Todd Martin (born July 8, 1970) is an American retired tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the 1994 Australian Open and the 1999 US Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4.
Playing career Martin was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, and played tennis for two years at Northwestern University before turning professional in 1990. His parents lived in Lansing, Michigan, where Martin went to nearby East Lansing High School. At Northwestern, he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He won his first top-level singles title in 1993 at Coral Springs, Florida. Martin traveled with good friend David Helfer for much of the '92 season. Helfer went on to play at Kalamazoo College.
1994 proved to be a breakout year for Martin. Coached by Robert Van't Hof, 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 No. 1 Pete Sampras. 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. Martin's third Grand Slam semifinal of 1994 came at the US Open, where he again fell to the eventual champion, this time 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 back-to-back titles.
Martin was a member of the US team Davis Cup for nine consecutive years and part of the championship squad 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. He reached the Wimbledon semifinals 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. He missed most of the 1997 season due to injury, but came back to win two singles titles in Barcelona and Stockholm in 1998.
In 1999, Martin had a solid year, reaching the quarterfinals of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and reached his second Grand Slam final 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 in five sets. Martin won 20 of the final 21 points of the match, despite playing with a heavily bandaged leg and dealing with dehydration. In the final, he faced Andre Agassi in a five-set contest, which Agassi eventually won. Martin won another singles title in Sydney that year, and reached his career-high singles ranking of No. 4.
In 2000, Martin again turned in a strong performance at the US Open, reaching the semifinals before falling to the eventual champion, Marat Safin, in straight sets. 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 Moyà.
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 1994 to 1996, Martin was coached by Robert Van't Hof; from 1997 to 2002, he was coached by Dean Goldfine.
In his career, Martin won eight singles and five doubles titles. He retired from the professional tour in 2004. He was the CEO of the International Tennis Hall of Fame until the end of 2022. He is currently the Tournament Director for the Western & Southern Open and is also the Head of Tennis for Beemok Sports and Entertainment.
Grand Slam finals Singles: 2 (0–2) ResultDateChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1994 Australian Open Hard Pete Sampras 6–7(4–7), 4–6, 4–6Loss 1999 US Open Hard Andre Agassi 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 2–6
Other significant finals Grand Slam Cup finals Singles: 1 (0–1) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1995Grand Slam CupCarpet (i) Goran Ivanišević6–7(4–7), 3–6, 4–6
Masters Series finals Singles: 1 (0–1) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1993 Canada Masters Hard Mikael Pernfors 6–2, 2–6, 5–7
ATP career finals
Singles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–2)ATP World Tour Finals (0–1)ATP Masters Series (0–1)ATP Championship Series (3–4)ATP World Series (5–4)Titles by surfaceHard (5–7)Clay (2–3)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–2)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–0)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Memphis, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Jim Courier7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)Win1–1Coral Springs, United StatesWorld SeriesClay David Wheaton6–3, 6–4Loss1–2Washington, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Amos Mansdorf6–7(3–7), 5–7Loss1–3Montreal, CanadaMasters SeriesHard Mikael Pernfors6–2, 2–6, 5–7Loss1–4Tokyo, JapanChampionship SeriesCarpet Ivan Lendl4–6, 4–6Loss1–5Melbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Pete Sampras6–7(4–7), 4–6, 4–6Win2–5Memphis, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Brad Gilbert6–4, 7–5Loss2–6Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Michael Chang7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 0–6Loss2–7Pinehurst, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Jared Palmer4–6, 6–7(5–7)Win3–7Queen's, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Pete