turned pro in 1996. He struggled with constant knee and groin problems throughout his career, which eventually forced his retirement from the professional circuit in November 2006.
Lee's best singles result on the ATP Tour was to reach the final of the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island in 2001. On 11 March 2002, Lee achieved his career-high singles ranking of World No. 94, establishing himself as the British number three behind Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski. It was the first time in 23 years that Britain had three players in the Top 100. However, in November 2002 he underwent knee surgery and was out of action for 10 months, and his ranking never recovered.
Lee reached the second round of the men's singles at Wimbledon four times, in 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2006. He appeared in the US Open in 2001, and managed to take two sets off of seeded player Sjeng Schalken, however the Dutchman prevailed 6–3 in the deciding set. Lee's ranking also ensured automatic qualification for the main draw of the Australian and French Opens in 2002, but he lost in the first round on both occasions. Overall he won 21 and lost 46 ATP Tour matches.
Lee won two of his three matches for Great Britain in the Davis Cup, however these were only dead rubbers. Lee lost his only live match against Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan in straight sets.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Tour World Series (0–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Newport, United StatesInternational SeriesGrass Neville Godwin1–6, 4–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 6 (2–4) LegendATP Challenger (0–3)ITF Futures (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Great Britain F7, SunderlandFuturesHard Ross Matheson4–6, 7–5, 6–4Loss1–1Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Mosé Navarra4–6, 3–6Loss1–2Gramado, BrazilChallengerHard Alexandre Simoni4–6, 5–7Loss1–3Hamilton, New ZealandChallengerHard Bjorn Rehnquist6–3, 2–6, 0–6Loss1–4Great Britain F12, GlasgowFuturesHard Matthew Smith4–6, 6–3, 1–6Win2–4Great Britain F3, SunderlandFuturesHard James Auckland6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–2
Doubles: 15 (5–10) LegendATP Challenger (4–5)ITF Futures (1–5)Finals by surfaceHard (2–5)Clay (0–2)Grass (3–2)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Great Britain F7, SunderlandFuturesHard Jamie Delgado Ross Matheson Tom Spinks3–6, 4–6Loss0–2Great Britain F7, EdinburghFuturesClay Arvind Parmar Ben Ellwood Miles MacLagan2–6, 3–6Loss0–3Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Jamie Delgado Jeff Coetzee Neville Godwin4–6, 2–6Loss0–4Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Jamie Delgado Daniel Melo Antonio Prieto2–6, 6–3, 5–7Loss0–5Lucknow, United KingdomChallengerGrass Jamie Delgado Kristian Pless Paradorn Srichaphan7–5, 3–6, 5–7Loss0–6Great Britain F3, LondonFuturesClay Oliver Freelove James Davidson Ville Liukko5–7, 2–6Loss0–7Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Jamie Delgado Daniel Melo Alexandre Simoni4–6, 4–6Loss0–8Hull, United KingdomChallengerCarpet Barry Cowan Michael Kohlmann Michael Llodra2–6, 3–6Win1–8Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Arvind Parmar Daniel Kiernan David Sherwood6–3, 2–6, 6–2Win2–8Great Britain F6, BathFuturesHard Ross Hutchins Lee Childs Alexander Flock7–6(7–4), 6–3Win3–8Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Josh Goodall Jean-Michel Pequery Aisam Qureshi6–4, 7–6(7–0)Loss3–9Great Britain F11, NottinghamFuturesHard Lee Childs Frederick Sundsten Olivier Charroin3–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss3–10Great Britain F4, ManchesterFuturesHard David Sherwood Jean-Francois Bachelot Aisam Qureshi1–6, 6–3, 2–6Win4–10Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Jonathan Marray Josh Goodall Ross Hutchins3–6, 6–3, [10–3]Win5–10Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Harel Levy Scott Lipsky David Martin6–4, 7–5
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAQ21RAAAA0 / 10–1French OpenAAAQ1AAQ21RAAAA0 / 10–1WimbledonQ2Q12R1R1R2R2R1R1RAA2R0 / 84–8US OpenAAAAQ1Q31RQ2Q2AAQ10 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–01–10–10–11–11–20–30–10–00–01–10 / 114–11ATP Tour Masters 1000Miami OpenAAAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1Canadian OpenAAAAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–10–00–00–00–00 / 20–2
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnetOpponentsScoreWin1995WimbledonGrass James Trotman Alejandro Hernandez Mariano Puerta7–6, 6–4Loss1996Australian OpenHard James Trotman Jocelyn Robichaud Daniele Bracciali2–6, 4–6
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