Martín Rodríguez (tennis)

Martín Rodríguez (Latin American Spanish: [maɾˈtin roˈðɾiɣes]; born 18 December 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Rodríguez turned professional in 1991. He reached his career-high singles ranking when he became World Number 71 on June 14, 1999. On 25 October 2004, he reached his career-high doubles rank, when he became World Number 15.[1]

Martín Rodríguez
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1969-12-18) 18 December 1969
Córdoba, Argentina
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1991
Retired2008
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$1,221,361
Singles
Career record16–40
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 71 (14 June 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2000)
French Open2R (1999)
Wimbledon1R (1999)
US Open1R (1998, 1999)
Doubles
Career record143–151
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 15 (25 October 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2003, 2004)
French OpenQF (2003, 2004)
Wimbledon3R (2003, 2005)
US Open1R (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2003)
Olympic Games2R (2004)

Rodríguez's coach was Horacio de la Peña. He currently resides in Buenos Aires.[2]

After testing positive for an excessive amount of caffeine, Rodríguez forfeited prize money and ranking points from the 2002 ATP tournament in Basel.[1]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Championship Series (0–2)
ATP World Series (6–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (4–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (6–7)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2000 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Zimbabwe Byron Black
United States Donald Johnson
3–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Feb 2001 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Brazil André Sá Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
6–2, 6–4
Win 1–2 Feb 2002 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Luis Lobo
6–3, 6–4
Win 2–2 Feb 2002 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 3–2 Aug 2003 Long Island, U.S. Hard South Africa Robbie Koenig Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Czech Republic Martin Damm
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 3–3 Feb 2004 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
Argentina Gastón Gaudio
6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 4–3 Apr 2004 Valencia, Spain Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Spain Feliciano López
Spain Marc López
7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 4–4 Apr 2004 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis United Kingdom Tim Henman
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
5–7, 2–6
Loss 4–5 Sep 2004 Delray Beach, U.S. Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis India Leander Paes
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
0–6, 3–6
Loss 4–6 Sep 2004 Palermo, Italy Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Mariano Hood
5–7, 2–6
Loss 4–7 Oct 2004 Vienna, Austria Hard Argentina Gastón Etlis Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 4–8 Feb 2005 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Spain David Ferrer
Spain Santiago Ventura
3–6, 4–6
Win 5–8 Aug 2005 New Haven, United States Hard Argentina Gastón Etlis United States Rajeev Ram
United States Bobby Reynolds
6–4, 6–3
Win 6–8 Apr 2005 Valencia, Spain Clay Chile Fernando González Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Mariano Hood
6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (1–8)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–8)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1994 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay Spain José Francisco Altur 6–7, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 1998 Ostend, Belgium Challenger Clay Australia Andrew Ilie 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 1998 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Morocco Younes El Aynaoui 3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–4 Aug 1998 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Norway Christian Ruud 6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–5 Feb 1999 Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay Argentina Marcelo Charpentier 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–6 May 1999 Birmingham, United States Challenger Clay Brazil Francisco Costa 7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Loss 0–7 Apr 2000 Cagliari, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Andrea Gaudenzi 6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 0–8 Jul 2000 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay France Nicolas Coutelot 3–6, ret.
Win 1–8 Apr 2001 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Czech Republic Ota Fukárek 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–2), 7–6(10–8)

Doubles: 17 (11–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (11–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (11–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1993 Viña del Mar, Chile Challenger Clay Chile Marcelo Rebolledo Russia Andrey Merinov
Italy Laurence Tieleman
6–3, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Sep 1996 Brașov, Romania Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Romania George Cosac
Romania Dinu Pescariu
6–7, 1–6
Win 2–1 Dec 1996 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Peru Alejandro Aramburu Acuna
Paraguay Ramón Delgado
6–4, 6–4
Win 3–1 Feb 1997 Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay Argentina Daniel Orsanic Brazil Nelson Aerts
Brazil Fernando Meligeni
6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Jul 1997 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay Mexico David Roditi Italy Giorgio Galimberti
Italy Massimo Valeri
4–6, 6–0, 6–7
Loss 3–3 Jun 1998 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco Spain Álex López Morón
Spain Albert Portas
4–6, 4–6
Win 4–3 Jul 1998 Contrexéville, France Challenger Clay Argentina Diego del Río Spain Álex López Morón
Spain Jairo Velasco
7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 4–4 Aug 1998 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Argentina Agustín Calleri
Sweden Tobias Hildebrand
2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 5–4 Aug 1998 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Italy Cristian Brandi
Brazil Marcio Carlsson
6–3, 6–4
Win 6–4 Oct 1998 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Diego del Río Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Netherlands Peter Wessels
7–6, 6–3
Win 7–4 Nov 1998 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Argentina Diego del Río Argentina Federico Browne
Argentina Eduardo Medica
6–4, 7–6
Loss 7–5 Jun 1999 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay Argentina Diego del Río Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojša Đorđević
South Africa Marcos Ondruska
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 8–5 Dec 1999 Caracas, Venezuela Challenger Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Venezuela José de Armas
Venezuela Jimy Szymanski
6–4, 6–3
Loss 8–6 Jun 2000 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Spain Alberto Martín
Israel Eyal Ran
6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Win 9–6 Oct 2000 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
Peru Luis Horna
6–2, 5–2 ret.
Win 10–6 Sep 2001 Florianópolis, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Australia Stephen Huss
Australia Lee Pearson
6–2, 6–1
Win 11–6 Oct 2001 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Argentina Agustín Calleri
Argentina Ignacio Hirigoyen
7–5, 7–5
Loss 11–7 Nov 2001 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Argentina Federico Browne
Argentina Ignacio Hirigoyen
4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 11–8 Mar 2002 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Argentina Diego Veronelli United States Brandon Coupe
United States Jeff Salzenstein
7–6(7–3)4–6, 6–7(3–7)

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament1994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 1R 2R 1R Q1 A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon A A Q2 Q1 A 1R A Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A 1R 1R A Q1 A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 7 1–7 13%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Miami A Q2 A A A Q1 A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Monte Carlo A Q2 Q1 A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Madrid Not Masters Series A Q2 0 / 0 0–0   
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0   

Doubles

Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R A A SF SF 1R 0 / 4 8–4 67%
French Open A 3R 3R 2R 1R QF QF 2R 0 / 7 12–7 63%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 0 / 7 5–7 42%
US Open 1R 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 7 0–7 0%
Win–loss 0–1 2–3 2–3 1–3 0–3 9–4 8–4 3–4 0 / 25 25–25 50%
National Representation
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Year-End Championships
ATP Finals Did not qualify SF RR DNQ 0 / 2 1–6 14%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A 1R 1R QF 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Miami A 1R A 2R QF 2R 1R A 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Monte Carlo A A Q2 A A 1R F 2R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Rome A A A A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Hamburg A A A A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Canada A A A A A 2R 2R 2R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Cincinnati A A A A A QF 1R 1R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Madrid Not Masters Series A 1R 2R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Paris A A A A A 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 5–7 6–9 6–6 0 / 25 21–25 46%

References

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