Sampras7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)Win4–7Memphis, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Paul Haarhuis7–6(7–2), 6–4Loss4–8Grand Slam Cup, GermanyATP FinalsCarpet Goran Ivanišević6–7(4–7), 3–6, 4–6Win5–8Sydney, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Goran Ivanišević5–7, 6–3, 6–4Loss5–9Memphis, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Pete Sampras4–6, 6–7(2–7)Loss5–10Stockholm, SwedenWorld SeriesHard Thomas Enqvist5–7, 4–6, 6–7(0–7)Win6–10Barcelona, SpainChampionship SeriesClay Alberto Berasategui6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2Win7–10Stockholm, SwedenWorld SeriesHard Thomas Johansson6–3, 6–4, 6–4Win8–10Sydney, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Alex Corretja6–3, 7–6(7–5)Loss8–11Estoril, PortugalWorld SeriesClay Albert Costa6–7(4–7), 6–2, 3–6Loss8–12New York, United StatesGrand SlamHard Andre Agassi4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (1–2)ATP Championship Series Gold (1–1)ATP World Series (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (2–1)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (5–3)Indoor (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Jared Palmer Paul Annacone Richey Reneberg4–6, 6–7Win1–1Tampa, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Derrick Rostagno Kelly Jones Jared Palmer6–3, 6–4Win2–1Indianapolis, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Scott Davis Ken Flach Rick Leach6–4, 6–4Win3–1Paget, BermudaWorld SeriesClay Grant Connell Brett Steven Jason Stoltenberg7–6, 2–6, 7–5Win4–1Queen's, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Pete Sampras Jan Apell Jonas Björkman7–6, 6–4Loss4–2Indianapolis, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Scott Davis Daniel Nestor Mark Knowles4–6, 4–6Loss4–3Paris, FranceMasters SeriesCarpet Jim Grabb Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith2–6, 2–6Loss4–4Stockholm, SwedenWorld SeriesHard Chris Woodruff Jonathan Stark Patrick Galbraith6–7, 4–6Loss4–5Indian Wells, United StatesMasters SeriesHard Richey Reneberg Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter4–6, 6–7Win5–5Cincinnati, United StatesMasters SeriesHard James Blake Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi7–5, 6–3
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 4 (2–2) LegendATP Challenger (2–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0New Haven, United StatesChallengerHard Buff Farrow6–3, 6–4Loss1–1Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Brian Garrow4–6, 2–6Loss1–2Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Byron Black4–6, 6–4, 2–6Win2–2Delray Beach, United StatesChallengerHard Eyal Ran6–2, 6–0
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA1RF4R3RA2RQF2RQF3RA3R0 / 1025–10French OpenA4RA1R3R3R3RA1RA1R1R2R2R1R0 / 1111–11WimbledonAQ12RQFSF4RSFA4RQF2R4R2R3R2R0 / 1233–12US Open1R3R3R3RSF4R3R2R2RFSF2R1R4R1R0 / 1533–15Win–loss0–15–23–26–418–411–411–41–15–414–37–48–44–46–33–40 / 48102–48Year-end championshipsTennis Masters Cup Did not qualify RR Did not qualify0 / 11–2Grand Slam Cup Did not qualify 1R SF F Did not qualify Not Held0 / 35–3ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells Masters A A A 3R 3R QF 3R A 2R QF A A SF 1R 1R0 / 915–9Miami Open A A A 2R 2R 2R 4R A 3R A A 1R 2R QF 4R0 / 913–9Monte CarloAAAAAA 1RA 1RAAAAAA0 / 20–2RomeAAAAA 2R 3RA 2RA 1R 1RAA 1R0 / 64–6HamburgAAAAAAAAAA 2R 2R 1RAA0 / 32–3Canada MastersAA 2R F 2R 3R SFA 2R QF 1R 3R 3RQ1A0 / 1018–10Cincinnati MastersAA 2R 1RA 3R 2RA 3R 2R QF 2R 1R 3RA0 / 1013–10Stockholm / Stuttgart AAA 3R 3R 2R 3R QF 3R QFAAAAA0 / 711–7Paris MastersAAA 3R 3R 3R 3R 1R SF 2RAAQ2AA0 / 78–7Win–loss0–00–02–210–63–59–712–83–213–88–54–44–57–56–33–30 / 6384–63 Year-end ranking2691348713 1018128116 755574768145Career Earnings: $8,232,355
Doubles Tournament199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA2RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1French OpenAAA3RAAAAAAAAAA1R0 / 22–2WimbledonAQ1AA3RAAA2RAAAAAA0 / 23–2US Open2R2R2R1RA1RAA1RAAAAAA0 / 63–6Win–loss1–11–11–12–23–20–10–00–01–20–00–00–00–00–00–10 / 119–11ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAQFA2RAFAAAAAA0 / 37–3Miami OpenAAA2RA2R2RAAAAAAA1R0 / 42–4Monte CarloAAAAAASFAAAAAAAA0 / 12–1RomeAAAAAQF2RAAAAAAAA0 / 23–2HamburgAAAAAAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1Canada MastersAAA1R1R1RAA2RAQFA1RAA0 / 63–6Cincinnati MastersAAAAA2RAAQFAQ12RW2RA1 / 510–4Stockholm / StuttgartAAAAAAA1RAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Paris MastersAAAAAFAAAAAAAAA0 / 14–1Win–loss0–00–00–01–22–28–54–40–17–30–02–11–25–11–10–11 / 2431–23
Top 10 wins Season199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004TotalWins00055331541241034