Alberto Martín Magret (; 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.
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.
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 master's degree from Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.
ATP Tour career finals
Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–2)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (3–2)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Grand Prix Hassan II, MoroccoWorld SeriesClay Fernando Vicente6–3, 6–4Win2–0Bucharest, RomaniaWorld SeriesClay Karim Alami6–2, 6–3Win3–0Majorca Open, SpainWorld SeriesClay Guillermo Coria6–3, 3–6, 6–2Loss3–1Brasil Open, BrazilInternational SeriesClay Rafael Nadal0–6, 7–6(7–2), 1–6Loss3–2Brasil Open, BrazilInternational SeriesClay Nicolás Massú3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–3)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (3–3)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Brighton International, United KingdomWorld SeriesClay Chris Wilkinson Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov6–7(7–9), 2–6Loss0–2Palermo, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Lan Bale Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto3–6, 1–6Loss0–3Majorca Open, SpainWorld SeriesClay Fernando Vicente Michaël Llodra Diego Nargiso6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7)Win1–3Bucharest, RomaniaWorld SeriesClay Eyal Ran Devin Bowen Mariano Hood7–6(7–4), 6–1Win2–3Dutch Open, NetherlandsWorld SeriesClay Fernando Vicente Lucas Arnold Ker Christopher Kas6–4, 6–3Win3–3Buenos Aires, Argentina250 SeriesClay Marcel Granollers Nicolás Almagro Santiago Ventura6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 14 (5–9) LegendATP Challenger (5–9)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (5–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Andrea Gaudenzi2–6, 1–6Win1–1Seville, SpainChallengerClay Davide Scala6–1, 5–7, 6–2Loss1–2Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Albert Portas2–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss1–3Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Younes El Aynaoui6–7, 1–6Loss1–4Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Mosé Navarra2–6, 2–6Loss1–5Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Bohdan Ulihrach0–6, 2–6Loss1–6Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Agustín Calleri6–4, 2–6, 4–6Loss1–7Sunrise, United StatesChallengerHard Dmitry Tursunov3–6, 1–6Win2–7Tarragona, SpainChallengerClay Peter Luczak6–4, 7–5Loss2–8Monza, ItalyChallengerClay Albert Montañés6–3, 6–7(1–7), 3–6Loss2–9Chiasso, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Younes El Aynaoui6–7(2–7), 3–6Win3–9Trnava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Julian Reister6–2, 6–0Win4–9Tarragona, SpainChallengerClay Simon Greul6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4Win5–9Genova, ItalyChallengerClay Carlos Berlocq6–3, 6–3
Doubles: 19 (7–12) LegendATP Challenger (7–12)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (7–12)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Albert Portas Tom Vanhoudt Nuno Marques3–6, 4–6Loss0–2Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Albert Portas Tom Vanhoudt Lucas Arnold Ker1–6, 2–6Loss0–3Espinho, PortugalChallengerClay Tomas Anzari Jens Knippschild Stephen Noteboom6–7, 5–7Loss0–4Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Tomas Anzari Marius Barnard Stephen Noteboom6–7, 7–6, 6–7Loss0–5Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Álex López Morón Geoff Grant Attila Sávolt6–4, 3–6, 2–6Win1–5Seville, SpainChallengerClay Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez Edwin Kempes Rogier Wassen2–6, 7–5, 6–3Loss1–6Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez Albert Portas Álex López Morón6–4, 3–6, 2–6Loss1–7Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez Martin Garcia Guillermo Cañas7–6, 1–6, 4–6Loss1–8Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Javier Sánchez Eduardo Nicolás Espin Germán Puentes Alcañiz6–7, 6–7Win2–8Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Eyal Ran Petr Luxa Vincenzo Santopadre6–2, 6–2Win3–8Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Eyal Ran Martín Rodríguez Mariano Hood7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 6–2Loss3–9Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Óscar Hernández Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood0–6, 4–6Loss3–10Manerbio, PortugalChallengerClay Fred Gil Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof6–7(4–7), 6–3, [8–10]Win4–10Meknes, MoroccoChallengerClay Daniel Munoz De La Nava Yuri Schukin Mikhail Elgin6–4, 6–7(2–7), [10–6]Win5–10Monza, ItalyChallengerClay Stefano Galvani Denis Gremelmayr Simon Greul7–5, 2–6, [10–3]Win6–10Chiasso, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Mariano Hood Fabio Colangelo Marco Crugnola4–6, 7–6(7–4), [11–9]Loss6–11Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Santiago Giraldo Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer6–4, 0–6, [6–10]Win7–11Como, ItalyChallengerClay Mariano Hood Guillermo Hormazábal Antonio Veić6–1, 6–4Loss7–12Marrakesh, MoroccoChallengerClay Daniel Munoz De La Nava Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Santiago Ventura3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Performance timelines
Singles
Tournament199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %Australian OpenQ1A1R1R1R2R3R3R2R1RA1RQ21RA0 / 106–10French OpenA1RQ31R1R2R2R1R1R1R4RAQ21RQ10 / 105–10WimbledonAAA3R2R1R2R1R1R1R2RAA1RA0 / 95–9US OpenAAA1R1R1R2R3R2R1R1RAA1RA0 / 94–9Win–loss0–00–10–12–41–42–45–44–42–40–44–30–10–00–40–00 / 3820–38ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAA1RA1RA2R1R1R1RAAA0 / 61–6Miami OpenAAAA1R2R1R1R1R2R2R1RAAA0 / 83–8Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAQ2QF3RQFQF3R2RAA1RQ10 / 714–7Madrid OpenNot HeldQ11RQ22RAAAQ2A0 / 21–2Italian OpenAAAAAA1R2R1RQF3RQ1AQ1Q10 / 56–5HamburgAAAA2RQF2R1R2R1R1RA1RNMS0 / 86–8Canada MastersAAA1RA3RA1RA1R1RAAAA0 / 52–5Cincinnati MastersAAA2RA3RQ2Q1A1R1RAAAA0 / 43–4Paris MastersAAAAA1RAAAAAAAQ1A0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–311–63–54–65–57–84–70–20–10–10–00 / 4435–44
Doubles
Tournament1998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %Australian Open1R1R1R2R2R1R2R1RA2R0 / 94–9French Open2R1R1R2RA1R1R2RQFA0 / 86–8WimbledonA1R2R1RA1R1R1R1RA0 / 71–7US OpenA1R1RAA1R2R1R1RA0 / 61–6Win–loss1–20–41–42–31–10–42–41–44–30–10 / 3012–30ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAQ2AAAAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAA1RSFAAAAA0 / 24–2Monte-Carlo MastersAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1HamburgAA1RQ2AAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–10–24–10–00–00–00–00–0\0 / 44–4
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1996French OpenClay Björn Rehnquist6–3, 7–6
Top 10 wins per season Season1995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010TotalWins00100002010100005
Wins over top-ten players per season #PlayerRankTournamentSurfaceRdScore19971. Wayne Ferreira10Barcelona, SpainClay2R4–6, 6–2, 7–520022. Lleyton Hewitt1Australian Open, MelbourneHard1R1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)20043. Juan Carlos Ferrero2Barcelona, SpainClay3R6–2, 6–34. Sébastien Grosjean10Monte Carlo, MonacoClay2R6–4, 6–220065. Andy Roddick5French Open, ParisClay1R6–4, 7–5, 1–0 ret.
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References
External links
Alberto Martín at TV Ober-Eschbach