Mārtiņš Podžus

Mārtiņš Podžus (born 29 June 1994) is a Latvian tennis player.

Mārtiņš Podžus
Full nameMārtiņš Podžus
Country (sports) Latvia
ResidenceRiga, Latvia
Born (1994-06-29) 29 June 1994
Bauska, Latvia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$77,811
Singles
Career record7–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 7 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 418 (17 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 445 (22 February 2021)
Doubles
Career record4–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 8 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 390 (19 August 2019)
Current rankingNo. 525 (22 February 2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup19–16
Last updated on: 22 February 2021.

Podžus has a career high ATP singles ranking of 418 achieved on 17 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 390 achieved on 19 August 2019.[1]

Podžus has represented Latvia at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 19–16.[2] He debuted in the Latvian Davis Cup team at 17 years and 10 days old, in 8 July 2011, against Denmark.

Podžus has a twin brother Jānis Podžus who is also a tennis player.

Future and Challenger finals

Singles: 14 (7–7)
Legend
ATP Challengers 0 (0–0)
ITF Futures 14 (7–7)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. November 17, 2013 Bradenton, USA F31 Clay Russia Andrey Rublev 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win 2. October 12, 2014 Leimen, Germany F15 Hard (i) Germany Florian Fallert 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3. December 14, 2014 Antalya, Turkey F44 Hard Italy Erik Crepaldi 6–2, 6–0
Loss 4. May 9, 2015 Båstad, Sweden F2 Clay Austria Michael Linzer 4–6, 2–6
Win 5. June 21, 2015 Istanbul, Turkey F24 Hard Australia Bradley Mousley 6–1, 6–0
Loss 6. May 1, 2016 Vero Beach, USA F15 Clay Germany Jonas Lütjen 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 7. October 14, 2017 Nonthaburi, Thailand F8 Hard Australia Max Purcell 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 8. May 13, 2018 Wisła, Poland F2 Clay Germany Pascal Meis 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 9. September 2, 2018 Subotica, Serbia F4 Clay Serbia Marko Miladinović 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 10. November 3, 2018 Tartu, Estonia F2 Carpet (i) Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov 5–7, 3–6
Win 11. August 11, 2019 M15 Koszalin, Poland Clay Czech Republic David Poljak 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win 12. October 6, 2019 M25 Falun, Sweden Hard (i) Finland Patrik Niklas-Salminen 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 13. February 9, 2020 M25 Palm Coast, United States Clay United States Alexander Ritschard 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win 14. October 11, 2020 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard United States Nick Chappell 6–4, 1–6, 7–5

Doubles 15 (8–7)
Legend
Challengers 0 (0–0)
Futures 15 (8–7)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. March 9, 2014 Cherkasy, Ukraine F1 Hard (i) Latvia Jānis Podžus Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
Croatia Filip Veger		 2–6, 5–7
Win 2. December 7, 2014 Antalya, Turkey F43 Hard Latvia Jānis Podžus Portugal Romain Barbosa
Portugal Frederico Ferreira Silva		 4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 3. December 14, 2014 Antalya, Turkey F44 Hard Latvia Jānis Podžus Romania Bogdan Ionuț Apostol
Lithuania Lukas Mugevičius		 4–6, 6–4, [11–13]
Win 4. April 19, 2015 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt F14 Hard Latvia Jānis Podžus Austria Martin Fischer
Switzerland Jannis Liniger		 6–0, 0–6, [10–7]
Loss 5. October 4, 2015 Hambach, Germany F14 Carpet (i) Latvia Jānis Podžus Germany Johannes Härteis
Germany Hannes Wagner		 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 6. October 18, 2015 Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany F16 Carpet (i) Latvia Jānis Podžus Czech Republic Petr Michnev
Czech Republic Pavel Nejedlý		 4–6, 2–6
Win 7. May 13, 2018 Wisła, Poland F2 Clay United States Patrick Daciek Russia Timur Kiyamov
Russia Maxim Ratniuk		 6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 8. October 6, 2018 Falun, Sweden F5 Hard (i) Latvia Jānis Podžus Switzerland Antoine Bellier
Germany Johannes Härteis		 6–1, 6–2
Win 9. November 10, 2018 Pärnu, Estonia F3 Hard (i) Latvia Jānis Podžus Estonia Vladimir Ivanov
Russia Maxim Ratniuk		 6–3, 6–4
Win 10. June 2, 2019 M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Russia Maxim Ratniuk Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo
Brazil João Pedro Sorgi		 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 11. July 21, 2019 M15 Piešťany, Slovakia Clay Latvia Jānis Podžus Czech Republic Vít Kopřiva
Czech Republic Petr Nouza		 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–1), [10–7]
Win 12. August 11, 2019 M15 Koszalin, Poland Clay Latvia Jānis Podžus Germany Hasan Ibrahim
Germany Timo Stodder		 7–6(9–7), 5–7, [10–5]
Loss 13. October 6, 2019 M25 Falun, Sweden Hard (i) Latvia Jānis Podžus France Florian Lakat
Poland Jan Zieliński		 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Loss 14. October 11, 2020 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Ukraine Yurii Dzhavakian Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
Ukraine Vitaliy Sachko		 3–6, 3–6
Loss 15. February 21, 2021 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Germany Robert Strombachs Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou
Japan Jumpei Yamasaki		 3–6, 7–5, [7–10]

Davis Cup

Participations: (19–16)
Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (2–2)
Group II (9–10)
Group III (8–4)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (6–8)
Clay (13–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (12–12)
Doubles (7–4)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Decrease2–3; 8–10 July 2011; KB Pile Alle, Frederiksberg, Denmark; Europe/Africa Second round; Clay surface
Defeat 1 II Singles Denmark Denmark Frederik Nielsen 6–0, 6–1, 5–7, 3–6, 0–6
Defeat 2 V Singles Martin Pedersen 2–6, 4–6, 1–6
Increase3–2; 10–12 February 2012; El Gezera Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa First round; Clay surface
Defeat 3 V Singles (dead rubber) Egypt Egypt Karim-Mohamed Maamoun 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Increase3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Arēna Rīga, Riga, Latvia; Europe/Africa Promotional Play-off; Hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 4 V Singles (dead rubber) Finland Finland Herkko Pöllänen 4–6, 4–6
Decrease0–5; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 5 I Singles Slovakia Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 1–6
Decrease2–3; 24–26 October 2014; Racketcentrum, Jönköping, Sweden; Europe/Africa Relegation play-off; Hard (indoor) surface
Victory 6 I Singles Sweden Sweden Elias Ymer 7–6(7–3), 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 3–6, 9–7
Defeat 7 III Doubles (with Miķelis Lībietis) Johan Brunström / Robert Lindstedt 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6
Victory 8 IV Singles Christian Lindell 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
Decrease1–4; 6–8 March 2015; Tenisa Centrs Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard (indoor) surface
Victory 9 I Singles Bulgaria Bulgaria Alexandar Lazov 6–3, 7–5, 7–5
Defeat 10 III Doubles (with Jānis Podžus) Tihomir Grozdanov / Ilia Kushev 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 1–6
Defeat 11 IV Singles Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Increase3–2; 17–19 July 2015; Liepajas Tenisa Sporta Skola, Liepāja, Latvia; Europe/Africa Relegation play-off; Clay surface
Victory 12 I Singles Madagascar Madagascar Jacob Rasolondrazana 6–1, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Victory 13 III Doubles (with Miķelis Lībietis) Tony Rajaobelina / Antso Rakotondramanga 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
Victory 14 IV Singles Antso Rakotondramanga 2–6, 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Increase3–2; 4–6 March 2016; Daugavpils Olimpiskais Centrs, Daugavpils, Latvia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard (indoor) surface
Victory 15 I Singles Monaco Monaco Romain Arneodo 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Victory 16 III Doubles (with Miķelis Lībietis) Romain Arneodo / Benjamin Balleret 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Defeat – V Singles Benjamin Balleret WO *
Decrease1–4; 15–17 July 2016; National Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus; Europe/Africa Second round; Hard surface
Defeat 17 I Singles Belarus Belarus Ilya Ivashka 4–6, 2–6, 5–7
Victory 18 III Doubles (with Miķelis Lībietis) Aliaksandr Bury / Andrei Vasilevski 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Decrease0–5; 3–5 February 2017; Olympic Sports Center of Zemgale, Jelgava, Latvia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 19 I Singles Norway Norway Casper Ruud 3–6, 1–6, 5–7
Defeat 20 III Doubles (with Miķelis Lībietis) Viktor Durasovic / Casper Ruud 3–6, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Decrease2–3; 7–9 April 2017; Royal Tennis Club de Marrakesh, Marrakesh, Morocco; Europe/Africa Relegation Play-Off; Clay surface
Defeat 21 II Singles Morocco Morocco Reda El Amrani 4–6, 6–7(8–10), 4–6
Victory 22 III Doubles (with Miķelis Lībietis) Amine Ahouda / Reda El Amrani 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Victory 23 V Singles Amine Ahouda 6–1 ret.
Decrease1–2; 4 April 2018; Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro; Europe Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat 24 II Singles Greece Greece Markos Kalovelonis 3–6, 4–6
Victory 25 III Doubles (with Artūrs Lazdiņš) Markos Kalovelonis / Ioannis Stergiou 7–5, 6–3
Decrease1–2; 5 April 2018; Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro; Europe Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat 26 II Singles Montenegro Montenegro Ljubomir Čelebić 4–6, 5–7
Increase2–1; 6 April 2018; Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro; Europe Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 27 II Singles Armenia Armenia Sedrak Khachatryan 6–0, 6–1
Increase3–0; 7 April 2018; Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro; Europe 5th-6th place Play-Off; Clay surface
Victory 28 II Singles Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Vital Flurin Leuch 6–0, 6–4
Victory 29 III Doubles (with Roberts Grīnvalds) Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch 6–1, 6–3
Increase3–0; 11 September 2019; Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece; Europe Zone Group III Pool B Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 30 II Singles Montenegro Montenegro Ljubomir Čelebić 6–4, 6–3
Increase2–0; 12 September 2019; Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece; Europe Zone Group III Pool B Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 31 II Singles North Macedonia North Macedonia Gorazd Srbljak 6–1, 6–2
Decrease1–2; 13 September 2019; Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece; Europe Zone Group III Pool B Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 32 II Singles Estonia Estonia Jürgen Zopp 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Defeat 33 III Doubles (with Jānis Podžus) Jürgen Zopp / Kenneth Raisma 6–7(8–10), 4–6
Decrease1–2; 14 September 2019; Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece; Europe Zone Group III 3rd-4th playoff; Clay surface
Defeat 34 II Singles Greece Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 4–6, 4–6
Victory 35 III Doubles (with Robert Strombachs) Markos Kalovelonis / Petros Tsitsipas 6–4, 6–0

* Walkover doesn't count in his overall record.

References
  1. "Mārtiņš Podžus". ATP. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. "Mārtiņš Podžus". Davis Cup. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.


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